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Irish Quaker Millers and their emigration to Pennsylvania
Several Irish Quaker people of families called Miller emigrated to Pennsylvania the end of the 17th and the start of the 18th century. Most if not all of them have roots in the Ulster province of Ireland from where no Quaker birth, marriage or death records for this period survive. Their families are described in various genealogies, histories and pedigrees which get at least some of these families wrong. This page is designed to explore the real facts.

Contents

Introduction

A good place to start is with Our Family Ancestors by Thomas Maxwell Potts. [1] His chapter XXIX, 'The Miller Family,' has

Our ancestors in this line came from the north of Ireland, but the family was doubtless of English extraction. The following family is supposed to have some connection.
JOHN MILLER, son of John Miller, born at "Breckenbrough, in ye Parish of Kerbywilk in Yorkshire" in 1633, went over into Ireland as a planter, in 1657, and married Ann Clibborn, daughter of William, who was born in 1630, at Cowley, in the County of Durham.
Children of John and Ann (Clibborn) Miller.
1 William Miller, b. 1659, at Moate.
2 Margaret Miller, b. 1662, at Shurrch ? d. 1668
3 John Miller, b. 1665, at Moate.
4 Thomas Miller, b. 1667, at Ballynalinch.
5 Abraham Miller, b. 1670, at Glin, County West Meath.
6 Isaac Miller, b. 1672, at Glin, County West Meath.
In the early part of the last century, Gayen, John, Samuel, and James Miller, evidently near relatives, settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Gayen Miller was the first to come, and being in the direct line of ancestry will be treated of last.
John Miller and his family appears to have arrived in Chester County about 1709. ...

Potts does not explicitly state that the John Miller who arrived in Chester County about 1709 was the John Miller b in 1665 in Moate, but the juxtaposition is obviously designed to create that impression. Frankly this is dishonest.

In his well known and widely respected Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania [2] Albert Cook Myers is slightly clearer

John Miller,' son of John Miller, bom at " Breckenbrough, in y Parish of Kerbywilk in Yorkshire," in 1633, went over into Ireland as a planter, in 1657, and married Ann, daughter of William Clibborn, who was born in 1630, at Cowley, in the County of Durham, England. Their children were : William, b. 1659, at Moate, Margaret, b. 1662, Shurrch ? d. 1668; John, b. 1665, at Moate ; Thomas, b. 1667, at Ballynalinch ; Abraham, b. 1670, at Glin, County West Meath ; and Isaac, b. 1672, at Glin, County West Meath. (Potts, Our Family Ancestors, 245-6.)
One John Miller, possibly a son of the above John Miller, married Married Mary sister of Andrew Ignew and as early as 1693 was living within the limits of Grange Meeting near Charlemont, County Armagh, Ireland. He and his family arrived in Chester County, Pa., in 1709, ...

Both of the above works are discussed in a much more recent (1993) publication Gayen Miller, an Irish Quaker and his American descendents, 1675-1993 by Elmer Miller. [3] Mr Miller writes that his book was twelve years in research and three in writing. He learnt enough to question the accounts given by Potts and Myers, but apparently did not spend any of his twelve years looking at the Irish Quaker records - although admittedly that was more difficult then than it is now. His discussion of Gayen Miller's parentage turns mainly on word of mouth theories.

Mr Miller, does, however, write disapprovingly of another work Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages in America, vol 17 which appears to be strikingly inaccurate or, more honestly, completely wrong.

John Miller lived in Kirbywick in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England. He had a son, John who was born in Breckenborogh, England. John married Ann Clibborn, dau- William Clibborn. Ann was born in 1630.
John Miller and Ann Clibburn had three sons
1. Gayen Miller who emigrated who emigrated from Ireland to America in 1688 and married Margaret Henderson in 1695. Gayen died in 1742 and Margaret in 1743.
2. James Miller who married 1st Katherine Lightfoot and 2nd Ruth Seaton.
3. John Miller married Mary Ignew. John died in 1714.

None of this last is true; none of these three was a child of John Miller and Ann Clibborn. Even the research by Potts and Myers was sadly inadequate as is easily demonstrated. The statements about the elder John Miller - his birth, emigration to Ireland marriage and children - are all correct and all come from his contemporary Quaker family list. [4] This document contains all the words cited from it. But on the page facing the births, the exact same document lists family deaths, and it clearly states:

1692 John Miller the elder deceased ...
1708 John Miller son to the above John Miller deceased at Lismoyny in the county West Meath the 4th day, the 6th month and was Buried in Friends Burial Place at the Moate, the 6th of the same.

Whoever he was, plainly the John Miller who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1709 was not the person who was born in Moate in 1665. This person died in Westmeath in 1708 and was almost certainly not the member of the Grange meeting in 1693 and who married Mary Agnew (the name given in the Quaker records) there.

It does indeed seem possible that the Gayen, John, Samuel, and James Miller who emigrated to Pennsylvania were near relatives, but they were not obviously related to John Miller of Kerbywilck in Yorkshire.

The result of this sloppy research is profiles like that of John Miller (1666-1714), on which my colleague Paul Hancock has noted: 'I believe much of the information in this profile is incorrect.' In fact this profile takes the erroneous inference in Potts and Myers and compounds it with further errors of its own making, for example adding an imaginary second spouse that neither of those authors has.

Unfortunately, the birth, marriage and death records that would help us easily untangle the Ulster Miller family simply do not exist, but that is no excuse for grabbing the nearest Miller family that is recorded and adopting it. In this space, I hope to set out the few facts that there are and make what sense of them we can.

The Yorkshire/Westmeath Millers

The Yorkshire origins of John Miller Jr (bef.1633-1693) who settled in Westmeath are as described above. His family list shows the six children he and Anne Clibborn had. The same document shows that two of the children (Margaret and Isaac) died young and that their brother John died at the age of 33. There is no evidence that he married. The eldest son, William, married Mary Sproule, a widow with two children, in 1693 and disappears from view. The other children also disappear from view.

There is no evidence that I have seen to link them to the Millers in Ulster or Pennsylvania.

The ancestry currently shown for John Miller on Wikitree is utterly preposterous.

Ulster Millers

Various Miller families appear in Ulster. The most complete records are usually for sufferings and also of 'testimonies against tithes'. However, the name Miller appears only once in the book of testimonies compiled c 1680/1, that of Robert Miller of the meeting neer Ballymonmey [5] or Ballymoney, a small town straddling the border of counties Londonderry and Antrim, rather close to Coleraine. Wight's History of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers in Ireland confirms that a meeting was settled at Ballynacree near Ballymoney in or about 1682, [6] just about the time the testimonies were being written up.

The first Millers to appear in the surviving minute books from the Quakers' Ulster province are Robert (1691), [7] James (1696) [8] and Samuel (1698). [9] Then in 1703, Jannet Miller appeared in relation to her marriage (see below). None of these individual minutes tells us anything of much interest.

Family of Robert Miller

Robert Miller also appears in the sufferings, losing oats, barly (the spelling of the time) and wheat for tithe in the years from 1677. In the first few entries, he was listed by the Quakers in county Antrim, with a variety of parish names (Donecking, Denniskean, Donakin, Donaghare and Dorryhan) which may or may not have been the same place, and none of which has been identified. From his testimony against tithes mentioned above, we can perhaps assume that he farmed near Ballymoney. From 1694 onwards, he was listed in the sufferings for county Londonderry, in the parish of Maghera some way south of Ballymoney and close to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh.

That first appearance in the Londonderry sufferings [10] mentions not only Robert Miller but also 'Gawin Miller his son' (undoubtedly Gayen Miller, the first to migrate to Pennsylvania). Gawin also appears in a second entry that year, William Henderson appearing between them. In 1695 Robert Miller was listed in both Londonderry and Antrm, but from 1696 he (assuming that it was the same person) appeared in Londonderry only. The sufferings for Londonderry in 1696 [11] continue to show Robert and Gawin Miller of Maghera losing arable. Similar entries appear in 1697, 1698 and 1700. William Henderson is no longer shown in the same parish but Widdow Katherine Henderson appears in his place. After 1700 Gawin Miller disappears from view, presumably because of his departure to Pennsylvania. Gawen Miller does not appear in the Irish Quaker minutes, and there is no record there of his marriage or children. Gayen Miller's profile currently states that his wife was the daughter of Patrick Henderson. This is an error, which has been clarified in her profile and in those of the Henderson family which are discussed in space The Quaker Henderson family of Dunglady, Londonderry.

Then in 1701, the Londonderry sufferings show Robert and James Miller. [12] The parish is no longer mentioned, but Katherine Henderson, widdow, is still in the previous entry. Robert Miller and James Miller continue in the sufferings until a final entry in 1704, and with the parish of Maghera again specified. [13] By 1704, his son James was already in the course of moving south. Robert continues to appear in the sufferings collected by the Ulster Province until 1707 when he appeared in both Antrim and [14] Londonderry. [15] This appears all to be the same person with two different land holdings, although it is hard to be sure. He makes a final appearence in the Ulster minutes in 1709. [16] He may have died soon after then although no death record, will or probate record has been found.

James Miller was born in Antrim and moved to Timahoe before emigrating to Pennsylvania with his wife and family. His family list [17] states that he was born in 'Scorry' in 1669 to parents Robert and Elizabeth Miller and married Katherine Lightfoot in county Westmeath in 1700. His profile managers have identified Scorry as 'probably Scaryhill (Irish: Scaradh)'. This may be true, but I am not convinced; it is not close to anywhere else identified with the family. Another option is Skerry, but this doesn't quite fit either. Jane (Wyly) Miller mentioned below was also born in Scorry, and all the other records for her family place them in the barony of Massereene Upper in a different part of Antrim, where other Quaker families like that of John Boys also lived. James Miller's marriage certificate [18] describes him in 1701 as 'of Tirgavel, [Tirgavil] co Derry' and the family list states that the couple's first child was born at the end of 1701 in the parish of Maghera of which Tirgavil is a part. Plainly this is the James Miller who appeared with Robert Miller in the sufferings there. All the children after their first were born in Timahoe, Kildare (starting in 1704/5) so James Miller had moved quite a bit. James Miller not only appeared with his father in the sufferings for Londonderry, but also in the sufferings for county Kildare, this time in a joint entry with John Wyly, John Millhouse, John Macky, Samuel Miller and Morgan Bryan. [19] It appears that this group had jointly aquired some land in Kildare. In subsequent years, their entries in the sufferings were separated.

So here we have fairly good evidence that Robert (and Elizabeth) Miller lived for while near Ballymonmey on the border of Antrim and Londonderry and perhaps at other unidentified places in Antrim before moving to Tirgavil in the parish of Maghera, county Londonderry in about 1694. They had at least two sons Gawen (Gayen) and James. Their neighbours in Maghera were the Hendersons - Katherine Henderson was a Quaker minister for 45 years - and the local Quaker meeting was held in the Henderson's house at Dunclady.

There were other Millers of Dunclady. Mary Miller of Duncladdy meeting married Joseph Neeven of Ballymony meeting in c 1699. [20] He was possibly a son of William Nevins (abt.1650-).

In 1703 Janet Miller of Dunclady married Robert Moore of Ballymoney in the house of widdow Henderson. [21] We shall see more of the Moore family shortly.

And in 1706 Grizell Miller of Dunclady meeting married Nathaniel Hillary of Lurgan also att ye house of Katherine Henderson of Dunclady. [22] Was he related to Francis Hillery (abt.1650-1723)?

There is no indication in any of these records of who these three women's parents were, but there were no other Quaker Millers in the area of the Dunclady meeting - at least according to the sufferings - and their ages were compatible, so it seems likely that they were also children of Robert and Elizabeth Miller.

The profiles currently on Wikitree show (with no comprehensible source) Robert Miller's father, Gayen and James', paternal grandfather to be a Patrick Miller Senior born in East Lothian and died in either Scotland or Virginia. I doubt this. Gawen Miller is a very distinctive name, and it can't be a coincidence that the will of a Gawen Miller of Dunaghy, county Antrim, was proved in 1685. [23] Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a copy or abstract, but this person appeared in the Hearth Money Rolls of 1669 in the townland of Ballygobbin also in Antrim. [24] Dunaghy and Ballygobbin are both in the northern part of Antrim. Ballygobbin is in the parish of Ballymoney and Dunaghy a parish is slightly to the south, to the east of the road between Ballymoney and Ballymena. A Quaker living in either of these places would have been a member of the meeting neer Ballymonmey as was Robert Miller. This is certainly consistent with his having lived at Ballygobin, like the Gawen Miller whom I assume to have been his father.

Samuel Miller of Ulster and Timahoe

On the same page as James Miller's family list is one for Samuel Miller who married Jane Wyly in 1698. [25] He was born in Killead county Antrim, in 1672, to parents Thomas and Ellinor. (Killead is in the barony of Massereene Lower, in the southern part of county Antrim, to the east of Lough Neagh. Not surprisingly Massereene Lower is next to Massereene Upper where his wife's family lived.) He also moved his family to Timahoe, county Kildare. The facts that the two family lists appear together and that both Millers were born in county Antrim and moved to the same small town of Timahoe suggests a link between them, although with different parents (Thomas and Ellinor rather than Robert and Elizabeth) they can have been cousins at closest. However, perhaps this too is a mirage; as we have seen above, James Miller, John Wyly, John Millhouse, John Macky, Samuel Miller and Morgan Bryan appeared together in the Quaker sufferings for county Kildare in 1704, suggesting that they had acquired land together. Perhaps this was just a joint endeavour by a group of Quaker families, and maybe the presence of two families called Miller was just a coincidence.

Samuel Miller's deed of settlement (rather like a will) [26] mentions brothers, James, William, Matthew and Alexander Miller. Brother James Miller is said to be a farmer in Colrevah, Co. Tyrone. This may or may not be Coolreaghs; it is hard to be sure. He also mentions my friend and cousin Samuel Mickle of Timahoe, my brother-in-law Richard Boyes and his wife Sarah, my brother-in-law David Holmes and his wife Elizabeth and to my brother-in-law [name not specified] and his wife Mary McCombes and my sister Katherine Rutlidge.

Most of these people are not easy to identify. Samuel Mickle is clear. His wife Ann (Wyly) Mickle was the neice of Samuel Miller's wife Jane (Wyly) Miller (1658-abt.1740), probably explaining the term 'cousin'. Ann Wyly/Mickle's mother was Ann (Boys) Wyly (abt.1656-abt.1687), but this can hardly explain Samuel Miller's calling Richard Boyes his brother-in-law. This person cannot have been Richard Boyes (abt.1650-1712), whose wife Mary survived him. But other records refer to Richard Boys senior, so there must have been at least two generations of them. Samuel Miller's wife Jane (Wyly) Miller (1658-abt.1740) also refers to her sister-in-law Sarah Boys in her will, suggesting that a John Boys had married a Sarah Miller. In 1715, an Alexander Miller married a Judith Thornborough, both of Cootehill. [27] Perhaps this was Samuel's brother, but Cootehill is in county Monaghan, stretching our Miller family out to another different location.

Emigrant Samuel Miller and the Moore family

Potts[1] and Myers[2] also tell us about a Samuel Miller

Samuel Miller and Margaret, his wife, produced a Certificate from Ballynacree Monthly Meeting in Ireland, to New Garden Monthly Meeting, 10 mo. 14, 1723. Margaret, wife of Samuel Miller, is supposed to have been a sister of Andrew Moore, who about the same time produced a Certificate from the same Meeting. She was born in Ireland in 1683. Samuel Miller and Andrew Moore settled in Sadsbury Township.

This is plainly Samuel Miller (1700-1780) whose family tree on Wikitree appears to have no sources whatsoever. He cleverly got married aged 8, and when his father was only 26. He also had a brother Samuel Miller born 46 years after him. It is also plainly Samuel Miller (abt.1681-bef.1771) whose profile is rather more sensible.

According to Potts[1] Samuel Miller died in 1774 leaving a will. He had children 1) Mary married William Cooper (children Robert, Calvin, William), 2) Elizabeth married William Reed and 3) Robert married Sarah McLung (children Margaret, Samuel, Mary, Robert). Notably three of the children and their spouses match Miller-66158, but he has acquired a fourth child and surplus grandchildren.

Andrew Moore Sr (1688-1753) has a long biography and an extensive family tree on Wikitree. Notably it shows him marrying a Margaret Miller, a daughter of Gayen Miller. This is plainly wrong, as the sources attached to the profile shows his wife as Margaret Wilson. They were both members of the Dunclady meeting and married at the house of Katherine Henderson in 1715 [28]

Gayen Miller probably married in about 1694 and emigrated to Pennsylvania in or before 1702. Plainly he would have taken a daughter then aged seven at most with him, and not left her behind to marry in the old country when she was at most 20. Andrew Moore did not marry Gayen Miller's daughter. (His duplicate Andrew Moore Sr. (1675-) has no biography, although both have their own contradictory parents.)

Other aspects of the genealogy of Andrew Moore are distinctly odd; the principal genealogy of his family (which made the mistake about his wife) seems also to be mistaken about his parents. Until this is resolved, the Moore family tree does not offer any help in clarifying how this Samuel Miller fits in, although his presence in Ballynacree hints at a familial link.

John Miller the emigrant

Gayen Miller's will, cited by Myers[2], mentions his cousin James Miller, whom Myers assummes to be a son of John Miller of Newgarden, Pennsylvania, creating the assumption of a link between those two families. John Miller is in some respects the person in the profile of John Miller), although as noted above, he was not the child of the Westmeath Millers and did not have two wives. John Miller presented his intentions of marring Mary Agnew to the Ulster Provincial meeting in 1691. [29] Unfortunately, the minutes give no indication of his abode or parents. Myers tells us that he was already in the compass of the Grange meeting in 1693. Certainly the signature of a John Miller appears on a undated testimony of disownment in the Grange meeting minute, book. [30] which could well be from about that date. It appears to be the only mention of a John Miller in the minute books other than that in which John Miller sought permission to marry. John Miller does appear in the sufferings, a farmer in Armagh, in the years 1693, [31] 1700, [32] 1701 [33] and 1703. [34] The earlier sufferings showed him in the parish of Loughall, which lies south of Lough Neagh, between the Lough and the town of Armagh.

In 1706 [35] and 1707 [36] a John Miller, possibly the same person, appears in the sufferings for County Tyrone. He is shown in the parish of Aghaloo. Although they are in different counties, Loughall and Agaloo are not too far away from one another; Loughall spans the road between Dungannon and Armagh and Aghaloo is to the east of it.

In 1707, a John Miller contributed 10s to a loan fund to help Richard Boys in his time of hardship. [37]

A John Miller also married an Ann Lowdon in Ulster in 1693. [38] There is no indication where he was from or who his parents were. She was a widow with children. Some care will be required to distinguish between these different John Millers.

More investigation is required, but to date, no record and no instance of co-location has been discovered which help us to identify the emigrant John Miller's relatives. Notably, no John Miller was mentioned in the will of Samuel Miller, so they are unlikely to have been brothers. It is not certain that the person mentioned by Myers as having been in Grange in 1693 was the same person. What we can be sure of, is that he was not the son of the Millers of Yorkshire and Westmeath.

Other Irish Quaker Millers

Various other early Irish Quaker Millers appear in the records.

Alice Miller, a widow of Lisanode, county Westmeath, married Christopher Coates, a widower, in Moate in 1697. Lisanode was the home of the Russell family of John Russell. One of his sons married Sarah (Millhouse) Russell (1710-) who was related to the Miller, Wyly and Mickle families. However, there were no known Alice Russells at about the right time and no link to an Alice Miller, and no records shedding light on the background of Alice Miller or the name of her first husband have yet been found.

Elizabeth Miller who married Matthew Goodbody in Dublin in 1700 is described as 'the daughter of James and Isabel Miller near Lurgan Clanbrazil', [39] which has not been identified.

A William Miller appeared in the sufferings in Westmeath, for example in 1703. [40]

An Ann Miller of Timahoe married a Neile Mooney there in 1707. [41] Surely there must be a connection with the two Timahoe Miller families listed above, but this is not yet clear.

An Elizabeth Miller died and was buried in Dublin in 1732. [42] No information is given about her.

Summary

Gawin/Gayen and James Miller are secure as the children of Robert and Elizabeth Miller who seem to have moved from Ballinacree to the parish of Maghera. We can also link them to some sisters. There is no evidence to support the parents currently shown for Robert Miller and the circumstantial evidence points to a father Gawin Miller instead. Robert Miller needs to be detached from his erroneous parents. Gayen Miller's profile needs to be amended to correct the mistake about his wife. Margaret shown as his daughter needs to be detached and her LNAB changed to Wilson. James Miller's profile should be tidied up as that of his wife Katherine Lightfoot has already been. We can probably add some other Millers as children of Robert and Elizabeth, sisters of James and Gayen.

Samuel Miller who also emigrated to Pennsylvania is clearly linked to the meeting at Ballinacree, where Robert Miller was previously based (and appeared again in 1707) and not that far from Maghera where his family appeared between 1696 and 1707. He may also have been a son or some other close relative, but there is no firm evidence yet. Further investigation of the Moore family may shed some light on this but is complicated. The two Samuel Millers (Miller-22117 and Miller-66158) need to be merged. Miller-22117's parents are unsupported and should be detached. Nor is there enough evidence to support the claim that his wife was called Moore. She certainly wasn't the person Moore-17567 shown. Both the two profiles have an incorrect child which needs to be detached.

John Miller assumed by Potts and Myers also to have been a relative is less clear. There were probably at least two Quaker John Millers around in Ulster at the same time and it is hard to know which is which. None of the sightings of these John Millers puts them in the same places as the family group mentioned above and the evidence suggested by the earlier authors for a familial link is not very strong. John Miller was not the son of the Westmeath Millers and did not have the two wives shown on his profiles. These problems need sorting out.

Samuel Miller who moved to Timahoe in county Kildare may have been a cousin of the people mentioned above. Further investigation of the people mentioned in his and his wife's wills may shed more light on this.

There is no clear link between any of these people and the Westmeath Millers, John Miller and Anne Clibben. These were not the parents of John or any of the other Millers mentioned above. They need a new son John who died in Westmeath to replace John the emigrant and their profiles need sorting out. The parents currently shown for him are nonsensical.

There are various other Quaker Millers still to be joined up with the family tree.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Potts, TM., Our Family Ancestors, the author, Canonsburg, PA, 1895, chapter XXIX 'The Miller Family', ff p 245 (https://archive.org/details/ourfamilyancesto00pott/page/245/mode/1up?q=Miller&view=theater : accessed 1 March 2024)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Myers, A C, Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, the author, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 1902 p 327 (https://archive.org/details/immigrationofiri00myer/page/327/mode/1up?q=Miller&view=theater : accessed 1 March 2024).
  3. ↑ Miller, EK, Gayen Miller, an Irish Quaker and his American descendents, 1675-1993, the author, 1993. (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/163301/?offset=1#page=1&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= : accessed 1 March 2024)
  4. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.ie/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM1VM-1%2F0017&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBURS%2F8102 : accessed 01 March 2024), Family list of John Miller and Ann Clibborn; citing Moate MM family lists 1660-1782 with testimonies and minutes, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
  5. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FYMG-4%2F0032&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F1212491 : accessed 03 March 2024), Robert Miller testimony against tithes, undated but probably circa 1680/1; citing YM Sufferings: testimonies against and sufferings incurred for tithes c. 1669-1777, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives, archive ref YM G4
  6. ↑ Wight T., A history of the rise and progress of the people called Quakers in Ireland : from 1653 to 1700. To which is added a continuation ... to ...1751. With an introduction ... and a Treatise of the Christion discipline exercised among the said people by J. Rutty, I. Jackson, Dublin, 1751, p 343 (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067676641&seq=349&q1=Ballymoney : accessed 15 March 2024)
  7. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FQ-1-1-A%2F0065&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FCON%2F132053 : accessed 03 March 2024), minutes dated 5d 7mo (Sep) 1691, Robert Miller to enquire into clearness as to marriage; citing Ulster Provincial minutes 1674-1693, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, archive ref Q.1.1.A.
  8. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FQ-1-1-B%2F0017&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FCON%2F132637 : accessed 03 March 2024), minutes dated 10d 10mo (Dec) 1696, James Miller and others to send details of sufferings; citing Ulster Provincial minutes 1674-1693, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, archive ref Q.1.1.A.
  9. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FL-B-M-1-1%2F0033&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FCON%2F038765 : accessed 03 March 2024), minutes dated 20d 8mo (Oct) 1698, Samuel Miller and Joan Willey intentions of marriage; citing Lisburn monthly meeting minutes 1675-1735, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, archive ref LBM1.1.
  10. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FYMG-2%2F0002&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F1196297 : accessed 01 March 2024), sufferings of Robert Miller and Gawin his son county of Londonderry for the year of 1694, citing YM Sufferings 1694-1705, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives ref YM G2.
  11. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FYMG-2%2F0034&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F1198623 : accessed 01 March 2024), sufferings of Robert and Gawin Miller county of Londonderry for the year of 1696, citing YM Sufferings 1694-1705, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives ref YM G2.
  12. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FYMG-2%2F0135&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F1204144 : accessed 01 March 2024), sufferings of Robert and James Miller county of Londonderry for the year of 1701, citing YM Sufferings 1694-1705, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives ref YM G2.
  13. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FYMG-2%2F0236&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F1208159 : accessed 17 March 2024), sufferings of Robert and James Miller county of Londonderry for the year of 1704, citing YM Sufferings 1694-1705, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives ref YM G2.
  14. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=s2%2fire%2fquakers%2fq-5-6%2f0026 : accessed 18 March 2024), sufferings of Robert Miller of the parish of Ballymoney county of Antrim for the year of 1707, citing Ulster Quarterly Meeting Sufferings 1706-1711, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, archive ref Q.5.6.
  15. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=s2%2fire%2fquakers%2fq-5-6%2f0027 : accessed 18 March 2024), sufferings of Robert Miller of county of Londonderry for the year of 1707, citing Ulster Quarterly Meeting Sufferings 1706-1711, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, archive ref Q.5.6.
  16. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id : accessed 18 March 2024), minutes dated 27d 6mo (Aug) 1709, John McCoole and Robert Miller, having failed to give an account of ye accomplishment of ye marriage …; citing Ulster Quarterly Meeting minutes 1694-1717, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, archive ref Q.1.1.B.
  17. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11M-11%2F0108&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F3096 : accessed 28 February 2024), Family list of Katherine Lightfoot and James Miller; citing Dublin MM Family Lists, also some burials 1617, 1669-1774, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
  18. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FQM1M-2%2F0166&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F6290G : accessed 28 February 2024), marriage of Katherine Lightfoot of Ballykeeran, co Westmeath and James Miller of Tirgarvel, co Derry in Waterstown, co Westmeath on 13d 12mo (Feb) 1700 (1701); citing Leinster QM births, marriages & burials 1650-99 (approx.), Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
  19. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FYMG-2%2F0249&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F1208770 : accessed 17 March 2024), sufferings of James Miller, John Wyly, John Millhouse, John Macky, Samuel Miller and Morgan Bryan county of Kildare for the year of 1704, citing YM Sufferings 1694-1705, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives ref YM G2.
  20. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FQ-1-1-B%2F0045&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FMAR%2F003410%2FB : accessed 02 March 2024), minutes dated 14d 5mo (Jul) 1693, Joseph Neeven of Ballymony meeting and Mary Miller of Duncladdy meeting declared their intentions of marriage with one other before the meeting …; citing Ulster Quarterly meeting minutes 1694-1717, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, archive ref Q.1.1.B.
  21. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FQ-1-1-B%2F0077&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FMAR%2F003457%2FB : accessed 02 March 2024), marginal note to minutes dated 29d 5mo (Jul) 1703, Robert Moore of Ballymoney meeting and Janet Miller of Dunclady meeting ... were married in the house of widdow Henderson on ye 6th day of ye 6th month 1703; citing Ulster Quarterly meeting minutes 1694-1717, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, archive ref Q.1.1.B.
  22. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FQ-1-1-B%2F0102&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FMAR%2F003500%2FB : accessed 02 March 2024), marginal note to minutes dated 12d 8mo (August) 1706, Nathaniel Hillary of Lurgan meeting and Grizell Miller of Dunclady meeting ... were married att ye house of Katherine Henderson of Dunclady on ye 3rd day of ye 8m 1706; citing Ulster Quarterly meeting minutes 1694-1717, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, archive ref Q.1.1.B.
  23. ↑ Diocesan & Prerogative Wills 1595-1858, National Archives of Ireland (http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dw/IRE_DIOC_007246606_00112.pdf : accessed 1 March 2024)
  24. ↑ Hearth Money Roll abstracts on billmacafee.com (https://www.billmacafee.com/1660shearthmoneyrolls/1669hearthmoneyrollsantrim.pdf : accessed 1 March 2024)
  25. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=ire%2fquaker%2fmm11m-2%2f0306 : accessed 04 November 2022), Family list of Samuel Miller and Jane Wyly; citing Dublin MM Family lists 1701-1726 and a few later, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
  26. ↑ Eustace P.B, and Goodbody O. C. (Eds), Quaker Records Dublin, Abstracts of Wills, Irish Manuscripts Commission, Dublin, republished Clearfield & co, Baltimore, abstract 143 p 69 (https://www.failteromhat.com/quaker/page13.htm] : accessed 4 November 2022 )
  27. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FQ-1-1-B%2F0167&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FMAR%2F003605%2FG : accessed 02 March 2024), Alexander Miller and Judith Thornborough both of Coothill were married at Coothill 12 8m 1715; citing Ulster Quarterly meeting minutes 1694-1717, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, archive ref Q.1.1.B.
  28. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FQ-1-1-B%2F0164&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FMAR%2F003598%2FG : accessed 02 March 2024), marginal note to minutes dated 16d 2mo (April) 1715, Andrew Moore and Margaret Miller, both of the Dunclady meeting ... were married at the house of Katherine Henderson in Dunclady ye 27d day of ye 2m 1715; citing Ulster Quarterly meeting minutes 1694-1717, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, archive ref Q.1.1.B.
  29. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.ie/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FMAR%2F003286%2FG : accessed 17 May 2020), marriage of John Miller and Mary Agnew in Lurgan on 19d 9mo (Nov) 1691; citing Archive Reference LGM5.1, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd.
  30. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FG-M-5-1%2F0005&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FCON%2F025831 : accessed 01 March 2024), Testimony of disownment to Isaac Rusley signed (among others) by John Miller. Not dated; citing Grange meeting congregational records 1688-1789, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, archive ref GM5.1
  31. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=ire%2fquaker%2fymg-1%2f0281 : accessed 01 March 2024), sufferings of John Miller county of Ardmagh for the year of 1693, citing YM Sufferings c. 1665-1693, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives ref YM G1.
  32. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FYMG-2%2F0115&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F1203197 : accessed 01 March 2024), sufferings of John Miller county of Ardmagh for the year of 1700, citing YM Sufferings 1694-1705, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives ref YM G2.
  33. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FYMG-2%2F0141&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F1204400 : accessed 01 March 2024), sufferings of John Miller county of Ardmagh for the year of 1701, citing YM Sufferings 1694-1705, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives ref YM G2.
  34. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FYMG-2%2F0213&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F1207010 : accessed 01 March 2024), sufferings of John Miller county of Ardmagh for the year of 1703, citing YM Sufferings 1694-1705, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives ref YM G2.
  35. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FQ-5-6%2F0007&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FCON%2F160201 : accessed 01 March 2024), sufferings of John Miller county of Tyrone for the year of 1706, citing Ulster Quarterly records 1706-1711, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, Q.5.6.
  36. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=s2%2fire%2fquakers%2fq-5-6%2f0019 : accessed 01 March 2024), sufferings of John Miller county of Tyrone for the year of 1707, citing Ulster Quarterly records 1706-1711, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, Q.5.6.
  37. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FQ-1-1-B%2F0110&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FCON%2F133823 : accessed 01 March 2024), minutes dated 6mo (Aug) 1707, Loans to Richard Boys in view of his hardship including 10s from John Miller; citing Ulster minutes, 1706-1711Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd archive ref Q.5.6.
  38. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FQ-1-1-A%2F0088&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FMAR%2F003316%2FG : accessed 02 March 2024), minutes dated 14d 5mo (Jul) 1693, John Miller and Ann Lowdon having this day laid their intentions of marriage with each other before the meeting …; citing Ulster Quarterly meeting minutes 1674-1693, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd, archive ref Q.1.1.A.
  39. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11M-11%2F0071&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F2663 : accessed 01 August 2021), marriage of Matthew Goodbody son of John and Ellin Goodbody near Rosenallis Queen's Co and Elizabeth daughter of James and Isabel Miller of Lurgan Clanbrazil in Dublin on 14d 4mo (Jun) 1700; citing Dublin MM Family lists 1655-1699, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
  40. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FYMG-2%2F0213&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F1207010 : accessed 17 March 2024), sufferings of William Miller county of Westmeath for the year of 1703, citing YM Sufferings 1694-1705, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives ref YM G2.
  41. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FYMG-2%2F0219&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F1207255 : accessed 02 March 2024), minutes dated 14d 1mo (Jan) 1759, Ann Miller and Neile Mooney intentions of marriage; citing Dublin Men’s Meeting Minutes 1701-10, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
  42. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11M-11%2F0483&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBURS%2F4373 : accessed 02 March 2024), death of Elizabeth Miller on 21d 12mo (Feb) 1732 (1733) in Dublin, buried in Cork St; citing Dublin MM Family Lists, also some burials 1617, 1669-1774, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.




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