Cassandra (Wood) Miller (1756 - 1818)

Born 26 Sep 1756 in Chester, PA

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Miller — married 21 Oct 1779 in Pipe Creek Meeting, Maryland

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1818 at age 62 in Redstone, PA

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Biography

Cassandra was a Friend (Quaker)

Cassandra was born in 1756. She married Robert Miller at Pipe Creek Monthly Meeting, Frederick County, MD on 21 Oct 1779. She passed away in 1818.

2 Jun 1788 Robert and Cassandra with children Solomon, Ruth, William, Joseph, Sarah and Hannah were received on certificate from Pipe Creek MM.

1 Jun 1795 Robert and Cassandra, and their children Solomon, Ruth, William, Sarah, Hannah, Caleb, Mary and David were received at Crooked Run MM from Hopewell MM.

5 Mar 1803 with their minor children, Hannah, Caleb, Mary, David and Lydia were granted a certificate of removal to Redstone PA Monthly Meeting from Crooked Run MM.

Robert Miller, who was born in York county, Penna, and in early manhood removed to Frederick county, near Frederick, Maryland, and purchased a farm, and soon after married Miss Cassandra Wood, a Virginia lady, who lived near Winchester, Virginia. They resided upon the farm near Frederick City till 1796 when they removed to Berkeley county, Virginia, where they remained about three years, and then in 1799 came into Fayette county and settled in Luzerne township on a farm purchased of one Joseph Briggs, and now owned by Captain Isaac Woodward. Residing there for several years, his wife meanwhile dying, Robert Miller eventually moved into Brownsville and took up his residence on Front street, upon property now belonging to the heirs of Thomas Morehouse, and there died about 1832. He was the father of four sons and four daughters, all of whom grew to maturity.

Marriage: 21 Oct 1779 Pipe Creek MM Maryland

Spouse: Robert Miller

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1. ↑ Profile created by Jim Gaddis through the import of jimgaddis.ged on Nov 3, 2018. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.

• 1. Quaker Records of Northern Maryland, 1716-1800, Pipe Creek MM, p. 267.
• 2. PENNSYLVANIA BIRTHS Chester County 1682-1800, Humphrey, John T. (Copyright ?), Humphrey Publications, Washington D.C., 1994, pp. 225-6.

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