Miller, David

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BIRTH: Springfield Vital Records, Births, 2:20 (FHL #185414).
CHR: VITAL RECORDS OF WEST SPRINGFIELD, 2 vols. (Boston, 1944-45), 1:152 (FHL #974.426/W1 V2n).
DEATH: Springfield Vital Records, Deaths, 2:5 (FHL #185417).

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BIRTH: Springfield Vital Records, 1:34 (FHL #185414).
MAR: Ibid, 1:119. This is a mar intention; actual mar rec not found. Wife was "of Hartford."
DEATH: Springfield Vital Records, Deaths, 2:28 (FHL #185417). Also see the adm of estate of Thomas Miller of Springfield, 11 Dec 1750, Hampshire Co. Probate, 7:281 (FHL #879186), inv, 9 Jul 1751 (Ibid, 7:322), guardianships 27 Sep 1752 (Ibid, 7:363), settlement 13 Feb 1753 (Ibid, 8:22 [FHL #879187]), division of real estate 15 Mar 1753 [court of 7 Oct 1777] (Ibid, 13:99-100 [FHL #879190]).

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Thomas married Meakins, Sarah in (int) 29 Dec 1722 in Springfield,Hampden,MA. Sarah (daughter of Meakins, Thomas and Clark, Sarah) was born about 1694 in Hatfield,Hampshire,MA; died on 21 Feb 1777 in West Springfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. There is evidence to suggest that Sarah is a dau of Thomas and Sarah Meakins: (1) At the time of Sarah's mar to Thomas Miller in 1722, Thomas and Sarah Meakins were Hartford residents. Sarah gave her residence as Hartford on the mar intention recorded at Springfield, below. (2) Thomas Miller was joint administrator with Samuel Wells of Farmington to the estate of Mary Meakins of Hartford, 3 Jan 1737/8, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 3:180 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Samuel Wells was the son of Sarah, wife of Thomas Meakins, by her first husband. (3) A study of all of the New England Meakins families during this period reveals no other possible parents for Sarah. Date of birth is calculated from age 83 on death rec, below. Sarah's place of birth is suggested by deeds showing residence of her parents in Hatfield in 1695 and 1703. See Hampshire Co. Deeds(Springfield Reg), B:185 (FHL #844486), D:459 (FHL #844487). They were still in Hatfield as late as 1707 when a dau Keziah was born. By 1711 the family was in Hartford. See Hampshire Co. Deeds (Springfield Reg), C:581 (FHL #844487).
MAR: Springfield Vital Records, 1:119 (FHL #185414). This is a mar intention; actual mar rec not found. Wife was "of Hartford."
DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF WEST SPRINGFIELD, 2 vols. (Boston, 1944-45), 2:263 (FHL #974.426/W1 V2n). Entry is from West Springfield 1st Congregational Church rec.

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Notes:

BIRTH: Springfield Vital Records, 1:9 (FHL #185414).
MAR #1: Ibid, 1:17.
MAR #2: Ibid, 1:111. This is a mar intention; actual mar rec not found.
Wife was called "Katherine Halliday late of Suffield, widow." She is no doubt the Katherine Hunter who married Walter Halliday at Springfield, 22 Apr 1673 (Springfield Vital Records, 1:15 [FHL #185414]). Walter died at Suffield, 22 Sep 1709 ("Suffield Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1674-1850," Barbour Collection [typescript, 1928; Conn. State Library, Hartford], 98 [FHL #002980]).
DEATH: Springfield Vital Records, 1:106 (FHL #185414). Also see the will of Samuel Miller of Springfield, 11 Mar 1713/4, proved 8 Mar 1726/7, Hampshire Co. Probate, 4:166-67 (FHL #879184).

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Samuel married Beamon, Ruth on 9 Apr 1685 in Springfield,Hampden,MA. Ruth (daughter of Beamon, Simon and Young, Alice) was born about 1665 in Springfield,Hampden,MA; died on 8 May 1704 in Springfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. Ruth is identified in the estate settlement of her brother, Daniel Beamon of Springfield, 8 May 1750, Hampshire Co. Probate, 7:252 (FHL #879185). Daniel is a proved son of Simon Beamon. Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: Springfield Vital Records, 1:17 (FHL #185414).
DEATH: Ibid, 1:98.

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Notes:

BIRTH: "Births, Marriages, and Deaths [Hampshire] County Court," entries for Hatfield, p. 96 (FHL #760648).
MAR: No mar rec found. References to this mar are found in Sylvester Judd, HISTORY OF HADLEY WITH FAMILY GENEALOGIES BY LUCIUS M. BOLTWOOD (Northampton, 1863), 536, 593 (FHL #824493); also Winifred L. Holman, "The Meakins Lineage" (typescript, 1958-60; NEHGS, Boston), 16. Although proof has not been found, it is known that Thomas Meakins had a wife Sarah by 1695. See Hampshire Co. Deeds (Springfield Reg), D:459 (FHL #844487). Thomas Miller, the son-in-law of Thomas Meakins, with Samuel Wells, son of Sarah (Clark) Wells, were joint administrators of the estate of Mary Meakins of Hartford, 3 Jan 1737/8, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 3:180 (FHL #974.6 P2m). The logical explanation is that Thomas Meakins married Sarah (Clark) Wells.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the inv of estate of Thomas Meakins of Hartford, 5 Jun 1723, adm 25 Jun 1723, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 2:546.
OCC: Husbandman

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Thomas married Clark, Sarah about 1693. Sarah (daughter of Clark, Nathaniel and Meakins, Mary) was born on 25 Aug 1665 in Northampton,Hampshire,MA; died after 25 Jun 1723. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: "Births, Marriages, and Deaths [Hampshire] County Court," entries for Northampton, p. 1 (FHL #760648).
MAR #1: Ibid, Hatfield, 105.
MAR #2: No mar rec found. References to this mar are found in Sylvester Judd, HISTORY OF HADLEY WITH FAMILY GENEALOGIES BY LUCIUS M. BOLTWOOD (Northampton, 1863), 536, 593 (FHL #824493); also Winifred L. Holman, "The Meakins Lineage" (typescript, 1958-60; NEHGS, Boston), 16. Although proof has not been found, it is known that Thomas Meakins had a wife Sarah by 1695. See Hampshire Co. Deeds (Springfield Reg), D:459 (FHL #844487). Thomas Miller, the son-in-law of Thomas Meakins, with Samuel Wells, son of Sarah (Clark) Wells, were joint administrators of the estate of Mary Meakins of Hartford on 3 Jan 1737/8, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 3:180 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Theological explanation is that Thomas Meakins married Sarah (Clark) Wells.
DEATH: No death rec found. Sarah was living in 1723. See the inv of estate of Thomas Meakins of Hartford, 5 Jun 1723, adm to widow Sarah, 25 Jun 1723, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST,2:546.

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Notes:

BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. It is known that Obadiah Miller, another early Springfield settler, was a brother of Thomas. For a review of the evidence, see Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, HALE, HOUSE AND RELATED FAMILIES (Hartford, 1952), 716-17 (FHL # 929.273 H135j).
MAR: Springfield Vital Records, 1:13 (FHL #185414).
DEATH: Ibid, 1:49. Thomas Miller was killed by the Indians during an attack on Springfield in King Philip's War. For an account of Miller's death, see Henry Morris, EARLY HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD (Springfield, MA, 1876), 34-37 (FHL #974.426/S1 H2m). Also see the inv of estate of Thomas Miller of Springfield, 25 Mar 1676; settlements, 30 Mar 1680 and 27 Mar 1683, Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:174, 207, 228 (FHL #879184). The settlement names the widow and surviving children except son Ebenezer.

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Thomas married Marshfield, Sarah on 12 Oct 1649 in Springfield,Hampden,MA. Sarah (daughter of Marshfield, Thomas and Mercy) was christened on 25 Aug 1633 in Exeter,Devon,Eng; died on 9 Mar 1708/1709 in Springfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CHR: C. A. T. Fursdon, ed, "Parish Register St. Mary Arches Exeter" (typescript, 1926; Devon & Cornwall Record Society), unpaginated (FHL #917102 item 2).
MAR #1: Springfield Vital Records, 1:13 (FHL #185414).
MAR #2: Ibid, 1:17.
DEATH: Ibid, 1:99.

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: Springfield Vital Records, 1:14 (FHL #185414).
DEATH: No death rec found. See the adm of estate of Simon Beamon of Springfield, 26 Sep 1676, inv presented same day, Hampshire Co. Probate 1:182 (FHL #879184).
OCC: Shoemaker

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Simon married Young, Alice on 15 Dec 1654 in Windsor,Hartford,CT. Alice (daughter of Young, John and Alice) was born about 1632 in of Windsor,Hartford,CT; died on 5 Oct 1708 in Springfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Alice's identity as a dau of John Young is circumstantial. The mar of Alice Young and Simon Beamon took place at Windsor where John Young resided. John is the only man of this surname found in Windsor or Springfield. For additional circumstantial evidence of this relationship, see John Putnam Demos, ENTERTAINING SATAN: WITCHCRAFT AND THE CULTURE OF EARLY NEW ENGLAND (New York, 1982), 505, f.n. 29 (FHL #974 H6d). Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: Springfield Vital Records, 1:14 (FHL #185414). Mar is also recorded in "Hampshire Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths" (private ms of John Pynchon), entries for Sringfield, p. 57 (FHL #014766). It is here stated that the mar occurred at Windsor (FHL #974 V22i).
DEATH: Springfield Vital Records, 1:99.

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Notes:

BIRTH: Braintree vital recs, "Records of Boston," NEHGR, 3(1849):127 (FHL #974 B2ne).
MAR: No mar rec found. Sarah, John, Thomas, and Mehitable Meakins, all proved children of Thomas and Mary Meakins of Hatfield, are called grandchildren in the will of Sarah Bunce of Hartford, 19 Aug 1689, no probate act (died 1693), Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:416 (FHL #974.6 P2m). For children of Thomas and Mary Meakins, see "Births, Marriages, and Deaths, [Hampshire] County Court," entries for Hatfield, 105, and Hadley, 70 (FHL #760648).
DEATH: "A List of the men slain in the County of Hampshire,"Massachusetts Archives, 68:33, photocopy of original document in Winifred L. Holman, "The Meakins Lineage" (typescript, 1958-60; NEHGS, Boston), 16a. An account of Thomas Meakins' death at the hands of the Indians during King Philip's War is found in Daniel White Wells and Reuben Field Wells, A HISTORY OF HATFIELD (Springfield, MA, 1910), 79-80 (FHL #974.423/H2 H2w). It is incorrectly stated that Thomas's death occurred in Sep 1677 in "Births, Marriages, and Deaths [Hampshire] County Court," entries for Hatfield, p. 110 (FHL #760648). This date is disproved by the adm/inv of estate of Thomas Meakins, Jr, [of Hatfield], 29 Mar 1676; also see settlement of estate 30 Mar 1680, distribution 3 Nov 1693. (Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:165, 206; 3:15 [FHL #879184]).

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BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1263219-R).
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SEAL S: FGRA

Thomas married Bunce, Mary. Mary (daughter of Bunce, Thomas and Sarah) was born on 17 Sep 1645 in Hartford,Hartford,CT; died before 4 Mar 1717/1718. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: "Early Hartford Vital Records," COLLECTIONS OF THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 14(Hartford, 1912):575 (FHL #897073).
MAR #1: No mar rec found. Sarah, John, Thomas, and Mehitable Meakins, all proved children of Thomas and Mary Meakins of Hatfield, are called grandchildren in the will of Sarah Bunce of Hartford, 19 Aug 1689, no probate act (died 1693), Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:416 (FHL #974.6 P2m). For children of Thomas and Mary Meakins, see "Births, Marriages, and Deaths, [Hampshire] County Court," entries for Hatfield, 105, and Hadley, 70 (FHL #760648).
MAR #2: "Births, Marriages, and Deaths [Hampshire] County Court," entries for Hatfield, p. 105 (FHL #760648).
DEATH: No death rec found. Mary was dead by 4 Mar 1717/8 when the distribution of the estate of her sister, Elizabeth White of Hartford, gave to Mary's heirs. See abstract from Hartford District Probate in Manwaring, DIGEST, 2:449-50.

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Notes:

BIRTH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 2 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r). See note under "CHR."
CHR: RECORDS OF THE FIRST CHURCH AT DORCHESTER IN NEW ENGLAND (Boston, 1891), 153 (FHL #856696 item 2). It is apparent that either the birth or chr date is in error. The published version of Dorchester church records may have been partly reconstructed, as other errors have been found. It is probable that the church rec not the vital rec is in error.
MAR: "Hampshire Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths" (private ms of John Pynchon), entries for Northampton, p. 141 (FHL #014766).
DEATH: "Births, Marriages, and Deaths [Hampshire] County Court," entries for Northampton, p. 26 (FHL #760648).

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Nathaniel married Meakins, Mary on 8 May 1663 in Northampton,Hampshire,MA. Mary (daughter of Meakins, Thomas and Sarah) was born about 1645; died in (agmt) 11 Apr 1705 in Hatfield,Hampshire,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: No birth rec found. Mary is identified in the articles of agreement of the heirs of her father, Thomas Meakins of Hatfield, 2 Mar 1688/9 (Hampshire Co. Probate 2:49 [FHL #879184]). Date of birth is an approximation. Some have supposed that it was Mary, not Sarah, who was born at Braintree on 24 Apr 1641. See Winifred L. Holman, "The Meakins Lineage" (typescript, 1958-60; NEHGS, Boston), 16. However, there is no evidence to suggest such a clerical error. It is equally possible that Mary was born between siblings Thomas and Hannah.
MAR #1: "Hampshire Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths" (private ms of John Pynchon), entries for Springfield, p. 141 (FHL #014766).
MAR #2: Northampton Vital Records, 1:97 (FHL #186161). Wife is called widow.
DEATH: No death rec found. Mary probably died shortly before 11 Apr 1705, the date of agreement of the legatees to the joint estate of Mary Allis and that of her late husband John Allis, who died in Jan 1690 (Hampshire Co. Probate, 3:132 [FHL #879184]).
NOTE: It is often published that Mary married Samuel Belding as her 3rd husband. See, for instance, Horatio D. Allis, GENEALOGY OF WILLIAM ALLIS (Hartford, 1919), 6, 7 (FHL #874219). This seems unlikely because she was called Mary "Allis" in the agreement of heirs in 1705, above. No evidence of a 3rd mar has been found.

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