Individual Details
John MCMILLEN
(Bet 1740 and 1750 - Bet 26 May 1830 and 28 Jul 1831)
John McMillen may have had a daughter Elisa married to Allen Foster. His daughters Jane and Susannah leave the bulk of their estate to their "next friend" and niece Sarah Jane Foster in their wills. There is a Sarah Jane Foster with an Elisa Foster who is a widow in the 1850 census in Plum Creek Township, Armstrong County living near Jane and Susan McMillin. There is an Allen Foster, age 40 to 49, in the 1840 census in Plum Creek Township, Armstrong County who is not in the 1850 census living near Susanah McMillin.
There was a William McMillen living in Derry Township, Westmoreland County in the 1790 census and a William and Robert McMillen living near each other in the 1798 Direct Tax for Derry Township.. Was William McMillen a brother of John McMillen? Was Robert McMillen a son of William McMillen? A Robert McMillen who died about 1843 in Derry Township leaves bequests to a Smith McMillen in his will as well as Robert McMillen, a son of his brother Thomas. John McMillen had a son Smith McMillen. Was this the same person as the one mentioned in Robert McMillen's will?
Events
| Birth | Bet 1740 and 1750 |  | |||
| Miscellaneous | 1798 | Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1800 | Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Property | 16 Oct 1807 | 156 acres with Smith McMillen, his son, from Nathan Burns - Allegheny Township,, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1810 | Kittanning Township, Armstong County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1820 | Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1830 | Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | Bet 26 May 1830 and 28 Jul 1831 | | |||
| Probate | 1831 | Armstrong County, Pennsylvania |  | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary ( - ) |
| Child | John MCMILLEN ( - ) |
| Child | Daniel MCMILLEN (1777 - 1850) |
| Child | Thomas MCMILLEN (1784 - 1833) |
| Child | Smith MCMILLEN (1780 - 1846) |
| Child | Jane MCMILLEN (1782 - 1853) |
| Child | Susannah MCMILLEN (1784 - 1853) |
| Child | Robert MCMILLEN ( - 1830) |
| Child | William MCMILLEN (1789 - 1854) |
Notes
Probate
John McMillen and his son Smith McMillen purchased 156 acres together in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County on 16 October 1807. Smith McMillen sold his undivided one half to his brothers, William and Robert McMillen, sometime before 1830 when their father wrote his will. When John McMillen's son Robert died without any lineal descendants, Robert's interest (an undivided one fourth interest) reverted back to his father. John McMillen wrote his will on 26 May 1830 and gave Robert's interest in his farm to his son William. The rest of his farm he left to his two unmarried daughters, Jane and Susanah McMillen. He named Daniel McMillen as his executor. Although Daniel McMillen is not named as his son in his will, a biographical article for William McMillen in the Indiana County, Pennsylvania History by Caldwell states that Daniel McMillen was a son of John and Mary McMillen, natives of Ireland.Endnotes
1. 1830 U.S. census, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Plumcreek Township, page 166, John McMillin; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 December 2013); from National Archives microfilm M19, roll 145.
2. "United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 December 2013), John McMillan.
3. 1800 U.S. census, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Derry Township, page 1220, John McMullen; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2016); from National Archives microfilm M32, roll 41.
4. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Armstrong County Deed Records, 12:121, Smith McMillen and Martha his wife and William McMillen and Jane his wife to Daniel River, 29 November 1839; recorded 13 April 1860; Armstrong County Courthouse, Kittanning, Pennsylvania.
5. 1810 U.S. Census, Armstong County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Kittanning Township, page 375, John McMillen; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2016); from National Archives microfilm M252, roll 44.
6. 1810 U.S. Census, Armstong County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Kittanning Township, page 375, John McMillen; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2016); from National Archives microfilm M252, roll 44.
7. 1820 U.S. census , Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Plumcreek Township, page 267, John McMillen; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 December 2013); from National Archives microfilm M33, roll 97.
8. 1830 U.S. census, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Plumcreek Township, page 166, John McMillin; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 December 2013); from National Archives microfilm M19, roll 145.
9. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Will Books, 1: 117-118, John McMillen will; Armstrong County Courthouse, Kittanning, Pennsylvania.
10. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Will Books, 1: 117-118, John McMillen will; Armstrong County Courthouse, Kittanning, Pennsylvania.
11. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Orphans Court Records 0:138, Daniel McMillen, Executor of John McMillen's Estate, Account of administration of estate presented for confirmation, 17 December 1833; Armstrong County Courthouse, Kittanning, Pennsylvania.