Individual Details

She was a witness to the marriage of Reuben Ryder and Ann Husteed; in 1861 she is referred to as a widow. Jesse is listed on the Muster Rolls of Capt Keith's Company September 28, 1846.

The son, Azor Mills, lived on the 'road to Coles Island' and is recalled by people still alive in 1990 as something of a character. Blois Corey of New Canaan recalls this story which Azor used to tell about himself: "Once Azor was chasing a bear around a haystack. He was having no luck shooting it until he bent his rifle between the branches of a tree. He fired and went home to bed. Next morning the bullet had caught up and the bear was dead."

This apparently was a widespread folk story. In the 1930s a Hollywood cartoon animated the same incident, with (I think) Felix the Cat as hero.

References: Dana Ryder; Nellie Rider; Fremont Rider; Rowland Corey; King's County Probate of Reuben Rider estate, Petition of Sydney Stockton, 6 Jan 1861; Recollections of Blois Corey of New Canaan, son of Rowland Corey, as related to D. Lahey 1990; Marriage Registers: Westmorland County, 1790-1856, Pt 1.

Birth	17 Aug 1818	New Canaan, Brunswick Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick
Marriage	8 Jan 1838	Moncton, Moncton Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick - JESSE MILLS

Spouse	JESSE MILLS (1811 - 1861)
Child	AZOR MILLS (1841 - 1901)
Child	LUCINDA A. MILLS (1846 - )
Child	ELIZABETH JANE MILLS (1848 - )

Father	EBENEZER RIDER (1771 - 1853)
Mother	ANN GOLDSMITH (1777 - 1849)
Sibling	JOHN RIDER (1794 - 1866)
Sibling	STEPHEN RIDER (1798 - 1861)
Sibling	MARY RIDER (1798 - 1845)
Sibling	EBENEZER RIDER (1800 - 1849)
Sibling	JAMES RIDER (1802 - )
Sibling	ELIZABETH RIDER (1804 - 1888)
Sibling	ANN R. RIDER (1806 - )
Sibling	MERCY R. RIDER (1808 - 1820)
Sibling	HENRY RIDER (1810 - 1892)
Sibling	REUBEN RIDER (1812 - 1860)
Sibling	JOSEPH CRANDALL RIDER (1814 - 1849)
Sibling	NATHAN RIDER (1817 - 1896)
Sibling	BENJAMIN RUFUS RIDER (1823 - 1894)