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John Millard Sr.
(Abt 1608 - Bef 7 Feb 1689)
[[Category:Puritan Great Migration]]
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== Origins ==
John Millard's origins and relationship to Thomas Millard were found and published in 2015.Trudy Millard Krause, "The English Origins of Thomas1 Millard of Boston, and his cousin John1 Millard of Rehoboth," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 169(2015):197-201.
On p. 25 of the Bristol Records is listed "John Millard [of] Westwood [England]." (Every emigrant was compelled by ordinance to register his name, address, and vocation. But is this THIS John Millard of Rehoboth, John Millard/Miller of Salem/Boston or another John Millard?
:"A good deal that is inaccurate has been printed about these New England Millards. The descendants of John1 Millard of Salem and John1 Millard of Rehoboth have been confounded... It is not certainly known from what county of England any Millard before 1650 came to Colonial America. From 1540 to 1640 the name 'Millard' occurred more frequently in Gloucestershire than elsewhere; but it was found also in other Western counties, in the Midlands, along the Channel coast from Devonshire to Kent, and in London. In the Eastern counties it was rarely met with... The only hint that has been found relative to the English connections of.... John1 Millard of Rehoboth, is wholly inconclusive." [Describes a silver tankard in the family bearing arms identified with the Millers of Wrotham, Co. Kent, citing two Heraldic journals.] "A systematic search of the Miller names in the Wrotham parish register has failed to bring to light any Thomas that can be identified with Thomas Millard of Boston, or any John that can be identified with John Millard of Rehoboth."Prof Franklin H. Giddings, "The Millard Ancestry of President Fillmore," in ''NYGBR,'' 47(1915):245-246: early genealogy of the family of John Millard of Rehoboth
Of interest is a Boston will of one Thomas Millard (NEHGR, 48:326)::No. 517 - Thomas Millard, of Boston, administration, 4 Feb 1669-70. Bond of John Miller of Rehoboth, with John Lake and Thomas Bligh of Boston. Testimonies of: William Hudson of Boston, aged 57 years or thereabouts, in regard to land lying by Centry Hill; the testator said he would give it to his kinsman at Seakonk who hath many children.:"Peter Oliver of Boston, aged 52 years or thereabouts, saith that about seven years ago he said to the testator that if he would give him his houselot he would buildaive cleanup a fair house for his maintenance; but he said he had a kinsman in ye country to whom he intended to give it.:John Jackson, aged about 60 years; about twelve months ago Thomas Millard said he would give his estate to his cousin Millard, because he wasbrought up at his father's house. Abigail Jackson, age about 60 years, testified to this same effect.:John Waite, aged 26 or thereabouts, being at the house of Mr. John Lake where was then Thomas Miller very ill near death, stated he intended cousinMiller should have good part of his estate, and said, I have no other kindred in the country nor certainly do know that any other is alive.:John Lake, aged fifty-one years or thereabouts, spoke to Thomas Millard about an hour or two before his death about his estate; he said he intendedto have his cousin have a good part of it.
Inventory apprised by John Wiswall & Richard Cooke. Vol. vii. p. 18.
== Biography ==
He is not covered by Anderson in his ''Great Migration'' series.
John Millard, probably with a wife and two small sons (Robert and John Jr), probably came to New England about 1637 at the same time as his first cousin Thomas who settled in Boston.
By 1643 John was established in Rehoboth, but he was then probably a widower since he had no births of children recorded during his early years in the town.
:His name occurs often in the records in connection with land allottments and transfers.NYGBR 47(1915):247
About 1652 he married Elizabeth ______ who died in 1680. She was mother of his children born after 1652.
The town assessments of 22 Dec. 1657 list John Miller Sr., together with his two sons, John Jr. and Robert, and the following year both Johns took the Oath of Fidelitie there. Ten years later the same three Millers were among those who drew lots for the "meadow lands in the North Purchase" (now Attleboro, Mass.) Bliss, pp. 27, 31, 34, 41, 49, 67,Bowen, Vol. I, pp. 16. 39, 41,Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 5, pp. 91, 115; Vol. 8, p. 178
He was a tanner of animal hides.}
1643: proprietor of Rehoboth
1648: surveyor of highways
1672: Constable
No will or death record found. (So, then, what is the source of his death date?)
He was cousin and suggested heir of Thomas Millard, of Boston, in 1669. But an earlier will of Thomas was found that left Thomas' estate to his sister Alice in England.
== Children ==
By first wife, name not known:
# John Jr d 1680?; m Elizabeth who was still living as late as 1684
# Robert
By second wife , named Elizabeth, Maida name not known, all recorded in Rehoboth:
# Hannah b. Dec. 23, 1653
# Sarah, b. Oct. 15, 1655
# Samuel, b Oct 5, 1658
# Joseph, b. Aug 1660
# Benjamin b. Sept 22, 1662
== Research Notes ==
:"The sources commonly relied on for Rehoboth genealogy are ''The Vital Record of Rehoboth,' 1642-1696, as printed by James N. Arnold, and the ''History of Rehoboth,'' by Leonard Bliss, Jr. '''Unfortunately, there are errors in Arnold's invaluable work, both of transcription and of interpretation of difficult lines and Bliss made mistakes, which Savage and others followed.''' Corrections here introduced are made from the original manuscript records, still preserved at Rehoboth, from Bristol County wills and deeds recorded at Taunton, and from the ''Early Court Files'' of the Massachusetts Supreme Court."NYGBR 47(1915):247
Among other things::"It is by no means certain that the Elizabeth Miller, who died at Rehoboth in 1680 was the wife of the first John Millard, Senior, as Savage (Vol. III, page 210), and other writers have assumed. The Colony record reads: 'Elizabeth Miller, the wife of John Miller, Senior, was buried the 18th of April.' (Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. VIII, page 74.) But this entry is admittedly a copy from the town record at Rehoboth, and the original reads: 'Elizabeth Miller wife of John Miller Buried 18 Aprill, 1680.' (Original Records of Rehoboth, Vol. I, page 55.) The Colony record may have been a correction, but aslo John2 Millard, called 'junior' in 1657, and for many years afterwards, may have been John 'Senior' in 1680."NYGBR 47(1915):247
== Sources ==
See also:# [http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/earpconnections/millerdsparti.htm 1959 Millard Genealogy]# R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley, "The Bristol Records: A Representative List of Names of Persons Who Emigrated to America Between the Years 1654 and1679," in New World Immigrants, p. 165:
# Pioneers of Massachusetts (1620-1650), p. 314# Vital Records of Rehoboth, Supplement p. 910: Lists of purchases, settlers and inhabitants... about 1643# Prof. Franklin H. Giddings, ''NY Genealogical and Biographical Record,'' 1915 - corrects Millard errors in ''Commemorative Biographical Record of Dutchess County, NY'' (Beers & Co., 1897), pp 242-243# Prof. Franklin H. Giddings, ''Genealogical and Family Histories of Southern New York,'' (Cuyler Reynolds, 1914), pp 65-68.
# Compendium of American Genealogy (vol. VII, p. 94)# Compendium of American Genealogy (vol II, p. 408 and vol. V, p. 774) - "one of three brothers who came over in 1643 and settled in Rehoboth."# Frances Davis McTeer and Frederick C. Warner, "The Millards of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Part I", The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, Fall 1959, Volume XXIII, Number 1, pp 5 - 10.
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[[Category:Puritan Great Migration]]
}
== Origins ==
John Millard's origins and relationship to Thomas Millard were found and published in 2015.Trudy Millard Krause, "The English Origins of Thomas1 Millard of Boston, and his cousin John1 Millard of Rehoboth," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 169(2015):197-201.
On p. 25 of the Bristol Records is listed "John Millard [of] Westwood [England]." (Every emigrant was compelled by ordinance to register his name, address, and vocation. But is this THIS John Millard of Rehoboth, John Millard/Miller of Salem/Boston or another John Millard?: UPDATE: The following was sent to one of the profile managers via private message: "this cannot be the same John Millard of Rehoboth because the Bristol Records are from passengers from 1654-1685 and John was already in New England way before that time. It might have been a related person because Westwood is not too distant from Sambourne, but it was not THE John Millard."
"A good deal that is inaccurate has been printed about these New England Millards. The descendants of John1 Millard of Salem and John1 Millard of Rehoboth have been confounded... It is not certainly known from what county of England any Millard before 1650 came to Colonial America. From 1540 to 1640 the name 'Millard' occurred more frequently in Gloucestershire than elsewhere; but it was found also in other Western counties, in the Midlands, along the Channel coast from Devonshire to Kent, and in London. In the Eastern counties it was rarely met with... The only hint that has been found relative to the English connections of.... John1 Millard of Rehoboth, is wholly inconclusive." [Describes a silver tankard in the family bearing arms identified with the Millers of Wrotham, Co. Kent, citing two Heraldic journals.] "A systematic search of the Miller names in the Wrotham parish register has failed to bring to light any Thomas that can be identified with Thomas Millard of Boston, or any John that can be identified with John Millard of Rehoboth."Prof Franklin H. Giddings, "The Millard Ancestry of President Fillmore," in ''NYGBR,'' 47(1915):245-246: early genealogy of the family of John Millard of Rehoboth
Of interest is a Boston will of one Thomas Millard (NEHGR, 48:326)::No. 517 - Thomas Millard, of Boston, administration, 4 Feb 1669-70. Bond of John Miller of Rehoboth, with John Lake and Thomas Bligh of Boston. Testimonies of: William Hudson of Boston, aged 57 years or thereabouts, in regard to land lying by Centry Hill; the testator said he would give it to '''his kinsman at Seakonk''' [Rehoboth] who hath many children.:"Peter Oliver of Boston, aged 52 years or thereabouts, saith that about seven years ago he said to the testator that if he would give him his houselot he would buildaive cleanup a fair house for his maintenance; but he said he had a kinsman in ye country to whom he intended to give it.:John Jackson, aged about 60 years; about twelve months ago Thomas Millard said he would give his estate to '''his cousin Millard,''' because he was brought up at his father's house. Abigail Jackson, age about 60 years, testified to this same effect.:John Waite, aged 26 or thereabouts, being at the house of Mr. John Lake where was then Thomas Miller very ill near death, stated he intended cousin Miller should have good part of his estate, and said, I have no other kindred in the country nor certainly do know that any other is alive.:John Lake, aged fifty-one years or thereabouts, spoke to Thomas Millard about an hour or two before his death about his estate; he said he intended to have his cousin have a good part of it.
Inventory appraised by John Wiswall & Richard Cooke. Vol. vii. p. 18.
== Biography ==
He is not covered by Anderson in his ''Great Migration'' series.
John Millard, probably with a wife and two small sons (Robert and John Jr), probably came to New England about 1637 at the same time as his first cousin Thomas who settled in Boston.
By 1643, John was established in Rehoboth, but he was then probably a widower since he had no births of children recorded during his early years in the town.
His name occurs often in the records in connection with land allotments and transfers.NYGBR 47(1915):247
About 1652 he married Elizabeth ______,Clarence A. Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), v. 2, p. 1038 [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/1038/426896473 AmericanAncestors.org]. who died in 1680. She was mother of his children born after 1652.
The town assessments of 22 Dec. 1657 list John Miller Sr., together with his two sons, John Jr. and Robert, and the following year both Johns took the Oath of Fidelitie there. Ten years later the same three Millers were among those who drew lots for the "meadow lands in the North Purchase" (now Attleboro, Mass.) Bliss, pp. 27, 31, 34, 41, 49, 67,Bowen, Vol. I, pp. 16. 39, 41,Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 5, pp. 91, 115; Vol. 8, p. 178
He was a tanner of animal hides.Edward J. Paul, Ancestry of Katherine Choate Paul, now Mrs. William J. Young, Jr. (Milwaukee: Burdick and Allen, 1914), p, 180 [https://archive.org/details/ancestrykathari00paulgoog/page/n188/mode/2up Archive.org]
1643: He was one of the first proprietors of Rehoboth.James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 : marriages, intentions, births, deaths... (Providence, R I: Narragansett Historical Publishing, 1897), p. 910 [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14010/910/0 AmericanAncestors.org].
1648: surveyor of highways
1672: Constable
No will or death record found.
He died between 30 June 1684 when he last appears on the record, signing a deed, and 7 Feb. 1689 when he does not appear in a list of proprietors.Francis McTeer and Frederick Warner, "The Millards of Rehoboth, Massachusetts", Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, v. 23 (1959), no. 1, p. 5.
He was cousin and suggested heir of Thomas Millard, of Boston, in 1669. But an earlier will of Thomas was found that left Thomas' estate to his sister Alice in England.
== Children ==
By [[UNKNOWN-120462|first wife]], name not known:
# John Jr d. 1676; m Elizabeth who was still living as late as 1684
# Robert
By second wife , named Elizabeth, maiden name not known, all recorded in Rehoboth:
# Hannah b. Dec. 23, 1653
# Sarah, b. Oct. 15, 1655
# Samuel, b Oct 5, 1658
# Joseph, b. Aug 1660
# Benjamin b. Sept 22, 1662
== Research Notes ==
:"The sources commonly relied on for Rehoboth genealogy are ''The Vital Record of Rehoboth,' 1642-1696, as printed by James N. Arnold, and the ''History of Rehoboth,'' by Leonard Bliss, Jr. '''Unfortunately, there are errors in Arnold's invaluable work, both of transcription and of interpretation of difficult lines and Bliss made mistakes, which Savage and others followed.''' Corrections here introduced are made from the original manuscript records, still preserved at Rehoboth, from Bristol County wills and deeds recorded at Taunton, and from the ''Early Court Files'' of the Massachusetts Supreme Court."NYGBR 47(1915):247
Among other things::"It is by no means certain that the Elizabeth Miller, who died at Rehoboth in 1680 was the wife of the first John Millard, Senior, as Savage (Vol. III, page 210), and other writers have assumed. The Colony record reads: 'Elizabeth Miller, the wife of John Miller, Senior, was buried the 18th of April.' (Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. VIII, page 74.) But this entry is admittedly a copy from the town record at Rehoboth, and the original reads: 'Elizabeth Miller wife of John Miller Buried 18 Aprill, 1680.' (Original Records of Rehoboth, Vol. I, page 55.) The Colony record may have been a correction, but also John2 Millard, called 'junior' in 1657, and for many years afterwards, may have been John 'Senior' in 1680."NYGBR 47(1915):247
:But, the document cited for [[Millard-596|John Millard Jr.]] says his widow was alive in 1684.
== Sources ==
See also:# [http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/earpconnections/millerdsparti.htm 1959 Millard Genealogy]# R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley, "The Bristol Records: A Representative List of Names of Persons Who Emigrated to America Between the Years 1654 and1679," in New World Immigrants, p. 165
# Pioneers of Massachusetts (1620-1650), p. 314# Vital Records of Rehoboth, Supplement p. 910: Lists of purchases, settlers and inhabitants... about 1643# Prof. Franklin H. Giddings, ''NY Genealogical and Biographical Record,'' 1915 - corrects Millard errors in ''Commemorative Biographical Record of Dutchess County, NY'' (Beers & Co., 1897), pp 242-243# Prof. Franklin H. Giddings, ''Genealogical and Family Histories of Southern New York,'' (Cuyler Reynolds, 1914), pp 65-68.
# Compendium of American Genealogy (vol. VII, p. 94)# Compendium of American Genealogy (vol II, p. 408 and vol. V, p. 774) - "one of three brothers who came over in 1643 and settled in Rehoboth."# Frances Davis McTeer and Frederick C. Warner, "The Millards of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Part I", The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, Fall 1959, Volume XXIII, Number 1, pp 5 - 10.* WikiTree profile Millard-229 created through the import of Putnam2-1_2010-01-02_2011-02-16_2011-10-11.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by [[Putnam-327 | John Putnam]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Millard-229 Changes page] for the details of edits by John and others.
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== Origins ==
John Millard's origins and relationship to Thomas Millard were found and published in 2015.Trudy Millard Krause, "The English Origins of Thomas1 Millard of Boston, and his cousin John1 Millard of Rehoboth," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 169(2015):197-201.
On p. 25 of the Bristol Records is listed "John Millard [of] Westwood [England]." (Every emigrant was compelled by ordinance to register his name, address, and vocation. But is this THIS John Millard of Rehoboth, John Millard/Miller of Salem/Boston or another John Millard?
:"A good deal that is inaccurate has been printed about these New England Millards. The descendants of John1 Millard of Salem and John1 Millard of Rehoboth have been confounded... It is not certainly known from what county of England any Millard before 1650 came to Colonial America. From 1540 to 1640 the name 'Millard' occurred more frequently in Gloucestershire than elsewhere; but it was found also in other Western counties, in the Midlands, along the Channel coast from Devonshire to Kent, and in London. In the Eastern counties it was rarely met with... The only hint that has been found relative to the English connections of.... John1 Millard of Rehoboth, is wholly inconclusive." [Describes a silver tankard in the family bearing arms identified with the Millers of Wrotham, Co. Kent, citing two Heraldic journals.] "A systematic search of the Miller names in the Wrotham parish register has failed to bring to light any Thomas that can be identified with Thomas Millard of Boston, or any John that can be identified with John Millard of Rehoboth."Prof Franklin H. Giddings, "The Millard Ancestry of President Fillmore," in ''NYGBR,'' 47(1915):245-246: early genealogy of the family of John Millard of Rehoboth
Of interest is a Boston will of one Thomas Millard (NEHGR, 48:326)::No. 517 - Thomas Millard, of Boston, administration, 4 Feb 1669-70. Bond of John Miller of Rehoboth, with John Lake and Thomas Bligh of Boston. Testimonies of: William Hudson of Boston, aged 57 years or thereabouts, in regard to land lying by Centry Hill; the testator said he would give it to his kinsman at Seakonk who hath many children.:"Peter Oliver of Boston, aged 52 years or thereabouts, saith that about seven years ago he said to the testator that if he would give him his houselot he would buildaive cleanup a fair house for his maintenance; but he said he had a kinsman in ye country to whom he intended to give it.:John Jackson, aged about 60 years; about twelve months ago Thomas Millard said he would give his estate to his cousin Millard, because he wasbrought up at his father's house. Abigail Jackson, age about 60 years, testified to this same effect.:John Waite, aged 26 or thereabouts, being at the house of Mr. John Lake where was then Thomas Miller very ill near death, stated he intended cousinMiller should have good part of his estate, and said, I have no other kindred in the country nor certainly do know that any other is alive.:John Lake, aged fifty-one years or thereabouts, spoke to Thomas Millard about an hour or two before his death about his estate; he said he intendedto have his cousin have a good part of it.
Inventory apprised by John Wiswall & Richard Cooke. Vol. vii. p. 18.
== Biography ==
He is not covered by Anderson in his ''Great Migration'' series.
John Millard, probably with a wife and two small sons (Robert and John Jr), probably came to New England about 1637 at the same time as his first cousin Thomas who settled in Boston.
By 1643 John was established in Rehoboth, but he was then probably a widower since he had no births of children recorded during his early years in the town.
:His name occurs often in the records in connection with land allottments and transfers.NYGBR 47(1915):247
About 1652 he married Elizabeth ______ who died in 1680. She was mother of his children born after 1652.
The town assessments of 22 Dec. 1657 list John Miller Sr., together with his two sons, John Jr. and Robert, and the following year both Johns took the Oath of Fidelitie there. Ten years later the same three Millers were among those who drew lots for the "meadow lands in the North Purchase" (now Attleboro, Mass.) Bliss, pp. 27, 31, 34, 41, 49, 67,Bowen, Vol. I, pp. 16. 39, 41,Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 5, pp. 91, 115; Vol. 8, p. 178
He was a tanner of animal hides.}
1643: proprietor of Rehoboth
1648: surveyor of highways
1672: Constable
No will or death record found. (So, then, what is the source of his death date?)
He was cousin and suggested heir of Thomas Millard, of Boston, in 1669. But an earlier will of Thomas was found that left Thomas' estate to his sister Alice in England.
== Children ==
By first wife, name not known:
# John Jr d 1680?; m Elizabeth who was still living as late as 1684
# Robert
By second wife , named Elizabeth, Maida name not known, all recorded in Rehoboth:
# Hannah b. Dec. 23, 1653
# Sarah, b. Oct. 15, 1655
# Samuel, b Oct 5, 1658
# Joseph, b. Aug 1660
# Benjamin b. Sept 22, 1662
== Research Notes ==
:"The sources commonly relied on for Rehoboth genealogy are ''The Vital Record of Rehoboth,' 1642-1696, as printed by James N. Arnold, and the ''History of Rehoboth,'' by Leonard Bliss, Jr. '''Unfortunately, there are errors in Arnold's invaluable work, both of transcription and of interpretation of difficult lines and Bliss made mistakes, which Savage and others followed.''' Corrections here introduced are made from the original manuscript records, still preserved at Rehoboth, from Bristol County wills and deeds recorded at Taunton, and from the ''Early Court Files'' of the Massachusetts Supreme Court."NYGBR 47(1915):247
Among other things::"It is by no means certain that the Elizabeth Miller, who died at Rehoboth in 1680 was the wife of the first John Millard, Senior, as Savage (Vol. III, page 210), and other writers have assumed. The Colony record reads: 'Elizabeth Miller, the wife of John Miller, Senior, was buried the 18th of April.' (Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. VIII, page 74.) But this entry is admittedly a copy from the town record at Rehoboth, and the original reads: 'Elizabeth Miller wife of John Miller Buried 18 Aprill, 1680.' (Original Records of Rehoboth, Vol. I, page 55.) The Colony record may have been a correction, but aslo John2 Millard, called 'junior' in 1657, and for many years afterwards, may have been John 'Senior' in 1680."NYGBR 47(1915):247
== Sources ==
See also:# [http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/earpconnections/millerdsparti.htm 1959 Millard Genealogy]# R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley, "The Bristol Records: A Representative List of Names of Persons Who Emigrated to America Between the Years 1654 and1679," in New World Immigrants, p. 165:
# Pioneers of Massachusetts (1620-1650), p. 314# Vital Records of Rehoboth, Supplement p. 910: Lists of purchases, settlers and inhabitants... about 1643# Prof. Franklin H. Giddings, ''NY Genealogical and Biographical Record,'' 1915 - corrects Millard errors in ''Commemorative Biographical Record of Dutchess County, NY'' (Beers & Co., 1897), pp 242-243# Prof. Franklin H. Giddings, ''Genealogical and Family Histories of Southern New York,'' (Cuyler Reynolds, 1914), pp 65-68.
# Compendium of American Genealogy (vol. VII, p. 94)# Compendium of American Genealogy (vol II, p. 408 and vol. V, p. 774) - "one of three brothers who came over in 1643 and settled in Rehoboth."# Frances Davis McTeer and Frederick C. Warner, "The Millards of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Part I", The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, Fall 1959, Volume XXIII, Number 1, pp 5 - 10.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
[[Category:Puritan Great Migration]]
}
== Origins ==
John Millard's origins and relationship to Thomas Millard were found and published in 2015.Trudy Millard Krause, "The English Origins of Thomas1 Millard of Boston, and his cousin John1 Millard of Rehoboth," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 169(2015):197-201.
On p. 25 of the Bristol Records is listed "John Millard [of] Westwood [England]." (Every emigrant was compelled by ordinance to register his name, address, and vocation. But is this THIS John Millard of Rehoboth, John Millard/Miller of Salem/Boston or another John Millard?: UPDATE: The following was sent to one of the profile managers via private message: "this cannot be the same John Millard of Rehoboth because the Bristol Records are from passengers from 1654-1685 and John was already in New England way before that time. It might have been a related person because Westwood is not too distant from Sambourne, but it was not THE John Millard."
"A good deal that is inaccurate has been printed about these New England Millards. The descendants of John1 Millard of Salem and John1 Millard of Rehoboth have been confounded... It is not certainly known from what county of England any Millard before 1650 came to Colonial America. From 1540 to 1640 the name 'Millard' occurred more frequently in Gloucestershire than elsewhere; but it was found also in other Western counties, in the Midlands, along the Channel coast from Devonshire to Kent, and in London. In the Eastern counties it was rarely met with... The only hint that has been found relative to the English connections of.... John1 Millard of Rehoboth, is wholly inconclusive." [Describes a silver tankard in the family bearing arms identified with the Millers of Wrotham, Co. Kent, citing two Heraldic journals.] "A systematic search of the Miller names in the Wrotham parish register has failed to bring to light any Thomas that can be identified with Thomas Millard of Boston, or any John that can be identified with John Millard of Rehoboth."Prof Franklin H. Giddings, "The Millard Ancestry of President Fillmore," in ''NYGBR,'' 47(1915):245-246: early genealogy of the family of John Millard of Rehoboth
Of interest is a Boston will of one Thomas Millard (NEHGR, 48:326)::No. 517 - Thomas Millard, of Boston, administration, 4 Feb 1669-70. Bond of John Miller of Rehoboth, with John Lake and Thomas Bligh of Boston. Testimonies of: William Hudson of Boston, aged 57 years or thereabouts, in regard to land lying by Centry Hill; the testator said he would give it to '''his kinsman at Seakonk''' [Rehoboth] who hath many children.:"Peter Oliver of Boston, aged 52 years or thereabouts, saith that about seven years ago he said to the testator that if he would give him his houselot he would buildaive cleanup a fair house for his maintenance; but he said he had a kinsman in ye country to whom he intended to give it.:John Jackson, aged about 60 years; about twelve months ago Thomas Millard said he would give his estate to '''his cousin Millard,''' because he was brought up at his father's house. Abigail Jackson, age about 60 years, testified to this same effect.:John Waite, aged 26 or thereabouts, being at the house of Mr. John Lake where was then Thomas Miller very ill near death, stated he intended cousin Miller should have good part of his estate, and said, I have no other kindred in the country nor certainly do know that any other is alive.:John Lake, aged fifty-one years or thereabouts, spoke to Thomas Millard about an hour or two before his death about his estate; he said he intended to have his cousin have a good part of it.
Inventory appraised by John Wiswall & Richard Cooke. Vol. vii. p. 18.
== Biography ==
He is not covered by Anderson in his ''Great Migration'' series.
John Millard, probably with a wife and two small sons (Robert and John Jr), probably came to New England about 1637 at the same time as his first cousin Thomas who settled in Boston.
By 1643, John was established in Rehoboth, but he was then probably a widower since he had no births of children recorded during his early years in the town.
His name occurs often in the records in connection with land allotments and transfers.NYGBR 47(1915):247
About 1652 he married Elizabeth ______,Clarence A. Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), v. 2, p. 1038 [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/1038/426896473 AmericanAncestors.org]. who died in 1680. She was mother of his children born after 1652.
The town assessments of 22 Dec. 1657 list John Miller Sr., together with his two sons, John Jr. and Robert, and the following year both Johns took the Oath of Fidelitie there. Ten years later the same three Millers were among those who drew lots for the "meadow lands in the North Purchase" (now Attleboro, Mass.) Bliss, pp. 27, 31, 34, 41, 49, 67,Bowen, Vol. I, pp. 16. 39, 41,Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 5, pp. 91, 115; Vol. 8, p. 178
He was a tanner of animal hides.Edward J. Paul, Ancestry of Katherine Choate Paul, now Mrs. William J. Young, Jr. (Milwaukee: Burdick and Allen, 1914), p, 180 [https://archive.org/details/ancestrykathari00paulgoog/page/n188/mode/2up Archive.org]
1643: He was one of the first proprietors of Rehoboth.James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 : marriages, intentions, births, deaths... (Providence, R I: Narragansett Historical Publishing, 1897), p. 910 [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14010/910/0 AmericanAncestors.org].
1648: surveyor of highways
1672: Constable
No will or death record found.
He died between 30 June 1684 when he last appears on the record, signing a deed, and 7 Feb. 1689 when he does not appear in a list of proprietors.Francis McTeer and Frederick Warner, "The Millards of Rehoboth, Massachusetts", Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, v. 23 (1959), no. 1, p. 5.
He was cousin and suggested heir of Thomas Millard, of Boston, in 1669. But an earlier will of Thomas was found that left Thomas' estate to his sister Alice in England.
== Children ==
By [[UNKNOWN-120462|first wife]], name not known:
# John Jr d. 1676; m Elizabeth who was still living as late as 1684
# Robert
By second wife , named Elizabeth, maiden name not known, all recorded in Rehoboth:
# Hannah b. Dec. 23, 1653
# Sarah, b. Oct. 15, 1655
# Samuel, b Oct 5, 1658
# Joseph, b. Aug 1660
# Benjamin b. Sept 22, 1662
== Research Notes ==
:"The sources commonly relied on for Rehoboth genealogy are ''The Vital Record of Rehoboth,' 1642-1696, as printed by James N. Arnold, and the ''History of Rehoboth,'' by Leonard Bliss, Jr. '''Unfortunately, there are errors in Arnold's invaluable work, both of transcription and of interpretation of difficult lines and Bliss made mistakes, which Savage and others followed.''' Corrections here introduced are made from the original manuscript records, still preserved at Rehoboth, from Bristol County wills and deeds recorded at Taunton, and from the ''Early Court Files'' of the Massachusetts Supreme Court."NYGBR 47(1915):247
Among other things::"It is by no means certain that the Elizabeth Miller, who died at Rehoboth in 1680 was the wife of the first John Millard, Senior, as Savage (Vol. III, page 210), and other writers have assumed. The Colony record reads: 'Elizabeth Miller, the wife of John Miller, Senior, was buried the 18th of April.' (Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. VIII, page 74.) But this entry is admittedly a copy from the town record at Rehoboth, and the original reads: 'Elizabeth Miller wife of John Miller Buried 18 Aprill, 1680.' (Original Records of Rehoboth, Vol. I, page 55.) The Colony record may have been a correction, but also John2 Millard, called 'junior' in 1657, and for many years afterwards, may have been John 'Senior' in 1680."NYGBR 47(1915):247
:But, the document cited for [[Millard-596|John Millard Jr.]] says his widow was alive in 1684.
== Sources ==
See also:# [http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/earpconnections/millerdsparti.htm 1959 Millard Genealogy]# R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley, "The Bristol Records: A Representative List of Names of Persons Who Emigrated to America Between the Years 1654 and1679," in New World Immigrants, p. 165
# Pioneers of Massachusetts (1620-1650), p. 314# Vital Records of Rehoboth, Supplement p. 910: Lists of purchases, settlers and inhabitants... about 1643# Prof. Franklin H. Giddings, ''NY Genealogical and Biographical Record,'' 1915 - corrects Millard errors in ''Commemorative Biographical Record of Dutchess County, NY'' (Beers & Co., 1897), pp 242-243# Prof. Franklin H. Giddings, ''Genealogical and Family Histories of Southern New York,'' (Cuyler Reynolds, 1914), pp 65-68.
# Compendium of American Genealogy (vol. VII, p. 94)# Compendium of American Genealogy (vol II, p. 408 and vol. V, p. 774) - "one of three brothers who came over in 1643 and settled in Rehoboth."# Frances Davis McTeer and Frederick C. Warner, "The Millards of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Part I", The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, Fall 1959, Volume XXIII, Number 1, pp 5 - 10.* WikiTree profile Millard-229 created through the import of Putnam2-1_2010-01-02_2011-02-16_2011-10-11.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by [[Putnam-327 | John Putnam]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Millard-229 Changes page] for the details of edits by John and others.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1608 | Near Somburne, Coughton Parish, co. Warwick, England | |||
| Marriage | 1631 | England - Elizabeth UNKNOWN | |||
| Marriage | 1652 | Rehoboth, Massachusetts - Elizabeth Unknown | |||
| Marriage | 1652 | Rehoboth, Massachusetts - Elizabeth Baugh | |||
| Death | Bef 7 Feb 1689 | Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts | |||
| Death | 7 Feb 1689 | Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts | |||
| Reference No | 755514 | ||||
| Reference No | |||||
| Reference No | 60 | ||||
| Reference No | 775081 |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Baugh (1612 - 1680) |
| Child | Sarah Miller (1624 - 1666) |
| Child | Mary Millard (1650 - 1706) |
| Child | Hannah Millard (1653 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Millard (1655 - 1732) |
| Child | Samuel Millard (1658 - 1720) |
| Child | Joseph Millard (1660 - ) |
| Child | Benjamin Millard (1662 - 1751) |
| Child | Robert Millard (1632 - 1711) |
| Child | John Millard Jr. (1636 - 1684) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Unknown (1612 - 1680) |
| Child | Sarah Miller (1624 - 1666) |
| Child | Mary Millard (1650 - 1706) |
| Child | Hannah Millard (1653 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Millard (1655 - 1732) |
| Child | Samuel Millard (1658 - 1720) |
| Child | Joseph Millard (1660 - ) |
| Child | Benjamin Millard (1662 - 1751) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth UNKNOWN ( - 1637) |
| Father | John Millard (1580 - 1612) |