256. Bryan Penny
Quit rent rolls Elizabeth City Co 1704 = 50 acres
Death
OR Bef 18 Feb 1743 or 1745Norfolk Co., VA Wills Book and Page: H:91 Date Made: 20 Sep 1741 Date Proved: 18 Feb 1743/4 Abstract: Bryan Penney of the East Side of the South Branch of the County of Norfolk Planter. Book H p. 91. Dated Sep. 1741. Proved 18 Feb. 1743/4, by John Cutrell and the Executrix therein named & Probate is granted her on the Will of Bryan Penny . . . . . . unto my beloved Wife Elizabeth Penny that tract of Land where in I now live on and at her Decease then to my two Sons Edward Penney & Thomas Penney . . . . . . my wife . . . my hole Executor . .Bryan B Pinne & Seal. His mark. Name Title Description Property Residence Cutrell, John Witness Norfolk Co., VA Davisson, Jm. Witness Norfolk Co., VA Penney, Bryan Testator South Branch, Norfolk Co., VA Penny, Edward Son Land Norfolk Co., VA Penny, Elizabeth Wife Land Norfolk Co., VA Penny, Elizabeth Executrix Land Norfolk Co., VA Penny, Thomas Son Land Norfolk Co., VA Pinne, Bryan Testator South Branch, Norfolk Co., VA
384. Jacob (John) (Johann) (Michael) (I) Miller
Confusion on one or two Jacobs
Earlist know ancestor in the Miller family. Was born in Germany and came to Philadelphia, Pa. on the ship "Pink Johnson" on 19 Sep 1732. He was a farmer and tanner in Berks Co. Pa. His tannery continued in the family for 150 years. He and many of the family are buried in the Christ Little Tulpehocken Church cemetary near Bernville, Pa. There are six more children not named in the will of 1766. They may have died before the will was made. The four known children include Matthias Miller.
Jacob is believed to have been the son of Johann Peter Mueller and Marie Margaret Ulrich of Labensheim, Germany. According to inscription on his tombstone at the Little Tulpenhocken Church “left a good name , a sorrowing widow and four children.” They were married 53 years. They were passengers to Philadelphia, PA on the ship Johnson, David Crocket, master Sept 19, 1732. See page 75, Thirty Thousand Names of Immigrants by Daniel Rupp.
They were farmers and ran a tannery in Tulpenhocken about three miles from Bernville, PA. Ten children were born to Jacob Mueller and wife, of whom three sons and one daughter survived the father. Jacob Mueller published his will recorded in Book II, page 117, Berks County, PA. According to the Will these are the surviving children.
John Jacob Miller b Sept 24, 1728 – listed on the ship by Rupp
Johannes b Nov. 9, 1733
Mathias b Oct. 18, 1743 – executed the will
Elizabeth Barbara Miller b June 7, 1755 m __?__ Hess
Source: Matthias Miller and His 17 Children, by Floyd Mason (1986).Mr. Oscar Miller said in his book; " Jacob Miller was born in Germany about the year 1702. When he was 12 years old he came to America and settled near the city of Philadelphia. From the best and most authentic records in our famly tradition it is stated that he met a young lady by the name of Miller on the ship on which he came to America. She was not related to him, and came from another part of Germany. Thus thrown together on a long journey in a slow sailing vessel that was in common use in those days, they became well aquainted and despite the fact that one of them spoke High German while the other spoke Low, their acquaintance grew and ripened into a very ardent affection and in the year 1725 they were married. For many years they lived together on a farm about thirty miles from Philadelphia near a place called Falkner's Swamp. Seven children were born to them."
Came from Germany to Philadelphia in 1715, as a boy of 13. A Jacob Miller is shown on the East Canestogoe, Chester Co., PA tax list in 1722 (found at Chester Co. Archives & Records, West Chester, PA). Other children of Jacob Miller ncluded Christian, Henry, George, John, Barbara, & Katherine. In 1803 son John Miller married Mary (Mercy) Handley, granddaughter of immigrant William Handley.
Notes from http://www.geocities.com/sarahka1/gedcom/d0002/f0000055.html: [930] Taken from "Jacob Miller and his Descendants" JACOB MILLER, SENIOR-THE GERMAN EMIGRANT According to Government records obtained by Sigfus Olafson, JacobMiller was born in Germany in the year 1702 and came to America withhis parents in 1715. They settled about 30 miles from the Port ofPhiladelphia, at a place known as Faulkner's Swamp. Here Jacob, theboy, lived to manhood and at the age of 23 married a German girl ofthe same name, who either came over with them, or at a later date;more probably at a later date, since she was from another part ofGermany and spoke a different dialect. One spoke High German, beingfrom the Highlands, while the other spoke Low German, being from theLowlands. Philadelphia . being the port to which most of the early emigrantscame, the nearby territory soon became thickly populated. Consequentlythey spread outward into the less settled parts of the surroundingcountry-Westward into the Pennsylvania Territory; South and Southwestwardinto the Virginia Territory. JACOB MILLER and family went south westward along the southern fringeof the Allegheny Mountains and found their way into the ShenandoahValley, making their home in the fertile valley of (now) RockinghamCounty, near the present town of Harrisonburg, where he reared hisfamily. [931] 1775 moved from Rockingham Co, VA to Monroe Co, VA
http://www.millerreunion.com/files/Miller%20Genealogy.pdf
385. Sarah Margaret Catherine Charlotte Mueller
Jacob Miller Our Immigrant By Donna M. Hull Page 2 Jacob Miller was born 1702 in GERMANY, probably near Munich. Many German immigrants came from southernGERMANY during this time period. He immigrated from GERMANY with his parentsabout 1714 or 1715. There is no information on his parents. On the ship, Jacob met a young lady by the name of Margaret Miller (Muller). She was not related to him and came from another part of GERMANY. Thus thrown together n thelong journey on a slow sailing vessel, they became well acquainted and despite the fact that one spoke "high German" and the other "low German", their acquaintence grew and ripened into a very ardent affection and in approximately1725, they married. Jacob's parnets settled about 30 miles NW from the portof Philadelphia at a place called Faulkner's Swamp. It is believed that Margaret's parents settled there also. About 1775, leaving their parents, Jacob and Margaret, their sister, Mary Price, and brothers Christian and Henry Miller, moved to Augusta County. His children, John Miller, George Miller, Barbara Mann, Catherine Conrad moved to the mountains of Greenbrier County, now Monroe. Mary Price's husband, Augustus, was born in this area and his parents lived there. In 1776 Jacob and Elizabeth (Fudge) Miller sold their land to Conrad Fudge, and also moved to Greenbrier County. Proven children of Jacob and Margaret Miller are 1. Jacob 2. George 3. Christian 4. John 5. Henry 6. Barbara Miller Mann 7. Catherine Miller Conrad
416. John (Sr 2) Milner
LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA - "SUNLIGHT ON THE SOUTHSIDE" SUNLIGHT ON THE SOUTHSIDE Transcribed by Thomas Walter Duda
Tithe in 1772
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