Falk Relations: Miller Family

compiled by Steve Wilson, last updated December 27, 2014.
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Descendants

Outline

William Miller♦ (b. c. 1620, d. 15 July 1690, Northampton MA), m. by 1650 to Patience --- (b. c. 1629, d. 29 Mar. 1716, Northampton MA)

John Miller (b. c. 1650, d. 5 Oct. 1675, Northampton MA), m. 24 Mar. 1670 at Northampton MA to Mary Alvord
Mary Miller (b. c. 1652, Springfield MA, d. 27 Apr. 1688), 1m. 18 Dec. 1672 at Northampton MA to Zebediah Williams (b. 1649, Connecticut, d. 18 Sep. 1675, Deerfield MA), 2m. 26 Nov. 1677 to Godfrey Nims (b. c. 1650, d. 14 Mar. 1704)
Rebecca Miller (b. 8 Oct. 1654, Springfield MA, d. Aug. 1657, Northampton MA)
Patience Miller (b. 15 Sep. 1657, Northampton MA), m. 25 Mar. 1683 at Wethersfield CT to John Nott (b. 10 Jan. 1651, d. 21 May 1710)
William Miller (b. 30 Nov. 1659, Northampton MA, d. 22 Aug. 1705, Glastonbury CT), m. 19 Apr. 1693 at Saybrook CT to Mary Bushnell
Mercy Miller (b. 8 Feb. 1662, Northampton MA), m. 1687 to John Fowler (b. 19 Nov. 1648, Windsor CT, d. c. 1738)
Ebenezer Miller (b. 7 June 1664, Northampton MA), m. 9 Feb. 1688 at Northampton MA to Sarah Allen (b. 28 July 1668, d. 24 Aug. 1748)
Mehitable Miller (b. 10 July 1666, Northampton MA), m. 15 Jan. 1690 at Westfield MA to Josiah Dewey (b. 1666, Massachusetts)
Thankful Miller (b. 25 Apr. 1669, Northampton MA, d. 30 Mar. 1738, Northampton MA), m. 12 Jan. 1693 at Northampton MA to Jonathan Alvord (b. 1669, Massachusetts, d. 13 Aug. 1727, Northampton MA)
Abraham Miller (b. 20 Jan. 1672, Northampton MA, d. 7 Feb. 1727, Northampton MA), m. 1 Jan. 1698 at Northampton MA to Hannah Clapp (b. 5 May 1681, Northampton MA, d. 8 Nov. 1758, Northampton MA)

Our Descent

William Miller (c1620-1690), m. by 1650 to Patience --- (c1629-1716)

Mary Miller (c1652-1688), m. 1677 to Godfrey Nims (c1650-1704)

John Nims (1679-1762), m. 1707 to Elizabeth Hull (1688-1754)

John Nims (1715-1769), m. 1735 to Abigail Smead (1718-1755)

Reuben Nims (1740-1814), m. 1777 to Deliverance Gould (1742-1813)

Elizabeth Nims (1778-c1846), m. 1798 to Samuel Higgins (1774-c1849)

Horatio Higgins (1812-1890), m. 1837 to Mary Jane Felch (1820-1898)

Harvey Alva Higgins (1864-1928), m. 1889 to Lillian Belle Agee (1868-1947)

Elsie Laura Higgins (1895-1959), m. 1915 to George Washington Falk (1895-1969)

Documentation ♦

William Miller (c1620-1690): m. Patience --- (c1629-1716)

29 Dec. 1648, "A list of the names of those that did subscribe their names to allow to Major Denison these several sums yearly while he continues to be our leader ... Willm Miller, 0-4-0" [Massachusetts, Ipswich, Town Records]
Aug. 1657, "Rebeckah Miller died Agust 1657" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Vital Records]
15 Sep. 1657, "15 September Patience Daughr of William And Patience Miller borne" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Vital Records]
30 Nov. 1659, "30 November William Son of William And Patience Miller was borne" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Vital Records]
7 Feb. 1662, "7 of Feby Mercy daughter of William & Patience Miller was born" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Vital Records]
7 June 1664, "June th 7: Ebenezer son of William and Patience Miller born" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Vital Records]
10 July 1666, "July 10 Mehitabell Daugr of William and Patience Miller was born" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Vital Records]
25 Apr. 1669, "Aprill 25 Thankfull Daughter of William and Patience Miller was borne" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Vital Records]
20 Jan. 1672, "January 20 Abraham the Son of William Patience Miller was born" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Vital Records]
15 July 1690, "July 15: William Miller died" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Vital Records]
29 Mar. 1716, "March the 29th 1716 Patience Miller wife of Will Miller Died" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Vital Records]
Burke, Sir Bernard, Burke's American Families with British Ancestry, 1975. [Excerpted from the 16th edition of Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 1939.] On p. 2826, "Miller formerly of Bishops Stortford ... William Miller, of Stortford Place, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire (reputed to have been eighth in direct descent from William Miller, of Petit Wales Mansion, Parish of All Hallows, London, b. 1366; who m. Johanna, dau. of John Rolph, of London, and d. 1432), left Great Britain for America in 1643, and settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts, later moving to Northampton, Mass.; fought in the Indian wars. He m. Patricia, dau. of William Bacon, and Martha Worcester, his wife, and d. at Northampton, leaving issue ..." [I have been unable to find any documentation of these alleged ancestors of either William or Patience that would link them to the New England couple.]
Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, 1913. In 1:422, "William Miller, immigrant ancestor, was a tanner and planter of Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1638. In 1643 and 1646 he served as a soldier against the Indians. He resided in Ipswich in 1648, and in 1654 was one of the twenty-three original settlers of Northampton, Massachusetts. He resided on King street in that town, and died there July 15, 1690. He acquired a plantation at Northfield in 1672, and settled there, but returned to Northampton probably on account of the Indian war. He married Patience ---, who died, very aged, at Northampton, March 16, 1716. The Northampton records say that she was a skilled physician and surgeon."
Felt, Joseph B., History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton, 1834. On p. 10-12, "First Settlers ... when they are first met with, as belonging to Ipswich ... 1638 ... Miller, Wm."
Hammatt, Abraham, The Hammatt Papers: The Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass., 1633-1700, 1899. On p. 229, "Miller, William. Was a Soldier to the Indians, 1643. One of Denison's subscribers, 1648. He probably went to Northampton, where William Miller was one of the earliest inhabitants."
Temple, J.H. & George Sheldon, A History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, for 150 Years, 1875. On p. 68, 363, "William Miller. He was at Ipswich 1648; was a first settler at Northampton; a tanner by trade. His wife was Patience; they had eight children, the youngest born Jan. 20, 1672. Mrs. M. was a skilful physician and surgeon, and was the only doctor at N. during the first two settlements."; "Physicians in Northfield.- Mrs. William Miller, during the First and Second Settlements"
Trumbull, James Russell, History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from its Settlement in 1654, 1898. In 1:5-6, 13, 18-20, 28, "In May, 1653, twenty-four persons petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts for liberty to 'plant, possess and inhabit Nonotuck.' These petitioners, with a single exception, residing within the jurisdiction of Connecticut ... 'To the Right worshipfull Gouerr ... request therein that you would be pleased to giue and grant Liberty to your petisioners ... to plant posess and Inhabit the place being on Conetequat Riuer Aboue Springfeild Called Nonotack As their owne Inheritance ... William Miller"; "Ten days had not passed after the date of the purchase, when a meeting of the planters was held, whether at Hartford or Springfield, is uncertain ... 'October 3th, 1653. It is agreed by the plantrs of Nonotuck ... that they shall be resident there [and] dwell themselues and ther families by the next Spring come ... William Miller'"; "The eight settlers whose names were appended to the original petition were ... William Miller ... Samuel Wright Sr., had a home lot of four acres, extending from King Street to the brook, bounded south on Main Street ... Joining Wright on the north was that of William Miller, extending from King Street to the (Market Street) brook ... In this vicinity was the place called 'Miller's Lion's Den,' so named in deeds. It belonged to William Miller, who owned the lot bounded south by Park Street."; "The townsmen chosen for the town, Northampton, Dec. 11, 1655. William Miller, Richard Lyman, Joseph Fitch."