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Garret MILLER

Male Abt 1731 - 1777  (46 years)


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  • Name Garret MILLER  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth Abt 1731  Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    _UID E9337728729C43EB8674B742F1773C45D3DA 
    Death 6 Oct 1777  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Cause: Smallpox 
    • Provost Prison
    Probate 13 Jun 1778  Smiths Clove, Orange, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8
    • The will of "Garrit Miller, of Smith's Clove, Precinct of Cornwall, Orange County, N.Y." (dated 5 October 1777; John Fell was a witness) was probated at Petersfield, Bergen County, N. J. 13 June 1778.

      Garrett Miller of Smiths Clove, Cornwell Precinct, Orange Co., NY. Wife Patience, children Joshua, Mary, Elizabeth, Garrett, Nathan, Sarah, Ann, Hampton, and Jeremiah. Real and Personal estate. To my Eldest Son Joshua, a piece of land on which he now lives, containing 10 Acres, to hold same until my youngest child shall attain the age of twenty-one, when the said land and all of the residue, both real and personal, be equally divided among my children, Joshua, Mary, Elizabeth, Garrett, Nathan, Sarah, Samuel, Anne, Hampton, and Jeremiah, and survivors of them, share and share alike. If my wife shall marry before my youngest child arrives at lawful age, to my wife three milk cows, one mare, saddle and bridle, one bed and bedding,and one spinning wheel in lieu of any claim she may have on my estate. My children to be maintained and my wife to have an equal share of the profits of my estate until my youngest child reaches lawful age.Also, my wife receive an equal share of my personal estate provided she remain my widow. Executors wife and Nathaniel Seeley. Witnesses John Fell, Benjamin Goldsmith and Abraham Skinner. Dated 5 Oct 1777 and proved June 1778

      On september 25, 1786, at New York, administration was granted unto Patience Fowler, formerly Patience Miller and Nathaniel Seeley the executor

      Reference: New York Calendar of Wills, Berthold Femow, Ed., 1967 page 271.
    Residence Monroe, Orange, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • Cheesecock Patent Lot 46
    Person ID I4054  Ryeland Family Tree
    Last Modified 5 Dec 2022 

    Father William MILLER,   b. Abt 1688   d. 17 Sep 1768, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Magra,   b. Abt 1695   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1712  [5
    Family ID F1259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Patience   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1750  Smiths Clove, Orange, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Esther MILLER,   b. 10 Aug 1754, Smiths Clove, Orange, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1815, Cannifton, Hastings, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     2. Garrett MILLER,   b. 1758, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1824, Millerton, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     3. Joshua MILLER   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Mary MILLER   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Nathan MILLER   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Sarah MILLER   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Samuel MILLER   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Ann MILLER,   b. Abt 1760   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Hampton MILLER,   b. 13 Nov 1769, Orange County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1857, Schuyler County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     10. Jermiah MILLER   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F1260  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1731 - Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1750 - Smiths Clove, Orange, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Smallpox - 6 Oct 1777 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 13 Jun 1778 - Smiths Clove, Orange, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Monroe, Orange, New York, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Garret Miller & wife, household except oldest son baptized on January 4th 1765.
      Absalom Miller, Elizabeth Miller, Mary Miller, Phoebe Miller, Sarah Miller, Samuel Miller

      Garret and Patience Miller were received as members of the church on January 6, 1765. Later listed in church records as "moved away"

      *Reference: Church Records--1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown, Morris Co., NJ

      By the time of the American Revolution Garrett Miller family was living in Smith's Clove, Orange County New York. They had a 150 acre farm Garrett had inherited from his father William and he owned a saw mill and a grist mill (sometimes referred to as Miller's Mills).

      Garrett joined the Patriot side in the war as a Captain in upper class Co. of Col. Woodhills Cornwall Regent of Eastern Orange Militia.
      (See Eastern Orange Co. History page 69 of Vol 1 )

      Unfortunately Garrett was captured by British forces sometime in 1777 and placed in a Provost (Military) Prison where he contracted smallpox in the Fall of 1777. Garrett made his will just one day before he died on October 6, 1777.

      An old man named John Fell was taken prisoner by the British, and confined for some months in the Provost prison where Garrett was kept. He managed to secrete writing materials and made notes of his treatment and activities. Passages include:

      " October 5, 1777; Garret Miller, of Smith's Cove, signed his will in prison, in presence of Benjamin Goldsmith, Abr. Skinner, and myself."

      "C.G. Miller died of small-pox--PM buried."

      "Feb. 4, 1778. I delivered to Mr. Pintarad the wills of Garret Miller and Benjamin Goldsmith, to be forwarded to their respective families. Present E. Boudinot."

      Elizabeth's father had owned a mill in Smith's Clove, NY. He passed away shortly before the American Revolution, and willed the property to Elizabeth. However, since she married Phillip Roblin, who took up the Kings Colours, the mill was confiscated and Phillip and Elizabeth settled in Adolphustown, U.C. (Ontario) [5, 10]

  • Sources 
    1. [S174] Roblin family history gen-rob.001-4, (Owner: Seventh Town Historical Society & Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre).

    2. [S175] Doug Norman Rootsweb Tree, (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dmn4211&id=I39435).

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    4. [S293] John Blythe Dobson, Ancestor Table for the Hon. Duff Roblin, Premier of Manitoba, (URL: http://cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/people/dobson/Manitobiana/issues/001.cfm).

    5. [S165] Dennis Miller.

    6. [S87] Glen E. Carter, Gencircles.com Glen E. Carter, (URL: http://www.gencircles.com/users/genesearcher/11).

    7. [S20] FamilySearch International Genealogical Index v5.0, (URL: http://www.familysearch.org).

    8. [S162] Dr. H.C. Burleigh fonds, (Scanned copies for the family surnames PLATT, ROBLIN and TRUMPOUR from the Queens University Archives.).

    9. [S285] Richard Owen III Roblin, Early Roblins in America - Richard Owen Roblin III.

    10. [S167] Eric Johnson, Eric Johnson Rootsweb Tree.


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