Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameHenry MILLS , 454
Birth28 Jun 1785, River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada115,1093,1097,1816
Death13 Feb 1864, Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada1098,1817 Age: 78
BurialMapleton Cemetery, Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia1817
FatherJesse MILLS , 206 (~1753-~1825)
MotherMartha MILLS , 395 (~1765-~1843)
Spouses
Birth29 Oct 1791, Southampton, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada2,979
Death16 Jun 1880, Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada1817 Age: 88
BurialMapleton Cemetery, Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia1817
FatherJohn LUMLEY (1766-1842)
MotherAnn HARRISON (1766-1837)
Individual Notes
• She married Henry Mills, and when the rest of her family moved to Ontario, she stayed in Nova Scotia. Elizabeth and Henry Mills had twelve children, who were all apparently born in Nova Scotia.979

• She remained in Nova Scotia when the others of her family moved to Upper Canada.978

• The oldest daughter, Elizabeth, had married Henry Mills in 1808, and she did not go with them, but remained at what is now known as Leamington.989

• Old Mrs. Mills was a Lumley, her people all moved to Ontario. Mrs. Mills was but 17 years old when with her young husband she began life on the back lots of what is now Capt. Mills’ home, and not withstanding the hardships of her life, she lived to see her great-grandchildren, her husband having died some years before, Mr. Silas Mills of Parrsboro, N.S. is one of her sons.1832
Marriage8 Mar 1808, Southampton, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada978,1090,1093,1841
ChildrenJohn , 878 (1809-1856)
 Mary , 879 (1811-)
 UNNAMED (Died as Infant) (1813-)
 Matilda , 880 (1814->1891)
 Joseph , 881 (1816-1902)
 Samuel , 882 (1819-1921)
 Silas Hibbert Crane , 884 (1821-1903)
 Sarah Ann , 885 (1823-1861)
 Henry Coughlin , 886 (1826-1901)
 Emily , 887 (1828-1846)
 Rufus William , 888 (1830-<1891)
 Ruth Elizabeth , 889 (1832-1929)
Last Modified 19 Mar 2022Created 6 May 2025 using Reunion 14 for Macintosh
Updated 6 May 2025
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