Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameZachariah MILLS Jr. 
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, 28Removalby 29 Sep 1712, Bedford, Westchester, New York121 Age: 36
FlagsLegatee in Will
FatherZachariah MILLS , 7 (1644-1696)
MotherAbigail MESSENGER (~1644->1696)
Individual Notes
• No Mills were living in Bedford in 1710.1082
• Removed to Bedford, Westchester County, NY, by 29 September 1712.121,7996
• Bedford Town Clerk, 1713-1728.1082,4312
• Zachariah Mills Jr. was born 1676 in Jamaica, New York. He was a sheriff in Queens County on Long Island in 1702. His first marriage to Abigail Clark about 1700 on Long Island produced three children: George, born about 1702, Andrew and Abigail.
I do not have the death date for Abigail (Zachariah’s first wife) but it must have been before Dec. 1711. Zachariah (Jr.) remarried in Bedford to Martha Miller on Dec. 31, 1711. She was born Jan. 2, 1697 (?), the daughter of John Miller Jr. (son of the original proprietor) and Mary Holmes (daughter of John Holmes Sr.)1826
• He was noted as deceased 15 Jan. 1761 and his wife/widow died 14 March 1823 (sic for 1723?). He was active in town of Bedford in a number of civil posts including that of judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in 1726. He probably married Joanna ??? after 1728.7589
• Removed to Bedford, Westchester County, NY, by 29 September 1712.121,7996
• Bedford Town Clerk, 1713-1728.1082,4312
• Zachariah Mills Jr. was born 1676 in Jamaica, New York. He was a sheriff in Queens County on Long Island in 1702. His first marriage to Abigail Clark about 1700 on Long Island produced three children: George, born about 1702, Andrew and Abigail.
I do not have the death date for Abigail (Zachariah’s first wife) but it must have been before Dec. 1711. Zachariah (Jr.) remarried in Bedford to Martha Miller on Dec. 31, 1711. She was born Jan. 2, 1697 (?), the daughter of John Miller Jr. (son of the original proprietor) and Mary Holmes (daughter of John Holmes Sr.)1826
• He was noted as deceased 15 Jan. 1761 and his wife/widow died 14 March 1823 (sic for 1723?). He was active in town of Bedford in a number of civil posts including that of judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in 1726. He probably married Joanna ??? after 1728.7589
General
• The Town of Bedford, as set up by both Connecticut and New York patents, was a six-mile square.4311
Spouses
Deathabt 1711, Jamaica, Queens, Long Island, New York1829 Age: 21
FatherSamuel CLARK Jr. (~1646-1730)
MotherHannah TUTTLE (1655-1708)
Individual Notes
• Source does not give her parentage.1829
• Possibly daughter of Samuel Clark and Hannah Tuttle.34,1357,7373
• If I were an attorney the preponderance of evidence would be that Bedford Genealogies are wrong; that Zachariah’s first wife Abby Clark was from Jamaica, LI, NY.35,1357
• Parentage dubious; Abigail of this birthdate given as marrying Ebenezer Cornwall; m 26 Apr 1715.7373
• Possibly daughter of Samuel Clark and Hannah Tuttle.34,1357,7373
• If I were an attorney the preponderance of evidence would be that Bedford Genealogies are wrong; that Zachariah’s first wife Abby Clark was from Jamaica, LI, NY.35,1357
• Parentage dubious; Abigail of this birthdate given as marrying Ebenezer Cornwall; m 26 Apr 1715.7373
Individual Notes
• His wife died 14 March 1823 (sic for 1723?).7589
Census
• 1710 Census: Bedford, Westchester, New York. Aged 14 years.875
Family Notes
• 6 children.7612
ChildrenDaniel , 87 (1712-1762)
Peter? (~1715-)
Zebadiah , 88 (1718-1777)
Hannah , 89 (1721-)
Amos , 90 (1723-1823)
John Bedford , 91 (1724-~1793)
Zephariah , 92 (1726-)
Individual Notes
• He probably married Joanna ________ after 1728.7589