Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Death1838, River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada1088 Age: 89
FatherJohn Bedford MILLS , 91 (1724-~1793)
MotherSarah HOLMES (~1732-1792)
Individual Notes
• Abigail is given as his eldest child by Lodge with a ca. b. of 1749, derived from age at death in 1838.1088
• Stamford Loyalist Jesse Mills was chased to his sister’s house in the north part of Stamford. DG Bell cites only one sister in stats given for John Mills, farmer from CT. Nova Scotia sources say it was Abigail Mills and that she married for a second time Matthew Hoeg in R. Hebert. Thus, I figure that Abby’s first husband died during the Amer. Rev. and that she was in NS by 1783.1816
• Stamford Loyalist Jesse Mills was chased to his sister’s house in the north part of Stamford. DG Bell cites only one sister in stats given for John Mills, farmer from CT. Nova Scotia sources say it was Abigail Mills and that she married for a second time Matthew Hoeg in R. Hebert. Thus, I figure that Abby’s first husband died during the Amer. Rev. and that she was in NS by 1783.1816
Spouses
Individual Notes
• I read a note somewhere during the Yorkshire Gathering that this HOEG family was from YORKSHIRE, but I am not sure. My instincts tell me that the name is Dutch but then the William of Orange did end up on the throne of England.3578
• The information that you have...sounds like it is...my Nathan and Abigail. It’s interesting to read that she was married twice. Nathan was also. From what I have been able to find...is that Nathan and 1st wife had 2 children – Andrew and Sarah. His 1st wife was killed during the American Revolution too. He married Abigail...and they had 5 children...
Nathan changed the spelling from Hoag to Hoeg...when he was fleeing from the US to Canada. His side were Quakers.7314
• Nathan evidently changed the spelling of his family name from Hoag to Hoeg to evade capture.8328
• Many stories are told of the Robber Hoag, a noted Tory who infested this vicinity during the Revolution. He carried on quite an extensive business of horse-stealing, in connection with his other maraudings. He and his gang were accustomed to enter dwellings, and if the people refused to give up their valuables, or to tell where they were secreted, he would tie them fast in a chair and build a fire under them, and keep them there until his demands were complied with. Many were so injured by this treatment that they did not recover in years. At one time Benj. Noxon was going out in the field, and on passing near a clump of bushes, heard the click of a gunlock. A glance revealed the Robber Hoag, lurking in the bushes. He pretended not to notice the robber, and gradually drew off, and when at a safe distance ran for home with all his might. Hoag was brought up in the neighborhood which was afterwards the scene of his robberies, and he subsequently told the man with whom he had lived, that he had often covered him with his rifle as he was hiding about in the woods, and bushes, but could never summon quite enough courage to shoot. After the war, Hoag fled to Canada. A number of years after he came back to Beekman, supposing his deeds had been forgotten, to visit the family of a relative. But he was not forgotten; for a number of persons who had suffered from him formed a plan to kill him, and he was forced to fly to save his life.”8328
• The information that you have...sounds like it is...my Nathan and Abigail. It’s interesting to read that she was married twice. Nathan was also. From what I have been able to find...is that Nathan and 1st wife had 2 children – Andrew and Sarah. His 1st wife was killed during the American Revolution too. He married Abigail...and they had 5 children...
Nathan changed the spelling from Hoag to Hoeg...when he was fleeing from the US to Canada. His side were Quakers.7314
• Nathan evidently changed the spelling of his family name from Hoag to Hoeg to evade capture.8328
• Many stories are told of the Robber Hoag, a noted Tory who infested this vicinity during the Revolution. He carried on quite an extensive business of horse-stealing, in connection with his other maraudings. He and his gang were accustomed to enter dwellings, and if the people refused to give up their valuables, or to tell where they were secreted, he would tie them fast in a chair and build a fire under them, and keep them there until his demands were complied with. Many were so injured by this treatment that they did not recover in years. At one time Benj. Noxon was going out in the field, and on passing near a clump of bushes, heard the click of a gunlock. A glance revealed the Robber Hoag, lurking in the bushes. He pretended not to notice the robber, and gradually drew off, and when at a safe distance ran for home with all his might. Hoag was brought up in the neighborhood which was afterwards the scene of his robberies, and he subsequently told the man with whom he had lived, that he had often covered him with his rifle as he was hiding about in the woods, and bushes, but could never summon quite enough courage to shoot. After the war, Hoag fled to Canada. A number of years after he came back to Beekman, supposing his deeds had been forgotten, to visit the family of a relative. But he was not forgotten; for a number of persons who had suffered from him formed a plan to kill him, and he was forced to fly to save his life.”8328
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