Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Birth2 Jan 1695, Bedford, Westchester, New York [4105]
Birth2 Jan 1697, Bedford, Westchester, New York [875, p 220], [7589]
Memoage 14 in 1710
Death10 Apr 1727, Bedford, Westchester, New York [7612, p 6] Age: 32
FatherJohn MILLER Jr. (~1665-1726)
MotherMary HOLMES (1662-1745)
Individual Notes
• His wife died 14 March 1823 (sic for 1723?). [7589]
Census
• 1710 Census: Bedford, Westchester, New York. Aged 14 years. [875, p 220]
Spouses
Birthabt 1676, Jamaica, Queens, Long Island, New York [121, p 10], [7589], [7612, p 6]
Removalby 29 Sep 1712, Bedford, Westchester, New York [121, p 10] Age: 36
Death15 Jan 1761, Bedford, Westchester, New York [1087, p 1; place only], [7589, p 4] Age: 85
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, p 10], [7996, p 28 (old)]

• Bedford Town Clerk, 1713-1728. [1082, p 1], [4312, p iii]

• 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, p 3]

• 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, p 3]
Marriage31 Dec 1711, Bedford, Westchester, New York [1082, p 1; year only], [1829, p 7], [4105], [7589], [8327, marriage only]
Family Notes
• 6 children. [7612, p 6]
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-)
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