Rev. William Mills

Male25 July 1770–13 May 1835

Brief Life History of William

When Rev. William Mills was born on 25 July 1770, in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, United States, his father, Rev. William Mills, was 31 and his mother, Mary Reading, was 33. He married Mary Hackle on 4 July 1792, in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 13 May 1835, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.

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Rev. William Mills
1770–1835
Mary Hackle
1776–1837
Marriage: 4 July 1792
Robert H. Mills
1796–1831
John R. Mills
1805–1858
Isaac Mills
1807–1849

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  • William Mills, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 July 1792Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, United States
  • Children (3)

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    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1775

    Age 5

    "During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."

    1776

    Age 6

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1788 · The First Presidential Election

    Age 18

    The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Mill 1, with excrescent -s added in post-medieval times. Compare Mullins , from a French equivalent of this name, and see also Milnes .

    English: either a variant of Miles , a variant of Mill 2, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, or Myhill , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

    Irish: this is usually the English name, especially in Ulster, but elsewhere in Ireland it was also adopted for the Gaelic topographic byname, an Mhuilinn ‘of the mill’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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