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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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- William Mills, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1770–1835 Male
1776–1837 Female
Children (3)
1796–1831 Male
1805–1858 Male
1807–1849 Male
Parents and Siblings
1739–1774 Male
1736–1794 Female
Siblings (6)
1763–1798 Female
1765–1810 Male
1766–1798 Female
1768–1835 Male
1770–1835 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1775
Age 5
1776
Age 6
1788 · The First Presidential Election
Age 18
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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