Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Mills was born on 13 September 1824, in Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, James Mills, was 31 and his mother, Jemima Huff, was 30. He married Emma Doggerel on 27 November 1845, in London, Canada West, British North America. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Yarmouth Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died in May 1910, in Sparta, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 85, and was buried in Sparta, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
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- Abraham Mills, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Abraham Mills, "Ontario, District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858"
- Abraham Mills, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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