Ann Miller

Brief Life History of Ann

When Ann Miller was born on 19 June 1715, in Timahoe, County Kildare, Ireland, her father, James Miller, was 45 and her mother, Katherine Lightfoot, was 37. She married William Farquhar Sr. on 19 February 1733, in New Garden, New Garden Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1778, in Pipe Creek, Carroll, Maryland, United States, at the age of 63.

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Family Time Line

William Farquhar Sr.
1705–1784
Ann Miller
1715–1778
Marriage: 19 February 1733
James Farquhar
1733–1827
Solomon Farquhar
William Farquhar Jr.
1735–1803
Allen Farquhar
1737–1798
Mary Farquhar
1739–1823
George Farquhar
1742–1796
Samuel Miller Farquhar
1745–1838
Elizabeth Farquhar
1748–1805
Moses Farquhar
1750–1838
Susannah Farquhar
1753–1834
Mary Farquhar
1756–1797

Sources (29)

  • Farquhar Ann, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
  • Ann Farguhar in entry for Samuel Farguhar, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
  • Farquar Ann, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"

World Events (2)

1776

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

1776

Maryland is the 7th state.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: occupational name for a miller. The standard modern vocabulary word represents the northern Middle English term miller, an agent derivative of mille ‘mill’, reinforced by Old Norse mylnari (see Milner ). In southern, western, and central England Millward (literally, ‘mill keeper’) was the usual term. In North America, the surname Miller has absorbed many cognate surnames from other languages, for example German Müller (see Mueller ), Dutch Mulder and Molenaar , French Meunier , Italian Molinaro , Spanish Molinero , Hungarian Molnár (see Molnar ), Slovenian, Croatian, and Serbian Mlinar , Polish Młynarz or Młynarczyk (see Mlynarczyk ). Miller (including in the senses below) is the seventh most frequent surname in the US.

South German, Swiss German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Müller ‘miller’ (see Mueller ) and, in North America, also an altered form of this. This form of the surname is also found in other European countries, notably in Poland, Denmark, France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), and Czechia; compare 3 below.

Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian Miler ‘miller’, a surname of German origin.

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

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Joseph Wright & Mary Farquhar - Fairfax Monthly Meeting

Source: Society of Friends Monthly Meeting - Fairfax Monthly Meeting at Waterford, Loudoun, Virginia 1740 to 1880 Repository: Maryland State Archives Call No. MSA 619 1761-9th day 4th month: Joseph W …

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