Brief Life History of Matthew
When Matthew McMillan was born on 8 January 1807, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Archibald McMillan Sr., was 37 and his mother, Mary Scott, was 33. He married Jane Hunter in 1834, in Randolph, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Perry, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died on 14 September 1861, in Sparta, Randolph, Illinois, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Caledonia Cemetery, Sparta, Randolph, Illinois, United States.
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- Mathew Mc Miller, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mathew Mc Millen in entry for Alexander Wylie Mc Millen and Isabella Lyle, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Mathew Mcmillan, "United States Census, 1840"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1821
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Pike, Illinois, United States
1822 · Slave Rebellion
On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.
Name Meaning
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Maoláin, a patronymic from the byname Maolán, a diminutive of maol ‘bald, tonsured’. In Scotland the usual form is Macmillan . Compare the Irish Anglicized form McMullan and Mullen 1.
History: This is the name of a Scottish clan traditionally associated with lands in Knapdale, Argyll. Tradition has it that they are descended from a married priest or tonsured lay abbot called Gille Chriosd (‘servant of Christ’), who lived in the 12th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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