James Mills

Brief Life History of James

When James Mills was born on 23 August 1792, in Waterboro, York, Maine, United States, his father, Eligood Mills, was 47 and his mother, Lucy McLucas, was 42. He married Patience Carll on 3 July 1817, in Waterboro, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Norridgewock, Somerset, Maine, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 December 1883, in Waterboro, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Waterboro, York, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Mills
1792–1883
Patience Carll
1794–1883
Marriage: 3 July 1817
Lydia C Mills
1819–1914
Harriet Newell Mills
1821–1897
Barnet Crumley Mills
1823–1903
Maria H Mills
1827–1883
Sybil H Mills
1831–1860

Sources (17)

  • James Mills, "United States Census, 1860"
  • James Mills, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
  • James Mills, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1809

Historical Boundaries: 1809: Somerset, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Somerset, Maine, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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