Brief Life History of Eligood
When Eligood Mills was born on 25 August 1744, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Luke Mills, was 31 and his mother, Hannah Lang, was 29. He married Mary Dyer on 13 November 1770, in Biddeford, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 6 January 1832, in Waterboro, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Elder Grey Cemetery, Waterboro, York, Maine, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Alligodd Mills, "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"
- Eligood Mills, "Find A Grave Index"
- Eligood Mills in entry for Lydia Mills, "Maine, Church Records, 1734-1907"
Spouse and Children
1744–1832 Male
1749–1832 Female
Children (6)
1776–1855 Female
1778–1856 Male
1784–1824 Male
1786–1841 Female
1789–1842 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1713–1764 Male
1715–1747 Female
Siblings (8)
1729– Female
1735–1736 Male
1736– Female
1737–1758 Male
1738–1739 Male
+3 More Children
World Events (6)
1774
Age 30
1776
Age 32
1789
Age 45
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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