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From: Ted Mills <>
Subject: Re: [MDCECIL] Thomas MILLS of Elk River or North Mountain
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:43:00 -0500
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Ellen, thank you!! I have an assortment of Frederick Co property
records involving Mills men, but these are the first from Cecil Co.
I haven't tried yet to fit them into my larger Thomas Mills picture (too
much data arriving too fast!), but I'm sure these are for my family.

In the fourth line from the end of your message, might the line read
this way (ie, wife instead of life): "his daughter Mary Mills and the
wife of John Veazey, son of John Veazey . . . ?" Otherwise it doesn't
make sense.

Anything else you find, I'd be glad to have it. I recently finished an
18 page paper trying to establish the family links between Thomas and
other Millses of the period, and also to work with Primitive Baptist and
Welsh immigrant info. If that paper interests you, I'd be glad to send
it - you'd know better what I'm looking for.

Again, thanks for your help. Ted

Ellen C. Ward wrote:
> Hi Ted,
>
> Abstracts of Cecil County, Maryland Land Records 1734-1753 by June D. Brown
>
> p. 145 Deed. Nicholas Vandyke of Cecil Co., blacksmith, and Sarah his wife, for 80 pounds, to Thomas Mills of the same county, blacksmith, 65 acres by Long Creek, the easternmost part of a tract of 400 acres called Jones' Green Springs formerly laid out for William Harris of Kenet Co., by land belonging to the heirs of Henry Ward, by the road leading from Andrew Alexander's to the fording place of Broad Creek and by land called Charles' Camp. [Vandyke is also spelled Vandike.] Made, Ackn. & Rec.: 9 Aug 1748. Wit & JPs: John Baldwin, John Veazey. Francis Lee, Clerk, received the alienation fine of 2s.71/2p on the same day.
>
> p. 185 Deed. Thomas Mills of Cavel Co., [sic]. blacksmith, for 45 pounds, to William Wallace of the same place, farmer, 65 acres on Long Creek near Bohemia Back Creek by land belonging to the heirs of Henry Ward and by the road leading from Andrew Alexander's to the fording place at Broad Creek, part of a tract of 400 acres called Joan's Green Spring which was formerly granted to William Harris of Kent Co. [Mills also spelled Milles.] Made & Ackn: 16 Sep 1751. Wit: Benj'a. Chew, Nath'n Baker, Benj'a Crockett. JPs: Benj'a Chew, Nath'n Baker. Rec: 4 Oct 1751. M. Bordley, Clerk. Alienation fine of 2s.71.2p paid.
>
> p. 206 Lease. Joseph Wood of Cecil Co., for yearly rents and services, to John Holtham of the said county, 91 acres on the north side of Back Creek by the mill and Jacob Young's cart road (except the mill land which was condemned.) Said land is part of Three Bohemia Sisters which was formerly Willed by Augustine Herman to his daughter Francine, grandmother to the said Joseph Wood, and later resurveyed and named Frasncina. John Holtham has liberty to divide 10 acres to Thomas Mills. Lease is for the term of the natural lives of John Holtham's son Spencer Haltham, his daughter Mary Mills and the life of John Veazey, son of John Veazey the son of Robert Veazey. Rent of 7s.6p and 2 dunghill fowls due every 27 Oct. [John Holtham is also called John Altham.] Made & Ackn: 30 Jul 1752. Wit & JPs: Adam VanBebber, Geo. Rock. Rec: 3 Aug 1752. M's. Bordley, Cler.
>
> Ellen
> ________________________________________
> From: [] On Behalf Of Wanda Bradley []
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:44 AM
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> Subject: Re: [MDCECIL] Thomas MILLS of Elk River or North Mountain
>
> I will look up as soon as I can . I have several books from Cecil Co and
> also New Castle.
>
> No Mills in the Anglican church records. Cecil County
>
> No Mills in Early Church Records of New Castle Vol 1 1700's
>
> There is a Milles, Mary on page 11, Mills, Goerge and Sarah on pg 63 and
> Robert on page 25 of the Colonial Families of DE Vol 6. If you think they
> could be some of yours , let me know as I will scan and send to your email
> address.
>
> I have other books but on my way out right now.
>
>
> Wanda in Fl
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> 2008 10:23 AM
> Subject: [MDCECIL] Thomas MILLS of Elk River or North Mountain
>
>
>
>> As a new subscriber to the MDCECIL list, I would like to introduce my
>> interests and to pose two questions. My Mills line runs back from
>> Warren County Ohio through Greene County PA to Frederick County MD in
>> the 1700s. Several Mills cousins and I have been trying to sort out the
>> Mills ancestors of that period, and we have learned a lot about them,
>> from a lot of generous people. (Thank goodness for the kindness of
>> strangers!)
>>
>> At present, I am focused on Thomas Mills, born around 1700, who by the
>> 1740s was acquiring substantial land in the Licking Creek area north of
>> present-day Pectonville MD (where Licking Creek flows into the
>> Potomac). Thomas had at least six sons, and records of some of them
>> suggest that they originated either in the Elkton area (Head of Elk) or
>> in the Gunpowder/North Mountain area that was eastern Baltimore County
>> (and now is Harford County). There is some evidence that our Mills line
>> was of Welsh origin, and that they were closely linked to the Primitive
>> Baptist churches that gradually spread westward from the Welsh Tract of
>> Newcastle, DE. (No smoking gun yet, but several good hints.)
>>
>> So my questions to you all are these: (1) Has any of you any knowledge
>> of this Thomas Mills 1700 and his origins? I'll be glad to share
>> information, although I suspect I know less than someone who might be
>> able to answer this question positively. I would especially like to link
>> Thomas 1700 to Welsh (or other) origins and to the Baptist community of
>> the time.
>>
>> (2) The Welsh Tract records contain no Mills but several Miles. Is
>> anyone on this list knowledgeable about the interchangeability of the
>> Mills-Miles names? The name Miles recurs often enough in Welsh Tract
>> records that I am sure it is not just a "typo" based on the difficulty
>> of transcribing cursive records. There was, for example, a Rev. John
>> Miles who led members of a Welsh congregation to the American colonies
>> about this time, but I have no way of knowing whether the names Mills
>> and Miles were used interchangeably in that period.
>>
>> We are also trying to locate Mills men with paper trails back to that
>> period to do DNA testing, and several of us are willing to help with
>> costs.
>>
>> I'm looking forward to exchanging information with Cecil County
>> researchers. Would like to visit the area for onsite digging in land and
>> probate records this winter, but as costs go up, my travel goes down.
>>
>> Best wishes to any cousins out there. Ted Mills
>>
>>
>>
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