Basic Info

Birth NameMartin Miller
Birth Dateabout 1782
Marriage Date3/3/1803
Death Date10/30/1852
Gendermale
Age at DeathAbout 70 Years, 9 Months, 29 Days
Relation to Lemuel David Miller2nd-Great Grandfather
LiterateYes

Martin & Samuel Miller Farm & House

Parents

Relation Name Birth date Death date
Father Miller, Jacob 10/02/1748 07/11/1815
Mother Wine, Anna Martha About 1750 1797

Siblings

Relation Name Birth date Death date
Brother Miller, David About 1778 1868
Sister Miller, Susanna About 1780 Unknown
  Miller, Martin about 1782 10/30/1852
Sister Miller, Anna Virginia 05/31/1894 02/02/1957
Sister Miller, Nancy About 1784 Unknown
Brother Miller, Samuel about 1786 about 1837
Brother Miller, Abraham Wine 01/16/1788 04/11/1847

 

Marriage Info

NameBirth DateMarriage DateDeath Date
Bowman, Esther03/31/178303/03/180301/27/1844

Children

RelationNameBirth dateDeath date
ChildMiller, Magdalen18031833
ChildMiller, Esther12/09/180601/24/1885
ChildMiller, Elizabethabout 1807about 1861
ChildMiller, Jacob09/15/181010/14/1866
ChildMiller, Susan12/24/181208/09/1881
ChildMiller, Samuel02/23/181501/31/1883
ChildMiller, Daniel05/21/181701/21/1883
ChildMiller, John Martin07/06/182110/29/1888
ChildMiller, Joseph Bowman09/13/182403/31/1873

DateMartin's AgeEvent & SourcesPlace
about 17820YBirth of Martin Miller. Location Inferred, Possibly born in Maryland before parent's emigration to Virginia Sources: 1a, 5a, 6aJacob Miller Farm, Virginia
1792c. 10Death of Paternal Grandfather, Lodowich Miller.Location Unknown
1797c. 15YDeath of mother, Anna Martha Wine. Location Assumed.Jacob Miller Farm, Virginia
12/1797c. 15YDeath of maternal Grandfather, Johann Georg Wine.Location Unknown
about 1798c. 16YJoined the Brethren (neu-täufer), (alt. German Baptist)(1708-1908)Rockingham County, Virginia
about 1800c. 18YOccupation: FarmerMartin & Samuel Miller Farm, Virginia
03/03/1803c. 21YWedding of Martin Miller & Esther Bowman. Source: 1a.Rockingham County, Virginia
about 1806c. 24YBirth of daughter, Magdalen Miller. Location Assumed.Martin & Samuel Miller Farm, Virginia
about 1807c. 25YBirth of daughter, Elizabeth Miller. Location Assumed.Rockingham County, Virginia
about 1808c. 26YBirth of daughter, Esther Miller. Location Assumed.Martin & Samuel Miller Farm, Virginia
1808c. 26YDeath of paternal Grandmother, Anna Barbara Meyer.Location Unknown
09/15/1810c. 28YBirth of son, Jacob Miller. Location Assumed.Martin & Samuel Miller Farm, Virginia
12/24/1812c. 30YBirth of daughter, Susan Miller. Location Assumed.Martin & Samuel Miller Farm, Virginia
about 1814c. 32YDeath of maternal Grandmother, Margaretha Horn.Location Unknown
02/23/1815c. 33YBirth of son, Samuel Miller. Location Assumed.Martin & Samuel Miller Farm, Virginia
07/11/1815c. 33YDeath of father, Jacob Miller.Jacob Miller Farm, Virginia
05/21/1817c. 35YBirth of son, Daniel MillerMartin & Samuel Miller Farm, Virginia
07/06/1821c. 38YBirth of son, John Martin Miller. Location Assumed.Martin & Samuel Miller Farm, Virginia
09/13/1824c. 41YBirth of son, Joseph Miller. Location Assumed.Martin & Samuel Miller Farm, Virginia
10/31/1831c. 49YWedding of daughter Susan Miller & William J. Wright (parents of David Wright, grandparents of Mary Elizabeth Wright, Abraham Martin Miller's Wife [Lemuel David Miller's parents]).Location Unknown
1833c. 51YDeath of daughter Magdalen Miller.Location Unknown
09/03/1833c. 51YWedding of son Jacob Miller & Dianah Huber.Location Unknown
01/27/1844c. 62YDeath of wife Esther Bowman. Location Assumed.Martin & Samuel Miller Farm, Virginia
c. 01/27/1844DeceasedBurial of Esther Bowman.Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren & Cemetery, Bridgewater, Virginia
04/23/1846c. 64YSold major share of farm to son, Samuel Miller.Martin & Samuel Miller Farm, Virginia

Footnote Citation
1a Miller, J. [James] Carson, Jacob Miller of 1748: His Descendants and Connections, Part III., Self-Published, Moores Store, VA. 1938. Page 4.
1b Miller, J. [James] Carson, Jacob Miller of 1748: His Descendants and Connections, Part III., Self-Published, Moores Store, VA. 1938. Before Title Page.
1c Miller, J. [James] Carson, Jacob Miller of 1748: His Descendants and Connections, Part III., Self-Published, Moores Store, VA. 1938. Page 5.
1d Miller, J. [James] Carson, Jacob Miller of 1748: His Descendants and Connections, Part III., Self-Published, Moores Store, VA. 1938. Page 6.
1f Miller, J. [James] Carson, Jacob Miller of 1748: His Descendants and Connections, Part III., Self-Published, Moores Store, VA. 1938. Page 8.
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3 Rockingham County Courthouse, State of Virginia, "Chancery Case - Martin Miller: Extr. of Martin Miller Estate & Hears of Martin Miller,", Library of Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia, Chancery Records, Rockingham County, Index #1887-098. 9/5/1853.
4 Wise, W. Harvey, IV., From the Rhineland to the Promised Land of the Shenandoah, Warwick House Publishers, 720 Court Street Lynchburg, VA 24504, 2009. Page 182.
5a Find A Grave, “Memorial Page for Miller, Martin," Memorial no. 63901720. https://www.findagrave.com. 3/27/2019.
5b Find A Grave, “Memorial Page for Miller, Esther," Memorial no.63901916. https://www.findagrave.com. 3/27/2019.
6 Miller, J. [James] Carson, Jacob Miller of 1748: His Descendants and Connections, Part I., Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., Strasburg, VA. 1936. Page 8.