Sent by Jesse Day
It is thought that John settled in Va. in 1733/4, then moved to Cane Creek Monthly Meeting N.C. in 1752. His children, Thomas, John, Hurr, and Henry Followed in 1753.
Found in A Genealogy of Clayton, Reynolds, Beals, Brown, and Descended and Related Lines, compiled and Published by James E. Bellarts. He writes: John was married twice. I think his first wife had five sons, and no more, but I can't tell which was the oldest, but know their names. Here they are: John, Thomas, Hurr, Henry, and William, and by his last wife had had George and Jonathan. About his daughters I can't say how many nor from which wife, two are all I remember to have heard of. One married William Beeson and the other Henry Humphries, he and six others were hung on a post oak limb near Hillsborough at the regulation battle in 1760.As sent by Charity Monroe of Peoria, Ill. 30 Sept. 1992: Quote source of MILLS and RELATED LINES, pg. 6-7.
"John Mills, Sr., of Prince George Co., Md., farmer conveyed or deeded to his first four sons 1315 acres of land in what is now Berkely County, West Va., in 1743. No wife joins John MILLS in these deeds, she, no doubt, being deceased.
"The patent is described as being on a branch of the Opeckon River, near but not adjacent to Lewis DeMoss' land.
"On this track of land stood Mill Creek Baptist Church, the first of that denomination in the Shenandoah Valley and probably the first in Virginia. It stood in what is now the village of Gerrardstown and was organized about 1743."
Further note refered to NC Bible records on pg. 84. and to Deep River MM.From Paul MILLS book, Mills Family History
It is thought that John Settled in VA in 1733/34, then moved to Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, NC in 1752. His children, Thomas, John, Hurr, and Henry followed in 1753. There were 12 children.
Pg. 8 of the above book
Not too many records of these first MIllses are available but we do have the following:Land Grant Office, Raleigh, North Carolina
Rowan Co., NC To whom granted: John Mills. Grant No. 114, issued Feb. 26, 1759, 640 acres.Same, 124. Rowan Co., NC on Wolf Run.
Date 1754, -- To whom granted: John Mills, Sr. 500 acres, James Carter, Surveyor: John Mills, Jr. and Henry Mills chain bearers.Historical Commision, NC
8929 To John Mills No, Vos. 4664 Lb 30.0 Specis
Report no is dated June 1783, 274.
From accounts of U.S. with NC War of Rev. Book A. 282. John Mills furnished supplies to the Militia of NC and SC and VA and for this service his descendants are eligible to the Daughters of the American Revolution."Ibid: 21. John Mills Jr. 408 acres of land in Berkeley County, now West VA, adjoining or near to his father's patent on Mills Creek.
From Hopewell Friends History, 1734 - 1934. Pub. 1936. Mills, pg. 12. In the stae land office at Richmond, VA are to be found records in book 16 the patent issued to settlers who came to the Shenandoah Valley under the authority of the orders in Council made to Alexander Ross and Morgan Bryan. All bear the date of November 12, 1735 and recite that the grantes is one of teh seventy families brought in by them and excepting location and acreage are alike in wording and conditions., and are signed by William Gooch, Lt. Govenor of the Colony at that time.
John Mills, Sr. No. 35, 1315 acres of land in Berkley Co., WV
In the Frederick Co. records may be found a deed wherein John Mills Jr. is referred to as "Cordwainer."
In the deeds made by John Mills to his four sons he is desscribed as John Mills, Sr. of Prince George Maryland, Farmer, but his sons are all of Frederick Co., VA.
Hinshaw, W.W., ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN QUAKER GENEOLOGY: THE NORTH; CAROLINA QUAKER GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, Vol. 1, Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor; MI, 1936.
Mills, Paul, "Mills and Related Lines", 808 Corby St., Woodburn, OR, copy; at Clinton Co. OH Historical Society.
Sent by Jesse Day.
(592.) SUSANNA MILLS (145.) (22.) (3.) (1.):
m. JOSEPH HODGSON.
(593.) RACHEL MILLS (145.) (22.) (3.) (1.):
m. JOSEPH REYNOLDS.
Sent by Colleen Milbocker
Mr. Jones says the marriage Bonds are still posted on the Market
Cross still located in the center of Town, built 1500 for William
and Prudence Lackford. Immigration 1677 from Chichester, England on the Kent to Burlington N.J. Was acting Gov. of Penn under Wm. Penn 1684-5. 1681 member of 1st Penn. Council. S/o Thomas Clayton and Mary Tompson.Sent by William Graham.
Sources by Louis Jones:
1. Encyclo. of Amercian Quaker General by Hinshaw.
2. Our Family Ancestors by Potts.
3. West Sussex Chichester, Eng. records.
4. The Smith Callateral Ancestory by Joseph S. Harris 1903.
5. Fam. notes and recollections by Clark Franklin Clayton 1959
6. Collections of the Sufferings of the people called Quakers 1650-1689 by Joseph Besse 1753.
7. Descendants of Hunt, Washman, Birton, Beals, Mills, Huessey, Jessup,
Chipman, Shields, by Emma Blair
8. Geneol. of Gordon, Macy, Hiddleston, Curtis and Allied Families by Jessie Gordon and May Belle Gordon Carman.
9. Abstractor of Wills and Administration Chester Co., Pa.
10. A Genealogy of Claytons, Reynolds, Beals, Brown, Lines by James E.
Bellarts 1973.
11. The Browns of Nottingham, Penn. by Mary William Smith 1964.
12. Quaker Emigrants to Amer. by Mary Sullivan Patterson 1957.
13. Abstr. of Surry and Sussex Quarterly Mt. Births 1640-1837. Deaths
1645-1837.
14. Compendium of Amer. General by Frederick Adams Virkus V 5
15. Sharpless General by Gilbert Cope.
16. The Clayton Family by William Perry Johnson 1976.Information from "Davis - A Quaker Family"
In 1655, when he was 30, he accompanied Edmunson on foot in a religious mission from England to Ireland. Because of his religious activities in England he was imprisoned at the York Castle different time between 1660 & 1667.
As a Commissioner for the Yorkshire New Jersey Co., and the London New Jersey Co., he boarded the ship "Kent" at London between Mar 19 & 31. Arrived in NY between the 4th & 16th, Aug 1677, then sailed south to the Delware River, where they established their settlements, the Yorkshire Quakers. Sent by the English government to buy lands from the Indians or to extinguish Indian title. William was the First Judge of Provincial PA.
William Penn returned to England in 1684, due to the illness of his wife,
he didn't return until 1699. Trusting his followers to continue a new
government in a new country, William, was chosen as acting Governor 1684, 1685. He was Justice of the Court in Upland before the Penn party arrived and continued in this capacity after the new settlement changed the name to Chester County, PA. Among his civic activites, he found time to become Philadelphia's first Judge.Sent by Margery Freas.
There is a difference of opinion as to which Prudence married William
Clayton. One reference states that fist was Prudence (Miller) Mickels wid/o
William, and another states with great positivesness that it was Prudence
Lanckford. Perhaps further research will clarify the matter.
William Clayton was imprisoned in England at least 4 times:
1. At York Castle in 1660 for refusing to take the Oath (Vol II:101)
2. York Castle for refusing to take the oath of Allegiance, 1661 (William
Clayton, Jr. was in this group also) (Vol II:104)
3. In Horsham Goal in Sussex in 1663, for "absenting from Public worship" (Vol I:714)
4. He was placed in the Common Goal for the County and City of York in 1672
(Reason Unclear) (Vol II: 137)
A royal proclamation of 10 Jan 1661 prohibited all meetings of
"Annabaptists" Quakers, and Fifth Monarchy men. By 1662, some 4,230 Quakers and 289 Anabaptists and other had been thrown into prison. In 1664, 12 General Baptists were sentenced to die for refusing to abide by an act of 1593 against dissenters.Have: England marriage LDS AFN# 8MJH-DC.References:
Necessary Explanations:
(1) # 22969 Honour Clayton may be his daughter. Additional information is
needed to satisfy research.DATE 9 DEC 1632
PLAC was babtized at Boxgrove, Suxxex, England
Early adherents to the teaching of George Fox, William and Prudence became members of the Society of Friends. On the 7 th day 12th month 1663 William was committed to jail in Suxxex and fined 6 pounds for meeting with other Quakers. Having refused to pay his fines, William was jailed for six months in the House of Correction in the town of Arundel. William Clayton and his family came to America about 1667 but the exact date of their arrival is uncertain. There was a William Clayton who arrived in 1677 in New Jersey on the ship "Kent" reportedly from London in the company of certain commissioners sent by the proprietors of New Jersey to purchase land from the Indians. This may have been another William Clayton who has been mistaken for our William Clayton by Hepburn and others over the years. On the 6th day 8th month 1678, William Clayton Sr., William Clayton Jr. and Prudence Clayton were witnesses to the first marriage recorded at Burlington Monthly Meeting, Society of Friends, West Jersey. In March 1679 William Clayton purchased the share of Hans Oelson, one of the original Grantees of Marcus and settled at that place. Their daughter Honour Clayton married 6th month 1679 at " Markers Hook " under the care of Burlington Monthly Meeting. The family moved within the next decade to Chester County, Pennsylvania where William's estate was administered 1st day 8th month 1689. Acting Governor of Penn, under William Penn.
Sent by Colleen Milbocker
Prudence widow of William Mickels, who she married in 1653 in England,
daughter of Robert Miller and Margaret Broithwaite, both of London, England.
Information from "Davis - A Quaker Family"See pg. 53 of Facts, Fiction, Folklore, Fakelore by James Bellarts.
Prudence Lanckford of St. Peters the Less, dau. of William Lanckford of
Broughton Perrish, Hampshire. She was probably born in Surry according to "The Genealogy of the Gordon Macy, Middleton Curtis and Allied Families."
Died young. LDS AFN# 8MJH-K7.
Church records show birth date as 29 Aug 1665 Rumbaldsweek, Sussex,
England.
Died young. LDS AFN# GWTW-FV.
DATE 12 AUG 1668
PLAC buried at Michael Lightons Burial Ground in Suxxex
Sent by Colleen Milbocker
Mr. Jones says the marriage Bonds are still posted on the Market
Cross still located in the center of Town, built 1500 for William
and Prudence Lackford. Immigration 1677 from Chichester, England on the Kent to Burlington N.J. Was acting Gov. of Penn under Wm. Penn 1684-5. 1681 member of 1st Penn. Council. S/o Thomas Clayton and Mary Tompson.Sent by William Graham.
Sources by Louis Jones:
1. Encyclo. of Amercian Quaker General by Hinshaw.
2. Our Family Ancestors by Potts.
3. West Sussex Chichester, Eng. records.
4. The Smith Callateral Ancestory by Joseph S. Harris 1903.
5. Fam. notes and recollections by Clark Franklin Clayton 1959
6. Collections of the Sufferings of the people called Quakers 1650-1689 by Joseph Besse 1753.
7. Descendants of Hunt, Washman, Birton, Beals, Mills, Huessey, Jessup,
Chipman, Shields, by Emma Blair
8. Geneol. of Gordon, Macy, Hiddleston, Curtis and Allied Families by Jessie Gordon and May Belle Gordon Carman.
9. Abstractor of Wills and Administration Chester Co., Pa.
10. A Genealogy of Claytons, Reynolds, Beals, Brown, Lines by James E.
Bellarts 1973.
11. The Browns of Nottingham, Penn. by Mary William Smith 1964.
12. Quaker Emigrants to Amer. by Mary Sullivan Patterson 1957.
13. Abstr. of Surry and Sussex Quarterly Mt. Births 1640-1837. Deaths
1645-1837.
14. Compendium of Amer. General by Frederick Adams Virkus V 5
15. Sharpless General by Gilbert Cope.
16. The Clayton Family by William Perry Johnson 1976.Information from "Davis - A Quaker Family"
In 1655, when he was 30, he accompanied Edmunson on foot in a religious mission from England to Ireland. Because of his religious activities in England he was imprisoned at the York Castle different time between 1660 & 1667.
As a Commissioner for the Yorkshire New Jersey Co., and the London New Jersey Co., he boarded the ship "Kent" at London between Mar 19 & 31. Arrived in NY between the 4th & 16th, Aug 1677, then sailed south to the Delware River, where they established their settlements, the Yorkshire Quakers. Sent by the English government to buy lands from the Indians or to extinguish Indian title. William was the First Judge of Provincial PA.
William Penn returned to England in 1684, due to the illness of his wife,
he didn't return until 1699. Trusting his followers to continue a new
government in a new country, William, was chosen as acting Governor 1684, 1685. He was Justice of the Court in Upland before the Penn party arrived and continued in this capacity after the new settlement changed the name to Chester County, PA. Among his civic activites, he found time to become Philadelphia's first Judge.Sent by Margery Freas.
There is a difference of opinion as to which Prudence married William
Clayton. One reference states that fist was Prudence (Miller) Mickels wid/o
William, and another states with great positivesness that it was Prudence
Lanckford. Perhaps further research will clarify the matter.
William Clayton was imprisoned in England at least 4 times:
1. At York Castle in 1660 for refusing to take the Oath (Vol II:101)
2. York Castle for refusing to take the oath of Allegiance, 1661 (William
Clayton, Jr. was in this group also) (Vol II:104)
3. In Horsham Goal in Sussex in 1663, for "absenting from Public worship" (Vol I:714)
4. He was placed in the Common Goal for the County and City of York in 1672
(Reason Unclear) (Vol II: 137)
A royal proclamation of 10 Jan 1661 prohibited all meetings of
"Annabaptists" Quakers, and Fifth Monarchy men. By 1662, some 4,230 Quakers and 289 Anabaptists and other had been thrown into prison. In 1664, 12 General Baptists were sentenced to die for refusing to abide by an act of 1593 against dissenters.Have: England marriage LDS AFN# 8MJH-DC.References:
Necessary Explanations:
(1) # 22969 Honour Clayton may be his daughter. Additional information is
needed to satisfy research.DATE 9 DEC 1632
PLAC was babtized at Boxgrove, Suxxex, England
Early adherents to the teaching of George Fox, William and Prudence became members of the Society of Friends. On the 7 th day 12th month 1663 William was committed to jail in Suxxex and fined 6 pounds for meeting with other Quakers. Having refused to pay his fines, William was jailed for six months in the House of Correction in the town of Arundel. William Clayton and his family came to America about 1667 but the exact date of their arrival is uncertain. There was a William Clayton who arrived in 1677 in New Jersey on the ship "Kent" reportedly from London in the company of certain commissioners sent by the proprietors of New Jersey to purchase land from the Indians. This may have been another William Clayton who has been mistaken for our William Clayton by Hepburn and others over the years. On the 6th day 8th month 1678, William Clayton Sr., William Clayton Jr. and Prudence Clayton were witnesses to the first marriage recorded at Burlington Monthly Meeting, Society of Friends, West Jersey. In March 1679 William Clayton purchased the share of Hans Oelson, one of the original Grantees of Marcus and settled at that place. Their daughter Honour Clayton married 6th month 1679 at " Markers Hook " under the care of Burlington Monthly Meeting. The family moved within the next decade to Chester County, Pennsylvania where William's estate was administered 1st day 8th month 1689. Acting Governor of Penn, under William Penn.
Sent by Colleen Milbocker
Mr. Jones says the marriage Bonds are still posted on the Market
Cross still located in the center of Town, built 1500 for William
and Prudence Lackford. Immigration 1677 from Chichester, England on the Kent to Burlington N.J. Was acting Gov. of Penn under Wm. Penn 1684-5. 1681 member of 1st Penn. Council. S/o Thomas Clayton and Mary Tompson.Sent by William Graham.
Sources by Louis Jones:
1. Encyclo. of Amercian Quaker General by Hinshaw.
2. Our Family Ancestors by Potts.
3. West Sussex Chichester, Eng. records.
4. The Smith Callateral Ancestory by Joseph S. Harris 1903.
5. Fam. notes and recollections by Clark Franklin Clayton 1959
6. Collections of the Sufferings of the people called Quakers 1650-1689 by Joseph Besse 1753.
7. Descendants of Hunt, Washman, Birton, Beals, Mills, Huessey, Jessup,
Chipman, Shields, by Emma Blair
8. Geneol. of Gordon, Macy, Hiddleston, Curtis and Allied Families by Jessie Gordon and May Belle Gordon Carman.
9. Abstractor of Wills and Administration Chester Co., Pa.
10. A Genealogy of Claytons, Reynolds, Beals, Brown, Lines by James E.
Bellarts 1973.
11. The Browns of Nottingham, Penn. by Mary William Smith 1964.
12. Quaker Emigrants to Amer. by Mary Sullivan Patterson 1957.
13. Abstr. of Surry and Sussex Quarterly Mt. Births 1640-1837. Deaths
1645-1837.
14. Compendium of Amer. General by Frederick Adams Virkus V 5
15. Sharpless General by Gilbert Cope.
16. The Clayton Family by William Perry Johnson 1976.Information from "Davis - A Quaker Family"
In 1655, when he was 30, he accompanied Edmunson on foot in a religious mission from England to Ireland. Because of his religious activities in England he was imprisoned at the York Castle different time between 1660 & 1667.
As a Commissioner for the Yorkshire New Jersey Co., and the London New Jersey Co., he boarded the ship "Kent" at London between Mar 19 & 31. Arrived in NY between the 4th & 16th, Aug 1677, then sailed south to the Delware River, where they established their settlements, the Yorkshire Quakers. Sent by the English government to buy lands from the Indians or to extinguish Indian title. William was the First Judge of Provincial PA.
William Penn returned to England in 1684, due to the illness of his wife,
he didn't return until 1699. Trusting his followers to continue a new
government in a new country, William, was chosen as acting Governor 1684, 1685. He was Justice of the Court in Upland before the Penn party arrived and continued in this capacity after the new settlement changed the name to Chester County, PA. Among his civic activites, he found time to become Philadelphia's first Judge.Sent by Margery Freas.
There is a difference of opinion as to which Prudence married William
Clayton. One reference states that fist was Prudence (Miller) Mickels wid/o
William, and another states with great positivesness that it was Prudence
Lanckford. Perhaps further research will clarify the matter.
William Clayton was imprisoned in England at least 4 times:
1. At York Castle in 1660 for refusing to take the Oath (Vol II:101)
2. York Castle for refusing to take the oath of Allegiance, 1661 (William
Clayton, Jr. was in this group also) (Vol II:104)
3. In Horsham Goal in Sussex in 1663, for "absenting from Public worship" (Vol I:714)
4. He was placed in the Common Goal for the County and City of York in 1672
(Reason Unclear) (Vol II: 137)
A royal proclamation of 10 Jan 1661 prohibited all meetings of
"Annabaptists" Quakers, and Fifth Monarchy men. By 1662, some 4,230 Quakers and 289 Anabaptists and other had been thrown into prison. In 1664, 12 General Baptists were sentenced to die for refusing to abide by an act of 1593 against dissenters.Have: England marriage LDS AFN# 8MJH-DC.References:
Necessary Explanations:
(1) # 22969 Honour Clayton may be his daughter. Additional information is
needed to satisfy research.DATE 9 DEC 1632
PLAC was babtized at Boxgrove, Suxxex, England
Early adherents to the teaching of George Fox, William and Prudence became members of the Society of Friends. On the 7 th day 12th month 1663 William was committed to jail in Suxxex and fined 6 pounds for meeting with other Quakers. Having refused to pay his fines, William was jailed for six months in the House of Correction in the town of Arundel. William Clayton and his family came to America about 1667 but the exact date of their arrival is uncertain. There was a William Clayton who arrived in 1677 in New Jersey on the ship "Kent" reportedly from London in the company of certain commissioners sent by the proprietors of New Jersey to purchase land from the Indians. This may have been another William Clayton who has been mistaken for our William Clayton by Hepburn and others over the years. On the 6th day 8th month 1678, William Clayton Sr., William Clayton Jr. and Prudence Clayton were witnesses to the first marriage recorded at Burlington Monthly Meeting, Society of Friends, West Jersey. In March 1679 William Clayton purchased the share of Hans Oelson, one of the original Grantees of Marcus and settled at that place. Their daughter Honour Clayton married 6th month 1679 at " Markers Hook " under the care of Burlington Monthly Meeting. The family moved within the next decade to Chester County, Pennsylvania where William's estate was administered 1st day 8th month 1689. Acting Governor of Penn, under William Penn.
See Fact, Fiction, Folklore and Fakelore by James Bellarts.
PLAC of Broughton Parish, Hampshire, England
William Clayton of Chichester, p. 25b.