Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Peter Mills

Male Bef 1702 - 1762  (> 60 years)


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  • Name Peter Mills 
    Birth Bef 1702  St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Aug 1762  St. Mary's County, Maryland - Probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I98533  Tree1
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

    Father Peter Mills,   b. Abt 1670, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1744, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Frances Slye,   b. Abt 1669, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1702, Chaptico, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1698  St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1657  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Monica Millard,   b. Aft 1710, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1762, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 52 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1726  St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Mills,   b. Bef 1737, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1762, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 27 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F45140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
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      MILLS, PETER, St. Mary's Co. 28 Mar, 1762; 24 Aug, 1762
      To son William Mills, some slaves now in his possession, after decease of my wife, Monica Mills.
      Mentions son Joshua Mills.
      Exs: Wife and son Joshua.
      Wit: Henry Jernegan, Elizabeth Buckler, James Glouster. 31. 789
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      Mills, Peter, St. Mary's County, 4th April, 1741; 6th June, 1744.
      To wife Margaret, life int. in entire estate real and personal,
      To son Peter and hrs., dwell. plan. "St. John's",
      To son William, ex., and hrs., land in Prince George's Co. and land where Jeremiah Redman now lives.
      To grandsons William and Joshua, personalty.
      Test: Mary Millard, Thomas Williams, James Thompson.
      23.532. Note: Widow will abide bv her husband's will.

      === Linda Reno Research Notes
      Third generation: Peter Mills (d. 1762) married Monica Millard. He was the son of the first wife, Frances Slye.

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      MILLS, WILLIAM, St. Mary's Co. 26 Sep 1750; 7 Nov 1750
      To Elizabeth Barnes, furniture and 2 cows and calves.
      To nephew William Whealor, Negro boy called James.
      To cousin Henerater Whealor, horse.
      To brother Ignatious Whealor, cow and calf, and mare.
      To nephew William Mills, ex., all the rest of my estate.
      Wit: Thos. Coode, Andrew Eaton Anderson, John Hoult. 27. 459
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      1752-1757 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber NN [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 508. At the request of Thomas Henson Marshall, the following Deed was recorded March 23, 1757
      Indenture made March 8, 1757; Peter Mills and William Mills of St. Mary's County, Maryland, planters, in consideration 13000 pounds of tobacco and 5 pounds current money of Virginia paid by Thomas Henson Marshall of PGCo, gentleman has sold a tract called "Red Bud Thickett" containing 113 acres lying in PGCo beginning in the west south west line of Joseph Marshall's land then to John Fendall's land. Signed Peter Mills and William Mills in the presence of and acknowledged before Peter Dent, George Fraser

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