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William Mills

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Derbyshire, England
Death: August 04, 1766 (66-67)
Amherst County, Province of Virginia
Immediate Family:

Son of Gilbert Mills and Margaret Mills
Husband of Mary Mills
Father of Elizabeth Watson; Thomas Mills; Col. Ambrose Mills, Loyalist to the Crown, Revolutionary War; Sarah Watts; William Mills and 6 others
Half brother of Alexander A. Mills

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About William Mills

Please see the extremely thorough research by Elizabeth Shown Mills at https://www.historicpathways.com/download/MillsWilliamMaryofGoochAl...

She disambiguates this William Mills from several others, whose identities are often collapsed together.

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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

  • Name William Mills
  • Arrival Year 1726
  • Arrival Place Rappahannock, Virginia
  • Primary Immigrant Mills, William
  • Source Publication Code 1217.9
  • Source Bibliography COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Bonded Passengers to America. 9 vols. in 3. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. Vol. 9. Midland Circuit, 1671-1775: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Warwickshire, and Strays [misc.]. 60p.
  • Household Members
  • Name Age
  • William Mills

Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850

  • Name William Mills
  • Date 09 Oct 1751
  • Location Loonenburg
  • Notes This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
  • Remarks William Mills to John Mills, trusty and loving friend. Power of attorney to convey land and attend to business, 1751.
  • Description Grantor
  • Book 4-182
  • Name Wm. Mills
  • Date 18 Nov 1752
  • Location Augusta Co., VA
  • Property 104 acres on Cedar Creek in Forks of James; corner Thomas Taylor's line; McDowell's land; corner Wm. Mills.
  • Notes This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
  • Remarks Land by patent 3 Nov 1750.
  • Description Neighbor
  • Book 5-61
  • Name Wm. Mills
  • Date 15 May 1753
  • Location Augusta Co., VA
  • Property 104 acres, Cedar Creek in Forks of James; cor. Thomas Taylor, McDowell's line; cor. Wm. Mills.
  • Notes This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
  • Remarks Delivered to Jno Poage Mar 1761.
  • Description Neighbor
  • Book 5-242
  • Name Wm. Mills
  • Date 1753
  • Location Late of Augusta
  • Property Buffalo Creek, a branch of Roanoke.
  • Notes This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
  • Remarks Originally patented to William Mills 1752.
  • Description Grantor
  • Book 5-557
  • Name William Mills
  • Date 26 Aug 1757
  • Location Augusta Co., VA
  • Property note on James Staret
  • Notes This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
  • Remarks Gilbert Mills' will, planter. To son William, note on James Staret living in Refoe township, PA; son Alexander, clothes; granddaughter Agnes Mills, residuary legatee. Executors, Isaac White, Edward Hall. Proved by the witnesses. Executors qualify
  • Description Decedent's Son
  • Book WB2-208
  • Prove date 16 Nov 1757
  • Name Wm. Mills
  • Date 18 Nov 1760
  • Location Augusta Co., VA
  • Property 400 acres on North Branch James joining Wm. Mills.
  • Notes This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
  • Remarks 20. Patented to David Cloyd 20 Sep 1748. Delivered to Jno. Thompson by Cloyd's order 5 May 1777.
  • Description Neighbor
  • Book 9-13
  • Name William Mills
  • Date 20 May 1761
  • Location Augusta Co., VA
  • Property 262 acres on Percimmon Branch of James River, adjoining David Mitchell and William Mills; cor. Mills' former survey.
  • Notes This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
  • Remarks 5. Delivered.
  • Description Neighbor
  • Book 9-346
  • Name Wm. Mills
  • Date 19 Aug 1761
  • Location Augusta Co., VA
  • Property 117 acres on Roanoke; Jno. Mill's line.
  • Notes This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
  • Remarks Whereas Wm. Mills, of Augusta, on 9 Oct 1751, constituted John Mills his attorney to sell his lands in Augusta.
  • Description Grantor
  • Book 10-8
  • Name William Mills
  • Date 13 Mar 1769
  • Location Augusta Co., VA
  • Property 200 acres on waters of Roan Oak, near Glade Creek, adjoining land of Thomas Acres.
  • Notes This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
  • Remarks 30. Delivered to John Mills, son of William, 8 Oct 1773.
  • Description Mentioned
  • Book 15-316
  • Name William Mills
  • Date 13 Dec 1744
  • Location Augusta Co., VA
  • Notes This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
  • Remarks Sale bill of above estate. Purchasers, viz: James Price, Wm. Akers, Pat Shirkey, Chas. Ewing, John Thomas, Mary Akers, Nicholas Harford, Mary Kinder, Wm. Armstrong, Wm. Carson, Archibald Grimes, Wm. Mills, James Burk, Bryan Cuff, Wm. Armstrong, Henr
  • Description Buyer
  • Book WB1-89
  • Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 15 2018, 22:15:34 UTC
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William Mills's Timeline

1699
1699
Derbyshire, England
1718
1718
England
1722
1722
Derbyshire, England
1722
Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
1726
1726
Virginia
1727
1727
Albemarle County, Virginia
1729
1729
James River, Goochland County, Virginia
1732
1732
Bedford County, Virginia
1734
1734
Goochland County, Virginia