"[John Miller] became a captain in the old militia, and was called an excellent drill master. He lived at first in north part of the town, later on the Page-Wormwood farm, and in the winter of 1819-20 he moved to South Ryegate and put up buildings on the Newbury and Ryegate line. The farm is mostly in Newbury, and he sold it in 1844, to Archibald Ritchie and moved to Groton where he d. Feb. 6, 1847. He was m. by Rev. David Goodwillie Sept. 17, 1807, to Margaret, dau. James Dunsyre (b. Edinburg. Scot., 1791; d. Groton, Dec. 31, 1861). She was a tailoress by trade. Capt. John Miller was tall, broad shouldered, of swarthy complexion, and very spare, over six feet in height. His mother was a remarkably strong woman, would often carry a grist of wheat to mill, three miles, leading John by the hand and when the child got tired she would put him on top of the grist and carry both. When he became captain of the militia he drilled the company so well that it became the best in the brigade in 1817 and 1818, and a few years later, at a brigade muster in Sutton was selected to escort duty for the field officers. Capt. John Miller was in great demand as a manager of funerals."
"[John Miller] became a captain in the old militia, and was called an excellent drill master. He lived at first in north part of the town, later on the Page-Wormwood farm, and in the winter of 1819-20 he moved to South Ryegate and put up buildings on the Newbury and Ryegate line. The farm is mostly in Newbury, and he sold it in 1844, to Archibald Ritchie and moved to Groton where he d. Feb. 6, 1847. He was m. by Rev. David Goodwillie Sept. 17, 1807, to Margaret, dau. James Dunsyre (b. Edinburg. Scot., 1791; d. Groton, Dec. 31, 1861). She was a tailoress by trade. Capt. John Miller was tall, broad shouldered, of swarthy complexion, and very spare, over six feet in height. His mother was a remarkably strong woman, would often carry a grist of wheat to mill, three miles, leading John by the hand and when the child got tired she would put him on top of the grist and carry both. When he became captain of the militia he drilled the company so well that it became the best in the brigade in 1817 and 1818, and a few years later, at a brigade muster in Sutton was selected to escort duty for the field officers. Capt. John Miller was in great demand as a manager of funerals."
Family Members
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Margaret Miller Aiken
1781–1829
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Robert Miller
1783–1784
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Jean Miller Craig
1787–1819
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Mary Miller Stewart
1789–1848
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David Miller
1791–1868
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Jennett Miller Quint
1792–1848
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Elizabeth Miller White
1798–1841
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William Miller
1799–1862
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Alexander Miller
1803–1887
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Lillyes Miller Lumsden
1804–1863
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Marion Miller Hall
1807–1833
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Robert Miller
1810–1899
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