'Miller02'
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Families covered: Miller of Chichester, Miller of Froyle, Miller of Lavant
| Berry identifies the arms of this family as "Ar. a fesse, az. betw. three wolves' heads, erased, gu.". That is supported by BP1934. Berry starts with ... | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Miller (bur 1603) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Miller (d 1635) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1631) Agnes Miller | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Mark Miller (b c1606, bur 1672, Alderman of Chichester) the first mentioned by BP1934 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Comber (d 1664, dau/coheir of John Comber of Chichester & sister/coheir of John Comber, Sheriff) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Thomas Miller, Mayor of Chichester, 1st Bart (b 1635, d 02.12.1705, MP) the first mentioned by Beetham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hannah (b c1636, d 11.01.1706) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Miller 'of Froyle', Sheriff of Sussex, 2nd Bart of Chichester (b c1665, d 29.11.1721, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) Betham shows John as father by Margaret Peachy of Thomas (d young) & Emblem (dau, b c1701, d 06.01.1718), father by Anne Elson of 2 children (d young), and by the eldest but unnamed dau of Sir William Meaux of his successor and other children albeit naming no other sons and identifying most albeit not all of the daughters through their marriages rather than their names. 2) CountyGen supports Betham except that it shows Thomas (d young) as of the 3rd marriage rather than the first marriage and names the mother of the surviving sons as Susannah Meaux. CountyGen follows the line of this son John and not Sir Thomas. (3) BP1934 reports that the 1st wife left issue, the 2nd wife dsp and the 3rd wife dspm. Except as mentioned below, we follow BP1934. TCB (vol 4, 'Miller'm o194) confirms that the 3rd Bart (Thomas) was son of ... |
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| m1. Margaret Peachy (d 23.09.1701, dau of John Peachy of Chichester) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Thomas Miller of Lavant (near Chichester), 3rd Bart (b c1689, d 1733, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Gother (d 12.1634, dau of Francis Gother or Goater, Alderman of Chichester) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Miller of Lavant, 4th Bart (d 19.04.1772) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1735) Susan Combe (dau of Matthew Combe or Combes of Winchester) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Thomas Miller of Lavant then Froyle (Hampshire), 5th Bart (d 04.09.1816, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Hannah Black (dau of _ Black, Alderman of Norwich) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Susannah Miller | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nathaniel Lee Acton of Livermore Park | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Hannah Miller | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1790) St. John St. Leger Gillman, Bart of Carraheen | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (by 1780) Elizabeth Edwards ("an heiress") | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Sir Thomas Combe Miller, 6th Bart (b 1780, d 29.06.1864, vicar of Froyle, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.05.1824) Martha Holmes (b c1801, d 28.06.1877, dau of Rev. Thomas Holmes of Bungay & Brooke Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (d)+ | other issue - John (dvp unm 22.04.1804), Frances, Mary, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | George Miller (d unm 1755) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Combe Miller (dsp 1814, Dean of Chichester) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Green (dau/heir of Rev. _ Green of Eccles) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Charles Miller | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Eleanor Miller | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Heberden | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Jane Miller | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry William Wilson of Norfolk | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Margaret Miller (d 22.12.1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.05.1766) George Garnier of Wickham Corner | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Susanna Miller mentioned by Betham | ||||||||||||||
| (viii) | Anne Miller (d 03.07.1824) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.04.1770) George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (b 1724, d 1772) | |||||||||||||||
| (ix) | Mary Miller (d 13.08.1772) possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.05.1757) Henry William Wilson of Didlington & Ashwellthorpe (bpt 1728, d 1796) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Jane Miller | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bye | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Thomas (d unm), Henry | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Miller of Chichester (d 1735) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Challen (b c1704, d 1762, dau/heir of Richard Challen of Oving, m2. Rev. Thomas Turner of Betchsworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Charles Miller of Shopwick (b c1724, a 1763) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Parham (dau of Thomas Parnham of Sussex) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - John (b c1754, a 1763, dsp), daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Miller of Gravellingwell (b c1727, d 1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Vaux (d 1754, dau of James Vaux of Dorking) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - John (Colonel), Edward (d young), Thomas (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1758) Helen Catherine Michell (a 1763, dau of John Michell of Warnham) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Miller (a 1812) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Charlotte Mller | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hussey of Chichester | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Ann, Jane (b 10.1763) | ||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Thomas of London (b c1735, a 1763), Hannah (d young), daughter (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| - | Elizabeth Miller see #1# below | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anne Miller (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Jane Miller | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bockland (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Hannah Miller | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Gooch, Bishop of Norwich | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Mary Miller (d 02.05.1738) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. John Buchshell | |||||||||||||||
| - | Margaret Miller see #2# below | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Ellson (b 1679-80, dsp 06.05.1709, dau of William Ellson of Groves by Jane) | |||||||||||||||
| (7)+ | 2 others (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (02.05.1710) Elizabeth Meaux (bpt 19.07.1677, d 22.04.1756, dau of Sir William Meaux, 3rd Bart of Kingston, by Elizabeth Browne) | |||||||||||||||
| (9) | Elizabeth Miller (d 03.1774) | ||||||||||||||
| #1# : BP1934 shows Elizabeth as the eldest daughter of Sir John's 1st wife, Margaret Peachy, and notes that Elizabeth Meux dspm. BEB1841 (Meux of Kingston) identifies Elizabeth as the only daughter and heir of Elizabeth Meux. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (10.01.1737) Sir Edward Worsley of Gatcombe (d 08.1762) | |||||||||||||||
| (10) | Margaret Miller | ||||||||||||||
| #2# : BP1934 shows Margaret as the youngest daughter of Sir John's 1st wife, Margaret Peachy, and notes that Elizabeth Meux dspm. 'Sussex Archaeological Collections' identifies Margaret's mother as Elizabeth Meaux. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Yates | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Miller (dsp 05.07.1735) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Farrington of Chichester (son of Sir Richard of Chichester, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Miller (d 31.12.1729) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Cheynell (rector of Shepperton) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Miller (d 1669) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) BP1934 (Miller of Chichester) with support from Betham's 'Baronetage of England' (vol 3, 1803, 'Miller of Chichester', p147+) and some from TCB (vol 4, 'Miller of Chichester', p194)
(2) Reviewed & slightly expanded 05.07.26 using CountyGen (Sussex, Berry, p292+)
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