Mills Family of Angmering |
The Mills family appears to have arrived in Angmering circa 1740 a little after the Miles family who were not connected with them. However, some of the Miles family were quite clearly recorded as Mills which creates problems in identification.
While the principal branches of the Miles family were farmers, the Mills family were nearly all labourers or agricultural workers with the exception of Charles Mills (b1780) who was a minor farmer, working Hangleton Farm on the Worthing Road until the 1840s.
Many branches produced large families during the 18th and 19th Centuries and, as the same Christian names were often used, idenitification is again difficult. This is complicated further by the fact that there seems to have been two or possibly three unconnected Mills families alone in Angmering and adjoining Poling. By the early part of the 20th Century, there does not appear to to be any Mills remaining in Angmering.
With large families and the periodic economic crises, many of the Mills family would have been on the breadline. There are records of some finishing their days in the workhouse and children as young as 6 years old being "apprenticed" to the households of local farmers. There is also a record of one Kitty Mills receiving relief of 5/- from the parish Vestry c.1812 for "cloths".
The principal Angmering Mills family stems from Thomas Mills and wife Sarah Wakeford. A PDF genealogy report file (5 pages) containing over 100 connected names can be viewed or printed by clicking here.
To assist with your research, the following entries (nearly 200) from local parish registers (Angmering, Poling, Clapham & Patching) are detailed below:
ANGMERING REGISTERS 1688 - 1812
Miles and Mills
Burial |
10.6.1812 |
Sarah MILLS |
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Burial |
28.4.1812 |
Kate MILLS |
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Bapt |
23.4.1812 |
Kate, d. of Richard & Sarah MILLS |
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Burial |
24.4.1811 |
Mary Miles |
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Burial |
2.5.1810 |
Mary MILLS |
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Marr |
17.2.1810 |
James Carpenter & Phyllis MILLS |
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Bapt |
8.10.1809 |
Henry, s. of Richard & Sarah MILLS |
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Bapt |
7.6.1809 |
William, s. of Charles & Mary MILLS |
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Bapt |
3.5.1809 |
Frances, d. of Samuel & Mary Miles |
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Bapt |
6.4.1808 |
Mary Ann, d. of Jane MILLS |
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Burial |
19.5.1807 |
George MILLS |
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Bapt |
6.12.1807 |
Dorinda, d. of Thomas & Jemima MILLS |
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Bapt |
25.10.1807 |
George, s. of Charles & Mary MILLS |
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Bapt |
28.1.1807 |
Jane, d. of Samuel & Mary Miles |
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Burial |
4.12.1806 |
John MILLS |
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Bapt |
16.10.1806 |
John, s. of Jane MILLS |
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Bapt |
6.7.1806 |
James, s. of Richard & Sarah MILLS |
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Burial |
20.2.1805 |
Ann MILLS |
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Marr |
20.4.1805 |
George MILLS & Mary Nettlefield |
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Bapt |
3.11.1805 |
Clara, d. of Thomas & Jemima MILLS |
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Burial |
7.6.1804 |
William Miles |
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Burial |
9.2.1804 |
Richard Miles |
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Marr |
19.11.1804 |
James Seagrave & Catherine MILLS |
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Marr |
10.4.1804 |
George Baker & Mary MILLS |
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Bapt |
23.11.1804 |
Charles, s. of Charles & Mary MILLS |
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Bapt |
9.9.1804 |
William, s. of Richard & Sarah MILLS |
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Bapt |
29.4.1804 |
James, s. of Samuel & Elizabeth Miles |
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Bapt |
13.3.1803 |
Sarah, d. Charles & Mary MILLS |
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Burial |
28.12.1802 |
Elizabeth MILLS |
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Marr |
3.11.1802 |
Charles MILLS & Mary Rason |
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Bapt |
17.5.1802 |
Charles, s. of Richard & Sarah MILLS |
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Bapt |
28.7.1801 |
Elizabeth, d. of William & Elizabeth Miles |
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Bapt |
31.3.1801 |
George, s. of George & Phyllis MILLS |
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Burial |
29.4.1800 |
Sarah MILLS |
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Marr |
9.12.1800 |
George MILLS & Phyllis Green |
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Bapt |
14.9.1800 |
Edward, s. of George & Sarah MILLS |
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Marr |
20.8.1799 |
Joseph MILLS & Mary Allen |
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Bapt |
13.10.1799 |
Sarah, d. of Richard & Sarah MILLS |
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Bapt |
21.4.1799 |
William, s. of William & Elizabeth Miles |
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Bapt |
15.12.1798 |
Mary, d. of Thomas & Jemima MILLS |
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Bapt |
7.10.1798 |
Mark, s. of George & Sarah MILLS |
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Bapt |
23.7.1797 |
Jane, d. of Richard & Sarah MILLS |
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Bapt |
4.6.1797 |
Jane, d. of William & Elizabeth Miles |
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Bapt |
20.2.1797 |
Deboroh, d. of George & Sarah MILLS |
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Burial |
21.1.1796 |
Richard MILLS |
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Marr |
1.11.1796 |
Harry MILLS & Mary Baker |
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Bapt |
30.9.1796 |
Barbara, d. of Thomas & Jemima MILLS |
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Marr |
4.6.1795 |
William Miles & Elizabeth Elmer |
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Bapt |
3.11.1795 |
Miriam, d. of William & Elizabeth MILLS |
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Bapt |
17.9.1795 |
Richard, s. of George & Sarah MILLS |
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Burial |
30.7.1794 |
Harriet MILLS |
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Burial |
27.7.1794 |
Miriam MILLS |
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Bapt |
8.10.1794 |
Leah, d. of Thomas & Jemima MILLS |
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Bapt |
20.11.1793 |
George, s. of Richard & Sarah MILLS |
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Marr |
14.5.1793 |
Richard MILLS & Sarah Mitchell |
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Burial |
4.5.1793 |
George Miles |
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Bapt |
13.1.1793 |
Mary, d. of George & Sarah MILLS |
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Burial |
27.4.1792 |
Thomas MILLS |
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Bapt |
30.11.1792 |
Miriam, d. of Thomas & Jemima MILLS |
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Burial |
15.4.1791 |
Sarah MILLS |
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Marr |
11.10.1791 |
Thomas Searle & Elizabeth Miles |
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Bapt |
20.2.1791 |
Harriet, d. of Thomas & Jemima MILLS |
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Bapt |
25.10.1790 |
Sarah, d. of George & Sarah MILLS |
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Marr |
24.2.1789 |
William Short & Catherine Miles |
1. |
Bapt |
18.7.1787 |
Amy, d. of George & Sarah MILLS |
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Burial |
22.4.1786 |
William MILLS |
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Bapt |
8.10.1786 |
Elizabeth, d. of William & Elizabeth MILLS |
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Marr |
19.4.1785 |
Edmund Miles & Ann Brider |
2. |
Bapt |
4.12. 1785 |
William, s. of John & Sarah MILLS |
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Bapt |
23.11.1783 |
Catherine, d. of George & Sarah MILLS |
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Bapt |
16.11.1783 |
Mary, d. of William & Elizabeth MILLS |
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Marr |
29.1.1781 |
John Longhurst & Ann MILLS |
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Bapt |
25.11.1781 |
Thomas, s. of George & Sarah MILLS |
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Bapt |
2.6.1780 |
Jane, d. of William & Elizabeth MILLS |
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Bapt |
9.2.1780 |
Charles, s. of George & Sarah MILLS |
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1779 & 82 |
George Miles recorded as Churchwarden |
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Bapt |
14.6.1778 |
George, s. of George & Sarah MILLS |
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Marr |
27.2.1778 |
William MILLS & Elizabeth Baker |
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Burial |
11.4.1777 |
Amy Miles |
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Bapt |
30.9.1776 |
Amy, d. of John & Sarah MILLS |
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Marr | 10.6.1776 | George Mills & Sarah Steel | |
Marr |
14.6.1774 |
George Stagg & Ann Miles |
3. |
Burial |
14.10.1769 |
Sarah Miles |
4. |
Burial |
6.3.1769 |
John Miles |
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Burial |
8.4.1768 |
David Miles |
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Burial |
30.3.1768 |
Elizabeth Miles |
5. |
Marr |
11.10.1768 |
William Clear & Ann MILLS |
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Burial |
9.10.1765 |
John Miles |
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Bapt |
15.7.1765 |
Kitty, d. of George & Elizabeth Miles |
1. |
Bapt |
26.2.1764 |
Sarah, d. of George & Elizabeth MILLS |
4. |
Bapt |
19.3.1762 |
George, s. of William & Anne MILLS |
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Bapt |
25.1.1761 |
William, s. of George & Elizabeth MILLS |
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Bapt |
10.6.1760 |
Harry, s. of William & Anne MILLS |
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Burial |
9.9.1759 |
Anne MILLS |
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Bapt |
16.9.1759 |
Anne, d. of George & Elizabeth MILLS |
3. |
Marr |
20.11.1758 |
John Kingsland & Juddith MILLS |
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Marr |
2.10.1758 |
George MILLS & Elizabeth Burcher |
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Bapt |
24.7.1757 |
Mary, d. of William & Anne MILLS |
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Bapt |
7.9.1755 |
Joseph, s. of Joseph & Philly MILLS |
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Bapt |
6.12.1753 |
Thomas, s. of William & Anne MILLS |
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Bapt |
30.9.1753 |
Mary, d. John & Anne MILLS |
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Bapt |
21.3.1752 |
Mary, d. of Thomas & Sarah MILLS |
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Bapt |
14.1.1752 |
Philidalphina, d. of William & Anne MILLS |
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Burial |
23.10.1750 |
James MILLS |
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Bapt |
10.10.1750 |
James, s. of Thomas & Sarah MILLS |
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Burial |
7.12.1749 |
James s. of William & Anne MILLS |
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Bapt |
21.9.1749 |
James, s. of William & Anne MILLS |
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Bapt |
10.7.1748 |
George, s. of Thomas & Sarah MILLS |
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Bapt |
19.10.1747 |
William, s. of Thomas & Sarah MILLS |
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Marr |
6.6.1745 |
Thomas MILLS and Sarah Wakeford |
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Bapt |
27.10.1745 |
Jane, d. of Thomas and Sarah MILLS |
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Burial |
23.12.1743 |
Mary MILLS, an infant |
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Burial |
4.12.1743 |
Jane, wife of Thomas MILLS |
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Bapt |
11.11.1743 |
Mary, d. of Thomas MILLS |
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Burial |
2.1.1735 |
Thomas, s. of John Miles & Sarah his wife |
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Bapt |
14.9.1735 |
William, s. of John Miles & Sarah his wife |
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Burial |
7.10.1734 |
Sarah, d. of John Miles by Sarah his wife |
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Bapt |
3.4.1733 |
Sarah, d. of John Miles |
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Bapt |
19.12.1730 |
George, s. of John Miles |
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Burial |
3.4.1729 |
Grace, wife of Thomas Miles |
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Burial |
29.3.1729 |
Thomas, s. of Thomas Miles |
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Bapt |
6.2.1729 |
Richard, s. of John Miles |
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Bapt |
25.3.1729 |
Thomas, s. of Thomas Miles |
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Marr |
2.5.1727 |
Thomas Miles & Grace Boxold |
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Bapt |
27.2.1729 |
Samuel, s. of John Miles |
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Marr |
3.5.1726 |
Robert James & Mary Miles |
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Bapt |
30.1.1725 |
Joseph, s. of John Miles by Sarah his wife |
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Bapt |
15.1.1723 |
John, s. of John Miles |
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Bapt |
2.11.1721 |
Thomas, s. of John Miles |
General Comments:
If the MILLS were separate from the MILES, it means that a whole generation of MILES may have disappeared and then came back just a few years later to Angmering. This seems illogical. Note that Kitty's parents were George & Elizabeth MILES but entries in the preceding years were for children of George & Elizabeth MILLS.
Notes
1. Is Kitty a diminutive of Catherine? Kitty Mills and Catherine Miles could well have been one person.
2. Brider may well have been the mis-spelling of the local name Bridger.
3. Were Anne MILLS and Ann MILES one and the same?
4. Were Sarah MILLS and Sarah MILES one and the same?
5. Elizabeth MILES was buried in 1768, possibly following childbirth of a son David who died soon after without being Baptised. Note that George's wife, Elizabeth MILLS (nee Burcher), stopped having children at this point, perhaps another sign that their correct name was MILES.
POLING REGISTERS 1653-1811
Marr |
1.5.1725 |
John Mills & Sarah Higgings |
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Marr |
26.11.1728 |
John Walls (?) & Sarah Oliver |
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Bapt |
29.3.1726 |
John, s. of John Mills & Sarah |
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Marr |
26.1.1729 |
John Pink & Sarah Miles |
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Bapt |
4.8.1729 |
William, s. of John Mills & Sarah |
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Bapt |
6.5.1732 |
Mary, d. of John Mills & Sarah |
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Bapt |
16.5.1761 |
William, s. of John & Ann Mills |
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Bapt |
17.6.1764 |
Sarah, d. of John & Ann Mills |
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Marr |
22.4.1739 |
Joseph Miles & Anne Dunkerson |
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Burial |
16.11.1733 |
Sarah, wife of John Mills |
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Burial |
21.9.1752 |
John Mills from Goring |
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Bapt |
7.6.1789 |
Sarah, d. of Andrew & Charlotte Mills |
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Bapt |
24.3.1792 |
Hannah, d. of Andrew & Charlotte Mills |
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Burial |
1.4.1796 |
Andrew Mills |
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Burial |
5.6.1799 |
Charlotte Mills |
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Bapt |
25.8.1800 |
James Allen, s.of Joseph Mills & Mary |
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Bapt |
8.4.1805 |
Maria, d. of Joseph & Mary Mills |
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Bapt |
25.9.1807 |
Richard, s. of Joseph & Mary |
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Bapt |
27.12.1809 |
Miriam, d. of Joseph & Mary |
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Marr |
29.7.1811 |
Thomas Mills & Hannah Mills |
PATCHING & CLAPHAM REGISTERS
Bapt |
18.10.1666 |
Elizabeth Mils, d. of Thomas |
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Bapt |
12.6.1670 |
Katherine Mills, d of Thomas |
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Burial |
13.2.1703 |
Thomas Mills |
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Bapt |
12.11.1776 |
George, s. of John & Elizabeth Mills |
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Bapt |
31.7.1778 |
Ann Mills, d of William & Elizabeth Mills |
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Burial |
10.10.1778 |
Ann Mills, d. of William & Elizabeth |
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Bapt |
20.2.1780 |
Phillis, d. of John & Elizabeth Mills |
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Bapt |
18.11.1781 |
Thomas, s. of John & Mary Mills |
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Bapt |
26.10.1783 |
Nanny, d. of John & Elizabeth Mills |
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Bapt |
9.4.1784 |
Richard, s. of William & Maria Mills |
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Bapt |
16.4.1786 |
Henry, s. of John & Elizabeth Mills |
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Bapt |
1788 |
James Mills |
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Bapt |
1790 |
Mary Mills |
* |
Bapt |
1794 |
David Mills |
* |
Bapt |
1799 |
Daniel Mills |
* |
Burial |
1799 |
Elizabeth Mills |
* |
Burial |
1799 |
Daniel Mills |
* |
Bapt |
1804 |
Elizabeth Mills |
* |
Marr |
1783 |
William Mills |
* |
Marr |
1733 |
Ann Miles (Clapham) |
* |
Bapt |
1803 |
Mary Mills (Clapham) |
* |
Bapt |
1806 |
George Mills (Clapham) |
* |
Bapt |
1808 |
George Mills (Clapham) |
* |
Bapt |
1810 |
Ann Mills (Clapham) |
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All Patching unless otherwise stated.
* Obtained from Index.
Last updated: 6 February 2004