Thomas Mills and Elizabeth Harrold

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		Thomas Mills	{	John Mills
Rachel Mills	{	&
		Elizabeth Harrold	{	Richard Harrold & Mary Baels

Thomas Mills (John) was the son of John Mills ^{BJ1, BJ2}, and was born about the year 1709, likely near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ^BJ2. According to the minutes of the Chester Monthly Meeting, Thomas Mills and Elizabeth Harrold, the daughter of the widow Mary Harrold of “Monoquisy” near the Potomac River, declared their intent to marry for the second time on the 30^th day of the 3^rd month, 1730 ^BJ2. The Monocacy River is a tributary of the Potomac, and this area was the site of a Quaker settlement established in about 1725 ^BJ2. The records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania stated that “Thomas Mills son of John Mills of Manoquisy near y^e River Potomack”, married Elizabeth Harrold, the daughter of Mary Harrold, at the residence of Josiah Ballengars at Monoquisy (Monocacy) on the 18^th day of the 4^th month in 1730 (June 18, 1730) ^US11,^{BJ1, BJ2}. As was customary for Quaker weddings, dozens of witnesses to the ceremony signed their names or made their mark on their name. Family members who were witnesses included John Mills, Rebeckah Mills, Hur Mills, John Mills, Jr., Mary Harrold, William Beals, Liddie Beals, Sarah Beals Sr., Sarah Beals Jr., and Martha Wright ^BJ1.

Records from the Chester Quarterly Meeting dated in November 1738 and August 1742 stated that Thomas Mills was a member of the Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Frederick County, Virginia ^{BJ2, WA26}. He purchased land on Opequon Creek in Virginia from his father for the sum of five shillings in 1743 ^BJ2. The Hopewell Monthly Meeting record dated April 4, 1748 stated that Thomas and Hur Mills were appointed to speak with John Ross, and ask him to attend the next meeting ^{BJ2, WA26}. Thomas was a witness to the wedding of Evan Rogers and Sarah Ballinger on June 15, 1749 at Hopewell ^WA26.

He and his family relocated from Opequon Creek in modern day Frederick County, Virginia, to the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange (Alamance) County in North Carolina, where Thomas, John, Hurr, and Henry Mills were received on September 1, 1753 with a certificate dated May 7, 1753 from Hopewell Monthly Meeting ^{HI4, WA26}. Thomas was an original member of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Rowan (now called Guilford) County, North Carolina ^{HI4, BJ2}, as he requested a certificate from New Garden on September 28, 1754, but he was disowned from New Garden on March 29, 1760 ^HI4. Thomas Mills died at age eighty-four on September 10, 1793, according to the records of the Deep River Monthly Meeting, located in Guilford County, North Carolina ^US11,^{HI4, BJ2}.

Elizabeth Harrold (Richard, Mary) was born on May 10, 1711, according to the records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania ^{US11, BJ2}. She said to have been the mother of Mary, Rachel, Richard, Rebeckah, Ruben, Thomas, and Martha ^BJ2.

The records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state that Mary Mills, the daughter of Thomas Mills, married John Hodson, the son of George Hodson of Roan County, North Carolina, on the 7^th day of the 5^th month, 1754 ^US11. The records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting state that John and Mary Hodson were the parents of ten children, who were Thomas, born on the 21^st day of the 2^nd month, 1756, Sarah, born on the 14^th day of the 10^th month, 1757, John, born on the 28^th day of the 6^th month, 1759, Ruth, born on the 10^th day of the 3^rd month, 1761, George, born on the 6^th day of the 1^st month, 1763, Jonathan, born on the 10^th day of the 3^rd month, 1765, Hur, born on the 16^th day of the 5^th month, 1767, Mary, born on the 9^th day of the 5^th month, 1769, Solomon, born on the 31^st day of the 3^rd month, 1771, and Joseph, born on the 13^th day of the 8^th month, 1773 ^US11.

Rachel Mills married Robert Hodson (or Hodgson) in 1758 ^BJ2.

Richard Mills was born about 1740, probably in Frederick County, Virginia ^BJ2. Richard was said to have married Hannah about 1766 ^BJ2. Richard and Hannah Mills were the parents of thirteen children whose births were recorded in the register of the Deep River Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina ^BJ2. These were Asa, born on January 1, 1767, Jacob, born on April 15, 1768, Elizabeth, born on September 4, 1769, Hur, born on August 8, 1771, William, born on June 15, 1773, Thomas, who was born on December 24, 1774 and died on December 3, 1775, Richard, born on October 13, 1776, Hannah, who was born on February 11, 1778 and died on August 13, 1778, Joseph, born on July 6, 1779, Catherine, born on June 30, 1781, Rachel, born on July 1, 1783, Reuben, born on December 26, 1786, and Jonathan, born on October 21, 1789 ^BJ2. The records of the Lost Creek Monthly Meeting in Jeffererson County, Tennessee state that Richard Mills died on October 19, 1813 and that Hannah, the wife of Richard Mills, died at age eighty-eight on January 21, 1833 ^{US11, BJ2}.

Rebeckah Mills was said to have been born on the 15^th day of the 12^th month, 1744 ^BJ2. The records of the Springfield Monthly Meeting in Wayne County, Indiana state that Rebecca Thornburgh was born on the 30^th day of the 4^th month, 1744 ^{US11, US21}. The records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state that Rebeckah Mills, the daughter of Tho^s: Mills of Roan County, North Carolina, married William Morgan of Roan County, North Carolina, the son of John Morgan (deceased, of Virginia) on the 10^th day of the 7^th month, 1760 (July 10, 1760) in New Garden, Roan County in a ceremony witnessed by Elizabeth Mills, Sarah Mills, John Mills, Hur Mills, John Hodgson, and others ^{US11, BJ2}. Rebeckah and William Morgan were the parents of five children whose births were recorded in the minutes of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina ^US11. These were Ruben, born on the December 18, 1761, John, born on August 26, 1763, Tho^s: (Thomas), born on November 7, 1765, Elizabeth, born on November 13, 1767, and William, born on March 2, 1770 ^US11. According to the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, William Morgan died on April 7, 1771 ^US11. The records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state that Rebekah Morgan, the widow of William Morgan, married Joseph Thornburgh, the son of Thomas Thornburgh of Guilford County, North Carolina on February 5, 1778 ^{US11, BJ2}. Rebecah was called the second wife of Joseph Thornbrough in the records of the Deep River Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina, which stated they were the parents of five children ^US11. These were Wellmett, born on November 30, 1778, Morgan, born on May 9, 1781, Joseph, born on October 10, 1782, Asahel, who was born on February 5, 1786 and died on March 20, 1790, and Abigail, born on March 30, 1788 ^US11. The records of the Springfield Monthly Meeting in Wayne County, Indiana state that Rebecca Thornburgh died at age seventy-seven years, four months, and twenty days on September 20, 1821 and that Joseph Thornburgh died at age eighty-one on August 6, 1823 and that both Rebecca and Joseph were buried at Springfield ^{US11, US21}.

The records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state that Ruben Mills, the son of Thomas Mills of Guilford County, North Carolina, married Cicilia Johnson, the daughter of Charles Johnson, deceased, on the 11^th day of the 8^th month, 1773 (August 11, 1773) ^US11,^HI4,
BJ2. Ruben and Cicilia Mills were the parents of two children whose births were recorded in the minutes of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina ^US11. These were Sarah, who was born on August 2, 1774 and died on June 21, 1775, and Elizabeth, born on June 12, 1775 ^US11. Cicilia Mills died on December 27, 1775 in Guilford County, North Carolina ^US11. The records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state that Reuben Mills of Guilford County married Sarah Overman on the 7^th day of the 8^th month, 1777 (August 7, 1777) ^US11. Witnesses included Sarah Mills, Thomas Mills, Henry Mills, and John Mills ^US11. The records of the Deep River Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state that Ruben and Sarah Mills were the parents of six children ^US11. These were Mary, born on May 17, 1778, Martha, who was born on October 18, 1777 and died on April 18, 1781, Ruben, born on October 22, 1781, Rebeccah, born on November 12, 1873, Gideon, born on January 21, 1786, and Sally, born on December 29, 1788 ^US11. Reuben Mills and his wife, Sarah, and children, Mary, Gideon, and Sally, along with Reuben Mills Jr. and his wife, Clarissa, were received to the Concord Monthly Meeting in eastern Ohio on January 19, 1808 from a certificate from the Deep River Monthly Meeting in North Carolina, dated September 7, 1807 ^HI14.

The records of the Deep River Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state that Thomas Mills “of Guilford County in North Carolina, son of Thomas & Eleazabeth Mills (the Latter Deceased)” married Jemimah Jones, the daughter of Richard and Jemima Jones of Surry County, North Carolina, on October 11, 1780 in a ceremony which was witnessed by Thomas Mills, Richard Mills, Rueben Mills, Aron Mills, and others ^US11. The minutes of the Deep River Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state that Thomas and Jamima Mills were the parents of eight children ^US11. These were Daniel, born on August 13, 1781, Richard, born on September 13, 1783, Elizabeth, born on June 5, 1785, Jemima, who was born on September 30, 1787 and died on June 24, 1795, Rhoda, born on February 22, 1790, Sarah, born on February 12, 1792, Thomas, who was born on November 10, 1793 and died on May 15, 1794, and Martha, who was born on May 16, 1795 and died don July 19, 1795 ^US11. Thomas Mills made a plan to relocate to the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting of South Carolina on January 7, 1793, and in March 1795 Thomas and his wife, Jemima, presented a certificate to the Deep River Monthly Meeting for himself, his wife, and their daughters, Elizabeth, Jemima, and Sarah, from the “Cain Creek” Monthly Meeting in South Carolina, which was dated January 24, 1795 and was accepted by the Deep River Monthly Meeting ^US11. However, the minutes of the Deep River Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state that Thomas Mills died on June 10, 1795 ^US11, while Gwen Bjorkman stated that Thomas Mills died in 1801 in Guilford County, North Carolina ^BJ2.

The records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state that Martha Mills, the daughter of Tho^s. Mills of Guilford County, North Carolina married Obadiah Overman on the 12^th day of the 2^nd month, 1778 (February 12, 1778) in a ceremony witnessed by Sarah Mills, Hannah Mills, Mary Hodgson, Tho^s. Mills, John Mills, Ruben Mills, and others ^US11,^{HI4, BJ2}. The records of the Center Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state that Martha and Obadiah Overman were the parents of two children, who were Isaac, born on February 18, 1779, and Elizabeth, born on February 1, 1781 ^US11. Martha Overman, the wife of Obadiah, died on June 25, 1784 ^US11.

Elizabeth Mills died at age sixty on the 9^th day of the 9^th month, 1771 (September 9, 1771) and was buried the following day, according to the records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina ^US11,^{HI4, BJ2}.