John Mills was a veteran of both the French and Indian War and the Rev War. In 1754, while residing in Chester, Rockingham Co, NH he fought in many different campaigns during the French and Indian War, serving at Crown Point, Fort Number 4, and Fort William and Mary. He was one of the nearly three dozen Chester soldiers who took part in the invasions of Canada at Louisberg, Quebec, and Montreal.
In 1760, John obtained a license in Chester, NH to operate his residence as an Inn. By 1767, he had moved his family to Haverhill, NH, receiving a grant there. He then moved to Newbury, VT, appearing on the 1770 list of heads of families. "He built the house now known as the Davenport House in South Newbury very soon after the Rev War. Daniel Webster and Franklin Pierce were two of the eminent men who slept beneath its roof."*
During the Rev War, John Mills was on the Muster Roll of Capt. John G. Bayley's Co, which was in service guarding and scouting from April 1777, to March 6, 1779 in the Regiment under command of Col. Peter Olcott. From May 1779 to May 1781, he was in Capt. Simeon Stevens' Co in service "guarding and scouting in the sundry alarms, guarding prisoners, etc." under the command of Col. Peter Olcott.
John was married to Mary McDuffee, daughter of Archibald McDuffee**, in about 1755 and was father to at least 11 children: Nancy (Robert Orr), John Jr (Elizabeth), Nathaniel (Catherine Pratt), Elizabeth "Betsey" (James Smith), Sarah (John Orr), Mary (Josiah Pratt), Martha (Johnson Smith), Archibald (Anna Aiken), William (Jenny Glines), Jacob, and David (Hannah Fowler). He operated a Grist Mill and a Saw Mill, which he sold to his son, John Jr, by 1792.
"He was held in respect and filled many public offices. One of them was on the committee which built the 'Old Meeting House' in Newbury in 1788. John Mills was a carpenter, mechanical ingenuity being hereditary in that family."** John died without leaving a Will. His net worth was assessed at $4118 according to the inventory filed in the Bradford District, Orange Co, VT Probate Records on Dec 8, 1800. He was deceased by Sept 29, 1800, when his wife Mary wrote a letter to the probate Judge requesting to pass the estate administration duties to her son, John Mills Jr.
** "History of Newbury, VT from the Discovery of the Coos Country to the Present Time" p. 639
In 1760, John obtained a license in Chester, NH to operate his residence as an Inn. By 1767, he had moved his family to Haverhill, NH, receiving a grant there. He then moved to Newbury, VT, appearing on the 1770 list of heads of families. "He built the house now known as the Davenport House in South Newbury very soon after the Rev War. Daniel Webster and Franklin Pierce were two of the eminent men who slept beneath its roof."*
During the Rev War, John Mills was on the Muster Roll of Capt. John G. Bayley's Co, which was in service guarding and scouting from April 1777, to March 6, 1779 in the Regiment under command of Col. Peter Olcott. From May 1779 to May 1781, he was in Capt. Simeon Stevens' Co in service "guarding and scouting in the sundry alarms, guarding prisoners, etc." under the command of Col. Peter Olcott.
John was married to Mary McDuffee, daughter of Archibald McDuffee**, in about 1755 and was father to at least 11 children: Nancy (Robert Orr), John Jr (Elizabeth), Nathaniel (Catherine Pratt), Elizabeth "Betsey" (James Smith), Sarah (John Orr), Mary (Josiah Pratt), Martha (Johnson Smith), Archibald (Anna Aiken), William (Jenny Glines), Jacob, and David (Hannah Fowler). He operated a Grist Mill and a Saw Mill, which he sold to his son, John Jr, by 1792.
"He was held in respect and filled many public offices. One of them was on the committee which built the 'Old Meeting House' in Newbury in 1788. John Mills was a carpenter, mechanical ingenuity being hereditary in that family."** John died without leaving a Will. His net worth was assessed at $4118 according to the inventory filed in the Bradford District, Orange Co, VT Probate Records on Dec 8, 1800. He was deceased by Sept 29, 1800, when his wife Mary wrote a letter to the probate Judge requesting to pass the estate administration duties to her son, John Mills Jr.
** "History of Newbury, VT from the Discovery of the Coos Country to the Present Time" p. 639
John Mills was a veteran of both the French and Indian War and the Rev War. In 1754, while residing in Chester, Rockingham Co, NH he fought in many different campaigns during the French and Indian War, serving at Crown Point, Fort Number 4, and Fort William and Mary. He was one of the nearly three dozen Chester soldiers who took part in the invasions of Canada at Louisberg, Quebec, and Montreal.
In 1760, John obtained a license in Chester, NH to operate his residence as an Inn. By 1767, he had moved his family to Haverhill, NH, receiving a grant there. He then moved to Newbury, VT, appearing on the 1770 list of heads of families. "He built the house now known as the Davenport House in South Newbury very soon after the Rev War. Daniel Webster and Franklin Pierce were two of the eminent men who slept beneath its roof."*
During the Rev War, John Mills was on the Muster Roll of Capt. John G. Bayley's Co, which was in service guarding and scouting from April 1777, to March 6, 1779 in the Regiment under command of Col. Peter Olcott. From May 1779 to May 1781, he was in Capt. Simeon Stevens' Co in service "guarding and scouting in the sundry alarms, guarding prisoners, etc." under the command of Col. Peter Olcott.
John was married to Mary McDuffee, daughter of Archibald McDuffee**, in about 1755 and was father to at least 11 children: Nancy (Robert Orr), John Jr (Elizabeth), Nathaniel (Catherine Pratt), Elizabeth "Betsey" (James Smith), Sarah (John Orr), Mary (Josiah Pratt), Martha (Johnson Smith), Archibald (Anna Aiken), William (Jenny Glines), Jacob, and David (Hannah Fowler). He operated a Grist Mill and a Saw Mill, which he sold to his son, John Jr, by 1792.
"He was held in respect and filled many public offices. One of them was on the committee which built the 'Old Meeting House' in Newbury in 1788. John Mills was a carpenter, mechanical ingenuity being hereditary in that family."** John died without leaving a Will. His net worth was assessed at $4118 according to the inventory filed in the Bradford District, Orange Co, VT Probate Records on Dec 8, 1800. He was deceased by Sept 29, 1800, when his wife Mary wrote a letter to the probate Judge requesting to pass the estate administration duties to her son, John Mills Jr.
** "History of Newbury, VT from the Discovery of the Coos Country to the Present Time" p. 639
In 1760, John obtained a license in Chester, NH to operate his residence as an Inn. By 1767, he had moved his family to Haverhill, NH, receiving a grant there. He then moved to Newbury, VT, appearing on the 1770 list of heads of families. "He built the house now known as the Davenport House in South Newbury very soon after the Rev War. Daniel Webster and Franklin Pierce were two of the eminent men who slept beneath its roof."*
During the Rev War, John Mills was on the Muster Roll of Capt. John G. Bayley's Co, which was in service guarding and scouting from April 1777, to March 6, 1779 in the Regiment under command of Col. Peter Olcott. From May 1779 to May 1781, he was in Capt. Simeon Stevens' Co in service "guarding and scouting in the sundry alarms, guarding prisoners, etc." under the command of Col. Peter Olcott.
John was married to Mary McDuffee, daughter of Archibald McDuffee**, in about 1755 and was father to at least 11 children: Nancy (Robert Orr), John Jr (Elizabeth), Nathaniel (Catherine Pratt), Elizabeth "Betsey" (James Smith), Sarah (John Orr), Mary (Josiah Pratt), Martha (Johnson Smith), Archibald (Anna Aiken), William (Jenny Glines), Jacob, and David (Hannah Fowler). He operated a Grist Mill and a Saw Mill, which he sold to his son, John Jr, by 1792.
"He was held in respect and filled many public offices. One of them was on the committee which built the 'Old Meeting House' in Newbury in 1788. John Mills was a carpenter, mechanical ingenuity being hereditary in that family."** John died without leaving a Will. His net worth was assessed at $4118 according to the inventory filed in the Bradford District, Orange Co, VT Probate Records on Dec 8, 1800. He was deceased by Sept 29, 1800, when his wife Mary wrote a letter to the probate Judge requesting to pass the estate administration duties to her son, John Mills Jr.
** "History of Newbury, VT from the Discovery of the Coos Country to the Present Time" p. 639
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