Known as: Lady Jean Skipwith
Birth name is Jane - Changed to Jean
Prominent Virginia book collector.
Father: Hugh Miller was a Scottish tobacco merchant who lived in Virginia from 1746 to 1760, and her mother Jane was a member of the well known Bolling family.
When her mother's passed away, her father, returned to Glasgow with his five young children; he died there in 1762. She changed her name to Jean and lived in Scotland until around 1786
She returned to the Elm Hill plantation in Virginia which had been inherited from her father.
In 1788, Jean married Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg County, VA
Skipwith, one of the wealthiest men in Virginia, had previously been married to Jean's sister Anne.
Lady Jean gave birth to four children in five years (all after the age of forty
Lady Jean remained at Prestwould until she died in 1826, aged 78.
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“Anne D of Mr. Hugh & Jane Millers born March 13th 1742-3 & baptd Aprile 10th 1743.”
“Anne D of Mr. Hugh & Jane Milles born Marth 13th 1742-3 & baptized Apr. 10th 1743.” [My note - Anne is shown twice in the Register.]
“Robert S. of Ditto was born March 28th 1746 & baptized ___.“
“Jane D. of Ditto was born Febry 21st 1747-8 & baptized ___.”
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Births from the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George, and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. Births from the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George, and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996.
Birth name is Jane - Changed to Jean
Prominent Virginia book collector.
Father: Hugh Miller was a Scottish tobacco merchant who lived in Virginia from 1746 to 1760, and her mother Jane was a member of the well known Bolling family.
When her mother's passed away, her father, returned to Glasgow with his five young children; he died there in 1762. She changed her name to Jean and lived in Scotland until around 1786
She returned to the Elm Hill plantation in Virginia which had been inherited from her father.
In 1788, Jean married Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg County, VA
Skipwith, one of the wealthiest men in Virginia, had previously been married to Jean's sister Anne.
Lady Jean gave birth to four children in five years (all after the age of forty
Lady Jean remained at Prestwould until she died in 1826, aged 78.
Page 68
“Anne D of Mr. Hugh & Jane Millers born March 13th 1742-3 & baptd Aprile 10th 1743.”
“Anne D of Mr. Hugh & Jane Milles born Marth 13th 1742-3 & baptized Apr. 10th 1743.” [My note - Anne is shown twice in the Register.]
“Robert S. of Ditto was born March 28th 1746 & baptized ___.“
“Jane D. of Ditto was born Febry 21st 1747-8 & baptized ___.”
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Births from the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George, and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. Births from the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George, and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996.
Known as: Lady Jean Skipwith
Birth name is Jane - Changed to Jean
Prominent Virginia book collector.
Father: Hugh Miller was a Scottish tobacco merchant who lived in Virginia from 1746 to 1760, and her mother Jane was a member of the well known Bolling family.
When her mother's passed away, her father, returned to Glasgow with his five young children; he died there in 1762. She changed her name to Jean and lived in Scotland until around 1786
She returned to the Elm Hill plantation in Virginia which had been inherited from her father.
In 1788, Jean married Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg County, VA
Skipwith, one of the wealthiest men in Virginia, had previously been married to Jean's sister Anne.
Lady Jean gave birth to four children in five years (all after the age of forty
Lady Jean remained at Prestwould until she died in 1826, aged 78.
Page 68
“Anne D of Mr. Hugh & Jane Millers born March 13th 1742-3 & baptd Aprile 10th 1743.”
“Anne D of Mr. Hugh & Jane Milles born Marth 13th 1742-3 & baptized Apr. 10th 1743.” [My note - Anne is shown twice in the Register.]
“Robert S. of Ditto was born March 28th 1746 & baptized ___.“
“Jane D. of Ditto was born Febry 21st 1747-8 & baptized ___.”
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Births from the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George, and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. Births from the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George, and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996.
Birth name is Jane - Changed to Jean
Prominent Virginia book collector.
Father: Hugh Miller was a Scottish tobacco merchant who lived in Virginia from 1746 to 1760, and her mother Jane was a member of the well known Bolling family.
When her mother's passed away, her father, returned to Glasgow with his five young children; he died there in 1762. She changed her name to Jean and lived in Scotland until around 1786
She returned to the Elm Hill plantation in Virginia which had been inherited from her father.
In 1788, Jean married Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg County, VA
Skipwith, one of the wealthiest men in Virginia, had previously been married to Jean's sister Anne.
Lady Jean gave birth to four children in five years (all after the age of forty
Lady Jean remained at Prestwould until she died in 1826, aged 78.
Page 68
“Anne D of Mr. Hugh & Jane Millers born March 13th 1742-3 & baptd Aprile 10th 1743.”
“Anne D of Mr. Hugh & Jane Milles born Marth 13th 1742-3 & baptized Apr. 10th 1743.” [My note - Anne is shown twice in the Register.]
“Robert S. of Ditto was born March 28th 1746 & baptized ___.“
“Jane D. of Ditto was born Febry 21st 1747-8 & baptized ___.”
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Births from the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George, and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. Births from the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George, and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996.
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