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(VII) John Alden Miller, son of Lorenzo
Theodore and Ellen (Manchester) Miller, was
born in the town of Tiverton, E. I., on the Fall
River road, March 1, 1856. He received a
public school education, and worked with his
father and brothers for some time at the carpenter's
trade. Later he started into business
for himself, forming a partnership with Robert
0. Hearn, under the name of the Fall River
Ice Company. This partnership lasted for
three years, after which for about eight years
Mr. Miller conducted the business alone, meeting
with good success. At the end of that
time he came to Fall Brook, Middleboro, and
buying the farm owned by Abishai Miller,
which was the original farm owned by the
emigrant ancestor of the family, John Miller.
For five years he devoted himself to its cultiva-
tion, and became interested in the growing of
cranberries and in the raising of blooded
stock. He owned some fast trotters, and is a
great lover of horses. In 1895 he came to
]\Iiddleboro Center, where he built a beautiful
home on South Main street. This he has since
occupied, and he has given his time and attention
to the real estate business and cranberry
bogs, etc. He is a man of genial disposition
and makes many fritnds. Enterprising and
progressive, he has been keenly interested in
the development of his town. He is a stock-
fiolder in several cotton mills in Fall River, a
member of the Electric Light board of Middleboro,
and a trustee in the Middleboro Savings
Bank. Politically he is a Republican in principle,
but at local elections casts his vote independent
of party ties. He attends the Central
Congregational Church, of Middleboro.
On June 12, 1879, at Fall River, Mr. Miller
was married to Lydia Elenah Young, born in
Fall River, daughter of Benjamin T. and
Elizabeth Hathaway (Tew) Young, and
granddaughter of, John and Mary (or Polly)
(Chase) Young and Capt. Philip and Keziah
(Mason) Tew. Mrs. Miller is a member of the
Cabot Club, of Middleboro. To Mr. and Mrs.
Miller have been born two sons, namely: (1)
Theodore H., born July 3, 1885i, was educated
in the public schools and graduated from Harvard
University in 1904, and is now secretary
and treasurer of the Taylorsville Cotton Mill
Company, of Taylorsville, N. C. he married
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Sarah Bruno Viele, of Salisbury, N. C. (2)
John Alden, Jr., born Feb. 11, 1888, was educated
in the public and high schools of Middleboro,
and graduated from the Bradford
Durfee Textile School, of Fall River, in 1911,
with the highest standard ever attained by a
student at anv of the textile schools in this
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country, and received the first medal ever given
to this school by the National Association of
Cotton Manufacturers, which has set aside a
fund for this purpose.
Manchester. The Manchester family,
of which the late Mrs. Lorenzo Theodore
Miller was a member, is one of the best-known
families in Rhode Island.
(I) Thomas Manchester, the first of the
name to settle in that State, was in Portsmouth
as early as 1655. He married Margaret
Wood, and they owned land in the town of
Tiverton, where one or more of their sons settled.
Their children were : Thomas, who
settled in Portsmouth; .William; John;
Stephen; Job, who settled in Dartmouth,
Mass. ; Mary, and Elizabeth.
(II) William Manchester, son of Thomas
and Margaret (Wood) Manchester, was born
in 1654. He married Mary Cook, daughter
of John and Mary (Borden) Cook. William
Manchester was made a freeman in 1675, and
was one of the first settlers of Tiverton in
1692, when the town was organized. He died
in 1718. Their children were: John, William,
Jlary, Sarah Deborah, Elizabetti, Margaret,
Amy, Susannah, Rebecca and Thomas.
(III) John Manchester, son of William,
was bom in Portsmouth, R. I. He settled in
the town of Tiverton with his father and there
married March 22, 1719, Phebe Gray. Their
children were: William, born Feb. 9, 1720;
Philip, Feb. 11,
Mary,
1722; John, Feb. 12, 1724;
Jan. 23, 1726; John (2), April 17,
1728; and Isaac, June 27, 1731.
(IV) Isaac Manchester, son of John and
Phebe (Gray) Manchester, was born in Tiverton
June 27, 1731. He married Nov. 1, 1750,
Abigail Brown, and their children were : Phil-
ip, born Aug. 23, 1751; Sarah, Oct. 1, 1753;
Isaac, Aug. 4, 1756; Thomas, April 5, 1759;
Abraham, Aug. 8, 1761; John, July 10, 1764;
Phebe, Aug. 22, 1766; Abigail, Feb. 9, 1769.
(V) Isaac Manchester, son of Isaac and
Abigail (Brown) Manchester, was born Aug.
4, 1756. He made his home in Tiverton, where
he was a land owner. He married May 11,
1783, Alice Taber, daughter of Jacob and Susannah
Taber. Their children were: John,
born May 19, 1784; Susannah, March 26,
1788; Robert, April 21, 1790; and Isaac, Sept.
21, 1792.
(VI) Capt. John Manchester, son of Isaac,
was bom in Tiverton, May 19, 1784. He made
his home in Little Compton, R. I., where he
was a land owner. He was twice married,
his second wife being Lydia Seabury, whom