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4. ELIZABETH 3 MILLER (GIDEON 2 , JAMES 1 ) was born April 17, 1792 in Steppings, Bewcastle, Cumberland, England 15 . She married ANDREW HUGGON December 05, 1812 in Bewcastle, Cumberland, England 16 . Children of ELIZABETH MILLER and ANDREW HUGGON are: i. DAVID 4 HUGGON 17 , b. January 20, 1813. ii. WILLIAM HUGGON, b. February 05, 1815. iii. ANN HUGGON, b. February 17, 1816. iv. JOHN HUGGON, b. September 11, 1825. v. MARY HUGGON, b. November 20, 1827. 5. ELEANOR 3 MILLER (GIDEON 2 , JAMES 1 ) was born November 23, 1793 in Steppings, Bewcastle, Cumberland, England 18 . She married ROBERT KERR January 29, 1814 in Bewcastle, Cumberland, England 19 , son of WALTER KERR and ISOBEL MURRAY. He was born July 10, 1788 in Castleton, Roxburgh, Scotland 20 . More About ROBERT KERR: Occupation: Tailor Children of ELEANOR MILLER and ROBERT KERR are: i. ISABELLA 4 KERR, b. September 16, 1814, Castleton, Roxburgh, Scotland. ii. WALTER KERR, b. December 27, 1815, Castleton, Roxburgh, Scotland 21 . iii. HELEN KERR 22 , b. April 17, 1817, Castleton, Roxburgh, Scotland. iv. NICHOLAS ARMSTRONG KERR, b. March 23, 1821, Castleton, Roxburgh, Scotland. v. ROBERT KERR, b. January 23, 1823, Castleton, Roxburgh, Scotland. vi. MARY KERR, b. November 25, 1824, Castleton, Roxburgh, Scotland. vii. JAMES KERR, b. December 24, 1826, Castleton, Roxburgh, Scotland. viii. MARGARET KERR, b. February 14, 1829, Castleton, Roxburgh, Scotland. ix. AGNES KERR, b. July 17, 1831, Castleton, Roxburgh, Scotland. x. JOHN MURRAY KERR, b. May 15, 1834, Castleton, Roxburgh, Scotland. xi. FRANCIS MILLAR KERR, b. November 07, 1837, Castleton, Roxburgh, Scotland. 6. FRANCIS 3 MILLER (GIDEON 2 , JAMES 1 ) 23 was born August 05, 1796 in Steppings, Bewcastle, Cumberland, England 24 , and died May 14, 1869 in Gladstone Hollow, Andes, Delaware Co, NY. He married (1) MARY KERR 25,26 Abt. 1814 in Castleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland 26 , daughter of WALTER KERR and ISOBEL MURRAY. She was born May 26, 1791 in Cavers, Roxburgh, Scotland 27 , and died Abt. 1855 in Bovina, Delaware County, NY. He married (2) JENNET 28 Abt. 1855 in Andes, Delaware Co, NY 28 . She was born in Scotland 28 , and died in Andes, Delaware Co, NY 28 . Notes for FRANCIS MILLER: Tombstone Inscription from Andes Cemetery: Francis Miller, a native of England died May 14, 1869, aged 72 years, 10 months, 22 days 'Them that sleep in Jesus will God bring with him' To his right: Jennett, relict of Francis Miller, died May 8, 1872, aged 58 years On either side: Olivers and Glendennings "Delaware County, NY, Abstract of Wills, 1797-1875", Gertrude Barber: Francis Miller Will of August 6, 1864. Mentions wife, Jennett; sons Walter K., John, Gideon; daughters Isabella Oliver, Betsy Fairbanks, Agnes Van Benschoten; stepdaughter Mary Glendenning, daughter of my wife. Executors: W.B. Dowie of Andes and Alex S. Dowie of Andes. Francis Miller was born in 1796 at a farm called Steppings near the village of Bewcastle, Cumberland, England 2
to Gideon Miller and his second wife, Isabella Scott, and later baptized at the "Scotch Church" of Bewcastle, Knowe Presbyterian. Bewcastle is situated in the northern part of Cumberland only a few miles from the Scottish border. The borders were a region troubled for centuries by warfare and unrest with raiding back and forth by the so called reivers or riding clans (including the Kerrs and the Elliots), and though savagely "pacified" by James I, continued to be a region avoided by travelers if possible. The fact that the Millers belonged to the "Scotch Church" may be significant, as Francis and his sister, Eleanor, marry what appear to be another sister and brother, Mary and Robert Kerr, from Castleton, a few miles north of the Scottish border, with Francis's marriage most likely taking place in Castleton, while Eleanor's is celebrated in Bewcastle. Another sister, Margaret, married a man named Ballantyne also from the Castleton side. Francis and Mary Kerr's first known children are born at Castleton, while the latter ones are born after the Miller family has moved to Hawick, another 15 miles or so further north into Roxburghshire. What precipitated the moves from Bewcastle to Castleton to Hawick is unknown. Whether these were natural routes that shepherds followed or whether family connections or opportunity underlay these moves is not known. Two of Francis's sons, Gideon and John, were blacksmiths, so perhaps this was a family occupation which caused them to move. Per Francis Miller's declaration for naturalization, he emigrated to the United States in 1837 through the port of Liverpool. It is believed that his entire family sailed with him, including his oldest daughter, Isabella, along with her new husband, James Oliver. It is also believed the family originally settled in the Coulter Brook section of Bovina, though after Francis is widowed and remarries Jennett , he moves to Andes and per the Beers map of Delaware County appears to be living in Gladstone Hollow just outside the village. In almost every census return, Francis identifies himself as a native of Scotland but his tombstone identifies him as a native of England. Living close by in both Bovina and Andes are the representatives of another Miller family from Hawick, the children of Thomas Miller and Isabella Laidlaw, who are well documented by David Hoy, Fletcher Davidson, and most recently Ray LaFever. There is no obvious connection between the family of Francis Miller and these other Millers but some kind of kinship could of course be possible. More About FRANCIS MILLER: Burial: Andes Cemetery, Delaware Co, NY 28 Christening: Scotch Church, Bewcastle, Cumberland, England 28 Emigration: 1837, Embarked Liverpool Naturalization: April 02, 1846, aged 47, a native of Cumberland, Gt. Britain, .1574, resides Andes, Delaware Co., NY Probate: May 21, 1873 Record Change: October 22, 2002 28 Will: August 06, 1864, Book H 236 Box M Delaware Co., NY Notes for MARY KERR: Mary Kerr is presumed to be the unnamed woman, 40-50 years of age enumerated with Francis Miller in the town of Bovina, Delaware County, New York. I have not yet located Francis Miller's return for the 1850 census, though one can deduce that if Mary Kerr Miller is the woman reported in the 1840 census, then she most likely accompanied her family when they emigrated from Scotland to Bovina in 1837. Though it seems logical that she is a sister to Robert Kerr of Castleton (Where her first several children are born), who married her husband, Francis Miller's sister, Eleanor, it is not proven as no death record has been found for her. She may likely be the Mary Kerr, who per the IGI was born in 1791 to Walter Kerr in Cavers, Roxburgh, which would make her about five years older than her husband, but again this is not proven. However, according to the Scottish naming pattern, her second son should be named Walter and he is indeed named Walter Kerr Miller. If most of the above proves correct, it would appear that Mary Kerr Miller dies in either Bovina or Andes between 1840-1855, which is roughly when her husband, Francis, remarries a widow, Jennett , a native of Scotland born c1814 and the mother of Mrs. Mary Glendenning of Andes. More About MARY KERR: Burial: Bovina, Delaware Co, NY 28 Christening: Castleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland 28 Record Change: October 22, 2002 28 More About JENNET : Burial: Andes Cemetery, Delaware Co, NY 28 Christening: Scotland 28 3
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