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was brought to the New World. He was
born sometime between 1635 and 1640,
and died in 1708. He was the father of
John Miller, who is mentioned below.
(II) John Miller, son of James Miller,
was born about 1688, and is said to have
possessed all the land to the north of
Rural Cemetery at White Plains, West-
chester county, New York, containing
about one hundred acres, and which in-
cluded the site of Washington's headquar-
ters in the Revolution. He was the father
of Anthony Miller, who is mentioned be-
low.
(III) Anthony Miller, son of John
Miller, was born about 1735, and died be-
fore 1790. He was rent collector for
Colonel Phillips, whose patent extended
from the Harlem river to the Croton
river. He took part in the Revolutionary
War, and in 1775 held a commission as
second lieutenant in the company of
Joshua Hatfield, recruited from Scarsdale,
White Plains and Brown Point. On January
1, 1776, he held the rank of captain
in the regiment of Colonel Thomas
Thomas. He married Hester Davids,
daughter of William and Nellie (Storms)
Davids, born May 8, 1743, and died Octo-
ber 5, 1834. They were the parents of
William Miller, mentioned below.
(IV) William Miller, son of Anthony
and Hester (Davids) Miller, was baptized
September 13, 1760, and died April 5,
1825. He removed from Westchester
county to North Pittstown, Rensselaer
county, New York, where the remainder
of his life was spent. He married Martha
Miller, daughter of Elijah and Ann
(Fisher) Miller. She was born about
1763, and died about 1855. They were
the parents of James Miller, mentioned
below.
(V) James Miller, son of William and
Martha (Miller) Miller, resided at Pittstown,
Rensselaer county, New York,
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where his death occurred September 10,
1849, and his will was probated December
10, 1849. He was the father of Susan
Miller, who is mentioned below.
(VI) Susan Miller was the daughter of
James Miller, of Pittstown, New York.
She married (first) Elijah Fisher, and
(second) Isaiah Solis Matthews, Sr.,
grandfather of Sidney A. Matthews, of
this sketch.
HAWXHURST, Charles Henry,
Business Man.
The surname of Hawxhurst is of Saxon
origin and is taken from the word
"Hurst," or Hawkwood. As a surname
it is very ancient, record being found of
one John Hawkherst being appointed
Abbott of St. Augustine's in Canterbury,
January 25, 1427. The ancestor of the
family in America is Christopher Hawxhurst,
who was an early settler in Oyster
Bay, Long Island, and was in Matinecock,
in 1653. He made many purchases and
sales of lands, and his name appears often
in the land records with many different
spellings. The family has long been established
in Westbury, Long Island, and
it was there that Nathaniel Hawxhurst,
grandfather of Charles H., passed his life.
He was a member of the Hicksite branch
of the Society of Friends.
Henry W. Hawxhurst, son of Nathaniel
Hawxhurst, and father of Charles H.
Hawxhurst, was born in Westbury,
March 25, 1837, and died January 9, 1894.
He grew to manhood in his native town,
and from his boyhood was accustomed to
help in the labors of the home farm. At
an early age he went into the milk business
in Brooklyn, New York, on his own
account and for sixteen years followed
this occupation. In the spring of 1875,
Mr. Hawxhurst sold out his interests and
removed to Norwalk, Connecticut, where