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Ambrose Mills 1722–1780 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1722

Birth Location: , Derbyshire, , England

Death Date: 14 Oct 1780

Death Location: Biggerstaffs Farm, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

Father: William Mills

Mother: Mary Walton

Spouse(s): Mourning Stone, Anna Brown

Children(s): William Mills, John Mills, Jane Mills, Mary Mills, Amelia Mills, John Mills, William Mills, Anna Mills, Ambrose Mills

The story of Ambrose Mills began in 1722 in , Derbyshire, , England. In 1763, Ambrose Mills resided in South Carolina; Tennessee, USA. Ambrose Mills married Anna Brown, Mourning Stone, and had children including Ambrose Jr Mills, Amelia Mills, Anna Mills, Jane Ann Mills, John Mills, John Thomas Mills, Mary Amanda Mills, William Mills, William E Mills. Ambrose Mills passed away in 1780 in Biggerstaffs Farm, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Ambrose Mills began in 1722 in , Derbyshire, , England.
  • In 1763, Ambrose Mills resided in South Carolina; Tennessee, USA.
  • Ambrose Mills married Anna Brown, Mourning Stone, and had children including Ambrose Jr Mills, Amelia Mills, Anna Mills, Jane Ann Mills, John Mills, John Thomas Mills, Mary Amanda Mills, William Mills, William E Mills.
  • Ambrose Mills passed away in 1780 in Biggerstaffs Farm, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Mills
1699–1766
Birth Location: Derbyshire, England
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Mary Walton
1703–1776
Birth Location: ,,,England
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Spouses(s)

Mourning Stone
1725–1755
Birth Location: Williamsburg, James, Virginia, United States
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Anna Brown
1748–1805
Birth Location: Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States
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Children(s)

William Mills
–1755
Birth Location: –
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John Mills
–1755
Birth Location: –
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Jane Mills
1748–1755
Birth Location: –
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Mary Mills
1750–1755
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Amelia Mills
1752–
Birth Location: –
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John Mills
1758–
Birth Location: –
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William Mills
1746–1834
Birth Location: James River, Buckingham, Virginia, United States
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Anna Mills
1777–
Birth Location: –
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Ambrose Mills
1769–1848
Birth Location: Mills Spring, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
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Ambrose Mills's Ancestors

Self
Ambrose Mills
1722–1780
Birth Place: , Derbyshire, , England
Parents
William H Mills
1699–1766
Derbyshire, England
Mary Walton
1703–1776
,,,England
Grandparents
Gilbert Mills
1670–1757
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Margaret Ashmore
1673–1720
Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
Edward Walton
1656–1717
,,,England
Mary Mason
1657–1757
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
William Mills
1650–1674
Rachel Gilbert
1648–1673
George ASHMORE
1640–
Colonel Mason
1625–
Ann Seawell
1634–1706
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Mills
1617–1653
Mary Mauny
1608–1653
Francis Mason
1584–1648
Alice Gayney
1596–1653
Henry Seawell
1601–1644
Alice Willoughby
1601–1644

Ambrose Mills's Descendants

1.
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Ambrose Mills (1722–14 Oct 1780) m. Mourning Stone (1725–1755) m. Anna Brown (1748–1805)
  1. 1. William Mills –1755
  2. 2. John (Thomas) Mills –1755
  3. 3. Jane (Ann) Mills 1748–1755
  4. 4. Mary (Amanda) Mills 1750–1755
  5. 5. Amelia Mills 1752–
  6. 6. John Mills 1758–
  7. 7. William (E) Mills 1746–1834 m. Eleanor (Nelly) Morris 1746–1833
    1. 1. John (Columbus) Mills 1766–1843 m. Sarah (Sally) Robertson 1768–1830
      1. 1. Harriet Mills 1802–1834 m. Joseph (Thomas) Camp 1800–1833
        1. 1. Sarah (Louise) Camp 1827–1889 m. William (A) Mooney 1818–1913
        2. 2. Georgianna Camp 1829–
        3. 3. John (Crowell) Camp 1833–1908 m. Margaret (Annie) Twitty 1837–1914
      2. 2. Columbus (John) Mills 1808–1882 m. Susan (Ann) Thomson 1805–1901
      3. 3. Govan Mills 1805–1862 m. Nancy (Raglin) Thomson 1807–1870
        1. 1. Richard (Henry) Mills 1837–1870
        2. 2. Mary (S) Mills 1836–1901
        3. 3. Robert (R) Mills 1838–
        4. 4. John (Columbus Mills) Esq 1839–1878
      4. 4. Elizabeth (Ellen) Mills 1811–1838 m. Maj (Hosea Jefferson) Dean 1806–1855
        1. 1. John (Mills) Dean 1835–1862
        2. 2. Rufus (Mills) Dean 1838–1838
      5. 5. George (Rufus) Mills 1800–1844
      6. 6. William (T) Mills 1797–1871 m. Elizabeth Miller 1797–1877
    2. 2. Amelia Mills 1767–1811
    3. 3. Phalby Mills 1782–1854 m. David (Rudolph) Myers 1768–1835
    4. 4. Millicent (Milly) MILLS 1768–1811
    5. 5. Eleanor Mills 1768–1842
    6. 6. Jesse Mills 1769–1842
      1. 1. Jesse Mills 1799–
    7. 7. Mourning Mills 1773–1827 m. Henry (Grymes) Lewis 1767–1815
      1. 1. William (J) Lewis 1792–1853 m. Cecelia (A) Wilson 1810–1859
        1. 1. Rufus (Henry) Lewis 1830–
        2. 2. Louisa (Mourning) Lewis 1832–
        3. 3. Oscar (Marvell) Lewis 1833–1903
        4. 4. Mary (Eliza) Lewis 1842–
      2. 2. Sarah (Myra) Lewis 1794–1870
      3. 3. Marville (Franklin) Lewis 1796–1833
      4. 4. Phalby (Caroline) Lewis 1798–1872
      5. 5. Richard (Taliaferro) Lewis 1800–1872 m. ELIZABETH CASE 1804–
      6. 6. Sophia (Melinda) Lewis 1801–1887
      7. 7. John (DeLayfayette) Lewis 1804–1857
      8. 8. James (Madison) Lewis 1810–
      9. 9. George (Walton) Lewis 1812–1847
      10. 10. Eliza (Eleanor) Lewis 1813–1870
      11. 11. Rufus (Henry) Lewis 1814–
    8. 8. Sarah Mills 1775–1856 m. Asa Edney 1772–1842 m. Elias Watts 1772–1820
      1. 1. Newton Edney 1796–1856
      2. 2. Ambrose (Jones) Edney 1798–1877 m. Catherine (Margaret) Edney 1800–1871
        1. 1. William (Mills) Edney 1821–1904
        2. 2. Asa (Quincy) Edney 1826–1903
        3. 3. Govan (Perry) Edney 1820–1905
        4. 4. Ellen Edney 1840–1907
        5. 5. John (Calhoun) Edney 1831–1864
        6. 6. Joseph (Leonce) Edney 1837–1864
      3. 3. Caroline (Amanda) Edney 1799–1858
      4. 4. Sarah (Ann) Edney 1801–1840
      5. 5. Calvin Edney 1803–1862
      6. 6. Melissa (Matilda Edney) Sternson 1808–1900
      7. 7. Mary (Emily) Edney 1809–1909
      8. 8. Marville (Mills) Edney 1813–1870
      9. 9. Elmira (Roxanne) Edney 1815–1867
      10. 10. Phalby (Jane) Edney 1818–1860
      11. 11. Elias Watts 1800–1889
      12. 12. Ambrose Watts 1803–1850
      13. 13. Eleanor (Elly) Watts 1809–
    9. 9. Elizabeth Mills 1772–1843
    10. 10. Eleanor (Nellie) Mills 1777–1842 m. Samuel (Craft) Edney 1765–1844
      1. 1. Mary (Kelly Mills) Edney 1804–1870 m. Issac (B Sawyer) Col 1810–1880
        1. 1. James (Pickney) Sawyer 1837–1917
        2. 2. Ellen Sawyer 1838–
        3. 3. Mary Sawyer 1840–1902
        4. 4. Samuel (B) Sawyer 1841–
      2. 2. John (Morris) Edney 1794–1824
      3. 3. William (Wesley) Edney 1796–1822
      4. 4. Allison (Mills) Edney 1799–1842
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Jones) Edney 1807–1895 m. Calvin (Wilkinson Leavenworth) Edney 1809–1868
        1. 1. Henry (Clay) Edney 1835–
        2. 2. Myra (Elvira) Edney 1851–1919 m. William (Govan Oscanion) Edney 1850–1918
        3. 3. Mary (Jane) Edney 1831–1881
        4. 4. Amanda (M.) Edney 1834–1874
        5. 5. Louise (Ellen) Edney 1839–1903
        6. 6. John (Bascomb) Edney 1838–1879
        7. 7. Anna (Maria) Edney 1839–1904
        8. 8. Thomas (Benton) Edney 1842–1855
      6. 6. Francis (Asbury) Edney 1808–1870 m. Nancy Bowling 1820–
        1. 1. William (Francis Asbury) Edney 1848–1915 m. Sallie H 1855–
        2. 2. James (A) Edney 1859–
      7. 7. Baylus (McKendrick) Edney 1811–1865
      8. 8. James (Madison) Edney 1814–1866
      9. 9. Samuel (Rufus) Edney 1816–1897
      10. 10. Frank Edney 1819–1819
      11. 11. Winson (Mills) Edney 1821–1877
    11. 11. Elizabeth Mills 1778–1858
    12. 12. Marvel Mills 1772–1849 m. Mary (Dickinson) Chambliss 1782–1870
      1. 1. MARY (POLLY) MILLS 1788–1851
      2. 2. JOHN (MORRIS) MILLS 1800–1842 m. Eliza (Cathy) Graham 1811–1889
        1. 1. Arthur (Pinkney) Mills 1831–1859
        2. 2. Mary (Eliza) Mills 1835–
        3. 3. Jane (Phalby) Mills 1838–1859
        4. 4. Otis (Prentiss) Mills 1840–1915 m. Susan (Cordelia) Gower 1845–1936
        5. 5. John (William) Mills 1842–1906 m. SARAH KILLIAN 1844–
      3. 3. Ladson (Arthur) Mills 1803–1883
      4. 4. Noah Mills 1805–1870
      5. 5. Otis (Prentiss) Mills 1805–1844
      6. 6. Sophia Mills 1807–
      7. 7. William (Daniel) Mills 1809–1835 m. Lucinda (Riley) Gaffney 1807–1899
      8. 8. PENELOPE (ELIZA) MILLS 1812–
      9. 9. George (Jones) Mills 1814–1901
        1. 1. Marvel (Columbus) Mills 1848– m. D. (Celest) Burgess 1853–
      10. 10. Adolphus Mills 1816–1870
      11. 11. Marvel (Columbus) Mills 1818–1837
      12. 12. Thomas Mills 1821–1838
      13. 13. Mary (Selena) Mills 1823–1840
  8. 8. Anna Mills 1777–
  9. 9. Ambrose (Jr) Mills 1769–1848 m. Nancy (Ann) Foster 1780–1870 m. Nancy (Ann) Jones 1780–1845 m. Mary Mills 1786– m. HONORA –1822
    1. 1. John Mills 1800– m. Lucretia 1805–
    2. 2. Jane (Ann) Mills 1801–1890 m. Jonas King 1801–1858
      1. 1. Mary King 1803–
      2. 2. William (Ambrose) King –1861
    3. 3. William (E) Mills 1815–1850 m. Ann (Eliza) Bryan 1824–1906
      1. 1. William (Ambrose) Mills 1844–1922 m. Ella (Beuella) Mills 1853–1891
        1. 1. B. (E.) Mills 1876–
        2. 2. ELOISE MILLS 1876–1951
        3. 3. MABEL MILLS 1878–1902
        4. 4. WILLIAM (AMBROSE MILLS) Jr 1878–1945 m. SUSAN (TEXANNA) FERREE 1876–1958
        5. 5. ANNIE (H) MILLS 1889–1972
      2. 2. Sarah (Louise) Mills 1846–1897 m. Isaac (Anderson) McCampbell 1835–1897
        1. 1. ANDREW (MILLS) MCCAMPBELL 1871–1875
        2. 2. MARY (LOU) MCCAMPBELL 1874–1946
        3. 3. Nancy (Anderson) McCampbell 1876–1916
      3. 3. Anna (Eliza) Mills 1849–1876
      4. 4. Mary (Sut) Mills 1868–1908
    4. 4. Jane (Ann) Mills 1817–
    5. 5. Mary (Amanda) Mills 1821–

Ambrose Mills's Timeline

4 Records

1722
1722
Birth of Ambrose Mills in , Derbyshire, , England
, Derbyshire, , England
1763
1763-1929
Age 41
Ambrose Mills resided here in South Carolina; Tennessee, USA
South Carolina; Tennessee, USA
1780
7 Oct 1780
Age 58
Death of Ambrose Mills in Biggerstaffs Farm, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Biggerstaffs Farm, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
1780
14 Oct 1780
Age 58
Death of Ambrose Mills in Biggerstaffs Farm, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Biggerstaffs Farm, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1722
    Event Place: , Derbyshire, , England
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The Clendinen, Myers and Mills families : and various related families in the South

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1763-1929
    Event Place: South Carolina; Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Calendar of the Tennessee and King's Mountain papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Oct 1780
    Event Place: Biggerstaffs Farm, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The Clendinen, Myers and Mills families : and various related families in the South

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1780
    Event Place: Biggerstaffs Farm, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
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