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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, Jane Mills, Mary Mills, William Mills, John Mills, Amelia Mills, John Mills, Ambrose Mills, Anna Mills

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

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Biography

  • Ambrose Mills was born in 1722 in , Derbyshire, , England, the child of William H Mills and Mary Marty Lavendar Walton.
  • In 1763, Ambrose Mills resided in South Carolina; Tennessee, USA.
  • Ambrose Mills married Mourning Stone, Anna Brown, and had children including William E Mills, Jane Ann Mills, Mary Amanda Mills, William Mills, John Thomas Mills, Amelia Mills, John Mills, Ambrose Jr Mills, Anna 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
1746 – 1834
Birth Location: James River, Buckingham, Virginia, United States
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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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William Mills
– 1755
Birth Location: –
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John Mills
– 1755
Birth Location: –
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Amelia Mills
1752 –
Birth Location: –
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John Mills
1758 –
Birth Location: –
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Ambrose Mills
1769 – 1848
Birth Location: Mills Spring, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
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Anna Mills
1777 –
Birth Location: –
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Ambrose Mills's Ancestors

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Ambrose Mills
1722 – 1780
Birth Place: , Derbyshire, , England
Parents
William H Mills
1699 – 1766
Derbyshire, England
Mary (Marty Lavendar) 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

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Ambrose Mills (1722 – 14 Oct 1780) m. Mourning Stone (1725 – 1755) m. Anna Brown (1748 – 1805)
  1. 1. William (E) Mills (10 Nov 1746 – 10 Nov 1834) m. Eleanor (Nelly) Morris (10 Nov 1746 – 12 Jul 1833)
    1. 1. Dr (John Columbus) Mills (1766 – 16 Feb 1843) m. Sarah (Sally) Robertson (1768 – 1830)
      1. 1. William (T) Mills (3 Mar 1797 – 30 Jun 1871) m. Elizabeth Miller (27 Oct 1797 – 1 Feb 1877)
      2. 2. George (Rufus) Mills (1800 – 1844)
      3. 3. Harriet Mills (3 May 1802 – 5 Nov 1834) m. Joseph (Thomas) Camp (30 Apr 1800 – 12 Aug 1833)
        1. 1. Sarah (Louise) Camp (30 Oct 1827 – 29 Mar 1889) m. William (A) Mooney (10 Jan 1818 – 1913)
        2. 2. Georgianna Camp (18 Oct 1829 – )
        3. 3. John (Crowell) Camp (9 Mar 1833 – 15 May 1908) m. Margaret (Annie) Twitty (16 Mar 1837 – 10 Mar 1914)
      4. 4. Govan Mills (1805 – Aug 1862) m. Nancy (Raglin) Thomson (1807 – 1870)
        1. 1. Mary (S) Mills (1836 – 1901) m. Thomas Cureton
        2. 2. Richard (Henry) Mills (1837 – 1870)
        3. 3. Robert (R) Mills (1838 – )
        4. 4. John (Columbus) Mills (1839 – 1878)
      5. 5. Columbus (John) Mills (30 Jun 1808 – 10 Dec 1882) m. Susan (Ann) Thomson (1805 – 1901)
      6. 6. Elizabeth (Ellen) Mills (25 Dec 1811 – 28 May 1838) m. Maj (Hosea Jefferson) Dean (11 Jul 1806 – 3 Aug 1855)
        1. 1. John (Mills) Dean (24 Aug 1835 – Apr 05 1862)
        2. 2. Rufus (Mills) Dean (Apr 06 1838 – Apr 22 1838)
    2. 2. Amelia Mills (1767 – 1811) m. Richard Yielding
    3. 3. Millicent (Milly) MILLS (1768 – 1811)
    4. 4. Eleanor Mills (12 Dec 1768 – 12 Jul 1842)
    5. 5. Jesse Mills (1769 – 11 Oct 1842) m. Sarah Garrett
      1. 1. Jesse Mills (1799 – )
    6. 6. Marvel Mills (1772 – 22 Jul 1849) m. Mary (Dickinson) Chambliss (1782 – 17 Sep 1870)
      1. 1. MARY (POLLY) MILLS (1788 – 1851)
      2. 2. JOHN (MORRIS) MILLS (26 Dec 1800 – 19 Feb 1842) m. Eliza (Cathy) Graham (7 March 1811 – 06 Feb 1889)
        1. 1. Arthur (Pinkney) Mills (11 Mar 1831 – 1859)
        2. 2. Mary (Eliza) Mills (21 Feb 1835 – )
        3. 3. Jane (Phalby) Mills (30 Apr 1838 – 1859) m. William (L) Love
        4. 4. Otis (Prentiss) Mills (22 Feb 1840 – 23 Jul 1915) m. Susan (Cordelia) Gower (8 Dec 1845 – 4 Jun 1936)
        5. 5. John (William) Mills (4 Mar 1842 – 1906) m. SARAH KILLIAN (Oct 1844 – )
      3. 3. Ladson (Arthur) Mills (23 Jan 1803 – 22 Oct 1883)
      4. 4. Noah Mills (1805 – 1870)
      5. 5. Otis (Prentiss) Mills (22 Mar 1805 – 4 Mar 1844)
      6. 6. Sophia Mills (13 Oct 1807 – )
      7. 7. William (Daniel) Mills (7 Nov 1809 – 23 Jul 1835) m. Lucinda (Riley) Gaffney (30 Mar 1807 – 17 Feb 1899)
      8. 8. PENELOPE (ELIZA) MILLS (19 Feb 1812 – )
      9. 9. George (Jones) Mills (24 Feb 1814 – 10 Jan 1901) m. Ella
        1. 1. Marvel (Columbus) Mills (1848 – ) m. D. (Celest) Burgess (abt 1853 – )
      10. 10. Adolphus Mills (16 Jul 1816 – 4 February 1870) m. Mary Amanda
      11. 11. Marvel (Columbus) Mills (25 Oct 1818 – 26 Jan 1837)
      12. 12. Thomas Mills (17 Apr 1821 – 28 Sep 1838)
      13. 13. Mary (Selena) Mills (18 Sep 1823 – 15 Apr 1840)
      14. 14. Cary Mills
      15. 15. Maud Mills
    7. 7. Elizabeth Mills (1772 – 1843)
    8. 8. Mourning Mills (1773 – 1827) m. Henry (Grymes) Lewis (29 Jan 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 (15 Jan 1798 – 20 Mar 1872)
      5. 5. Richard (Taliaferro) Lewis (1800 – Abt 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 – )
      12. 12. Sophia (Eleanor) Lewis
    9. 9. Sarah Mills (1775 – Jul 1856) m. Elias Watts (1772 – 1820) m. Asa Edney (1772 – 28 Jul 1842)
      1. 1. Elias Watts (1800 – 1889)
      2. 2. Ambrose Watts (1803 – 1850)
      3. 3. Eleanor (Elly) Watts (1809 – )
      4. 4. Daniel (Jackson) Watts
      5. 5. Perlina Watts
      6. 6. William Watts
      7. 7. Newton Edney (1796 – 1856)
      8. 8. Ambrose (Jones) Edney (14 Sep 1798 – 26 Jul 1877) m. Catherine (Margaret) Edney (1 November 1800 – 8 May 1871)
        1. 1. Govan (Perry) Edney (6 February 1820 – 19 September 1905)
        2. 2. William (Mills) Edney (6 May 1821 – 2 June 1904)
        3. 3. Asa (Quincy) Edney (28 March 1826 – 30 June 1903)
        4. 4. John (Calhoun) Edney (30 May 1831 – 6 December 1864)
        5. 5. Joseph (Leonce) Edney (27 December 1837 – 18 April 1864)
        6. 6. Ellen Edney (13 October 1840 – 15 February 1907)
      9. 9. Caroline (Amanda) Edney (1799 – 1858)
      10. 10. Sarah (Ann) Edney (1801 – 1840)
      11. 11. Calvin Edney (1803 – 20 Jun 1862)
      12. 12. Melissa (Matilda Edney) Sternson (1808 – 3 Jul 1900)
      13. 13. Mary (Emily) Edney (26 Sep 1809 – 26 Aug 1909)
      14. 14. Marville (Mills) Edney (1813 – 1870)
      15. 15. Elmira (Roxanne) Edney (15 Sep 1815 – 21 Nov 1867)
      16. 16. Phalby (Jane) Edney (1818 – 1860)
    10. 10. Eleanor (Nellie) Mills (12 Dec 1777 – 7 Jan 1842) m. Samuel (Craft) Edney (5 March 1765 – 19 Sep 1844)
      1. 1. John (Morris) Edney (25 Nov 1794 – 31 Jan 1824)
      2. 2. William (Wesley) Edney (24 Dec 1796 – 22 Jul 1822)
      3. 3. Allison (Mills) Edney (27 Apr 1799 – 12 Sep 1842)
      4. 4. Mary (Kelly Mills) Edney (27 Apr 1804 – 27 Sept 1870) m. Issac (B) Sawyer (22 Feb 1810 – 16 Aug 1880)
        1. 1. James (Pickney) Sawyer (7 Feb 1837 – 24 Dec 1917)
        2. 2. Ellen Sawyer (1838 – )
        3. 3. Mary Sawyer (1840 – 1902)
        4. 4. Samuel (B) Sawyer (Jun 1841 – )
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Jones) Edney (16 Nov 1807 – 5 Jul 1895) m. Calvin (Wilkinson Leavenworth) Edney (1809 – 12 Mar 1868) m. Pickett
        1. 1. Mary (Jane) Edney (05 Mar 1831 – 13 Dec 1881)
        2. 2. Amanda (M.) Edney (Abt. 1834 – 21 Jul 1874)
        3. 3. Henry (Clay) Edney (Abt 1835 – )
        4. 4. John (Bascomb) Edney (Abt. 1838 – 12 May 1879)
        5. 5. Louise (Ellen) Edney (Abt. 1839 – Aft. 1903)
        6. 6. Anna (Maria) Edney (Abt. 1839 – 23 Feb 1904)
        7. 7. Thomas (Benton) Edney (Abt. 1842 – 23 Oct 1855)
        8. 8. Myra (Elvira) Edney (28 February 1851 – 12 September 1919) m. William (Govan Oscanion) Edney (1850 – 28 Jan 1918)
        9. 9. Vlyra Hurt
        10. 10. John Ednev
      6. 6. Francis (Asbury) Edney (27 Apr 1808 – 1870) m. Nancy Bowling (1820 – )
        1. 1. William (Francis Asbury) Edney (1848 – 14 Jul 1915) m. Sallie H (1855 – )
        2. 2. James (A) Edney (1859 – )
      7. 7. Baylus (McKendrick) Edney (15 Sep 1811 – 4 Apr 1865)
      8. 8. James (Madison) Edney (6 Mar 1814 – 7 May 1866)
      9. 9. Samuel (Rufus) Edney (26 Mar 1816 – 24 Nov 1897)
      10. 10. Frank Edney (Mar 1819 – Mar 1819)
      11. 11. Winson (Mills) Edney (9 Feb 1821 – 1877)
    11. 11. Elizabeth Mills (1778 – 1858)
    12. 12. Phalby Mills (24 September 1782 – 26 July 1854) m. David (Rudolph) Myers (29 Nov 1768 – 3 Mar 1835)
  2. 2. Jane (Ann) Mills (1748 – 1755)
  3. 3. Mary (Amanda) Mills (1750 – 1755)
  4. 4. William Mills ( – 1755)
  5. 5. John (Thomas) Mills ( – 1755)
  6. 6. Amelia Mills (1752 – )
  7. 7. John Mills (1758 – )
  8. 8. Ambrose (Jr) Mills (1769 – 11 Nov 1848) m. Nancy (Ann) Jones (16 Sep 1780 – 1845) m. Nancy (Ann) Foster (1780 – 1870) m. Mary Mills (1786 – ) m. HONORA ( – 28 May 1822)
    1. 1. John Mills (1800 – ) m. Lucretia (1805 – )
    2. 2. Jane (Ann) Mills (1801 – 7 Jan 1890) m. Jonas King (21 Jun 1801 – 11 Sep 1858)
      1. 1. Mary King (25 Jan 1803 – )
      2. 2. Eva King
      3. 3. Henry King
      4. 4. John King
      5. 5. Louisa King
      6. 6. Nancy King
      7. 7. Rebecca King
      8. 8. Sarah King
      9. 9. William (Ambrose) King ( – 1861)
    3. 3. William (E) Mills (28 Oct 1815 – 11 Jun 1850) m. Ann (Eliza) Bryan (19 Mar 1824 – 8 Feb 1906)
      1. 1. William (Ambrose) Mills (13 Mar 1844 – 27 Jul 1922) m. Ella (Beuella) Mills (1853 – 1891)
        1. 1. B. (E.) Mills (abt 1876 – )
        2. 2. ELOISE MILLS (1 Aug 1876 – 9 Feb 1951)
        3. 3. MABEL MILLS (1878 – 20 Nov 1902)
        4. 4. WILLIAM (AMBROSE) MILLS (8 Feb 1878 – 14 Apr 1945) m. SUSAN (TEXANNA) FERREE (14 Sep 1876 – 6 May 1958)
        5. 5. ANNIE (H) MILLS (3 Oct 1889 – 19 Jun 1972)
      2. 2. Sarah (Louise) Mills (16 Apr 1846 – 14 Feb 1897) m. Isaac (Anderson) McCampbell (21 Nov 1835 – 25 Jul 1897)
        1. 1. ANDREW (MILLS) MCCAMPBELL (28 Oct 1871 – 6 May 1875)
        2. 2. MARY (LOU) MCCAMPBELL (1874 – 1946)
        3. 3. Nancy (Anderson) McCampbell (1 May 1876 – 16 May 1916)
        4. 4. ANDERSON (R) MCCAMPBELL
        5. 5. ANNA (L) MCCAMPBELL
        6. 6. SADIE MCCAMPBELL
        7. 7. SUE MCCAMPBELL
      3. 3. Anna (Eliza) Mills (4 Jan 1849 – 18 Jan 1876)
      4. 4. Mary (Sut) Mills (Apr 1868 – 1908)
    4. 4. Jane (Ann) Mills (1817 – )
    5. 5. Mary (Amanda) Mills (1821 – )
    6. 6. Thomas Mills
  9. 9. Anna Mills (1777 – )

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, 1500-2000, 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, 1500-2000, 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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