Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameZachariah MILLS Jr. , 28
Birthabt 1676, Jamaica, Queens, Long Island, New York1845, p 10,1711,1846, p 6
Removalby 29 Sep 1712, Bedford, Westchester, New York1845, p 10 Age: 36
Death15 Jan 1761, Bedford, Westchester, New York634, p 1; place only,1711, p 4 Age: 85
FlagsLegatee in Will
FatherZachariah MILLS , 7 (1644-1696)
MotherAbigail MESSENGER (~1644->1696)
Individual Notes
• No Mills were living in Bedford in 1710.1847

• Removed to Bedford, Westchester County, NY, by 29 September 1712.1845, p 10,1848, p 28 (old)

• Bedford Town Clerk, 1713-1728.1847, p 1,1717, p iii

• Zachariah Mills Jr. was born 1676 in Jamaica, New York. He was a sheriff in Queens County on Long Island in 1702. His first marriage to Abigail Clark about 1700 on Long Island produced three children: George, born about 1702, Andrew and Abigail.
I do not have the death date for Abigail (Zachariah’s first wife) but it must have been before Dec. 1711. Zachariah (Jr.) remarried in Bedford to Martha Miller on Dec. 31, 1711. She was born Jan. 2, 1697 (?), the daughter of John Miller Jr. (son of the original proprietor) and Mary Holmes (daughter of John Holmes Sr.)1383, p 3

• He was noted as deceased 15 Jan. 1761 and his wife/widow died 14 March 1823 (sic for 1723?). He was active in town of Bedford in a number of civil posts including that of judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in 1726. He probably married Joanna ??? after 1728.1711
General
• The Town of Bedford, as set up by both Connecticut and New York patents, was a six-mile square.1849, p 3
Spouses
Birth6 Sep 16891378, p 7,1850,1711
Deathabt 1711, Jamaica, Queens, Long Island, New York1378, p 7 Age: 21
Ancestral File #N43X-041718
FatherSamuel CLARK Jr. (~1646-1730)
MotherHannah TUTTLE (1655-1708)
Individual Notes
• Source does not give her parentage.1378, p 7

• Possibly daughter of Samuel Clark and Hannah Tuttle.1851, p 492,1852, p 1,1850, p 4

• If I were an attorney the preponderance of evidence would be that Bedford Genealogies are wrong; that Zachariah’s first wife Abby Clark was from Jamaica, LI, NY.1381, p 38,1852, p 2

• Parentage dubious; Abigail of this birthdate given as marrying Ebenezer Cornwall; m 26 Apr 1715.1850, p 4
MarriageJamaica, Queens, Long Island, New York1378, p 7; place only,1711, place only
ChildrenGeorge , 84 (~1702-<1758)
 Abigail , 85 (->1776)
 Andrew , 86 (1704-~1749)
Birth2 Jan 1695, Bedford, Westchester, New York1853
Birth2 Jan 1697, Bedford, Westchester, New York1714, p 220,1711
Memoage 14 in 1710
Death10 Apr 1727, Bedford, Westchester, New York1846, p 6 Age: 32
FatherJohn MILLER Jr. (~1665-1726)
MotherMary HOLMES (1662-1745)
Individual Notes
• His wife died 14 March 1823 (sic for 1723?).1711
Census
• 1710 Census: Bedford, Westchester, New York. Aged 14 years.1714, p 220
Marriage31 Dec 1711, Bedford, Westchester, New York1847, p 1; year only,1378, p 7,1853,1711,1854, marriage only
Family Notes
• 6 children.1846, p 6
ChildrenDaniel , 87 (1712-1762)
 Peter? (~1715-)
 Zebadiah , 88 (1718-1777)
 Hannah , 89 (1721-)
 Amos , 90 (1723-1823)
 John Bedford , 91 (1724-~1793)
 Zephariah , 92 (1726-)
Individual Notes
• He probably married Joanna ________ after 1728.1711, p 2
Marriageaft 1728, Bedford, Westchester, New York634, p 1; marriage only,1711, p 2; date only,1846, p 7
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Updated 12 Mar 2025
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