John Millard, Jr.

1636 - 1684  (48 years)

• Name	John Millard
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	1636	Wybunbury, Cheshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jun 1684	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Burial	Stevens Corner Cemetery, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Notes	He first appears in the Rehoboth town records on December 22, 1657, when his tax of four pence was the smallest assessment paid by any resident of the town. The following year he took the Oath of Fidelity along with his father, and on June 22, 1658, he was among those who "according to person and estate" were allowed lots in the meadows "that lie on the northside of the town." Ten years later he received a lot in the North Purchase meadow (now Attleboro). The date and circumstances of the death of John Millard, Jr. are made tragically clear by the report of a Coroner's Inquest called together the Fifth of June 1684 to make search of the dead body of John Miller of Rehoboth: "...vpon narrow serch, wee find that the said Miller had two wounds into the soft of his body, close by one and other, as wee apprehending, by dagger, either stabbing himselfe or falling vpon the dagger, and alsoe a wound in his necke, close to his wind pipe, by a cutt with his knife, which wounds in a few hours proued mortall; and alsoe, vpon examining seuerall witnesses that were with him when hee cutt his necke, and by owne confession before his death, we find that the said Miller did absolutly, willfully, and crewelly murder himselfe, noe other pson or psons,as wee apprehend, being accessory tehervnto." (Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 6, p. 142).
  Person ID	I23015	OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	John Millard,   b. 1605, Wybunbury, Cheshire, England d. 1688, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Baugh,   b. 1618, Chadderton, Lancashire, England d. 18 Apr 1680, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F6700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth,   b. 1634, Cheshire, England d. 18 Apr 1680, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	1652	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Rebecca Millard,   b. Nov 1661, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 9 Apr 1711, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 49 years)
  Family ID	F6699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 1636 - Wybunbury, Cheshire, England Marriage - 1652 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Death - 5 Jun 1684 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Burial - - Stevens Corner Cemetery, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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