Ebenezer Miller

Ebenezer married Hannah Keep on 16 Oct 1690 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of John Keep and Sarah Leonard) was born on 8 Jun 1673 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died before 1744 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jacob Miller was born on 11 Oct 1704 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died before 1748 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1624
• Alternate death: 15 Oct 1675, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Notes:

Killed in King Philip's War when Springfield was burned.

According to this page, Thomas Miller and Sarah Marshfield were ancestors of the Rev. William Miller (1782-1849), Baptist leader of the "Millerite" movement which, after his death, evolved into the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

Thomas married Sarah Marshfield on 12 Oct 1649 in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Marshfield and Mercy) was born in 1633; was christened on 25 Aug 1633 in St. Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England; died on 9 Mar 1709 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Samuel and Sarah Marshfield of Springfield, Mass., known to be brother and sister, have generally been placed by probability as children of Thomas Marshfield of Windsor. No guardianship appointments are found for them, but they would have had no inherited property in this country if the insolvent Thomas was their father, and they may have been indentured to Windsor families by the Selectmen. Neither named a daughter Priscilla, but Samuel named his eldest son Thomas." [Hale, House and Related Families]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1600, of Exeter, Devon, England
• Alternate death: Between 1642 and 1649

Notes:

Emigrated in 1634 on the Regard of Barnstaple. First in Dorchester, then Windsor by 1637. Departed Windsor by 1647 and perhaps by 1643; perhaps moved to Springfield, where his wife and children resided, and perhaps died there.

Deputy (as "Tho Marshall") for Windsor to the Connecticut general court, 8 Mar 1638 and 5 Apr 1638.

Steven M. Lawson:

With a corrected reading of Winthrop's Journal [ref. TAG 74:225], Thomas is identified as arriving from Barnstable, Devonshire aboard the 'Regard' in 1634. The revised entry for Nov. 13, 1634 is:

The Regard, a ship of Barnstable, of about two hundred tons, arrived with twenty passengers and about fifty cattle.

One thing I think fit to observe, as a witness of God's providence for this plantation. There came in this ship one Marisfeild, a poor godly man of Exeter, being very desirous to come to us, but not able to transport his family. There was in the city a rich merchant, one Marshall, who being troubled in his dreams about the said poor man, could not be quiet till he had sent for him and given him £50, and lent him £100, willing him withal, that, if he wanted, he should send to him for more. This Marsfeild grew suddenly rich, and then lost his godliness, and his wealth soon after.

Thomas settled at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT by 1637, and was living there in 1642 when he sold some of his land. On Oct. 14, 1642, Thomas was relieved of his entire estate to pay debts incurred, probably from a shipping venture begun in 1640 with Henry WOLCOTT, Samuel WAKEMAN and the WYLLYS family [TAG 74:127]. In late 1642, he is said to have "withdrawn" from Windsor, and may have died then. No further record is found and Savage states "Perhaps he was lost at sea."

Thomas married Mercy. Mercy died before 30 Sep 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried on 30 Sep 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Steven M. Lawson:

In 1649, as the "widow Marshfield," she resided at Springfield, MA, being previously from Windsor, CT, and having three children -- including one married daughter. She was accused of being a witch, and brought court action against Mary Parsons for making a false accusation. Mary was sentenced to be whipped, and to pay £3 to Goody Marshfield "or and towards the reparation of her good name."

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The "Mary Parsons" mentioned above was the wife of Hugh Parsons.