Thomas Millard III
M, b. 1669, d. 1761
| Father | Thomas Millard Jr b. 1645, d. 1709 |
| Mother | Elizabeth Cox b. 1645, d. 1702 |
| Charts | Lauren/Nolan Pedigree Chart |
| AFN* | His Ancestral File Number is 1MC4-MS8. | |
| Birth* | 1669 | Thomas Millard III was born in 1669 at England . |
| Marriage* | He married Barbara Harrison. | |
| Death* | 1761 | Thomas Millard III died in 1761 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. |
| Note* | He From "The Millard Family of Berks County Pennsylvania" website at http://members.aol.com/genmillard/Berks.htm: "Millards first lived near Philadelphia and soon moved to what is now Berks County. Sections of what is now Berks County were also part of Chester County, Philadelphia County and Lancaster County until Berks County was created in 1752. Within Berks County, Millards are most associated with Union Township, Amity Township, Alsace Township, Exeter Township and Robeson Townships. Thomas Millard's Lands in Berks County "Thomas Millard owned large tracts of land and in what was Chester County and what later became Berks County, Pennsylvania when Berks County was formed in 1752. Thomas Millard's lands were mentioned in a 1909 paper about the ancestry of Abraham Lincoln read before the Historical Society of Berks County by Louis Richards. Thomas Millard was a contemporary of Mordecai Lincoln, the great great grandfather of Abraham Lincoln and his son Joseph Millard later married Mordecai Lincoln's daughter Hannah. "May 10, 1732, he [Mordecai Lincoln] obtained a conveyance of one thousand acres in Amity Township, now in Exeter Township, Berks County, from Thomas Millard of Coventry, part of a tract of sixteen hundred acres formerly belonging to Andrew Robeson." [p. 371, Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County, Vol. 2.] "According to Julian Millard in his publication The Millard Family of Pennsylvania (1933), in 1722 Thomas (born in 1669) secured 1000 acres on the west bank of the Schuylkill in what became Berks County through Thomas Fairman, Surveyor-General of Philadelphia, a friend of his father. The voluminous records related to lands acquired by Thomas Millard have been best described in extensive research by James Landis into the lands and deeds held by Thomas Millard who lived from 1669-1761. Thomas Millard owned extensive lands in Philadelphia County, Chester County, and what became Berks County in 1752. "The Historical Society of Berks County in Reading, Pennsylvania has in their collection the printed volume created by James C. Landis in 1995 entitled: 'A Report on the Lands of Thomas Millard and Miscellaneous Records of the Millard Family.' The introduction to Landis' work states that the objectives of his research were to identify lands owned by Thomas Millard (c.1670-c.1761), locate and verify early chains of title, document Millard family milling operations, and to lay a foundation for future research. Landis' work includes copies of land records, source documents, tax record extracts, and significant secondary sources. The information about Thomas Millard's lands below is from James C. Landis' research. It is reasonable to assume that certain documents which refer to "Thomas Miller" are actually Thomas Millard, who was also a miller. "Thomas Millard purchased 150 acres of land from Edward Farmer of Whitemarsh in 1699 in Philadelphia County. It is not known when this was sold. In 1711, Thomas Millard took up residence and built a grist mill on a 1000 acre tract of land in what was then Coventry Township, Chester County, and later called the "Union Tract" by Landis because it became Union Township when Berks County was established in 1752. It is here in 1711 that Joseph Millard was born, across from Douglassville. Thomas Millard (Thomas Miller/millwright) also purchased and a 200 acre tract near Oley in 1719, referred to by Landis as the "Manatawny tract," on which Thomas Millard never lived, but later sold to Robert Stapleton of Philadelphia in 1735. Some lands were purchased through land agents of William Penn such as Thomas Fairman. Thomas Millard also bought what Landis refers to as the "Robeson tract" of 1,000 acres in October 7, 1729 owned by Jonathan and Elizabeth Robeson (son of Andrew Robeson) and Mordecai Lincoln. Three years later, on May 10, 1732, Mordecai Lincoln purchased the 1,000 acre property back from Thomas and Barbara Millard for a purchase price of 395 pounds. Mordecai Lincoln settled in Berks County, built a house on that land in 1733, which is still a private home today. "One of the properties identified as being owned by Thomas Millard is across from Douglassville, Pennsylvania in Berks County that today is south of the Schuylkill River and bordered by state Route 724, Red Corner Road, Black Matt Road and Sycamore Road, and is crossed by what was once the Schuylkill Canal. It is on the tract referred to by Landis as the "Union tract" near Douglassville that Thomas Millard is thought to have constructed one of his mills, and it is this land that was later divided among his sons. Thomas Millard purchased the land very early in the 1700s. He had to have it re-warranted in the 1730s because of a dispute about the ability of the person he originally purchased the land from to sell it. The 1876 map of Union Township in Berks County is available on the web. Note the location of "Mounce Jones" house across the Schuylkill River. "Today these 600 acres are still rolling green hills adjacent to the Schuylkill River across from Douglassville off Route 724 in Berks County that contain a golf course, the dry beds of waterways. A dozen old stone houses on private property on this land still exist that may have been owned by Millard family members and descendants. "It is believed by some Millard researchers that Covatta's Brinton Lodge Restaurant on Route 724 in Douglassville in Berks County, Pennsylvania may have been the original Thomas Millard house built in 1709 or earlier when Thomas Millard lived on these lands, and had a prominent mill. This house and land was part of the 1,000 acre tract belonging to Thomas Millard, who was a contemporary of Mouns Jones, whose early home is across the Schuylkill River. At the time it was built this land was in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Berks County was carved from Chester County and other counties in 1752. "Perhaps one or more of these houses above were also built by Thomas Millard or his descendants. The research into the original ownership would have to be done to confirm this. Parts of this property were given to his sons with affection during his life. The last tract to be owned by Millards was sold to Jacob Kerlin at the time of Joseph Millard's son, Mordecai Millard's death in 1796. A drive around this 600 acre square land still shows several 18th century stone houses, not all of which are pictured here, and the dry beds of what appear to be part of the Mill Creek and raceway to provide water, and also the Schuylkill Canal. "Some members of the Millard family who began with Thomas Millard in the early 1700s, lived nearby and worked in the iron industry at Hopewell Furnace (near Hopewell Lake) southwest of Douglassville in the late 18th and 19th century. Mordecai Millard had a business that hauled iron for Hopewell Furnace in the early 1800s. Iron was hauled by teamsters from Hopewell Furnace to the Schuylkill Canal to Hopewell Landing according the Joseph Walker book on Hopewell Village. Perhaps this house was owned by Millards at one time. Some Millards have lived in this area of Berks County and just across the border in Chester County in locations within a few miles of each other for 300 years. All these locations are quite close to each other." |
Family | Barbara Harrison b. 1678, d. 1757 | |
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