Elisha Miller

Elisha Miller

Male 1749 - 1820  (61 years)


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  • Name Elisha Miller  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 1749  {Springs, East Hampton, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7
    Gender Male 
    Death Between 1810 and 1820  [8
    • [While Elisha appears in the 1810 census, he was not found in the 1820 census, suggesting that he died in the decennial.]
    Person ID I675  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2024 

    Father Timothy Miller,   b. 6 Jun 1713, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1770, East Hampton, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Hannah Stratton, >,   b. Bef 16 Jun 1717, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1784 (Age > 66 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jul 1741  [3
    Family ID F2277  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abigail Tuthill, >,   b. Abt 1761   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Temperance Miller,   b. 30 Oct 1774, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1849 (Age 74 years)
     2. Asa Miller, [g. 7],   b. Abt 1775   d. Springs, East Hampton, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Tuthill Miller, [g. 7],   b. Abt 1776, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1855, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. Elisha Miller, [g. 7],   b. 1777, The Fire Place, Suffolk, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. YOUNG
     5. Catharine Miller, [g. 7],   b. Abt 1780   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Nathaniel Miller, Sr.,   b. 17 Apr 1783, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1863, Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     7. Barnabas Miller, [g. 7],   b. Abt 1790   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Cynthia Miller, [g. 7],   b. 1793, Springs, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1852 (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F341  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

  • Notes 
    • [Morse indicated his name was Elijah, but all other sources indicate Elisha.]

  • Sources 
    1. [S93] George Perley Morse, Early Photographs of the Hamlet of Brookhaven collected by George Perley Morse 1945-1959 and given to the Brookhaven Free Library." (1945-1959), RG1 Series 10. Indicates Elijah.

    2. [S167] Various, unnamed, Portrait and biographical record of Suffolk county (Long Island) New York. Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county. Together with biographies and portraits of all the presi, p. 1000.

    3. [S304] Henry P. Hedges, A history of the town of East-Hampton, N. Y., including an address delivered at the celebration of the bi-centennial anniversary of its settlement in 1849, introductions to the four printed volumes of its records, with other historic m, p. 307/184.

    4. [S183] Rev. Jacob E. Mallmann, Historical papers on Shelter Island and its Presbyterian church, with genealogical tables ... /, p. 166.

    5. [S127] Frederic Gregory Mather, The refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut (Albany, N.Y.: J.B. Lyon Co., printers, 1913 (reprinted 2006)), Available online: http://www.archive.org/details/refugeesof1776fr00mathuoft, p. 464.
      MILLER ELISHA 6 (Timothy 5, Daniel 4, John 3, George 2, John i; brother of David, above, and Peleg, below)—From East Hampton tc Stonington, in Sept., 1776, by Capt. Eliphalet Budington (C. 204); and, in Sept. and Nov., 1776, with five passengers, by Capts. Budington, Samuel Beebe and Isaac Sheffield. (C. 102) He served in the 2d Line (G. 44); in the 5th Line (G. 49); and probably in Conn. (6.94) He signed the Association, in 1775. (H.28)
      Census of 1776: Males—above 16 years, i. Females—above 16, i; under 16, I. (A. 52) He was b. in 1749; d. in 1820. He always lived at " The Springs." He was a man of affairs, and the g.-grandfather of George A. Miller, the present Supervisor of the Town. (Mr. Charles R. Dayton) He m. Abigail Tuthill, and had: Temperance 7, m. Nathaniel Dominy; Elisha 7, d. y.; Dr. Nathaniel 7, of Brookhaven; Barnabas 7; Catharine 7; Tuthill 7; Cynthia 7; and Asa 7. (Hedges' " East Hampton," p. 308)

    6. [S299] FamilySearch Ancestral File (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Daints), Indicates Elisha.

    7. [S299] FamilySearch Ancestral File (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Daints).
      Indicated about 1757.

    8. [S26] 1820 Census, Not found.