Henry A Miller Sr

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family History: From Leo F. and Maggie N. Miller Family History, Historical Society of York, Pennsylvania, Page 1. The Leo F. Miller history begins with the following ship's manifest:
[List 96A] List of all male passengers, imported in the ship Francis & Elizth, from fourteen years of age upwards [Qualified August 30, 1743.]

Men's Names Ages
Hans Henderick Cueser 45
Henderick Rutolph 36
Henderick Miller 22
Hans Henderick Neaff 47
Ulderick Neaff 40
Henderick Miller, dead 43
Christopher Bosser 26

And with the listing of these two Millers among a passenger list of 87 men, our family history begins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One can quickly surmise that Henderick Miller, Leo's great-great-great grandfather died on board the ship on the way to America, his dreams of a new life in a new world never to be fulfilled. It was left to his 22 year old son Henderick Jr. to seek out a new life for himself in this strange new world.

Henderick Miller (1700 - 1743) m. ?
Henderick Miller (1721 - ?) [Henry A. Miller, Sr.] m. Elesabeth Merritt

• Family History: From Leo F. and Maggie N. Miller Family History, Historical Society of York, Pennsylvania, Page 2. According to Mildred Patterson, Flossie Miller, (daughter of Levi Miller, Leo F. Miller's brother) who passed away several years ago, claimed that Hendrick Miller (the 22 year old) came over here with his wife, Elesabeth Merritt on the ship. As women were not listed on ship's manifest, that could easily be true. Flossie also added that Hendrick worked hard to clear the land of trees.

Hendrick, later known as Henry A. Miller, Sr., acquired a land grant from Springetts Penn, William Penn's son, in 1750. This is recorded in York County, PA Deed Book A page 270. The land was located near Winterstown in what was then Shrewsbury Township and what later in 1767-68 became Hopewell Township. It is now North Hopewell Township (see map p. 3). The land was known as “Miller's Mount,” as found on the surveyor map dated 1787-89 (See next page).

Note: The survey map shows properties for William Sinclair (red) and Henry Miller (yellow) as follows:

William Sinclair - Survey # 1091, 1750, “Sinklair's Valley”
- Survey # 1608, 1751, “Sinklair's Quarter”
- Survey # 1609, 1766, “Sideling Ground”
- Survey # 1610, 1766, “Addition to Sinclair's Quarter”

Henry Miller - Survey # 1622, 1783, “High Head”
- Survey # 1623, 1787, “Miller's Mount”

It is seen that the Sinclairs and Millers were neighbors, at least by the 1780s if not before.

Henry married Elesabeth Merritt about 1743 in Germany.