Family Tree

LUKE MILLER’S FAMILY TREE

John Miller

  • Born in England, 1630
  • Wife was the daughter of Abraham Pierson
  • John was the father of Andrew, Sr

Andrew Miller, Sr

  • Father of Andrew, Jr

Andrew Miller, Jr

  • Died 1725
  • Wife was Mary Phillips, died 1750
  • Andrew, Jr was the father of Andrew, III

Andrew Miller, III

  • Born 1695; died 1777
  • Lived at Miller’s Place, Southampton, Long Island
  • Purchased 56+ acres in Bottle Hill section of Hanover (now Madison, NJ) circa 1730 from David Burnet, who was the original purchaser of the land from the Indians
  • Andrew III was the father of Josiah and outlived him by about 2 years

Josiah Miller

  • Born August 22, 1728; died September 27, 1775
  • Wife was Betty Carter, born 1730; died 1777
  • Fathered 16 children, 10 of whom migrated to NJ (6 to Bottle Hill)
  • Josiah and 2 of his brothers, Joseph (1753-1823) and John (1756-1817), came to Bottle Hill in the 1750s; 56+ acres purchased by their father, Andrew, III, was divided amongst the 3 of them

    • Joseph received his father’s joiners shop plus 17 acres and 20 perches to the south of The Luke Miller House; his stately colonial home still stands at 81 Ridgedale Avenue
    • John received his father’s blacksmith shop plus 17 acres and 20 perches to the north of The Luke Miller House and 5 acres and 61 perches on the west side of what is today Ridgedale Avenue; John’s house stood on the 5+ acre portion of his property until it was demolished in 1935; the blacksmith shop was later adjoined to what remains of Luke’s property and still stands today at 105 3/4 Ridgedale Avenue
    • Josiah received “Miller’s Station” plus 17 acres and 20 perches; the last remaining 1.6 of these 17+ acres that comprise “Miller’s Station” is preserved today surrounding “The Luke Miller House”; it includes the blacksmith shop that was on his brother’s adjoining 17+ acre parcel
  • Josiah was the father of Luke (1759-1851)

Major Luke Miller

  • Born in “The Luke Miller House” September 8, 1759, died in the same house, January 23, 1851 (to see Luke Miller’s Tombstone in Madison’s Hillside Cemetary, click here)
  • Inherited “The Luke Miller House” upon his father’s death in 1775
  • Married 3 times (Esther Thompson, Rachel Bonnel, and Mary Thompson)
  • Fathered 10 children