Spotlight On Crossings / Migration: Miller Family Crosses the Atlantic

Michael Mueller / Miller

The GGGGGG Grandfather of Marty Miller:

Michael Miller and his wife Suzanna Agnes Berchtol, came to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony, 2 October, 1727, on the the ship Adventure Galley, with several children and accompanied by Jacob Berchtol, her brother and Jacob Stutzman, Jr., his step brother. They left Germany because of their opposition to military conscription of the times.

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His son Johann Michael Müller (Mueller)/Miller (Jr.) was born in 1692 in Steinwenden, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany and emigrated from Germany to the New World with the migration of "Pennsylvania Dutch" in 1727. Probably starting in Germantown on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the family gradually moved west across Pennsylvania to Coventryville, PA, Rapho/Little Conewago, and Hanover before crossing into Maryland to present-day Maugansville just north of Hagerstown in Washington County, Maryland in 1745.

As the Miller's expanded in this area they met with the disruptions of the French & Indian War (1754-1763) and the American Revolution (1775-1783). During the Revolution they espoused non-violence as "non-associators," refusing to pay war taxes or to serve in the army. As a result Michael's sons David and Jacob Miller, as well as members from allied families, lost land claims.

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The Palatine Project - Reconstructed Passenger Lists

Home: Palatine Project » Pennsylvania 1727 Adventure Galley [List 4 A, B] Adventure Galley Captain: John Davies (Mirion) From: Rotterdam By Way of: Plymouth Arrival: Philadelphia, 2 Oct 1727 Fifty-three Palatine, who with their families, make about one hundred and forty Persons. Name, Age Place of Origin (Town, Province) Source Remarks (USA, Spelling Variations, Occupation, Relationships, etc.) Michel Müller Susanne Krottelbach, Bayern-Pfalz Bur1985 Miller; To Washington, MD. Ulrich Pitcha Jasper Mingale Johannes Beydeler Badler Johannes Lehman Anna Barbara Johannes, 27 Lachen-Speyerdorf, Bayern-Pfalz Bur2000 Layman; To York, PA. Casber Ney Neye Christopher Miller Jacob Leidy Lydie Jacque Simoult Symone Michael Eichert Ikart Johannes Ullerich Ulrick Hans Adam Osser Peter Shilling Jacob Meyer Mathias Rysling Risling Jacob Baumann Susanna Nee (Müller) Lambsheim, Bayern-Pfalz Bur2000 Powman; To Philadelphia, PA. Peter Rool Rule Jacob Schmidt Anna Elisabetha Johann Jacob, 25 Weisenheim am Sand, Bayern-Pfalz Bur2000 To Montgomery, PA. Mich Kern John Seyham Christo. Exell Derrick Romshower Franz Balthasar Franz Anna Elisabeth Georg Christoffel, 29 Frantz Balthasar, 29 Assenheim, Bayern-Pfalz Bur2000 To Lancaster, PA. Johannes Kurtz Cortes Johann Peter Weisner Wiser Johann Sower Nicklos Chron Corn Hans Martator Adam Pister Joost Coope Balsar Leine Lyme Jacob Wihelmus Willhelmus Jacob Hoghman Jacob Fisher Ulrich Rieser Riser Katherine Rowland Leonhard Rothermel Margretha (Zimmermann) Christian, 23 Anna Margretha, 22 Johann Peter, 12 Lorentz, 12 Johann Paul, 8 Johannes, 5 Böhl, Bayern-Pfalz Bur2000 To Lehigh, PA. Johann Carl Horlacher Horlogh Henrich Horlacher Horlogh Jacob Riser Alexd Fritley Anna Barbara Fiseling Nicolas Keyser Jean Dieter Borleman Boorlinger Christian Frier Benetick Nuel Johann Peter Hess Hus Scipilo Hoffmaning Jacob Filler Hans Holdeman Christopher Ulrich Ulrick Hans Hisley Evan Fosterhave Christian Bikler Piger Joanes Yirk Heriger Henery Smith Johann Jacob Stutzman Daniel Borman Georg Christoff Oechslen Maria Margretha (Müller) Henrich, 0 Böhl, Bayern-Pfalz Bur2000 Exline; To Montgomery, PA.