David Milk

Notes:

Source: History and Genealogy of the MILK - MILKS FAMILY, by Grace Croft, Author, Compiler and Editor-in-Chief, 1235 E. Aspen Ave., Provo, Utah. (1952). Book found in the Mormon Library, Salt Lake City, UT.

Chaper VIII: Benjamin Milk (1780)

Benjamin Milk, b. 10 Ocgt. 1780 in Washington Co., NY (son of Benjamin 1750); m. Mary Baker, b. 28 Nov. 1780, dau. of Daniel Baker. Benjamin served in the War of 1812 under Lt. Col. McComb of 3rd Regiment of Artillery. He bought a farm of 108 acres in the Town of Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY, known as Bruyn Tract, Lot 31, map of 1793. This was sold by Severyn Bruyn, of Kingstown, NY, who was also interested in selling the Reverend Freeborn Garrettson property to Benjamin (1750).

In 1825, Benjamin build, from stones on the farm, a house which is still occupied as the farm home. (A picture of this house appears on p. 123.) He was an expert stone mason and built a gristmill, now abandoned althought some of the walls are still in good condition. He owned and operated sawmills, as did his father. In his household, according to the census of 1825, there were woven during the year previous, 171 yards of cloth from wool and flax produced on the 40 acres of cleared farm land.

Benjamin d. 6 June 1856, and Mary d. 13 June 1844. Both are buried in the field near the stone house. The children of Benjamin and Mary were all born in Jefferson and all but Permelia and David lived most of their lives in this area, as have many of their descendants. Children - 11:

1) Deborah Milk, b. 24 Mar. 1802; m. John Rodman.
2) Stephen Milk, b. 7 Feb. 1804; m. 3 June 1829 Ann Eliza Dibble, dau. of Patrick
Dibble.
3) Betsey Milk, b. 20 Oct. 1805; m. Caleb Dibble.
4) Perlina Milk, b. 10 Jan. 1808; m. Winthrop Dyer.
5) PERMELIA MILK, b. 7 May 1810; m. REV. EZRA COOK.
6) Amanda Milk, b. 14 Apr. 1812, d. 30 May 1814.
7) Janet Milk, b. 1815; m. Redmond Judd.
8) Mary Milk, b. 11 Feb. 1818; unm.
9) David Milk, b. 15 May 1820; m. Lucinda Neer.
10) John Milk, b. 12 July 1822, d. 20 Nov. 1830.
11) Levi Milk, b. 14 Apr. 1825; m. Lemira Fuller. Children - 3:
a) Carrie Milk
b) Ralph Milk, d. 15 Jan 1919.
c) Pearl Milk, m. Mr. Ward of Oneonta,NY.

Benjamin married Mary Baker about 1800. Mary (daughter of Living) was born on 28 Nov 1780 in Washington Co.,,NY; died on 13 Jul 1844 in Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: :"History and Genealogy of the Milk-Milks Family", by Grace Croft, Author, Compiler and Editor-in-Chief, 1235 E. Aspen Avenue, Provo, Utah, Publishes in Provo, Utah, 1st edition 1952, 2nd edition, revised, 1956. (Source found in LDS Library, Salt Lake City, Utah).

BONNY _-ADD notes from doc. page 96

Benjamin married Lydia. Lydia was born about 1753 in of Renssalaer and Delaware Co,NY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Reference source: The History and Genealogy of the MILK - MILKS FAMILY, by Grace Croft, Author, Compiler and Editor-in-Chief, 1235 E. Aspen Ave., Provo, UT. Published 1st edition 1952, 2nd edition 1956. Book was found in the Mormon Family History Library, Salt Lake City.

Chaper V. JONATHAN MILK ( 1728)

Jonathan Milk, b. 9 Mar. 1728, Darmouth, MA (son of Job 1694), may be likened to Joseph of Old, "a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall."...

GENEALOGY OF MERCY TROWBRIDGE

For the interest of the ... descendents, genealogy is here included on the wife of Jonathan Milk, who was MERCY TROWBRIDGE (Strowbridge). (See pedigree chart, p. 65) According to Dartmouth, MA, marriage records: JONATHAN MILK and MERCY STROWBRIDGE of Dartmouth, dau. of Ruth, were married 8 Sep. 1747. TROWBRIDGE GENEALOGY, by Francis Bacon Trowbridge, states that the names of Strowbridge and Trowbridge are the same; it further mentions "John Trowbridge of Sandwich married 3 Feb. 1725-26 in Portsmouth, RI, Ruth Lawton of Dartmouth, MA. Children b. in Newport, RI., Mercy b. 30 Nov. 1726; George b. 25 May 1732."

RI Vital Records, Portsmouth Marriages: RUTH LAWTON and JOHN TROWBRIDGE, 3 Feb. 1725-6. Since later records mention only the name of his wife, RUTH, it is assumed that JOHN TROWBRIDGE either died within a few years or he lived elsewhere. There is no verification of such, but he may have been the John Trowbridge of Newport, RI, mariner, who, having been imprisoned for indebtedness, signed a petition which came before the general assembly of RI in October, 1735. (Petitions to the RI General Assembly - 1728-1733, Vol. II). Evidence that he was a "mariner" with and "indebtedness unto divers persons as well out of the colony as in," would seem to indicate that he had met with a disaster at sea of sufficient magnitude to place him in financial straits.

RUTH LAWTON was the dau. of George and Mary (Dennis) Lawton. Mary Dennis was b. 20 Sep. 1673, Portsmouth, RI, dau. of Robert Dennis and Sarah Howland. Sarah was a dau. of Henry, a brother of John Howland who came on the Mayflower (both sons of Henry Howland, Sr. of Fen Stanton, Huningsdonshire, England.) Henry , Jr. also lived in Plymouth where he was 1624 "owner of the black cow." "He apparently joined (1657) the Friends sect which was just beginning to spread in America and as a result endured for the remainder of his life the various persecutions to which this sect was subjected... Toward the end of his life he became a large possessor of real estate." He d. 17 Jan. 1671. His wife was Mary Newlands, daul of Henry and sister of William, the noted Quaker. (New England Genealogy, Cutter, Vol. IV)

(NOTE-- THERE IS MUCH MORE INFO IN MY FILE ON OTHER ANCESTORS OF JONATHAN MILK.)

Jonathan married Mercy Trowbridge on 08 Sep 1747 in Dartmouth,Bristol,MA. Mercy (daughter of John Trowbridge or Strowbridge and Ruth Lawton) was born on 30 Nov 1726 in Newport,Newport,RI; died before 1793 in Easton, Washington Co,NY. [Group Sheet]