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Interesting thoughts.
In doing an Internet search, I found that Ann Whalen in a copyright 2000 article at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwcogs/famhist/willett.html
in approaching from the WILLET side speculated the same thing. For children of John MILL and Tabitha she listed: "Sarah Mill who married Samuel McGruder (not proven)."
To add a couple pieces to what you listed:
In his will, Samuel MAGRUDER named as overseers his brother Alexander MAGRUDER, brother Nathaniel MAGRUDER, and brother John POTTINGER. Now, if Samuel's wife Sarah was Sarah MILLS, the most likely way that he would call John POTTINGER (POTTENGER) "brother" is if POTTINGER's wife Mary was a sister to Sarah. For the other theoritical possibilities, Samuel MAGRUDER had no sister Mary to be the wife of John POTTINGER. While John POTTINGER did have a sister named Sarah in England, there is no evidence that she ever went to America to be Samuel MAGRUDER's wife.
If Sarah was a MILLS, then it would also be likely that John POTTENGER's wife Mary was a MILLS.
1. When Thomas BLANFORD's inventory was taken, the appraisers were Samuell MAGRUDER and John POTTENGER. Under the theory, BLANFORD would have been the step-father of both their wives. [MD Inventories and Accounts 16:108]
2. William MILLS, Jr.'s administration account in 1706 showed a payment to "John POTTINGER for the use of Martha BLANFORD." [MD Inventories and Accounts 26:136] If the children of Thomas BLANFORD were named in order in his will, Martha was the youngest. If the children were born about every two years after Tabitha (widow MILLS) married Thomas BLANFORD, then Martha was probably born about 1686-1690. One implication of the payment to John POTTINGER for Martha BLANFORD would be that Martha was living with his family. With both her parents dead, a logical place that Martha, a single age 16-20 year old female, would live would be with one of her [half]-sisters under this theory.
For your #10, I have not followed the MAGRUDER family. Can you tell me the document which shows the grandson of Samuel and Sarah with the middle name MILLS? Thanks
Rick Saunders
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