Re: WILLIAM MILLIKAN 1720
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In reply to:
WILLIAM MILLIKAN 1720
Gene Cordell 7/20/00
Gene,
My wife and I descend from Wm, Sr; Wm,Jr; Elihu
Live in Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tn
Re: Springfield 1773 - 1940 A History of the Establishment & Growth of the Springfield Monthly Meetingn of Friends,
by Sara Haworth - Microfishe LH 93 in Chattanooga, Tn lib
pg 12. "The Blairs who came down thru Va with Daniel Boone, soon reached S. for permanent settlement.The Piggots, the Carters, Beals, Hiattts, Andersons, and Millikans, came too."
pg 14. "On First Day morning, Enos Blair who woul;d arise before day to feed the stock, would say to his wife, Hannah Millikan Blair, hannah , thee must arouse the children that we may be on our way to Springfield.They must hear the message of Nathan Hunt & Mahlon Haggart. "
William Millikan was a man of strong convictions who gave much concern to the members os SMM during the early period of their history.His attitue toward the Reverend W. was not in keeping with the position of Friends because he was too much like the old Pennsylvania Quakers who said, " I will not fight with thee, but I will feed your army."Committee after committee was appointed to visit William but each time they reported back that they had failed to secure complete satisfaction.
Perhaps they felt some sympathy with William Millikan
in his attitude, because David Fanning, the noted Tory,
went to the home of William Millikan and failing to find him there, proceded to burn his home.W M's wife, Jane Rowan, rushedinto the home to attempt to save some of her spinning and work but the soldiers snatched her yarn from her, tore up the ...
pg 13. " Three of Mahlon Hockett's sons became ministers of the gospel. They moved to Indiana although Mahlon Hockett
remained at springfield, and is buried among the box-bushes not far from Nathan Hunt, William Millikan, Jeremiah Piggott, Enos & Hannah Blair, and others who choose to remain in the state."
pg 15 describes the meetin place.
Have you seen this book, if not you may try to locate it.
We have descendents of Elihu Millikan, Jefferson Co, Tn.