NameGeorge MILLS, GGGG Grandfather
Birth1777, Ogbourne St. George, Wiltshire
Baptism31 Aug 1777, Ogbourne St. George, Wiltshire
DeathNov 1854
Burial26 Nov 1854, Benson, Oxfordshire
OccupationAgricultural Labourer
Name and birthdate from the Prout Family Tree by Gill Chopra at
ancestry.co.uk[The villages of Ogbourne St. George and Ogbourne St Andrew are about 2 miles apart]
Selected Births and Baptisms
Ogbourne St. George, Wiltshire, England
Baptism August 31, 1777
George Mills, born Woodland? [There is a Woodsend about 2 miles from Ogbourne St. George.] father George Mills, mother Betty Mills
In the 1841 census Roke Marsh, Benson, Bensington, Wallingford Registration district, Oxfordshire.
Georg [the e is missing] Mills, age 64, agricultural labourer, not born in the county.
[Its possible Ann may have died by this date]
[Roke Marsh is about 1/2 mile from Benson]
In the 1851 Census Hamlet of Rokemarsh, Benson, Oxfordshire
Head
George Mills, unmarried [if this is the case, this could be the wrong George Mills], age 76, agricultural labourer, birth place unknown.
Parish Records Benson, Oxfordshire
Burials
George Mills of Roke, buried November 26, 1854, age 77 years, ceremony by R. A. Lambert
Name and birthdate from the Prout Family Tree by Gill Chopra at
ancestry.co.ukParish Records, Benson, Oxfordshire
Ann Wheller [as spelled] (natural) daughter of Hannah [presumably Wheller] May 28, 1780
Parish Records Benson Oxfordshire
Banns of Marriage between
George Mills and
Ann Wheeler both of this Parish were published October 19, 26 and November 2 by me Thomas Shaw.
George Mills of this Parish Bachelor and Ann Wheeler of this Parish Spinster were married in this Church by Banns
this second day of November, 1800
by me Thomas Shaw, Curate
The mark of George Mills
The Mark of Ann Wheeler
in the presence of Robert East and Thomas Neaks?
A
possible entry in the parish records of Benson, Oxfordshire
burials November 10, 1811 Nanny Mills.
[Nanny is a diminutive of Ann. The only entries for Mills in the 1779 to 1812 parish Record for baptisms and burials are the baptism of George and Ann’s children Martha Elizabeth and John and this burial.]