Tabitha Mills
1752 - 1826 (74 years)-
Name Tabitha Mills [1, 2, 3] Birth 27 Feb 1752 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] - Birth is recorded at New Garden MM, Guilford County, NC
Gender Female Death 18 Oct 1826 Estill, Madison Co., KY [10, 11, 12] Burial Madison Co., KY [13] - Near Drowning Creek (Eli Park land). Doug Park would find the final resting place of our Ebenezer and Tabitha on land that was once their son, Eli Park's Farm in the woods--underneath fallen yellow pine trees (a result of an ice storm three years prior.
Person ID I711 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 31 May 2021
Father John (Jonathan?) Mills, Sr., b. 29 Jan 1687, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA d. 24 Nov 1760, Guilford Co., NC (Age 73 years) Mother Rebeckah Harrold (?), b. Bef 1721, Hopewell, Frederick Co., VA d. 24 Jan 1761, NC (Age > 40 years) Marriage 1740 Hopewell, Frederick Co., VA [1, 4, 14] - Probably Hopewell MM
Family ID F1364 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ebenezer Park, b. 1747, Frederick Co., VA d. 25 Apr 1839, Drowning Creek, Madison Co., KY (Age 92 years) Marriage 6 Jan 1772 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC - Matt Troy and John Hankins, Bondsmen
Children 1. Jonathan Allen Park, b. 19 Nov 1773, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC d. 11 Jan 1814 (Age 40 years) 2. John Park, b. 19 Nov 1773, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC d. 3 Mar 1828, Station Camp Creek, Estill Co., KY (Age 54 years) 3. Ebenezer Park,, Jr., b. 27 Nov 1777, Rowan Co., NC d. 11 Aug 1860, Estill Co., KY (Age 82 years) 4. Asa Park, b. 1780, Rowan Co., NC d. 10 Nov 1859, Wagersville, Estill Co., KY (Age 79 years) 5. William Park, b. 1784, Rowan Co., NC d. 18 Dec 1851, Estill Co., KY (Age 67 years) 6. Eli Park, b. 10 Jul 1787, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC d. 6 Dec 1858, Station Camp Creek, Richmond Co., KY (Age 71 years) 7. Rebecca Park, b. 1788 8. Jesse James Park, b. Abt 1790, Rowan Co., NC d. 14 Oct 1845, Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO (Age ~ 55 years) 9. Mary (Milly) Leary Park, b. 1792, Rowan Co., NC d. Aft 1870, Estill Co., KY (Age > 79 years) 10. Charity Park, b. 1795 d. 1795 (Age 0 years) Family ID F300 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 May 2021
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Event Map Birth - 27 Feb 1752 - Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC Marriage - 6 Jan 1772 - Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC Death - 18 Oct 1826 - Estill, Madison Co., KY Burial - - Madison Co., KY = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Since the Mills family was staunchly Quaker for generations, it is likely that Tabitha was “disowned” or otherwise “shunned” for marrying outside the Society of Friends.
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Sources - [S105] Mills Ancestry.
- [S5] Percival David Park, Possible Origins of some Park Families in the Eastern Part of Old Rowan County, North Carolina.
- [S1294] Park/Parks/Parke Families File.
- [S908] John and Rebecca Mills Families.
- [S5] Percival David Park, Possible Origins of some Park Families in the Eastern Part of Old Rowan County, North Carolina, p.177 , Guilford Co., NC, (Deep River) according to Cheska Wheatley 27 Feb 1752.
- [S909] Descendants of John Mills (Quaker).
- [S1034] Ebenezer Park & Tabitha Mills Family of Kentucky (1530-2014, gives birthdate as 27 Feb 1752.
- [S1294] Park/Parks/Parke Families File, gives birthdate as 27 Feb 1752, town as Salisbury.
- [S1294] Park/Parks/Parke Families File, 27 feb 1752.
- [S43] Evelyn Potter Park, Allen Park, 1745-1805.
- [S1294] Park/Parks/Parke Families File, town named.
- [S1034] Ebenezer Park & Tabitha Mills Family of Kentucky (1530-2014, gives death date as 25 Apr1839.
- [S1034] Ebenezer Park & Tabitha Mills Family of Kentucky (1530-2014.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195406519/rebecca-2nd-mills.
- [S105] Mills Ancestry.