Thomas and Ann Mills
Family of Thomas Mills & Ann Clegg & Sarah Ann Cashmore & Mary Christine Olesen, c. 1839-1892 (b. 1816)
Residence: Greater Manchester, England; Utah County, Utah
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Parents' Childhood
Thomas Mills was born in 1816 to William and Catherine Mills in Culcheth, Cheshire, England.
Ann Clegg was born in 1818 to William and Ann Clegg in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England.
Married Life
Thomas and Ann lived in Leigh and had 15 children there.
| 1838 | Married in Leigh, England |
| 1839 | Anne born & died |
| 1840 | Mary born |
| 1841 | Jane born |
| 1842 | Martha born |
| 1843 | Ellen born |
| 1845 | George born |
| 1847 | Joseph born |
| 1848 | Sarah born |
| 1849 | Joseph died, age 2 |
| 1850 | Alice born |
| 1852 | Nephi born |
| 1854 | Samuel born |
| 1856 | Rebecca born |
| 1858 | Robert born |
| 1859 | Ann born |
| 1862 | Eliza born |
| 1863 | Mary married Richard Yates |
| 1863 | Jane married George Hone Jr. |
| 1864 | Jane and George immigrated to Utah |
| 1865 | Sarah died, age 16 |
| 1866 | Mary and family immigrated to Utah |
| 1866 | Martha married Thomas Wood |
| 1867 | George married Alice Leigh |
| 1873 | Nephi married Mary Willcock |
| 1873 | Ann died, age 54 |
At the time of Ann's death, the younger children were: Samuel, age 19; Rebecca, age 17; Robert, age 15; Ann, age 14; and Eliza, age 11.
Thomas's Later Life
Thomas immigrated to Utah in 1874 with his children Ellen, Rebecca, Robert, Ann, and Eliza.
| 1874 | Alice died, age 23 |
| 1874 | Immigration to Utah |
| 1874 | Thomas married Sarah Ann Cashmore |
| 1875 | Samuel married Mary Elizabeth Davies in Leigh |
| 1875 | Rebecca married Henry Hone |
| 1876 | Ellen married Josiah Thomas Arrowsmith |
| 1876 | Nephi died in Leigh, age 23 |
| 1877 | Ellen died, age 33 |
| 1877 | Thomas married Mary Christine Olesen |
| 1878 | Lydia born, daughter of Mary |
| 1878 | Ann married Francis Alfred Peay |
| 1879 | Thomas William born, son of Mary |
| c. 1883 | Eliza married Francis Marion Koontz |
| c. 1884 | Robert married Sarah Ann Hone |
| 1885 | Thomas died, age 69 |
The Mills family was closely connected to the Hones—Jane and Rebecca married two of their sons, and Robert married one of their granddaughters. Mary and her husband traveled to Utah on the same ship as the Hones.
Ellen was Josiah's second polygamous wife. They lived in Provo. She died soon after giving birth to her first child.
Descendants
Martha, George, Nephi, and Samuel remained with their families in Leigh. Nephi died young, and his only child died soon after.
The rest of the family immigrated to Utah:
- Mary and her family settled in Benjamin.
- Jane and her family also settled in Benjamin; after their children were grown, she and her husband retired in Payson.
- After Ellen's death, her daughter was raised in Provo.
- Rebecca and her husband remained in Benjamin.
- Robert and his family lived in Benjamin.
- Ann and her family lived in Benjamin, and later moved to Provo.
- Eliza and her family lived in Benjamin, and later moved to Burley, Idaho.
References
- Saints by Sea immigration record for George and Jane Hone, Richard and Mary Yates (traveling with George and Mary Hone), and Thomas Mills (some ages are wrong)
