William Miller

1756 - 1819  (62 years)

• Name	William Miller
  Birth	14 May 1756	Doecleugh, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Information regarding his date of birth has come from the Birthday Book of his Great Granddaughter Helen Miller who married William Elliot.
  Baptism	11 Jul 1756	Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	11 July 1756 Baptised a Child to James Millar and Isabel Haitly in Doecleugh named William
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Feb 1819	Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [2, 4]
  	28 Feb 1819 Mortcloth for William Miller, 1s 6d (This is recorded in the Burial Register of Wilton Parish) According to the transcript about James Miller his son, he is most likely buried in Teviothead Old Cemetery.
  AAA Last Date	22 Aug 2021
  Person ID	I64	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Father	James Miller,   b. 23 Mar 1719, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. Abt 1800, Roxburghshire, Scotland (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabel Heatlie,   b. Abt 1720, Roberton, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 6 Apr 1767, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F34	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Douglas,   b. Abt 1759, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 1833, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	8 Dec 1785	Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [2, 5]
  	December 8th 1785 William Miller in the Parish of Cavers and Helen Douglas in this Parish, gave up their names for Proclamation in order to Marriage.
  Number of Children	6 Known Children - may be more
  Research Note	William and Helen remain a bit of a mystery as I cannot locate the correct or identify the correct burial records regarding them. I have looked in areas of Midlothian, Roxburghshire and Selkirk. According to the 1855 death certificate of their daughter Mary Dalgleish, both parents were deceased by this date. Helen may be the one living at Newmill, Hawick in the 1841 Census. She is listed as being aged 80 which means her age could be between 80 - 84 making birth between 1757 - 1761, and of being born in the Hawick County. This would coincide with her details of being of the Hawick parish when she married in 1785. She is also listed with a Janet, aged 65 (1772 - 1776) and an Elizabeth aged 25. There are 3 baptisms recorded in Edinburgh that may or may not be the children of our William Miller and Helen Douglas. I have all 3 baptism records. Alexander born 9 Jan 1786 Andrew born 24 March 1788 John born 7 Oct 1792 In all cases, it states that William Millar, a Causeway Layer and Helen Douglas his spouse, in Old Gray Friars Parish. It is the above two parts that have caused my doubt regarding these children. As the death certificates of all the known children have William Miller being recorded as a Weaver of some sort, I find it difficult to consider a person of this occupation to also being a Causeway Layer. Also I would have expected the parish to be of Cavers, even though they were living in Old Greyfriers Parish at the time. I have not dismissed these births as belonging to William and Helen but would like to find more evidence that William and Helen were in Edinburgh during this time period. Did William go there looking for work and then return back to Roxburghshire where they had further children. The occupation difference is very questionable. One other thing to keep in mind, was the date of births of the children. William and Helen were married 8 Dec 1785. The birth of Alexander is stated to be 9 Jan 1786 in Edinburgh - this is only 1 month after the marriage - nothing unusual. But their daughter Helen is also indicated that she was born in 1786 and that she was born in the parish of Cavers Roxburghshire. This would make it difficult having two births in the same year or even one in 1787 but in two different places. One in Edinburgh and the other in Roxburghshire. I am also questioning at this stage though again not dismissed - that some family trees on Ancestry have William Miller's parents listed as James Miller and Mary Cairns and that his birth was 6 Nov 1754, Edinburgh Midlothian. The majority of these trees do not hold source information on where they obtained their details. I do hold the baptism for this William and it states that James Millar was a Glover Journeyman in South East Edinburgh. I am in possession of a Birthday Book written by William Miller's Granddaughter. In this book it gives the birth date of her father James Miller, her Grandfather William Miller and her Great Grandfather James Miller. All dates in this book have proved to be correct regarding other family members. If you can help solve some of the mystery regarding my Miller family, please contact me. Ailsa
  Children	+ 1. Helen Miller,   b. Abt 1786, Northhouse, Teviothead, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 25 Mar 1855, 23 High Street, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural] + 2. Janet Miller,   b. Abt 1791, Northhouse, Teviothead, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 12 Mar 1875, 4 Albert Place, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. Elizabeth Miller,   b. Abt 1794, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 18 Jun 1880, Bridgegate, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural] + 4. James Miller,   b. 17 Mar 1796, Old Northhouse, Teviothead, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 5 Jan 1887, Loughburnfoot, Teviothead, Roxburghshire, Scotland (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. Margaret Miller,   b. Abt 1798, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 22 Oct 1870, 56 High Street, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural] + 6. Mary Miller,   b. Abt 1804, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 15 Aug 1885, 80 Haliburton Place, Ladhope, Selkirkshire, Scotland (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 8 Dec 1785 - Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S56] Compiler: Helen Miller Elliot, Birthday Book of Isabella D Scott, Present Owner: Ailsa Corlett, (Name: 1888;), Birthday Book that was Helen Miller Elliot's given to her daughter Isabella. [S1] Certificate held on file:. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1756 Cavers Roxburghshire, 785/00 0010 0195. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1819 Wilton Parish Roxburghshire, 810/00 0020 0682. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1785 Hawick Roxburghshire, 789/0030 0102.