| Name |
Obadiah* Miller |
| Suffix |
Sr |
| Birth |
1631 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
Bef 1654 |
Taunton, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts  |
| Property |
Jun 1654 |
Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
- Obadiah's name first appears in June, 1654, when John Pynchon granted to him a homelot of three acres and other land. Many more land transactions involving Obadiah followed over the next 40 years.
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| Other-Begin |
Mar 1655 |
Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
- In March of 1655, Obadiah Miller complained in court that Joane, his wife, abused him with reproachful terms or names as calling him fool, toad, vermine, and threatening him; also she fell upon him and beat him and scratched his hands and face. John Lamb testified that he heard her say she would knock him on the head and she did often call him fool and other reproachful terms; Thomas Miller testified that when his brother, Obadiah, and his wife lived with him he often heard her call him names and she said she did not love him; but she hated him. For her vile behavior towards her husband she was taken forth to the whipping post to receive so many stripes on the naked body as the commissioners should see cause to inflict upon her. She was brought forth, but made earnest protestations for better carriage toward her husband and so the punishment was remitted but she was told that for the least miscarriage toward Obadiah she should be brought forth again to receive a good whipping on the naked body. In 1692, Samuel Barnard (prentice to Obadiah Miller) was in court for throwing stones at glass windows. He denied it and was admonished and discharged.
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| Other-Begin |
23 Mar 1655 |
Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
| Oath of Fidelity |
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Oath of Fidelity - Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
from "John Harmon of Springfield MA Associates Part 7
VIII
Those Who Took The Oath of Fidelity
March 23, 1655/56
"March 23d 1655/56 being a Training day these under written took the oath of fidelity:
Thomas Bancroft, John Stewart, James Warrener, Obadiah Miller, Symon Sackett, Nathaneel Burt, Hugh Dudley, Samuel Bliss, William Morgan, Lawrence Bliss, Jeremy Horton, James Taylor, Edward Foster, John Sackett, Josiah Chapin Abell Wright, Richard Maund, John Riley, Anthony Dorchester, Francis Pepper, James Osborne, John Horton, John Earle"
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| Death |
Between 8 May 1697 and 14 Mar 1699 |
Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
| Notes |
- Obadiah is probably the immigrant sometime before 1655, but from where needs to be researched.
Obadiah Miller and his brother, Thomas Miller, were among the earliest settlers of Springfield, Mass., which was founded in 1636 by William Pynchon and seven other men. Pynchon, whose home was in Springfield, England, was one of the original 27 patent holders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony that received land grants from King James in 1629.
The early records of Springfield, Mass., contain many references to Obadiah and Thomas Miller. Obadiah's name first appears in June, 1654, when John Pynchon granted to him a homelot of three acres and other land. Many more land transactions involving Obadiah followed over the next 40 years. Obadiah's attendance at the Springfield Meeting House sessions, where he served as a Selectman, was noted in the records, as well as several fines for missing meetings. He was appointed a Fence Viewer and also a Hayward, civic posts. The dates of Obadiah's birth and death are not known, but he was likely born in England, possibly to Robert and Elizabeth Miller, about 1624 and likely died in Springfield between May 8, 1697 and March 14, 1699.
Obadiah Miller married Joan, or Joanna, Cogan of Taunton, Mass., following the death of her husband, Thomas Cogan, in 1654. Obadiah and Joan had three children: Lazarus Miller, born Sept. 23, 1655, and died Aug. 4, 1697, and married Mary Burbank of Suffield, Conn., Dec. 2, 1685; Obadiah Miller Jr., born March 26, 1658; and Joanna Miller, born July 6, 1659. In addition, Joan, or Joanna, had four children by her first husband: Bathsheba Cogan, born about 1645 and died in Springfield 1688, who married John Barber and had four children; Mary Cogan, born about 1647 and died May 19, 1676 at Windsor, Conn., who married Samuel Barber; Martha Cogan, born about 1648 and died May 22, 1686, at Simsbury, Conn., and married Peter Buel; and Ruth Cogan, born about 1650-52, married Samuel Taylor June 24, 1675
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| Person ID |
I4130 |
Roots |
| Last Modified |
29 May 2017 |
| Family |
Mrs. Joane* (..) Cogan (Coggin), (immigrant), b. 1619, England d. Nov 1695, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1654 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Lazarus* Miller, b. 23 Jul 1655, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. 4 Aug 1697, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age 42 years) |
| | 2. Obadiah Miller, Jr, b. 26 Jan 1658, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. 25 Aug 1731, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age 73 years) |
| | 3. Joanna Miller, b. 5 Jun 1659, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. 30 Nov 1713, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age 54 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1901 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Feb 2011 |
1631 - 1699 (66 years)
