MILLER, William - Extra Data

Written by Sue Mackay on .

 

(member of SEPHTON's Party)

 

The life of William MILLER, founder of the Baptist community in the Eastern Cape, is well documented, but most sources refer to his first wife as being Elizabeth DENNISON. In fact it seems that both William and Elizabeth had been married before.

 

London Metropolitan Archives

 

William MILLER widower and Eliza DENNISON widow were married by banns on 8th August 1798 in St.Marylebone.

Both signed

Witnesses: John WILLOCK and Barbara [RUSSELL]

[NB the signature on this marriage matches that of William to Ann HUMPHREYS (widow) in 1843 in Grahamstown]

 

Names too common to be sure of baptisms of children