Having now had time to go through my files properly I have extracted the following information for you to follow up on. If you need information on the others that I have mentioned please let me know.
The earliest mention that I have of Miller’s in the Noak Hill area on my Noak Hill Name Database is for a burial held at St Edward’s Church in the Market Place Romford for a Abraham Miller of Noak Hill which was held on 10th September 1760.
The next one that I have is for a Sarah Miller who was born circa 1720 possibly in the district of South Weald (which is only a two and a bit mile walk from Noak Hill) who was a widow of Hare Street (Romford/Romford Common but I need to mention that the present day Noak Hill Road was also referred to as Hare Street on a couple of documents that I have seen whereas the present day Main Road Gidea Park is also known as Hare Street by some). There is a will dated 13th August 1779 which was held by the Registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury for Sarah which was proved on 8th February 1780……This Sarah Miller was the daughter of James Combers (more likely to be Cumbers) and she was buried in the same grave as him and her husband M. Miller at St Peter’s Church, South Weald Essex (her will requests that this was done). Sarah Miller died in February 1780. Her father had died in 1736.
From there I have a mention of a Thomas Miller residing in a property owned by Henry William Watkins, which consisted of a cottage & garden, on the following dates; 13th May 1840. 4th April 1844. 1st January 1846. 20th October 1848. & 4th April 1850. Each date represents when the Poor Rate was collected from each ward of the parish, in this case the property fell into the Noak Hill Ward of the Parish of Romford.
Thomas Miller and his wife Isabella are shown living in Noak Hill on the 1841 census along with their children, Thomas, Fanny, Charles, John and Edward all of whom are noted as being born within the county of Essex. Out of these children I think that I have located a marriage for Fanny and also have Edward, Thomas and their brother William (not shown on the 1841 census) cropping up in different sources that I have.
Thomas Miller, born c1805 died in 1873 and was buried at St Thomas’ Chapel of Ease, Church Road Noak Hill near Romford on 1st January 1874 at the time of his death he was residing in Noak Hill and his age given at death is noted as 69. Isabella Miller, born c1807 is also buried at St Thomas’ Chapel of Ease, Church Road Noak Hill near Romford. She was buried on 4th September 1882 and was residing in Noak Hill at the time of her death. Her age given at death was 75. Unfortunately I know of no head stone for either Thomas or Isabella.
For a general feel of how Noak Hill was when the Millers where in the hamlet you might want to look at
www.friendsofdagnampark.org.uk although the website deals predominantly with Dagnam Park, a large country estate that once stood in the area, it drew its workers from the nearby hamlet of Noak Hill and Romford Common.
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