Born in County Down, Ireland on October 5, 1771 of Scotch Irish descent Mary
immigrated to America in 1787. She married Revolutionary War veteran John
Milliken (176? - 1843) about 1795 in the
Juniata River Valley,
Mifflin County, Pa. John serviced in the First and Third Battalions of the Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia. John and Mary settled on a farm on Ridge Road in Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pa., not far from
Missfortune.
Mary lived to the ripe old of 95 years (1867) and is buried in the
Milliken Family plot.
John and Mary had 13 children and their first daughter
Permelia (1807 – 1869) married John
Cotterrel (1802 – 1865), a prosperous Jefferson, Pa. tanner, in 1828. John and
Permelia Cotterrel’s daughter Martha Annette (1847 – 1910) married Jacob
Haver (1846 – 1905) in 1871.
Mary lived to the ripe old of 95 years (1867) and is buried in the Milliken Family plot.
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