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Miller Family Crest and Name History

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Where did the Scottish Miller family come from? What is the Scottish Miller family crest and coat of arms? When did the Miller family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Miller family history?

It was in the Scottish/English Borderlands that the Strathclyde-Briton people first used the ancient name Miller. It was a name for someone who lived in the county of Dumfries.

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Miller Early Origins

Scribes in Medieval Scotland spelled names by sound rather than any set of rules, so an enormous number of spelling variations exist in names of that era. Miller has been spelled Miller, Millar, Myllar, Mylar, Millare, Myllair and many more.

First found in Dumfriesshire, where the Miller family held a family seat from ancient times. One line had its ancestral seat at Dalswinton, Dumfriesshire. During the Middle Ages, occupational names were frequently recorded in Latin; thus, one who worked at a mill would have been documented under the name Milendinarius, Le Molendinator, or De Molendino. The modern spellings "Miller" and "Millar" came into general use about 1500; earlier documents usually show the name in Latin.

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Miller Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Miller research. Another 210 words(15 lines of text) covering the year 1253 is included under the topic Early Miller History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Miller Early Notables

Another 23 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Miller Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Miller In Ireland

Some of the Miller family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 250 words(18 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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The Great Migration

The number of Strathclyde Clan families sailing for North America increased steadily as the persecution continued. In the colonies, they could find not only freedom from the iron hand of the English government, but land to settle on. The American War of Independence allowed many of these settlers to prove their independence, while some chose to go to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. Scots played essential roles in the forging of both great nations. Among them:

Miller Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century

Benjamin Miller, aged 30, arrived in Bermuda in 1635

Sander Miller, who landed in New England in 1652

Sarah Miller, who arrived in Maryland in 1666

Miller Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century

Symon Miller, who arrived in Virginia in 1705

Steve Miller, who arrived in New York in 1709

Joost Miller, who arrived in New York in 1709

Hans Lendert Miller, who settled in Philadelphia in 1728

Anna Miller, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1732

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Miller Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century

Alexander Craig Miller, who landed in New York in 1801

Catharina Miller, aged 13, landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1807

Adam Miller, who arrived in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 1809

Ann Miller, aged 55, arrived in Maryland in 1812

Arthur G Miller, aged 27, landed in Georgia in 1812

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Miller Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century

Archie W Miller, who arrived in Mississippi in 1902

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Contemporary Notables of the name Miller

Arthur Miller (1915-2005), American playwright best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning "Death of a Salesman"
Mitchell William "Mitch" Miller (1911-2010), American musician, singer, conductor, record producer, A&R man, and record company executive
Henry Valentine Miller (1891-1980), American author
Merton Howard Miller (1923-2000), American economist, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1990
Susan Miller (b. 1946), original name of Susan St. James, American actress and activist
Reggie Miller (b. 1965), retired American professional basketball player who holds the NBA record for career three-pointers
Shannon Miller (b. 1977), American lawyer and artistic gymnast, winner of a combined total of 16 World Championships and Olympic medals between 1991 and 1996
Joaquin Miller (1839-1913), American poet
Stanley Lloyd Miller (1930-2007), American chemist and biologist considered a pioneer in the field of exobiology
Staff Sergeant Andrew Miller (1916-1944), American Army soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1944

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Motto

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Manent optima coelo
Motto Translation: The best things await us in heaven.

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References

Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1968. Print.
Scots Kith and Kin And Illustrated Map Revised 2nd Edition. Edinburgh: Clan House/Albyn. Print.
Moody David. Scottish Family History. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1994. Print. (ISBN 0806312688).
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Compainonage. London: Burke Publishing, 1921. Print.
Martine, Roddy, Roderick Martine and Don Pottinger. Scottish Clan and Family Names Their Arms, Origins and Tartans. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1992. Print.
Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
Leeson, Francis L. Dictionary of British Peerages. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1121-5).
Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
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The Miller Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Miller Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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