{"id":38,"date":"2026-04-08T12:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ridar.org\/gngphp\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2026-05-06T01:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:14:17","slug":"nathan-miller-1-aug-1727-18-oct-1815","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ridar.org\/gngphp\/ye-old-baptist-burying-ground\/nathan-miller-1-aug-1727-18-oct-1815\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Miller (1 Aug 1727 – 18 Oct 1815)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0Nathan Miller (grave 21) was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts to Nathaniel and Ruth (Chase) Millerd.\u00a0 He married Robey (also spelled Rhobe) Salisbury of Swansea, Massachusetts, on February 3, 1750\/51.\u00a0 By 1761, Nathan and Robey had moved to Cowesett in Warwick, just over the East Greenwich town line, where they had purchased 18 1\/2 acres of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nathan had a reputation as a knife and bayonet maker.\u00a0 His father and brother Nathaniel operated a foundry in Warwick.\u00a0 When he was drafted to serve in guard at Warwick, a general petition was raised asking that he be excused to continue his work making \u201cthese important articles of warfare\u201d.\u00a0 The petition was accepted and he returned to his work until the outbreak of fighting, when he was made a captain in Colonel John Waterman\u2019s regiment of Rhode Island militia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Nathan and his son, Nathan Jr., served in the war.\u00a0 Private Nathan Miller, which most likely referred to Nathan\u2019s son born December 31, 1751, appeared on pay abstracts of Captain Squire Millard\u2019s company in Colonel Waterman\u2019s 2nd Rhode Island Regiment for the alarm of November 21, 1776, and for service in the period of December 4, 1776, to January 7, 1777.\u00a0 Squire Millard, some twenty years younger than Nathan Sr., was his half-brother and uncle to Nathan Jr.; when Ruth Millerd died, the men\u2019s father Nathaniel\u2019s second marriage to Barbara Bowen produced Squire and several other children.\u00a0 Nathan Miller, probably Sr., also appeared on a list of Warwick men in 1777 whose \u201cguns & equipage\u201d had been impressed into military service by the town of Warwick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Nathan and his son participated in the campaign against British forces in Newport, which culminated in the Battle of Rhode Island on August 29, 1778.   On June 2, 1779, in East Greenwich, both men signed a receipt for pay for service in the \u201cexpedition against Newport in August and September\u201d of the previous year – the same receipt Jacob Campbell and Joseph Greene signed. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Pay receipt for service at the Battle of Rhode Island signed by Nathan Miller and his son, Nathan Miller Jr. (starred)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Nathan died in Warwick at the age of 88.  His grave reads \u201cErected to the memory of Capt Nathan Miller of Warwick who died Oct. 18, 1815 in the 89th year of his age\u201d.  His widow Robey (grave 22) was buried beside him.  Her stone reads \u201cRobey Miller, widow Capt. Nathan Miller, who died July 11, 1826, in her 94th year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nathan and Robey had seven children:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nathan b. December 31, 1751, m. Ann Rice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James b. January 19, 1754, m. Elizabeth Burlingame<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John b. May 2, 1756, m. (1) Sarah Potter, (2) Zerviah Potter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary b. 1759<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susannah m. October 31, 1784, Jonathan Andrews<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhobe b. September 22, 1764; m. (1) Jeremiah Bailey, (2) Archibald Dorrance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruth b. 1766, m. Capt. Simmons Spencer<\/p>\n\n\n

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Nathan Miller’s gravestone at Ye Old Baptist Burying Ground, East Greenwich, Rhode Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Nathan Miller (grave 21) was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts to Nathaniel and Ruth (Chase) Millerd.\u00a0 He married Robey (also spelled Rhobe) Salisbury of Swansea, Massachusetts, on February 3, 1750\/51.\u00a0 By 1761, Nathan and Robey had moved to Cowesett in Warwick, just over the East Greenwich town line, where they had purchased 18 1\/2 acres of … <\/p>\n

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