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Miller, William

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15 Feb. 1782

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 2.

Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

–20 Dec. 1849.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 370, 378.

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Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

Farmer, author, military officer, preacher.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 32, 63, 108; “The Great Miller Camp Meeting at Newark, The Last Day,” New York Herald, 13 Nov. 1842, [1]; Stone, Washington County, New York, Its History to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, 445; Miller, Evidence from Scripture.

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Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

New York Herald. New York City. 1835–1924.

Stone, William Leete, ed. Washington County, New York, Its History to the Close of the Nineteenth Century. [New York]: New York History Co., 1901.

Miller, William. Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of Christ, about the Year 1843; Exhibited in a Course of Lectures. Troy, NY: Kemble and Hooper, 1836.

Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 1–2, 4.

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Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

Son of William Miller and Paulina Phelps.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 1–2, 4.

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Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

Moved to Hampton, Washington Co., New York, 1786.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 4, 7.

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Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

Married Lucy Phelps Smith, 29 June 1803.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 18; Washington Co., NY, Surrogate’s Court, Probate Records, 1788–1916, Wills, vol. E, 1788–1916, bk. E, pp. 159–162, microfilm 513,865, U. S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Moved to Poultney, Rutland Co., Vermont, 1803.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 18.

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Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

Elected sheriff, 1809, in Poultney.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 22.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

Commissioned a lieutenant in Vermont militia, 21 July 1810.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 31.

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Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

Served in War of 1812.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 32.

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Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

Returned to Hampton, 1815.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 63.

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Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

Elected Hampton town supervisor, 1821, 1829, and 1832.

Stone, Washington County, New York, Its History to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, 445.

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Stone, William Leete, ed. Washington County, New York, Its History to the Close of the Nineteenth Century. [New York]: New York History Co., 1901.

Licensed as Baptist minister, Sept. 1833, by Low Hampton Baptist Church.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 108–109.

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Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

Elected justice of the peace in Washington Co., 1835.

Corey, Gazetteer of the County of Washington, N.Y., 190.

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Corey, Allen. Gazetteer of the County of Washington, N.Y., Comprising a Correct Statistical and Miscellaneous History of the County and Several Towns, from Their Organization to the Present Time. Schuylerville, NY: No publisher, 1849–1850.

Founded Advent faith (later Seventh-day Adventist Church), 1845.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 288, 299–300, 323–324; “The Great Miller Camp Meeting at Newark, The Last Day,” New York Herald, 13 Nov. 1842, [1].

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

New York Herald. New York City. 1835–1924.

Died in Hampton.

Bliss, Memoirs of William Miller, 378.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bliss, Sylvester. Memoirs of William Miller Generally Known as A Lecturer on the Prophecies, and the Second Coming of Christ. Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853.

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