Christian Miller Sr, with his wife Elizabetha, came to America from Switzerland, arriving in Philadelphia, November 9, 1738 on the "Charming Nancy" which had sailed from Rotterdam and stopped at Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
With 65 other passengers in the "Charming Nancy" he is recorded as having signed the Oath of allegiance to the King of Britain and the Proprietor of the Province and two other Oaths of Abjuration, all in the presence of Lieutenant Governor George Thomas in Philadelphia Couth House on November 9, 1738.
There is no record of when Christian Miller settled on the Lynn Township property granted him by Thomas and Richard Penn, proprietaries and governors in chief of the Province, by warrant issued March 26, 1734, four years before he set out for America.
That he enjoyed his own lands and prospered there is indicated by the fact that he purchased thirty-one adjoining acres on April 20, 1749 and seventy-two acres on March 23, 1750. On April 7, 1767, after title passes to Christian Jr., another 100 acres was added to expand the property to 359 acres.
It was on the once barren Lynn Township lands, now so fruitful and productive , that Christian Miller and his wife Elizabetha reared four children and established the roots of a family that in each generation has made distinct contributions not only to the cultural, economic and religious life of Lehigh County, but also to the development of the state and nation.
Children: John Jacob Miller born 17 December 1737; Andreas Miller born 1 March 1739; Christian Miller, Jr. born 6 January 1741; Susanna Miller born 6 November 1743.
With 65 other passengers in the "Charming Nancy" he is recorded as having signed the Oath of allegiance to the King of Britain and the Proprietor of the Province and two other Oaths of Abjuration, all in the presence of Lieutenant Governor George Thomas in Philadelphia Couth House on November 9, 1738.
There is no record of when Christian Miller settled on the Lynn Township property granted him by Thomas and Richard Penn, proprietaries and governors in chief of the Province, by warrant issued March 26, 1734, four years before he set out for America.
That he enjoyed his own lands and prospered there is indicated by the fact that he purchased thirty-one adjoining acres on April 20, 1749 and seventy-two acres on March 23, 1750. On April 7, 1767, after title passes to Christian Jr., another 100 acres was added to expand the property to 359 acres.
It was on the once barren Lynn Township lands, now so fruitful and productive , that Christian Miller and his wife Elizabetha reared four children and established the roots of a family that in each generation has made distinct contributions not only to the cultural, economic and religious life of Lehigh County, but also to the development of the state and nation.
Children: John Jacob Miller born 17 December 1737; Andreas Miller born 1 March 1739; Christian Miller, Jr. born 6 January 1741; Susanna Miller born 6 November 1743.
Christian Miller Sr, with his wife Elizabetha, came to America from Switzerland, arriving in Philadelphia, November 9, 1738 on the "Charming Nancy" which had sailed from Rotterdam and stopped at Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
With 65 other passengers in the "Charming Nancy" he is recorded as having signed the Oath of allegiance to the King of Britain and the Proprietor of the Province and two other Oaths of Abjuration, all in the presence of Lieutenant Governor George Thomas in Philadelphia Couth House on November 9, 1738.
There is no record of when Christian Miller settled on the Lynn Township property granted him by Thomas and Richard Penn, proprietaries and governors in chief of the Province, by warrant issued March 26, 1734, four years before he set out for America.
That he enjoyed his own lands and prospered there is indicated by the fact that he purchased thirty-one adjoining acres on April 20, 1749 and seventy-two acres on March 23, 1750. On April 7, 1767, after title passes to Christian Jr., another 100 acres was added to expand the property to 359 acres.
It was on the once barren Lynn Township lands, now so fruitful and productive , that Christian Miller and his wife Elizabetha reared four children and established the roots of a family that in each generation has made distinct contributions not only to the cultural, economic and religious life of Lehigh County, but also to the development of the state and nation.
Children: John Jacob Miller born 17 December 1737; Andreas Miller born 1 March 1739; Christian Miller, Jr. born 6 January 1741; Susanna Miller born 6 November 1743.
With 65 other passengers in the "Charming Nancy" he is recorded as having signed the Oath of allegiance to the King of Britain and the Proprietor of the Province and two other Oaths of Abjuration, all in the presence of Lieutenant Governor George Thomas in Philadelphia Couth House on November 9, 1738.
There is no record of when Christian Miller settled on the Lynn Township property granted him by Thomas and Richard Penn, proprietaries and governors in chief of the Province, by warrant issued March 26, 1734, four years before he set out for America.
That he enjoyed his own lands and prospered there is indicated by the fact that he purchased thirty-one adjoining acres on April 20, 1749 and seventy-two acres on March 23, 1750. On April 7, 1767, after title passes to Christian Jr., another 100 acres was added to expand the property to 359 acres.
It was on the once barren Lynn Township lands, now so fruitful and productive , that Christian Miller and his wife Elizabetha reared four children and established the roots of a family that in each generation has made distinct contributions not only to the cultural, economic and religious life of Lehigh County, but also to the development of the state and nation.
Children: John Jacob Miller born 17 December 1737; Andreas Miller born 1 March 1739; Christian Miller, Jr. born 6 January 1741; Susanna Miller born 6 November 1743.
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