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From: "William Thomas" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Michael Mueller/Miller (b.c1692)
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:59:26 -0500
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I was looking at Virgil Miller's "Both Sides of the Ocean" regarding the
Stutzman's. Virgil makes note of this Jacob Stutzman of 1727, and notes
that this is before the Amish-Mennonite migrations. Speaks of a Christian
Stutzman with connections to the Hochstedler's and the 1727 Stutzman that
were made by a Rev. Harvey Hostetler in 1938, and comments that AAMG has
different lineages then the Rev. Virgil also notes that this Christian
Stutzman was Reformed, while his wife was Anabaptist. Virgil makes no
connection to any Miller's, and Amish-Mennonite Miller's is a focus of his
research. Anyway, you may want to check out Virgils book....page 266.

Bill Thomas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dwayne Wrightsman" <>
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Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 4:25 PM
Subject: [BRE] Michael Mueller/Miller (b.c1692)


>
> MICHAEL MUELLER/MILLER, b.c1692, Progenitor of Brethren Miller Families
>
> I have a question about the religion of Michael Miller, progenitor of the
> Brethren Miller families, before he arrived in Philadelphia on the Ship
> Adventurer in 1727. It is said by some that he was German Reformed, but I
> cannot locate an actual church record to document this position. Nor can
I
> locate church records that any of his German-born children were baptized
as
> infants.
>
> It is fairly well known that Michael's widowed "mother" married the
> Mennonite Jacob Stutzman (b.c1660) after Michael's father died in c1695.
> This Jacob Stutzman had a son, Jacob Stutzman Jr. (b.1706), who also
arrived
> on the Ship Adventurer in 1727. According to Mennonite researcher Richard
> Warren Davis, the Jacob Stutzman on the Adventurer was a Mennonite. This
> Jacob Stutzman (b. 1706) was either a step-brother or a half-brother of
> Michael Miller (b. c1692), depending upon whether Michael was born of his
> father's second wife or his first wife. In c1714, Michael Miller married
> into the Mennonite Bechtel or Berchtold family.
>
> My question is this: Why is Michael Miller often described as German
> Reformed when the circumstantial evidence points towards his being
> Mennonite?
>
> I am speaking only of his life in Germany before emigrating in 1727. In
> this country, his descendants joined up with the German Baptists Brethren.
>
> Dwayne Wrightsman
> Lee, NH
>
>
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