Notes:

Reference David Thompson e-mail 5-15-02:

Thomas MILLIE had brothers Robert, John and Andrew. Well, I found a family with all these children:
MILLIE, John Bir 1791 Scot Fife Ceres
Fa: Henry Millie
Mo: Magdalene Rumgay
MILLIE, Andrew Chr 1793 Scot Fife Ceres
Fa: Henry Millie
Mo: Magdaline Rumgay
MILLIE, David Chr 1794 Scot Fife Ceres
Fa: Henry Millie
Mo: Magdaline Rumgay
MILLIE, Henry Chr 1794 Scot Fife Ceres
Fa: Henry Millie
Mo: Magdaline Rumgay
MILLIE, Thomas Chr 1796 Scot Fife Ceres
Fa: Henry Millie
Mo: Magdaline Rumgay
MILLIE, Robert Chr 1798 Scot Fife Ceres
Fa: Henry Millie
Mo: Magdalene Rumgay
I also found the following who may be an aunt of HH, her father was Thomas, she was in Dublin, and note her first and middle names, the same as Thomas above:
LATIMER, William
Wife: Magdalene Rumgay MILLIE
Marriage Date: 23 Oct 1847 Recorded in: St. Peter, Dublin, Ireland
Collection: Civil Registration
Husband's Father: James LATIMER
Wife's Father: Thomas MILLIE
Source: FHL Film 101286 Dates: 1847 - 1847
I still bet that Bob's Henry comes down this line. Likely a couple or all of the brothers went to Ireland together.

NOTE 2./ CERES, ASSOCIATE CONGREGATION: BAPTISMS, 1738-1806, 1808, 1836-37, [CH3/54]
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[Seceding families came from all over Central and East Fife to have their children baptised at Ceres, and this has been reflected in the baptismal register, in the index below all parishes and place-names have been kept, apart from Ceres: where none is given, the family belongs to Ceres]
MILLIE, HENRY & MAGDALENE RUMGAY by Easthill of Bandirran; John, Oct 25/0ct 30 1791; Andrew, Jan 20 1793; David, Oct 10 1794; Thomas, July 26 1796; Robert, Aug 12 1798

NOTE 3./ Historical Note: The Year Was 1789

The year was 1789 and in the U.S. a young government was beginning to take shape. In its first nationwide election, the popular Revolutionary War general, George Washington, became the country's first president and was sworn in at the first capitol of the United States, Federal Hall in New York City.

In France, a rebellion was underway and with the storming of the Bastille prison, the French Revolution began. In its reporting on the subject, The Times of London, England had the following to say of the conflict:

The spirit of liberty which so long lay in a state of death, oppressed by the hand of power, received its first spark of returning animation, by the incautious and impolitic assistance afforded to America. The French soldier on his return from that emancipated continent, told a glorious tale to his countrymen--"That the arms of France had given freedome to thirteen United States, and planted the standard of liberty on the battlements of New York and Philadelphia." The idea of such a noble deed became a general object of admiration, the [facets?] of a similar state were eagerly longed for by all ranks of people, and the vox populi had this force of argument--"If France gave freedom to America, why should she not unchain the arbitrary fetters which bind her own people.

Later that year, the Marquis de Lafayette, with the advice of Thomas Jefferson who was at the time the American ambassador to France, drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. It was adopted by France's National Assembly in August and ratified by Louis XVI in October.

There was unrest in other parts of the world as well. Sweden and Russia were at war, and briefly, Norway had joined the conflict, although a peace treaty was signed in July 1789.

In a smaller, but well-known conflict, the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty was also in the year 1789. On April 28, part of the crew of the Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian, mutinied and set Captain William Bligh and eighteen crewmembers adrift. Bligh managed to get the boat some 3,600 miles to Timor. Some of the mutineers were captured and prosecuted--three were hanged, while others, including Fletcher Christian ended up on Pitcairn Island, where some of their descendants live to this day.

In 1789, there was an epidemic of influenza in New England, New York, and Nova Scotia, which resulted in many deaths due to secondary cases of pneumonia. The new president was among those who fell ill. He caught a cold while visiting Boston, and later, was affected more seriously with influenza, which was dubbed Washington Influenza.

Henry married Magdalene RUMGAY about 1790 in Easthill of Bandirran, Ceres, Fife, Scotland. Magdalene (daughter of AndrewSr RUMGAY and Mary (McKie) MACKIE) was born on 01 Sep 1765 in Cameron, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John MILLIE was born on 25 Oct 1791 in Easthill of Bandirran Estates, Ceres Parish, Fife, Scotland.; died in in New York ?.
2. Andrew MILLIE was born on 19 Jan 1793 in Easthill of Bandirran Estates, Ceres Parish, Fife, Scotland..
3. David MILLIE was born on 10 Oct 1794 in Easthill of Bandirran, Ceres Parish, Fife, Scotland.
4. Henry MILLIE was born on 10 Oct 1794 in Ceres Parish, Fife, Scotland; died after 1861 in Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland.
5. Thomas MILLIE was born on 26 Jul 1796 in Easthill of Bandirran, Ceres Parish, Fife, Scotland; died in in Ireland.
6. Robert Rumgay MILLIE was born on 12 Aug 1798 in Easthill of Bandirran estates, Ceres Parish, Fife, Scotland; died before 05 Aug 1886 in not in 1841 Scotland census.
7. Mary MILLIE was born in 1808 in Ceres, Fifeshire, Scotland; died after 1861 in Age 53, Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland.

Notes:

NOTE 1./ CERES, ASSOCIATE CONGREGATION : BAPTISMS, 1738-1806, 1808, 1836-37, [CH3/54] <>

[Seceding families came from all over Central and East Fife to have their children baptised at Ceres, and this has been reflected in the baptismal register, in the index below all parishes and place-names have been kept, apart from Ceres: where none is given, the family belongs to Ceres]

1836-37, MILLIE, WILLIAM & MARTHA DONALDSON in Backbraes; William, July 29 1759; Henry, Sep 21 1761; David, Oct 14 1764; Martha, Oct 5 1766

John married Martha DONALDSON on 12 Mar 1756 in Ceres, Fife, Scotland. Martha (daughter of David DONALDSON and Martha SEMPLE) was born on 15 Mar 1724 in Ceres Parish, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Huguenot History Review as researched by RAM 3-02-2007

Napoleon Bonaparte who died in 1824, was named as a General during the French Revolution. The French Revolution finally ended the 200 + years of persecution of the Huguenots. The persecution and flight of the Huguenots greatly damaged the reputation of France and Louis XIV abroad, particularly in England; the two kingdoms, which had enjoyed peaceful relations prior to 1685, became bitter enemies and fought against each other in a series of wars from 1689 onward.

The Huguenots, as a class, were the bone and sinew of France. The nobility were wealthy, the merchants and manufacturers, both the prosperous, and poorer classes of the sober and industrious. It is estimated that the loss to France by the Huguenot persecutions, first and last, was about 400,000. Manufactures and the arts were paralyzed, and the whole country suffered from its effects for one hundred years. Louis and his predecessors sowed the vipers' eggs that a century later brought Louis XVI and his court to the guillotine. Thus, in a measure, did time avenge the martyred Huguenots.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name Huguenot was applied to a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France, historically known as the French Calvinists. Persecution of Protestants continued in France after 1724 (see article Persecution of Huguenots under Louis XV), but ended in 1764 and the French Revolution of 1789 finally made them full-fledged citizens.

Over fifty thousand Huguenots escaped France between 1670 and 1710 and migrated around the world, including the Americas. The Huguenot presence in the city of Cork, Cork County, Waterford and Wexford, Carlow, Portarlington, western Ireland, and Dublin, with the more successful Huguenot families settling in those localities in the wake of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.

Summary quick FAQ:
1. What are the Huguenots? (sometimes spelt Hugenots)
Huguenots practiced a form of Protestantism in France aligned with John Calvins theological view that salvation in the Christian religion could be found by reading the Bible and interpreting what you read yourself. You could go to heaven with your own individual faith without needing to go to any church.
2. When did it start?
In the early 1500s and Louis XIV.
3. There have been hundreds of denominations of religions that have been forgotten. Why are they well known?
The religion was against the Catholic and Monarchists systems of the time. The governmental system passed laws to restrict the religion as it may lead to civil war. (It did!) This resulted in many battles and the deaths of thousands of Huguenots over many years. The Huguenots held to their religion fervently and escaped France spreading to other many other countries.
4. What is the Edict of Nantes?
Henry IV created the Edict of Nantes in 1598 to give the Huguenots a small amount of religious freedom.
5. What happened to the Edict of Nantes?
It was revoked in 1685 and replaced with the Edict of Fontainbleau - laws that oppressed, stigmatized and penalized Huguenots. While not to the extent that the Nazi's attempted to commit genocide on Jewish people, the laws were similar in that it would remove the Huguenots by attrition.
6. Where are they now?
Huguenots escaped France between 1670 and 1710 and migrated around the world.
7. What happened after that?
The Promulgation of the Edict of Toleration ended the persecution of the Huguenots in France 1787.

To Melanie: So it seems as though the dating of the artifacts in your possession from Napoleon, may would indicate the range of years of emigration of the Millie's from France to Scotland. ...... probably before 1789. We have a good idea of the movement into Ireland.

David married Martha SEMPLE on 04 Jan 1706 in Ceres, Fife, Scotland. Martha (daughter of Robert SEMPLE and Marjorie ANDERSON) was born on 17 Jun 1682 in Ceres, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Marjorie ANDERSON on 16 May 1679 in Ceres, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]