Alexander R. (Rev.) Miller 
Alexander R. (Rev.) was born on August 26th, 1739 in New Castle DE. Alexander R. (Rev.)'s father is Abraham Miller and his mother is Susannah Roddy. He was an only child. He died at the age of 80 on January 14th, 1820 in Hague St. Lawrence Co NY.General Notes
Rev. Alexander Miller
Alexander Miller was licensed to preach bythe Presbytery of New York in 17
67, and was ordained in 1770. In 1771, he tookcharge of a church gather
ed in Schenectady, New York, where he remained for eleven years, but duri
ng the distraction of the Revolutionary war, his congregation dispersed, a
nd he was compelled to leave the field. He was a trustee of Princeton Coll
ege , 1785-1795. Prebsyterian minister, and during the last of the eightee
nth century taught in a seminary in Albany (now Schenectady), N. Y.
An Outline History of Orange County with an Enumeration of Names of its To
wns, Villages, Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Ponds, Mountains, Hills and Other Kn
own Localities, and their Etymologies or Historical Reasons Therefore; To
gether With Local Traditions And Short Biographical Sketches of Early Sett
lers, Etc. By Sam'l W. Eager, Esq., Member of the Historical Associati
on of Newburgh, and Corresponding Member of the Historical Society Of t
he State of New York. Newburgh: S. T. Callahan, 1846-7.
Page 43 MONTGOMERY ACADEMY. The subscription to found this Academy is dat
ed in 1787, and contains 277 names, subscribing from 4s. to £6, and cover
ed a population of fifteen miles square. The sums subscribed amounted to £
319; and the subscribers appointed the following persons trustees: Arth
ur Parks, Benjamin Sears, Adam Crans, Jacob Newkirk, Henrick Smith, Johan
es Miller, Henrick Van Keuren, William Jackson, Jas. Jackson, Philip Mills
paugh, Martinas Crist, Matthew Hunter and Gideon Pelton.
The trustees purchased a frame already put up several miles distant, as th
ey could get it for some small sum; made a frolic, and carted it down to t
he village. This was but the work of a day in those patriotic and free-wi
ll times. The building was entirely put up and finished. The teacher th
ey wished to employ (the Rev. Alexander Miller of New Jersey,) was marrie
d, had a family and horse, and could not come unless they could be accommo
dated as well as himself. The trustees doubled their exertions, built a ki
tchen adjoining the Academy, put up a stable, and permitted Mr. Mill
er to live in the ground floor, tendered him £80 for the first year and af
ter that all he could make, which was accepted. The school opened with fa
ir prospects and has been in as flourishing condition ever since as any co
untry academy in the State. Among its early teachers we name Nathaniel How
ell, Nathan H. White, Ruben Neely and William H. Weller. Tuition was fr
om £5 to £2 per year, according to what the pupil studied.
This building, never very substantial, was removed in 1818, and the prese
nt brick edifice put up in its place at an expense of over $5,000. The Ins
titution had some funds on hand, a rare fact at this day, which with $1,5
00 raised by subscription and $2,000 of quit rents on three patents in th
is county, then uncancelled, enabled the trustees to complete this noble e
ducational structure. The building is 60 by 40 feet, two stories high, wi
th a small cellar for coal and wood. Each story is divided into two room
s, a large and small one. The Institution was incorporated April 13th, 179
2. There are but three academies in the State older than this.
Alexander R. (Rev.) and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on April 25th, 1786 in Morristown Morris Co, NJ. They had a son and a daughter, named Alexander R. (Deacon) and Susan.
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Children
Alexander R. (Deacon) Miller
Alexander R. (Deacon) was born in 1795 in Princeton, NJ. He died at the age of 88 on February 16th, 1883 in Mason, MI.
Susan Miller
Susan was born in New Jersey. She died on February 24th, 1839 in Freeport Stephenson IL.
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