Simon Miller definitely had a first wife:
https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I0227...
James Hughes 2005-07-04 12:33:38
Re: Simon Miller/Margaret Gaines - VA
Posted By: Margaret Amundson
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Subject: Re: Simon Miller/Margaret Gaines - VA
Post Date: September 10, 2002 at 10:26:16
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Margaret (?) may have had two children by Simon Miller her second husband. The will of James Scott probated in King George Co. 4 January 1722/3 names three aunts, one is Margaret Amon, Isabella Triplett and Margaret Taliferro and his Uncle Hugh French. This suggest to me first that James Scott's mother was probably Mary French who would have been a half sister to Isabella and Margaret Aron [if she is the Margaret Miller named in Symon's will] And Hugh and Margaret Taliaferro were his full blooded relations by Margaret [who was not nee Gaines] and Hugh French.
Here is an excerpt from a segment of the book I am working on.
John further directed that he be buried next to his first wife, Martha. He named his children, including a son Anthony, who is identified in the will of Simon Miller, as Margaret's child. Prosser’s will was presented for probate 30 June 1677. The exact date of Prosser's death is not known. The family lived on the frontier of [Old] Rappahannock County, where there was an Indian massacre on 25 January 1675-76. There was a higher than usual number of wills submitted for probate in [Old] Rappahannock County, in 1677. It is felt by many that this can be explained by Bacon's Rebellion. However, Dr. Lorena S. Walsh in a letter to the compiler 15 February 1995, thinks there was an epidemic in the region that caused this increase in deaths, because the phenomenon occurred in Maryland also.
It can not be established exactly when Margaret married Simon Miller. Not only is exact date of John Prosser’s death not known, but neither is the date of Symon Miller's first wife. Margaret probably did not remain a widow too long. A widow with property did not have a hard time finding a husband. Simon had several motherless children, and Margaret had at least one of her own, and three stepchildren to care for. Symon [sic] Miller, boatwright sold four hundred and forty acres to Roger Cleveland, November 1679. Margaret signed with an M for her mark. Thomas Hoskins Warner in his History of [Old] Rappahannock County, Virginia, has the following to say about Symon Miller:
...During the summer and fall of 1676, Major Simon Miller, who was in command of Bacon's forces in the upper Rappahannock...devoted his efforts to fighting the Indians and keeping them under control. His lands lay on the south branch of Puemendson Run, sometimes called Mill Creek: and later on he lived on Golden Vale Creek above Port Royal. Miller's lands adjoined those of Cadwallader Jones and were within the area of the massacre of January 25, 1675-76. So great was the service of Symon Miller in protecting the settlers when their homes and lives were imperiled by the red men that even his nominal enemies joined with his friends in petitioning the Governor to look upon him with an eye of favor.
Cadwallader Jones wrote when it appeared Miller might be hung, along with others who participated in Bacon's Rebellion,
...because of the good he hath done to protect this section from the Indians and keeping them under control.
Simon Miller wrote his will 16 February 1679. He was seven and thirty years old then. In it he lists the following children; Simon, William, John, Susanna, Isabella, and Margaret. He mentioned Anthony Prosser and called him his wife's son. Later on in his will he included provisions for the sons of Mr. Prosser
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