McMillan Line

1548–1996 · 112 people in the line
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The line

The ancestry of Lucile McMillan (1905-1996), Frances Holbrook’s mother. Two streams met in Walworth County, Wisconsin: Highland Scots by way of Nova Scotia, and Long Island Quakers by way of the Hudson valley and the Catskills. Both went on to the Pacific coast, and Lucile was born at Tacoma, where her father and uncle ran McMillan Bros., druggists.

The line at a glance

McMillan. Malcolm McMillan, a settler of Lochaber, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, about 1810 > Duncan McMillan (b. c. 1812-1816, Lochaber; to Calamus, Dodge County, Wisconsin, 1845; d. 1889, Beaver Dam) > William McMillan (1841-1927), farmer and teacher in Iowa, then of Tacoma > Alfred Ross McMillan (1884-1966), of McMillan Bros., druggists of Tacoma > Lucile. William married Harriet Ellen Adams, granddaughter of the Humphreys and Enoses of Connecticut.

Frost. William Frost of Setauket and Matinecock, Long Island (d. 1719), and Rebecca Wright > William (1674-1728) > Isaac (1717), a Quaker of Mill River Neck and then Dutchess County > George (1760-1830) > George (1791-1860), of Rensselaerville and Heart Prairie, Wisconsin > Stephen George (1826-1919) > George William (1850-1925), banker at Cloverdale and Santa Cruz, California, then of Spokane > Florence (1885-1957), who married Alfred McMillan at Spokane in 1904. Florence’s parents were second cousins: both descend from Jonathan Fairchild of East Jewett, Greene County, New York.

How sure it is

The McMillan-Frost research file (research/mcmillan/McMillan_Frost_Master_Research.md, October 2026) proves every link from Lucile to Duncan McMillan, Robert Adams and Caroline Humphrey, Stephen G. Frost, Richard Fairchild and William H. Bell from census, marriage, death and draft records, and Duncan’s parents’ names from three records of his own. The Frost line above George (1791) rests on Josephine Frost’s Frost Genealogy (1912) and is compiled, as are the Fairchild descent from Jonathan and the Humphrey and Enos generations. Disproven, and left out: the FamilySearch McMillan chain above Malcolm; the “Capt.” John Bell given as William H. Bell’s father; George Frost’s (1760) Revolutionary pension.

Open questions

  • Malcolm McMillan’s origin in Scotland (probably Kilmallie, Lochaber), and Mary McMillan’s parents (probably William McMillan and Penuel MacDougall of Glen Urquhart).
  • When McMillan Bros. was founded and closed; whether Alfred or Everett was a licensed pharmacist.
  • William and Harriet’s marriage year (1862 or 1865).
  • George W. Frost’s “pistol accident” at Santa Cruz, 1887, and his business at Spokane.
  • Lucile’s first marriage, to Harold Oscar Smith at Tacoma in 1925.
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People, oldest first

The labels show how each person is tied to the parent above them in the line.

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Lifelines

Adam Winthrop1548–1623Anne Winthrop1585–1618John Bissellc. 1591–1677Thomas Bowne1595–1677John Underhillc. 1597–1672Elizabeth Fones1609–bef. 1674Nicholas Wrightc. 1609–1682John Bowne1627–1695Elizabeth Feakec. 1633–bef. 1675William Frostbef. 1635–1719Hannah Feakec. 1637–1677Abigail Holcomb1638–1688John Fekec. 1638–1724Samuel Fairchild1640–1704Sarah Stockbridgeb. 1645John Prior1650–1698James Eno1651–1714Mary Wheeler1655–1747Elizabeth Prior1656–1701Elizabeth Bowne1658–1721Abigail Bissell1661–1728Joseph Woodworthb. 1670David Underhill1672–1708Samuel Raymond1673–1738James Cock1674–1728William Frost1674–1728Hannah Feke1675–1750James Enosb. 1679Hannah Prior1681–1771Jonathan Fairchild1692–1772Eleanor Whitney1693–1777Joseph Woodworthb. 1696Ephraim Raymond1701–1765Mary Coley1703–1788Isaac Frost1717–aft. 1798Thomas Fairchildb. 1718Joseph Enos1721–aft. 1800Mary Cock1722–aft. 1777Mercy Dickinson1733–aft. 1801Lemuel Woodworthb. 1735Thomas Underhill1735–1800Jonathan Fairchild1744–bef. 1815Lucy Robbins1750–1835George Frost1760–1830Sarah Underhill1761–1834Lemuel Woodworth1772–1845Lydia Winter1773–1845Hannah Enos1781–1855Joseph Humphrey1782–1864Penuel MacDougallc. 1782–1870George Frost1791–1860Abigail Tanner1798–aft. 1834John Fairchild1803–1867John M. Bellb. c. 1804Sarah Gerowb. c. 1806Catherine Clawson1807–1831Nancy Woodworth1808–1891Richard C. Fairchild1808–1882Duncan McMillanc. 1812–1889Caroline Humphrey1814–1889Mary McMillanc. 1819–1872Robert Adamsc. 1820–1909Stephen George Frost1826–1919Adeline Asenath Fairchild1829–1891William Hamilton Bellc. 1829–1887Elizabeth Fairchild1830–1889William McMillan1841–1927Harriet Ellen Adamsc. 1848–1926George William Frost1850–1925Lucy Ellen Bell1858–1887Alfred Ross McMillan1884–1966Florence Bell Frost1885–1957Lucille M. McMillan1905–1996Ann Wrightd. aft. 1682Anne Browned. 1629Elizabeth Holcombed. 1679Elizabeth Smithd. aft. 1741Emma Seabrookd. 1653/62Henry Whitneyd. bef. 1673James Cockd. 1699James Enod. 1682John MacDougalld. bef. 1805John Raymondd. 1694John Stockbridged. 1657John Whitneyd. bef. 1720Josiah Clawsond. bef. 1827Judith Palmerd. aft. 1738Mary Bettsd. 1695Mary Priord. 1700Matthew Priord. 1685Moses Wheelerd. 1698Richard Raymondd. 1692Robert Feaked. 1661Robert Seabrookd. c. 1650Samuel Bisselld. 1697Sarah Cockd. 1715Thomas Fairchildd. 1670Thomas Fonesd. 1629Thomas Holcombed. 1657Thomas Townsendd. 1732

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Their families

29 spouses and children
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Small world

Stories of ancestors who crossed paths, from the Holbrook-Low Colonial Tree

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Research notes

research/mcmillan/ · research/gedcom/

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