(I) John Miller, a native of England, born in 1624, was a member of the Grand Inquest at Middleboro in 1672.  He was among the proprietors of the Twenty-six Men's Purchase (1661-62) at their meeting in 1677.  Previous to April 29, 1678, he bought a house lot of Edward Gray.  He was the owner of lot No. 154 in the South Purchase (1673), and was one of the owners of the Sixteen Shilling Purchase (1675).  Mr. Miller lived on Thompson street not far from the brook near the house of the late Elijah Shaw, in Middleboro.  He died May 11, 1720, in the ninety-seventh year of his age.  His monument stands in the cemetery at "The Green," where rest the remains of six or more generations of his descendants.  The Christian name of the wife of Mr. Miller was Mercy, and their children were: John, Mary and Elizabeth.