This is William (#2) Mills, Jr., s/o William (#1) Mills, Sr. and his wife, Amy, of Westfield Township, Essex County (now Union County), New Jersey.

William (#2) Mills, Jr. was husband of Rebecca [--?--].

William (#2) Mills, Jr. and Jeremiah (#1) Mills, Sr. were administers of the estate of William (#1) Mills, Sr. of Essex County, NJ in 1795. In this deed Jeremiah (#1) Mills, Sr. is mentioned as an adjoining land owner of William (#2) Mills, Jr. The witnesses were Thomas Woodruff, Jr., Amy Heath, and Jedidiah Swan.

Amy Heath was Amy (Mills) Heath, dau/o William, Jr. (#2) and Rebecca [--?--] Mills.

The relationship, if any, of the Woodruffs to the Mills is unknown, nor is the relationship of Robert Woodruff to Thomas Woodruff, Jr. It is known, however, that Mary "Polly" Mills was dau/o William, Sr. (#1) & Amy [--?--] Mills and sis/o William (#2) Mills, Jr. and aunt of Amy (Mills) Heath. Mary was originally married to Benjamin Stites, who married her as a bigamist. She then married to a Mr. [--?--] Woodruff. Her Woodruff's husband identity is unknown, and whether there could be a relationship between her Woodruff husband and the forementioned Robert and Thomas Jr. Woodruff is unknown.

Jedidiah Swan appears to have been a judge and large land owner in Essex County, New Jersey.