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HEAD STONE UNVEILED SEPT. 27th, 2015
ANN FISHER MILLER
Honoring Patriot Ann Fisher Miller wife of Patriot Elijah Miller
Many people in Westchester County have heard of the historic Miller House, George Washington’s headquarters in North Castle, but few know the story of Ann Fisher Miller.
Annejitie Fisher, Ann, was born in 1728 and married Elijah Miller around 1750. Together they raised 7 children. When the Revolutionary war began Elijah and their 2 sons, John and Elijah Jr., left home to join in the fight for Liberty. By the end of 1776 Ann was a widow and had also lost both of her sons, John was 20 and Elijah Jr. was just 16. Ann remained a Patriot in support of Liberty throughout the war and housed Generals and soldiers in her home, including General George Washington during the Battle of White Plains in October of 1776. Her farm was a battlefield and her house a field hospital. She remained a widow for the rest of her life and maintained her family farm and lived in her home until her final days in 1819 at the age of 91. She is the only woman whose name is engraved in the bronze Honor Role plaque of those who offered their lives, fortunes and sacred honor for the cause of Liberty, in the White Plains City Hall rotunda. After the war her home was a Methodist Church until the congregation was able to build a church in 1797.
Ann Fisher Miller was a strong woman, wife, mother and Patriot and is a symbol of all the women whose names we no longer know, but without whom the war might have had a very different ending. These supportive women were called Daughters of Liberty. It is our mission to preserve the legacy of these daughters of liberty.
Ann is buried at the historic White Plains Presbyterian Church graveyard. For nearly 100 years Ann had been lying in an unmarked grave as her stone either crumbled or was destroyed due to vandalism in the 1920’s. Through much research DOLL located her resting place, there with her Patriot husband and two sons who gave their lives in the fight for liberty in 1776.
A hand carved replacement stone was commissioned by Daughters of Liberty's Legacy, to be created by Master Stone Carver, Robert Carpenter. It is of the same type stone used in the 18th century and was hand carved in the same manner as the original would have been. It was designed to match her husband and two son’s stones.
Annejitie Fisher, Ann, was born in 1728 and married Elijah Miller around 1750. Together they raised 7 children. When the Revolutionary war began Elijah and their 2 sons, John and Elijah Jr., left home to join in the fight for Liberty. By the end of 1776 Ann was a widow and had also lost both of her sons, John was 20 and Elijah Jr. was just 16. Ann remained a Patriot in support of Liberty throughout the war and housed Generals and soldiers in her home, including General George Washington during the Battle of White Plains in October of 1776. Her farm was a battlefield and her house a field hospital. She remained a widow for the rest of her life and maintained her family farm and lived in her home until her final days in 1819 at the age of 91. She is the only woman whose name is engraved in the bronze Honor Role plaque of those who offered their lives, fortunes and sacred honor for the cause of Liberty, in the White Plains City Hall rotunda. After the war her home was a Methodist Church until the congregation was able to build a church in 1797.
Ann Fisher Miller was a strong woman, wife, mother and Patriot and is a symbol of all the women whose names we no longer know, but without whom the war might have had a very different ending. These supportive women were called Daughters of Liberty. It is our mission to preserve the legacy of these daughters of liberty.
Ann is buried at the historic White Plains Presbyterian Church graveyard. For nearly 100 years Ann had been lying in an unmarked grave as her stone either crumbled or was destroyed due to vandalism in the 1920’s. Through much research DOLL located her resting place, there with her Patriot husband and two sons who gave their lives in the fight for liberty in 1776.
A hand carved replacement stone was commissioned by Daughters of Liberty's Legacy, to be created by Master Stone Carver, Robert Carpenter. It is of the same type stone used in the 18th century and was hand carved in the same manner as the original would have been. It was designed to match her husband and two son’s stones.
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