- Elijah Miles
Elijah Miles (
January 16 1753 –May 26 1831 ) was a merchant, farmer, land owner and political figure inNew Brunswick . He represented Sunbury County in theLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1803 to 1809 and from 1816 to 1827.He was born in
Milford, Connecticut , the son of Justus Miles and Hannah Olmstead, and was educated there. Miles served in a loyalist unit during theAmerican Revolution and came to New Brunswick after the war, settling in Maugerville. In 1779, he married Frances Cornwell. Miles was a captain in the King's New Brunswick Regiment from 1793 to 1802. He married Elizabeth Harding in 1800 after the death of his first wife. He was elected to the provincial assembly in 1802 after a number of voters who had voted forSamuel Denny Street were found to be ineligible by the sheriff. Miles was an unsuccessful candidate in 1809 but was elected in the three elections that followed. During his time in the assembly, Miles never opposed measures introduced by the government. He was a magistrate for Sunbury County and served as a justice for the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. Miles died in Maugerville at the age of 78.His son Thomas also represented the county in the provincial assembly. Although Miles himself was a member of the
Church of England , his sonFrederick William Miles became a Baptist minister and was president of the first Baptist seminary in the province.External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3030 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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