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About the Mifflin Family
excerpts from “the Mifflin Family” published in 1972

 

Our earliest record of information of the Mifflin name is 1638 when a John Mifflin was born

 

The Mifflin Family to the Americas

The above John Mifflin came to the American Colonies with his son John and family about 1679. Their descendants include General Thomas Mifflin, the first Governor of the state of Pennsylvania and Aide-de-Camp of General George Washington, George H. Mifflin, publisher and president of Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company, Boston.

 

The Mifflin Family To Newfoundland

In 1730, Samson Mifflin from Warminster, Wiltshire England, went to Poole England to work in the fishing industry in Newfoundland.  Descendants of this branch include S.W. Mifflin, merchant at Catalina Newfoundland, Chief Justice Mifflin, of the Newfoundland Supreme Court, and Miss Jessie Mifflen (note spelling). Jessie is with the Department of Education and has travelled extensively as librarian, she has written many articles and one was published in the Family Herald and Weekly Star.

The Mifflin Family in England

We do not have much information to-date on the families now living in England. We have however received correspondence from a John Mifflin in England with genealogy information pertaining to his immediate family.

 

The Mifflin Family to Upper Canada

Cornelius and William Mifflin and their families came to Upper Canada from Wiltshire England in 1845.

It is most likely that all Mifflins noted on this page are related because their place of origin was the Warminster area in Wiltshire County, England.