John Millard was born in Bristol in 1804. He was a surgeon in Coldridge between roughly 1837 and 1841.

In 1837 he married Susanna Scott, from Bow. Unusually this was a register office wedding, performed by the clerk to the Crediton Union.

They had three childen. He developed an interest in homeopathy, and later practised in Bristol. He died in 1873.