John Mill of Noranside and Fearn

Profile & Legacies Summary

1742 - 1821

Biography

Joint owner of Grand Bay estate in Carriacou in 1817. Brother and co-heir of David Mill (q.v.), from whom he inherited the share of the estate and the enslaved people on it. He died between 1817 and 1823.

John Mill or Milne, born 1742, son of Captain James Mill or Milne of Old Montrose, Dysart and Lauriston (1708-1783) and his wife Elizabeth nee Scott. Married Hannah Ivie, widow of the Hon. George Falconer of Thesdo [?] in Edinburgh, 23/09/1786. Died 01/10/1821 at Noranside House, Forfarshire, Scotland. Buried 11/10/1821 at Montrose.

Sources

T71/267 pp. 227-230.

Family tree at Clan MacFarlane, https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I123025&tree=CC [accessed 10/07/2020]; GROS OPR Marriages 685/1 510 344 Edinburgh; GROS OPR Deaths 312 120 15 Montrose.

Further Information

Spouse

Hannah Ivie

Associated Estates (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1817 [EA] - → Joint owner

Grand Bay Estate [ Grenada | Carriacou ]

1823 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Previous owner

Grand Bay Estate [ Grenada | Carriacou ]

Legacies Summary

Physical (1)

Country house

Noranside [Built]

Details

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House at Fearn in Forfarshire, built by John Mill, who was living there c. 1813 (Nicholas Carlise, Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, Vol. I 1813). F. H. Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer...