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Son of Thomas Mills of Great St Helens (q.v.). Under his will proved 03/11/1774, he left his estate at Bishops Hull and his property in the West Indies, including 'negroes' and his interest in slave-property on Nevis left to him by his late father Thomas, to Judith Butler Dunbar widow, who was also sole executor.
PROB 11/1002/134.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Country house
Milligan Hall [Built]
description → Country house at Bishops Hull, purchased in 1770 and rebuilt by Thomas Milliken Mills, originally named Milliken Hall, demolished in 1964....
notes → Mary Siraut, 'The Mills and Milligan Hall' Victoria County History Somerset, England's Past for Everyone ...
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Son → Father
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Nephew
Notes →
Thomas Milliken Mills was the brother of John Colhoun Mills' father John [d. c. 1784], the two men sons of Thomas Mills of Great St Helens and Nevis....
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Brothers
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Inferred relationship...
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Testator → Legatee
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Bishops Hull, Somerset, South-west England, England
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Thomas Milliken Mills', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645453 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
