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Slave-owner on St Kitts, husband of Cornelia nee Soulegre, brother of John Mills of Woodford (q.v.), and father of John Matthew Mills (q.v.). He was in London when he made his will in 1746, and was killed on St Kitts in 1752.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Spouse
Cornelia
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Children
Peter Matthew
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Father → Son
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Brothers
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Testator → Executor
Notes →
Matthew Mills described Thomas Mills as his cousin in appointing him on of the executors of his will in 1746, when Thomas Mills was in St...
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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John Smith Budgen married Lucretia Mills, the daughter of Matthew Mills, a decade or so after the latter's death....
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Soho Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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Of Soho Square when he made his will in 1746. |
1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Matthew Mills', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146665227 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
