John Mills of Great St Helen's, City of London

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1769

Biography

Will of John Mills merchant of Great St Helen['s] proved 06/10/1769. After annuities of £10-25 p.a to aunts, servants and clerks he left £12,000 in trust with the income to go to his sister Mary Towgood for life and then to her children, £12,000 for his nephew Thomas Mills and £5000 for his niece Sarah Mills. His residuary heir was his nephew Thomas, whom he desired to be brought in to his business, along with another nephew John Towgood. His trustees were his brother William Mills, Sherland Swanston and Matthew Towgood.

Sources

PROB 11/952/22

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Partner

Mills & Swanston
West India merchant

Relationships (3)

John Mills of Great St Helen's, City of London

Business partners

Sherland Swanston

John Mills of Great St Helen's, City of London

Uncle → Nephew

John Mills of Great St Helen's, City of London

Brother-in-laws

Matthew Towgood banker of Clements Lane

Notes →

Towgood was also a trustee and executor of the will of John Mills of Great St...

Addresses (1)

Great St Helens, City of London, Middlesex, London, England

Further Information

People of Interest

Margaret Dunbar

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"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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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'John Mills of Great St Helen's, City of London', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146666531 [accessed 22nd November 2024].

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