1738 - 1806
Cousin and trustee of David Mill (q.v.). The two men died in short succession.
James Mill, 'Laird of Old Montrose'. Born 1738, son of Captain James Mill (or Milne) of Old Montrose, Dysart and Lauriston (1708-1783) and his wife Elizabeth nee Scott. Married Marueretta Taylor 24/03/1770 in Mortlake, Surrey. Died 1806 at Crofton House, Titchfield, Southampton. James Mill was buried 10/02/1806 at Titchfield, Hampshire.
Will of James Mill formerly of Camberwell Surrey but now of [Crofton House] Titchfield Hampshire [made in 1801 with codicils up to December 1804] was proved 04/12/1807. He left monetary legacies including £6000 to his wife, and made his residual heir his brother Hercules and the latter's children.
Family tree at Clan MacFarlane, https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I123009&tree=CC#cite1 [accessed 10/07/2020]; Findmypast.co.uk, Hampshire Burials.
PROB 11/1471/63.
We are grateful to David Milne for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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Margaretta
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1805 [EA] - 1806 [LA] → Trustee
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The relationship is evidenced by the two men each separately making their brother Hercules Mill their main heir....
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Camberwell, Surrey, London, England
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
The Buff Bay plantation was a sugar estate next to the Buff Bay River, south of Charlestown in Jamaica. By 1839, the estate was 840 acres.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'James Mill of Camberwell in Surrey', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652655 [accessed 30th January 2023].
