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First name:
David
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Last name:
Miln
Aliases:
Milner, David, Milne, David
Primary cohort:
London
Sex:
Male
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Supplier to slave trade voyages:
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Creditor to slave trade voyages:
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Philanthropy:
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Plantation owner:
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Sources:
David Milner [sic] , Sir Thomas Grantham and Capt. Kendall Hudson gained letters of marque for the Fanteen Galley in 1712, TNA HCA 26/16/133
David Milne merchant of London was involved in litigation between 1716-20 with individuals known to have been slave trade investors.e.g. C 11/1985/36 with Abraham Mendez and George Lascelles among his co-defendants. Description: Short title: Stoneham v Pearse. Document type: Bill and answer. Plaintiffs: John Stoneham, mariner of Ratcliff, Stepney, Middlesex and Susanna Stoneham his wife (executrix of James Tanner, merchant deceased late of London). Defendants: Elias Pearce, merchant, David Milne, George Lascells, Abraham Mendez, Sir Randolph Knipe and Sir John Fryer. Date of bill (or first document): 1718.
David Miller [sic] was shown as co-captain of a voyage by the Fanteen Galley from London to Whydah/Ouidah and Barbados arriving in 1713.
HCA 26/15/68 Description: Commander: Charles Burnham Ship: Hamilton Galley. Burden: 200 tons. Crew: 40. Owners: Randalph Knipe, Alderman John Fryer, Captain James Tanner and David Miln of London, merchants, and Elias Prince. 28/11/1710.
The two slaving voyages of the Hamilton under Charles Burnham are nos. 20642 and 76496 in TASTDB.
PROB 11/989/195
Other Individuals
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Crossings (1)
Birth
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Death
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Burial
Date:
12/03/1760
Location:
City of London (Middlesex)
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Universities
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Was slave trading profitable:
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Will
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Town/City:
Blackheath (Kent)
Courts:
PCC PROB 11/854/44
In the will of David Miln merchant of Blackheath Kent made 28/01/1742, he left: his lands in Erwinash [?] and his tenement at Leith to his daughter Elizabeth Morse; £5 p.a. to his brother Charles and £10 p.a. to his brother Thomas; £400 to his niece Mary Milne [sic] daughter of his brother Charles; £10 to the poor of the Congregation of Salters Hall; and his residual estate to his daughter Elizabeth Morse she paying legacies of £1000 each to David Morse and Elizabeth Morse [presumably her children] at 21 or in Elizabeth Morse's case marriage if earlier.
Legacies
Cultural Accumulation
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The portraits of David Miln merchant of Leith and London and Mrs David Miln by John Smibert (1723), commissioned by Miln, are in the collection of the Louisiana State University, Lee, Quincy, "A catalogue of British old master paintings in the collection of the Louisiana State University Museum of Art" (2009). LSU Master's Theses. 3470. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/3470
