P_10433_1727 – David Milligan
David Milligan (c. 1732-1798), London North American merchant and (as ‘Millegan’) shown as co-owner with ‘Clark’ of a slaving voyage from London by the Fox to the Gold Coast and Martinique in 1776. John Clarke and David Milligan were London merchants trading with Georgia and the West Indies; John Clarke was later declared lunatic with Milligan acting as his committee. David Milligan was described as ‘formerly an eminent West India merchant in London’ on his death in 1798.
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First name: David
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Last name: Milligan
Aliases: Millegan
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Internal migrant: Yes
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Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
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Sources: PROB 11/1304/31 TNA T 1/535/81-89 NORTH AMERICA: Colonies: Georgia: Memorial of Messrs Clarke and Milligan asking for compensation for ship and cargo burned by rebels at Savannah with affidavits Date: 1777 July 29; and C 101/963, Accounts in: Short title: Clarke v Kelsall. Plaintiffs: John Clarke, lunatic by David Milligan his committee, said David Milligan and John Graham on behalf of themselves and other creditors of Roger Kelsall, deceased. Defendants: John Kelsall and John Wilmott, Colonel Robert Kingston, John Marsh and Alexander McKenzie, esq, commissioners for settling claims of American loyalists and others. Subject: debts due to plaintiffs. Details: list of reciepts and disbursements. Receiver: John Hodgson, merchant of London. Chancery Master: John Eames Date: 1792. MS 11936/364/564500 Description: Insured: David Milligan, Winchester Street, merchant, committee of John Clarke, a lunatic. Other property or occupiers: 38 Old Broad Street (James Reed); Old Broad Street (William Clay and Co) Date: 4 January 1790. Gentleman's Magazine (Feb. 1798) Part I p. 172, which gives him as aged 65.
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Crossings (1)
75595 - Fox (1776 - 1777)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 1732
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Death
Date: 1798
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Dalskairth, Troqueer, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Kincardineshire
Occupation: Merchant – West Indies
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Courts: PCC
The joint will of David Milligan, merchant in London of Dalskairth, Troqueer in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Kincardineshire and his wife Mrs Marion Clark was made 07/07/1794. David Milligan's own will was made 21/06/1797. He left the income from his real estate in Scotland and personalty to his wife for life, and left 10 annuities totalling £92 10s p.a. subject to the condition that his wife's income should not fall below £365 p.a. He left monetary legacies of some £7000 to a range of individuals in Scotland and London, including £100 to Robert Milligan merchant of London and £200 to his son David; and £200 to Grant Allan his late partner.
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Building Category: Rural
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Year: 1784
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Sundial at Dalskairth House, made 1734 [sic, but it must be 1784] for David Milligan. It is not clear how much of Dalskairth House itself Milligan was responsible for building. https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200351022-sundial-dalskairth-house-troqueer#.ZAB3I-zP2u8
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