Person:James Milliken (11)

Major James Milliken, of Milliken

• The Regarde Bien - Issue No. 18 - Major James Milliken of Milliken - Milliken-Napier Pedigree^S2

"Major James MILLIKEN of MILLIKEN, b. 1669, at Knock, Ayrshire, eldest son of Thomas MILLIKEN in Knock and latterly Lochranza, Island of Arran; adm. Burgess and Guild brother of Irvine, Ayrhire, on August 12, 1692; first mentioned on the Island of Nevis, West Indies, in 1700; m. Mary Stephen, widow of Richard Tovey, planter of Nevis; appointed Councillor of Nevis in 1707, then Councillor of St. Kitts in 1715; received patent for 200 acres of land in the French Quarter of Basseterre, St. Kitts, on May 8, 1716; returned to Scotland with Col. William MacDowall, his son-in-law, in 1728; adm. Burgess and Guild brother of Glasgow on August 27, 1733; partner and founder of the South Sugar House in Glasgow; purchased part of the Johnstone estate from George Houston, in 1736, and renamed it the barony of Milliken, as Mr. Houston chose to retain the title of Johnstone; d. February 1741 aged 71 years; his widow died September 12, 1746; they had issue:^S2

1. "Anne MILLIKEN, b. Island of Nevis, West Indies, mentioned in the last will and testament of her maternal grandmother, Margaret Tovey of Nevis, dated April 19, 1715; probably died in St. Kitts; nothing more is known.^S2

2. "James MILLIKEN, Esq. of MILLIKEN, b. 1710, Island of Nevis, West Indies; m. April 21, 1734, Jean MacDowall, only daughter of Alexander MacDowall 16th of Garthland and Jean Fergusson daughter of Sir John Fergusson of Kilkerran; succeeded to his father estates in Scotland and St. Kitts in the West Indies in 1741; partner in the South Sugar House in Glasgow; made large improvements to Milliken estate; d. June 7, 1776; had issue:^S2

3. "Parnell MILLIKEN, b. Island of Nevis, West Indies, mentioned in the last will and testament of her maternal grandmother Margaret Tovey of Nevis, dated April 19, 1715; d. November, 1728, buried High Kirk of Glasgow, on November 13, 1728, styled Miss Parlan Millikine, daughter of Major Millikine, Governor in St. Christopher.^S2

4. "Francis MILLIKEN, b. Island of Nevis, West Indies, mentioned in the last will and testament of his maternal grandmother, Margaret Tovey of Nevis, dated April 19, 1715; apparently died young in the West Indies."^S2

(Source) Freepages, Genealogy, Rootsweb, Ancestry.com^S2

1.   Holsoe, Svend E. Sempill of Saint Croix, Vigin Islands.
   
2.   Alan Milliken's Genealogical Home Page, in Regarde Bien
   2001.

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