Millidge, Thomas

  • DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE: Roger Nason, “GALLOP, WILLIAM,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/gallop_william_5E.html
  • DCB profile notes:
    • Businessman, politician, jp, and judge; b. 12 Aug. 1776 in New Jersey, son of Thomas Millidge and Mercy Berker (Barker); m. 10 Sept. 1801 Sarah Simonds, and they had 12 children; d. 21 Aug. 1838 in Saint John, N.B.
    • Thomas Millidge was seven years old when he arrived in Nova Scotia with his parents as part of the 1783 loyalist migrations. His father, a major in the New Jersey Volunteers, became a deputy surveyor of Nova Scotia, served in the House of Assembly, and was active as a magistrate and a colonel in the militia.
    • Over the years Millidge became a prominent merchant and head of an important shipowning family. During the 1820s he had several vessels, in his shipbuilding activities he was in partnership with Simeon Lee Lugrin, also a loyalist descendant.
    • In September 1816 Millidge successfully stood for election to the House of Assembly in the constituency of Saint John County and City. 
  • Son of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=5894
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10841714/thomas-millidge