Milliken, Benjamin  

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Milliken
  • Wiki Biography:
    • Benjamin Milliken (born 1728 Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay died 1791 Bocabec, New Brunswick) was an American Loyalist. He was the son of the Honourable Edward Milliken (born 1706 Boston), a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas  (retired 1773) in the Province of Massachusetts Bay and his wife Abigail Norman (1710–1751), major landowner, mill and ship owner in Maine in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was the founder of Ellsworth, Maine (first called the Union River Settlement) in 1763, laid out and received the land grant for the Township of Bridgton, Maine (originally called Pondicherry) in 1765 and was one of the first settlers in Bocabec and St. Andrew’s, New Brunswick in 1784.
    • American rebels called Milliken “Royalist Ben”, “Tory Ben” and “Runaway Ben” as he expressed Tory sentiments when the American War of Independence broke out and was a loyal supporter of King George III. He first joined the British at Bagaduce on Penobscot Bay (now Castine, Maine) after his home, grist & saw mills and farm, were destroyed by rebel forces.
    • During the early years of the American War of Independence he served as a pilot on British Ships and transported lumber and supplies to a British garrison under the command of a General Francis McLean at Fort Majebigwaduce (Castine, Maine).
  • United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=5896
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