MILLS, Daniel

 

598

London

15 Aug’t 1819

 

Mr DAWKINS of Richmond having advised me that he has wrote your Lordship recommending me as a Settler at the Cape of Good Hope & to which beg leave to refer your Lordship as also to inform you that I have got people as under agreable to printed circulars.  Having been much abroad & mostly in the tropical & warmer regions where I have made much careful observation flatter myself that I may be found useful in the Collony about to be established & which appears to me in every point of view the most important & political that the habitable world affords to such a country as Great Brittain.  I have the honour to be your Lordships most obed’t hble serv’t

Daniel MILLS

 

Henry WOOLCOTT, stonemason, bachelor

Thomas WOOLCOTT, carpenter, bricklayer, bachelor

William YOUNG, farmer

5 farmers from the country soon as the harvest is got in but can get them sooner if required.

Have got a wife

2 boys of 10 & 3 years of age

4 daughters of 15, 13 ½, 8 & 1 ¼ years of age

Making a total of 17 persons

 

D. MILLS at Mr BOWMAN’S

9 Harley Street

Cavendish Square

 

675

London

9 Sept 1819

 

Being recommended by James DAWKINS Esq of Richmond to your Lordships notice & attention, now take the liberty of annexing a detailed statement of the names, ages and numbers of men, women & children which I propose taking to the Cape of Good Hope according to the terms specified in the Circular letter, at same time assuring your Lordship that I am ready to conform myself to all the conditions upon which his Majestys government has offered the grant land in the Colony.

I have the honour to be your Lordships most obed hble servant

Daniel MILLS

 

at Mr BOWMANS

9 Harley Street

 

List of men, women & children proposed to be taken to the Cape of Good Hope as under by Daniel Mills, London, 9 September 1819

 

Names, age, men, women, boys, girls

James CARTER, 34, 1, -, -, -

Sophia CARTER his wife, 33, -, 1, -, -

James CARTER his son, 2, -, -, 1, -

Henry WOOLCOTT, 24, 1, -, -, -

Thomas LAWRENCE, 28, 1, -, -, -

Ann LAWRENCE his wife, 32, -, 1, -, -

John HART, 33, 1, -, -, -

Ann HART his wife, 29, -, 1, -, -

William HART his son, 3, -, -, 1, -

Ann HART his daughter, 9mo., -, -, -, 1

James PORTER, 32, 1, -, -, -

Sarah PORTER his wife, 30, -, 1, -, -

Thomas WESTBROOK, 38, 1, -, -, -

George LYNCH, 30, 1, -, -, -

Mary LYNCH his wife, 28, -, 1, -, -

Thomas LYNCH his son, 9, -, -, 1, -

William LYNCH his son, 6, -, -, 1, -

George CHAMP, 28, 1, -, -, -

Mary CHAMP his wife, 33, -, 1, -, -

Richard CHAMP, 20, 1, -, -, -

Daniel MILLS, 60, 1, -, -, -

Martha MILLS his wife, 40, -, 1, -, -

Martha MILLS his daughter, 15, -, -, -, 1

Harriet MILLS his daughter, 13 ½, -, -, -, 1

Daniel MILLS his son, 10, -, -, 1, -

Maria MILLS his daughter, 8, -, -, -, 1

James Dawkins MILLS his son, 3, -, -, 1, -

Caroline MILLS his daughter, 1 ¼, -, -, -, 1

 

Men, , 10, 7, 6, 5

Women, , 7, , ,

Boys, , 6, , ,

Girls, , 5, , ,

Total, , 28, , ,

 

DAWKINS, James re Daniel MILLS (Filed under D at CO48/42)

 

700

Pembroke House

Richmond

12th August 1819

My Lord,          

            In consequence of the indulgence held by his Majesty’s Government to send persons under the conditions laid down as settlers to the Cape of Good Hope, I am induced to recommend to your Lordship’s notice Mr. Daniel MILLS, with his wife and five children (the eldest not exceeding fifteen years of age) who would engage to take with him the proper complement of men that would be unobjectionable. I have it in my power to speak of this person most favorably as he is actually, & has been for the last five years, in my employ as house steward & intrusted with ????? & value & only from my homes given to my son on his marriage where MILLS resided, thus he [obscured] my service & is desirous [obscured] by the advantages held [out] as a settler at the Cape of Good Hope. He was originally bred to the [farming?] business but afterwards [made] several voyages as a purser in a merchant vessel & [lived?] in tropical climates. ???? master of ???? & I should not so strongly recommend him to your favor if I was not persuaded of his worth & that he even can ?? to become a very useful member of the new settlement.

I have the honor to be my Lord

Your Lordship’s faithful and obedient servant

James DAWKINS

 

 

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