Thomas Millidge (August 12, 1776 – August 21, 1838) was a businessman and political figure in

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. He represented St. John County in the

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from 1816 to 1820. He was born in

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, the son of

Thomas Millidge Thomas Millidge (c. 1735 – September 8, 1816) was a surveyor, judge, soldier and politician in Nova Scotia. He represented Digby Township from 1785 to 1793 and Annapolis County from 1793 to 1806 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Life H ...

, a

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who served with the New Jersey Volunteers, and Mercy Berker. Millidge came to

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with his parents in 1783. He moved to a location on the

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in New Brunswick where he established himself as a shipbuilder. A community known as

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, which later became part of Saint John, developed there. In 1801, he married Sarah, the daughter of

James Simonds James Simonds (December 10, 1735 – February 20, 1831) was a merchant, judge and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Sunbury County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1773 to 1782 Note that Sunbury County was in the part ...

. Millidge was one of the founding members of the Saint John Chamber of Commerce, later serving as its president, and was a director for the

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, the New Brunswick Fire Insurance Company and the Saint John Water Company. He also served as a magistrate for St. John County. Millidge died in Saint John at the age of 62. His daughter Harriet Maria married Hugh Johnston.

References

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Millidge, Thomas 1776 births 1838 deaths 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Colony of New Brunswick people United Empire Loyalists British emigrants to pre-Confederation New Brunswick Canadian magistrates