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Etymology of Milborn

What does the name Milborn mean?

The name Milborn is a local name for someone who lived in or by the places named Milborne, Milbourne and Milburn. Literally the place name means "mill stream," from the Old English "myln" + "burna." 1

Some of the parishes date back to Saxon times when Milborne, Port Somerset was known as Mylenburnam c. 880 and Milborne St Andrew, Dorset was known as Muleburne in 934.

The Domesday Book of 1086 lists Meleburne (Somerset), and Meleburne (Dorset.) 2

Early Origins of the Milborn family

The surname Milborn was first found in Dorset, England where Hugh de Meleburn was recorded as holding lands in 1201. A few years later in Yorkshire, Walter de Milleburne was recorded in 1251 and later again, William Milbourne was recorded in the Feet of Fines for Essex in 1465. 3

Early records of the name mention Margaret de Milleburn, Northumberland in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 and Edward Milborne of Yorkshire, in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. 4

Early History of the Milborn family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Milborn research. Another 146 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1464, 1536, 1622, 1633, 1646, 1649, 1660, 1662, 1668, 1670, 1683, 1720 and 1743 are included under the topic Early Milborn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Milborn Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Milburn, Milborne, Milbourn, Milbourne, Milburne, Melbourne and many more.

Early Notables of the Milborn family

  • William Milborne (c 1633-1660), an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660

Milborn migration to the United States +



Milborn Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Andrew Milborn, aged 7, who arrived in Carolina in 1774 5
  • Christopher Milborn, aged 2, who landed in Carolina in 1774 5
HMS Royal Oak
  • Philip Milborn (1923-1939), British Boy 1st Class with the Royal Navy aboard the HMS Royal Oak (1939) when she was torpedoed by U-47 and sunk; he died in the sinking 6
  1. Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
  2. Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
  3. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  4. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  5. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  6. Ships hit by U-boats crew list HMS Royal Oak (08) - (Retrieved 2018 February, 9th) - retrieved from https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship68.html

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