Milnes

People with the surname Milne, Miln, Milns,Milnes and Mylne are probably from the same basic clan: the earliest records were by people who couldn't write very well and the name was sometimes written variously even during a person's lifetime.

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The family name Milnes is believed to be descended originally from the Boernicians and as such, would be one of the earliest civilised peoples in the British Isles.

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Following a battle in which the Milnes rallied all they could to the larger Clan Gordon (and were largely wiped out), that clan made Milnes a sept.

Milne: The name is recorded in Aberdeenshire in 1380 and means 'at or near a corn-mill'. John Milne of Urquhart, Morayshire, born in 1659, was the father of Harry Milne (b.1695), 1st Laird of Chapelton, Forfar....

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Milnes: People with the surname Milne, Miln, Milns,Milnes and Mylne are probably from the same basic clan: the earliest records were by people who couldn't write very well and the name was sometimes written variously even during a person's lifetime....