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From: "Philip" <>
Subject: Re: GABRIEL MILAN (1631-1689), governor of Danish West-Indies
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 03:59:25 +0100
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While we are at the subject, I too have a question relating to Gabriel
Milan.

Several books mention in brief that Milan's family had a coat-of-arms with a
blackamoor on it. Has anyone got further information on this? How old is
this coat-of-arms? Who in the family introduced it? When and why?

Philip Sampson


"Philip" <> skrev i en meddelelse
news:3e3c8533$0$13191$...
> The main source for information on Gabriel Milan is the piece by Fr.
Krarup
> in Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift. It comes in two parts:
>
> Krarup, Fr.: "Gabriel Milan og Somme i hans Samtid", Personalhistorisk
> Tidsskrift, Kbenhavn 1893, 3. rkke, bind 2, pp. 102-130
> Krarup, Fr.: "Gabriel Milan og Somme i hans Samtid", Personalhistorisk
> Tidsskrift, Kbenhavn 1894, 3. rkke, bind 3, pp. 1-51.
>
> This piece is an extensive aricle on Milans life.
>
> Also in Danish is:
>
> Hauch-Fausbll, Th.: "Jdernes Frden og Ophold i den danske Stat i det
17de
> Aarhundrede", Tidsskrift for Jdisk Historie og Literatur, 2. bind, 2.
> hfte, Levin & Munksgaard, Kbenhavn 1920.
>
> It deals with the first Jews in Denmark in the 17th century. Milan is
> mentioned but not all that much.
>
> In Danish to is:
>
> Katz, Per: "Jderne i Danmark i det 17. rhundrede". Udgivet af Selskabet
> for dansk jdisk Historie. C.A. Reitzels Boghandel A/S, Kbenhavn 1981
>
> It to deals with the Jews in Denmark in the 17th century and is more or
less
> a repeat of what is in Hauch-Fausbll. Though with a few extra details on
> Milan, but not that many.
>
> Is Danish again is:
>
> Hornby, Ove: Kolonierne i Vestindien", Politikens Forlag, Kbenhavn 1980.
>
> Contrary to the other above mentioned Hornby on p. 21 deals in some detail
> with the way Gabriel Milan behaved whilst a guvernor on St. Thomas. Among
> other things letting a runaway slave be tortured to death. One of the
> reasons why he was brought back to Denmark, tried at Supreme Court and
> executed.
>
> The most excellent book on the sephardic Jews in Germany and Denmark in
the
> 16th, 17th and 18th century - if one is interested in the intricate family
> relations and the sometimes many different names the respective Jews
used -
> is:
>
> Kellenbenz, Hermann: Sephardim an der unteren Elben", Franz Steiner
Verlag,
> Wiesbaden 1958.
>
> It also mentions Gabriel Milan and his family relations. I can warmly
> recommend it.
>
>
>
> greetings
>
>
> Philip Sampson
> Copenhagen, Denmark
>
>
>
> "Beretta" <> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:...
> > In regards to the recent post requesting information about Gabriel
> > Milan, I'd recommend looking at Isidor Paiewonsky's book 'The Burning of
> > a Pirate Ship La Trompeuse in the Harbour of St. Thomas July 31, 1683
> > And Other Tales'. The third section of this book is titled 'Gabriel
> > Milan' and contains information about Milan and his background- this
> > information was edited and condensed from an 1893 publication by Janus
> > Fredrik Krarup entitled 'Gabriel Milan og Somme af hans Samtid' The
> > information from this book indicates Milan was from a Spanish-Portuguese
> > Jewish family that settled in Hamburg.
> >
> > Dante
> >
> >
> > On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 02:00 PM, CARIBBEAN-D-
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > One of my ancestors is GABRIEL MILAN, whom I found through H.C.
> > > TERSLIN's book "Guvernr over Dansk Vestindien GABRIEL MILAN og Hans
> > > Efterkommere i Danmark - Slgtebog udarbejdet med srligt Hensyn til
> > > Familien i Gilleleje" 'Governor over Danish Westindies GABRIEL MILAN
> > > and his Descendants in Denmark - Genealogy worked out with special
> > > attention to the Family in Gilleleje', printed at N.P. Thysen's
> > > Bogtrykkeri, Helsingr, 1926.
> >
>
>


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