The only son of James and Isabella, was born in Baltimore, August 15, 1788, and Baptized in Philadelphia,
September 3, 1788, in the Pine Street Presbyterian Church by the Rev. George Duffield, D.D. They are both buried in Green Mount
Cemetery, Baltimore, MD.
He grew up in the seafaring trade in the days when the Baltimore Clipper ships were noted for their beauty and great speed. Early
in life he went into the ship outfitting and rigging business for himself and was very successful. The Baltimore City Directory
for 1814-15 lists him as a maker of Blocks and Ships Pumps. This listing is carried in the directories for many years. About 1853
he discontinued his Block and Pump business and became Judge of the Tax Appeals Court, which position he held at the time of his
death.
In the War of 1812 with Great Britain, he served as a First Lieutenant in the 4th Company, Sixth Regiment of the Maryland Militia
at the battles of North Point and Fort McHenry on September 12 and 13, 1814.
On May 3, 1810, he married Nancy Ann Day (born in 1787 in Maryland), a Quaker, in Bel Air, [HarfordCo.,] Maryland where she
lived, being the daughter of John Day and Sarah Ann Fisher. This proved to be a very happy union as they had ten children.
While on a business trip to Norfolk, Va., he was stricken with a severe heart attack and died in Baltimore on May 19, 1859, at
the age of 71 years, where he is buried in Greenmount Cemetery.
His wife Nancy Ann passed away on September 14, 1854. She was buried in the family lot in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore.
One of his sons, John Griffith Millholland is also buried in the family lot.
Obituary of Robert Douglass Millholland (The Baltimore Sun 05-20-1859)
Death of an old citizen – Mr. Robert D. Millholland, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of East Baltimore, died
yesterday afternoon, at his residence in Broadway, near Bank Street, in the 71st year of his age. Mr. Millholland has spent
here a useful life. He was a commissioned officer in the sixth regiment in the defense of Baltimore in the War of 1812, and
leaves but one survivor of the officers. His funeral will take place this afternoon.
