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M'Millan (England) ar a chev betw 3 mullets sa.
Crest: a yew tree ppr.
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From Fairbairn's Crests of The Families of Great Britain & Ireland, a new Edition in Two Volumes, Edinburgh, published by T. C. & E. C. Jack, Grange Pub. Works, 1892:
MacMillan, Scotland, a dexter hand holding a broad-sword ppr.
" " [[ditto for MacMillan]] of Dunsmore, a dexter and sinister hand brandishing a two handed sword ppr
" " [[ditto for MacMillan]] of Ireland, a naked arm erect couped below the elbow holding a sword all proper.
Burney - Kent, an arm in a maunch in fess, holding in the hand a cross pattee fitched-
Motto: Omne bonam desuper.
Burney or Burnie, Scotland, a lion's head erased gu.
" " " [[ditto for Burney or Burnie]] a bull's head ducally gorged and crowned-
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There were a number of Burneys in Va & N.C. in Colonial times 
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From S.C. Historical & Biographical Magazine Vol VII p 204:

Thomas Means who came to S. C. a few years after the Revolution was a son of John & Isabella (Harper) Means, of Boston and was born Feb. 14, 1767. His father died in Boston April 1, 1789 aged 72 and his mother died in S.C. Oct. 10, 1793 aged 64. He married Sarah Milling (born Nov. 12, 1775, died Sept. 1, 1828 - Note on Sarah Milling, daughter of David Milling and Sarah (Burney)Milling and sister of Capt. Hugh Milling of the S. C. Line Continental Establishment in the Rev. David Milling died Nov. 29, 1778, aged 82 as shown by a mourning
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