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| Notes for William MULLINS | ||||||||
| William Mullins does not have any Molyneaux ancestors--one of the most common (and most absurd when you examine the "evidence") claims in all of Mayflower genealogy. He has no proven royal ancestry, no proven Huguenot ancestors, and the names of his parents have never been proven (though John Mullyns and Joane Bridger of Dorking seem to be the best candidates). [Mayflower Descendant 44:41] The following is extracted from "Families of the Pilgrims - John Alden and William Mullins" published in 1986 by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants WILLIAM MULLINS The family of William Mullins, known descendants of which survive today only through the children of daughter Priscilla, came with high expectations and met tragedy in the New World. "Mr. Willaim Mullines, and his wife; and 2 children Joseph & priscila and a servant Robert Carter" sailed on the Mayflower. "Mr. Molines, and his wife, his sone, and his servant dyed the first winter. Only his daughter priscila survived, and maried with John Alden, who are both living [in 1650], and have 11 children." Nathaniel Morton, in his "New Englands Memorial", said of Mullins, "[He was] a man pious and well deserving, endowed also with a considerable outward estate, and had it been the will of God that he had survived, might have proved an useful member of this place." The noncupative (oral) will of William Mullins, written by Governor Carver on February 21, 1620/1 and witnessed by Carver, Giles Heale, and Christopher Jones (the latter were surgeon and captain of the Mayflower) was the first made in New England. A copy was carried by the Mayflower on her return voyage to England in 1621 and was administered there by his other daughter, Sarah (Mullins) Blunden. The will names his wife, Alice, sons Joseph and William, and daughter Priscilla; and the administration states he was "late of Dorking, co. Surrey, deceased in parts beyond the seas." Mullins had been residing in Stoke, near Guildford, county Surrey, before leaving England and was involved in the religious troubles of the times there. He owned nine shares in the Adventurer's Company that financed the Pilgrim's colony. Mullins's eldest son, William Jr., was the father of three children baptized in Dorking: Elizabeth, baptised 26 Mar 1618; Ruth, baptised 31 Oct 1619; and Sara, baptised 5 May 1622. Sara accompanied her father to New England when he later came to claim his inheritance (he died in Braintree in early 1674). She married three times but apparently had no children. Before William Mullins died in February 1621, he made a will which arrived safely in England; administration of his estate was granted to his married daughter, Sara Blunden. The registered copy reads as follows: "In the name of God Amen; I comit my soule to God that gave it and my bodie to the earth from whence it came Alsoe I give my goods as followeth That fforty pounds which is in the hand of goodman Woods I give my wife tenn poundes, my sonne John tenn pounds, my daughter Priscilla tenn pounds, and my eldest sonne tenn pounds Alsoe I give to my eldest sonne all my debts bonds, bills (one only of forty pounds excepted in the hands of goodman Wood) given as aforesaid, with all the stock in his owne hands To my eldest daughter I give ten shillings to be paied out of my sonnes stock Furthermore that goodes I have in Virginia as followeth To my wife Alice halfe my goods and to Joseph and Priscilla the other halfe equallie to be devided betweene them Alsoe I have XXI dozen of shoes, and thirteene paire of bootes which I give into the Companies hands for fforty pounds at seven yeares and if they like them at that rate If it be thought to deare as my Overseers shall think good And if they like them at that rate at the Divident I shall have nine shares wherof I give as followeth twoe to my wife, twoe to my sonne William, twoe to my sonne Joseph, twoe to my daughter Priscilla and one to the Companie Allsoe if my sonne William will come to Virginia I give him my share of land furdermore I give to my two Overseers Mr. John Carver, and Mr. Williamson, twentye shillings a peece to see this my Will performed desiringethem that he would have an eye over my wife and children to be as fathers and friends to them, Allsoe to have a speciall eye to my man Robert which hathe not so approved himselfe as I would he should have done. This is a Copye of Mr. Mullens his Will of all particulars he hath given. In witnes whereof I have sett my hande John Carver, Giles Heale, Christofer Joanes." Vicesimo tertio : die mensis Julii Anno Domini Millesimo sexcentesimo vicesimo primo Emanavit Commissio Sare Blunden als Mullins filie naturali et legitime dicti defuncti ad administrand bona iura et credita eiusdem defuncti iuxta tenorem et effectum testamenti suprascripti eo quod nullum in eodem testamento nominavit executorem de bene ect Jurat. 68, Dale. [TRANSLATION OF THE LATIN]: In the month of July Anno Domini 1621. On the 23d day issued a commission to Sarah Blunden, formerly Mullins, nartural and legitimate daughter of William Mullins, late of Dorking in the County of Surrey, but deceased in parts beyond the seas, seized &c., for administering the goods, rights and credits of the said deceased, according to the tenor and effect of the will of the said deceased because in that will he named no executor. 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| Notes for Alice (Spouse 1) | ||||||||
| Further, the maiden name of his wife Alice is not known. It has not been shown to be Atwood, Poretiers, or any of the other identifications that are floating around. [Mayflower Descendant 44:44]. The identification of her as Alice Atwood is based solely on the fact that William Mullins mentions a "Goodman Woodes" in his will. That is clearly not enough evidence to make a genealogical connection! There is no evidence at all to show that Alice was the daughter of Nicholas Atwood of Westminster, Middlesex as claimed by the I.G.I. and Ancestral Files of the Morman church. | ||||||||
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