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WILLIAM MULLINS (d. 1621)
ALICE UNKNOWN
William Mullins died on 21 February 1620/1. [WWM] Alice probably died soon after the Mayflower departed on its return trip after 2 April 1621. [WWM]
William came to Plymouth on the Mayflower with his wife, daughter Priscilla, and a servant, Robert Carter. Mr. Mullins, his wife, son and servant died in the first winter. [OPP, 442]
William probably made his noncupative will on the day of his death. A copy of the will was made on 2 April 1621 and taken back to England on the Mayflower's return trip. Probate was on 23 Jul6 1621, when William's married daughter Sarah (Mullins) Blunden was appointed administratrix. The probabe papers refer to William as late of Dorking, county Surrey. William left forty pounds that were owned to him by Goodman Woods in equal shares to his wife, son Joseph, daughter Priscilla and eldest son. He left his eldesd son all his debts, bonds and bills, except the one from Goodman Woods, and all of the stock in his own hands. He left his eldest daughter ten shillings, to be paid by his eldest son. He left his wife Alice half of his goods and his children Joseph and Priscilla the other half. He also possessed 21 dozen shoes and 13 pairs of boots, which he proposed to sell to the company for forty pounds at seven years. He would then own nine shares. He left two each to his wife, his son William and his children Joseph and Priscilla. He left one share to the company. If his son came to Virginia, which is what the Pilgrims then thought Plymouth was part of, he was receive his father's land. [WWM]
Children of William and (possibly) Alice Mullins:
i. Sarah Mullins married Unknown Blunden. She did not come to New England with her father.
ii. William Mullins did not come to New England with his father.
iii. Joseph Mullins probably died soon after the Mayflower departed on its return trip after 2 April 1621. [WWM]
iv. Priscilla Mullins married John Alden.
References:
WWM. George Ernest Bowman, "The Will of William Mullins," Mayflower Descendant 1 (1899): 230–2.
BOPP. William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, Charles Dean, editor (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1856), Appendix.
Last revised: 11-Nov-2022