William MULLINS^[1]

Abt 1570 - 1620  (~ 50 years)

• Name	William MULLINS
  Born	Abt 1570	Dorking, Surrey, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	1620	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Migration	11 Nov 1620	“Mayflower”
  Occupation	Shoemaker
  Will Notes	In his will (probably nuncupative), dated 2 April 1621 and proved July 1621, William Mullins directed that from the £40 in the hand of Goodman Woodes "I give my wife £10, my son Joseph £10, my daughter Priscilla £10, and my eldest son £10, also I give to my eldest son all my debts, bonds, bills (only that £40 excepted in the hands of Goodman Wood)... with all the stock in his own hands"; to "my eldest daughter I give 10s. to be paid out of my son's stock"; "the goods I have in Virginia as followeth, to my wife Alice half my goods & to Joseph and Priscilla the other half equally divided"; "I have twenty-one dozen of shoes and thirteen pair of boots which I give into the Company's hands for £40 at seven years... or as my overseers shall think good"; "and if they like them at that rate at the divident I shall have nine shares whereof I give as followeth, two to my wife, two to my son William, two to my son Joseph, two to my daughter Priscilla, and one to the Company"; "if my son William will come to Virginia I give him my share of land"; to "my two overseers Mr. John Carver and Mr. Williamson, 20s. apiece to see this my will performed desiring them that he would have an eye over my wife and children to be as fathers and friends to them, also to have a special eye to my man Robert which hath not so approved himself as I would he should have done" [MQ 34:10; Waters 254-55; MD 1:230-32 (all citing PCC 68 Dale)].  [2]
  Great Migration Study Project	Y
  Immigrant?	Y
  Mayflower Flag	Y
  Buried	Coles Hill Burying Ground, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I39987	Main
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family 1	Alice MNU,   b. Abt 1574, England ,   d. 15 Mar 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Married	Abt 1590	Dorking, Surrey, England
  Children	1. William MULLINS,   b. Abt 1593, Dorking, Surrey, England ,   d. Abt 1674, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 81 years)   2. Joseph MULLINS,   b. Abt 1596, Dorking, Surrey, England ,   d. Abt 1621, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 25 years) + 3. Priscilla MULLINS,   b. Abt 1603, Dorking, Surrey, England ,   d. Bef 1687  (Age ~ 83 years)   4. Sarah SPOFFORD,   b. 15 Dec 1759, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 Jul 1804, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 44 years)   5. Sarah MULLINS,   b. Abt 1598, Dorking, Surrey, England ,   d. Aft 23 Jul 1621, Dorking, Surrey, England  (Age ~ 23 years)
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F6258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Alice MNU,   b. Abt 1574, England ,   d. 15 Mar 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Married	Abt 1590	Dorking, Surrey, England
  Children	1. Joseph MULLINS,   b. Abt 1596, Dorking, Surrey, England ,   d. Abt 1621, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 25 years)
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F12206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 1620 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories

  The Good Ship Mayflower 1620 Passenger list

  
  

• Notes

  s/o John MULLINS & Joanne BRIDGER m1 —?— Children b England: William (abt 1593—1674) came to New England after his father’s death Sarah m BLUNDEN Elizabeth (bp 1598) might have died young m2 Alice _____ Children b England: Priscilla - only survivor of her family after 1621 Joseph (1606—1621) —— In his accounting of the passengers on the Mayflower Bradford included "Mr. William Mullins and his wife and two children, Joseph and Priscilla; and a servant, Robert Carter" [Bradford 442]. In the listing of the fate of these passengers in 1651 he reported that "Mr. Mullins and his wife, his son and his servant died the first winter. Only his daughter Priscilla survived, and married with John Alden; who are both living and have eleven children. And their eldest daughter is married and hath five children [Bradford 445]. It has been suggested that he was the William Mullins of Stoke, Surrey, about ten miles from Dorking [English Homes 73-74; Brainard Anc 217]. This likely identification is aided by a 1616 Privy Council order that may have been a religious trial that motivated William to sell his holding in the Manor of Dorking and emigrate [English Homes 73-74; Brainard Anc 217-218]. Records for Dorking dated October 5, 1604, again name William Mullins, then residing in the Eastborough district there where he was the head of a “frankpledge” – a group of ten families bonded to the king for their good behavior. And if one member of the group was fined or punished, all members would be punished, which is what happened on September 19, 1605 when Mullins and his frankpledge were fined for an unknown transgression. [3, 4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles, I-IIII:1315. [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles, I-III;1315. [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles, I-III:1316. [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mullins_(Mayflower_passenger).