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John Millington
Birth 1643 in Windsor,Hartford,Connecticut,USA
Death 1720-03-29 in Windsor,Hartford,Connecticut,USA

Dates and places came from "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," and "Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700."

Children of John Millington and Sarah Smith are:

i. John Millington, born 28 Jan 1673/74 in Suffield, Connecticut; died 26 Mar 1720 in Suffield, Hartford,

Connecticut; married Martha Reeve 1668 in Windsor, Hartford, CT, USA.

ii. Henry Millington, born 20 Sep 1679 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; died Unknown


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Married 1688 Windsor moved to Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut
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From '''The public records of the colony of Connecticut [1636-1776]''' . This could be about the creation of the ferry of which John Millington was keeper.

Whereas Roger Wolcott, Esqr, hath informed this Assembly that there is great necessity of a ferry from the common landing place in Plimouth Meadow in Windsor cross the great river and rivolet to his land on the east side of the great river, and that said ferry cannot be erected and duly attended unless a house be built on the river bank for the ferryman to live in, and hath proposed to this Assembly to undertake said [502] ferry || and provide that it shall be'duly attended, and also to find conveniency lor landing on the east side and passing from the river to the town way on the meadow bank, provided he and his heirs may have liberty to keep said ferry as long as they shall well furnish and duly attend the same: Upon consideration whereof, this Assembly grant to the said Roger Wolcott and his heirs and assigns, liberty to set up and keep said ferry, so long as he and they shall furnish said ferry with an able ferryman with suitable vessels and.oars for the transporting of man and horse over said ferry, and also find and allow land convenient lor the landing on the east side the river and for passing and repassing from the said ferry to the town way on the meadow bank; provided the said ferry shall be set up and duly furnished within two years next after the rising of this Assembly, and no charge be occasioned thereby to the publick treasury, and that the fare of the said ferry be under the regulation of this Assembly.

Birth	Abt 1648
Marriage	14 Apr 1668	Sarah Millington
Death	Abt 1720
Occupation		unknown

Spouse	Sarah Millington (1688 - 1769)
Child	John Millington (1674 - 1758)

Father	Thomas Millington (1620 - 1703)
Mother	Anne Millington (1620 - 1696)