Individual Details
William MULLINS
(Abt 1572 - 21 Feb 1620/21)
"It has been suggested that he [William] 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 motivated William to sell his holding in the Manor of Dorking and emigrate [English Homes 73-74; Brainard Anc 217-218]."
Despite this possibility, there's no documentary evidence of his date of birth. Anderson estimates before 1698, based on the ages of his children, but Mayflower Descendants, vol 16, part 1, estimates before 1572, based on the marriage date of his parents.
He, with his wife Alice and four children, arrived with the first colonists aboard the Mayflower. The first winter was harsh on the family. Mullins made a deathbed will on 21 February 1620/1 and died on the same day. His wife and his children survived him, but Alice and son Joseph died later during the winter. The inventory of his will suggests that Mullins was a shoemaker.
Events
| Birth | Bef 1568 | Dorking, Surrey, England |  |  | |
| Birth | Abt 1572 | Dorking, Surrey, England | | | |
| Marriage | Bef 1593 | Alice [wife of William Mullins] [UNKNOWN-NOT ATWOOD NOR PORETIERS] | | | |
| Arrival | 1620 | on the Mayflower - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony | | ||
| Death | 21 Feb 1620/21 | Plymouth, Plymouth Colony | | | |
| Will | 21 Feb 1620/21 | Plymouth, Plymouth Colony | | | |
| Probate | Jul 1621 | Plymouth, Plymouth Colony | | ||
| Occupation | shoemaker | | | ||
| Burial | Coles Hill Burial Ground, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Alice [wife of William Mullins] [UNKNOWN-NOT ATWOOD NOR PORETIERS] (1575 - 1620) |
| Child | William MULLINS (1593 - 1674) |
| Child | Joseph MULLINS (1596 - 1621) |
| Child | Sarah MULLINS (1598 - 1621) |
| Child | Priscilla MULLINS (1600 - 1650) |
| Father | John MULLYNS (1550 - 1598) |
| Mother | Joane BRIDGER (1554 - ) |
| Sibling | John MULLYNS (1577 - 1643) |
| Sibling | Edward MULLYNS (1582 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Birth date inferred from marriage dateBirth
Estimated, based on marriage date of parentsMarriage
Inferred from birth dates of childrenDeath
"February 21. Die Mr. William White, Mr. William Mullins, with two more" [Prince 184]Will
a "noncupative", i.e. deathbed, willOccupation
inferred from inventory of estateBurial
There is a memorial for all of the pilgrims who died in the first winter.Endnotes
1. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1315, short biography of William Mullins; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 26 March 2015.
2. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 16.
3. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1315, short biography of William Mullins; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 26 March 2015.
4. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 16.
5. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), pp 1315-1316; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 31 July 2015; biographical sketch .
6. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1315, short biography of William Mullins; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 26 March 2015.
7. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 16.
8. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 16.
9. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), pp 1315-1316; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 31 July 2015; biographical sketch .
10. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), pp 1315-1316; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 31 July 2015; biographical sketch .
11. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 February 2016), #28972147, memorial reads William M Mullins, Alice his wife, and Joseph their son.