Williams Mullins' died 21 Feb 1621 and made his will before that date. A copy was made 2 April 1621 and sent to England. The will left his wife 10 pounds of £40 that Goodman Woodes had in hand, also "To
my wife Alice halfe my goodes" and two shares (of nine) in his stock of shoes and boots.[2]
Caleb Johnson has published research concerning the wife / wives of William Mullins. Alice could have been the mother of his children, but because his children were born long before the Mayflower sailing, there is the possibility that Alice was not the first wife and not the mother of his children. Johnson discusses the possibilities in several articles.[3][4][5]
Common Error: Surname Atwood: First published in Ye Atte Wode Annals in 1928. The reasoning for this is based on very evidence, and is not accepted by any authorities.
Common Error: Surname Poretiers: Clarence A Torrey in New England Marriage Prior to 1700 published Mullins' marriage to Alice [Poretiers]? the question mark indicating he was unsure. It is believed Torrey found this is General Leroy Augustus Stafford: His Forebearers and Descendants (1943), which listed no source. Caleb Johnson has never even found this name anywhere in England and has not found any supporting evidence.
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1856) p. 448 "Mr William Mullines, and his wife, and 2. children, Joseph & Priscila; and a servant, Robart Carter." p. 452 "15 [persons] Mr Molines, and his wife, his sone, and his servant, dyed the first winter. Only his dougter Priscila survied, and maried with John Alden, who are both living, and have 11. children. And their eldest daughter is maried, & hath five children."
↑ Waters, Henry F. "Genealogical Gleanings in England." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 42:62, 63. link Archive.org
↑ Johnson, Caleb H. "An Investigation into the Origins of Alice, wife of William Mullins." "The Mayflower Quarterly", vol. 78, no. 1 (March 2012) p. 44. This article provides background material and hypotheses about her identity.
↑ Johnson, Caleb H. Undiscovered Mayflower lineages "Alice (____) Mullins" American Ancestors Magazine. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010. Issue 11.4 p. 35, 36 Discusses unconclusive research fully published in "The Mayflower Quarterly", vol. 78, no. 1 (March 2012) p. 44.
↑ "Some Theories on the wife or wives of William Mullins"
The American Genealogist. (New Haven, CT: 2004), Vol. 79 p. 176 (2004)(AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
↑ Anderson, Robert Charles Anderson, The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633, Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society 2004 (A sketch biography can be found on line at Americanancestors.org Pilgrim Village, which should be free)
Johnson, Caleb. "Further Traces of the Mullins Family of Dorking, Co. Surrey, England" in the Mayflower Descendant. Boston: MA Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2012, vol. 61, pp. 17-27. AmericanAncestors.org($).
Bradford, William, 1590-1657. Of Plimoth Plantation: manuscript, 1630-1650. State Library of Massachusetts "List of Mayflower Passengers." In Bradford's Hand.
Source: Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford and Williams, Alicia Crane, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 16 Part 1 of 3, John Alden, Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002.
Source: Johnson, Caleb, "Mayflower Passenger William Mullins", The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, p 161-169, July, 2004
Families of the Pilgrims by Hubert Kinney Shaw Boston, Mass. Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants,1955
The New England ancestry of Dana Converse Backus by Mary E. N. Backus of Salem, Mass. Unknown publication date.
The connection between Alice and the children listed is not approved by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, indicating no proof that she is the mother of William's children. While registering my supplemental lines this information came back. I am unsure how to effectively input this data in her profile. Comments?
Hi Robert, as noted in the biography Caleb Johnson also has concerns about Alice being the mother of William's children, so we have tried to show the ambiguity in the section "Mother of William's Children ?" and citing 3 articles about the question. All of her children, here on WikiTree at least, have their mother's certainty marked as "uncertain."
In response to Janet, other sources, including the Mayflower Society do not agree with this identification of Mrs. William Mullins. The Atwood name was found to be an error.
Unknown-259877 and Unknown-210447 appear to represent the same person because: Both are shown as wife of Mullins-5, birth and death dates similar +/-. Unknown-210447 has little data entered.
Unknown-259877 and Atwood-581 appear to represent the same person because: These are the same person: Alice Poretier Atwood, b. 01 Jan 1574, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, City of London, Greater London, England; d. 15 Mar 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, US; m. William Mullins, Abt. 1590, Leiden, Zuid-Holland Province, Netherlands.
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Birth 1 JAN 1573 Field, London, England Death 15 MAR 1621 Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts USA Source: "JLD1952 We Are All Connected Tree" created by Janet Lynn Dusten @ http://person.ancestry.com/tree/16372964/person/20305785539/facts
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