Winch and Allied Families - Our Mayflower Ancestors - William and Alice Mullins Family

The information for this blog post comes from: Mayflower Families through Five Generations.

Volume Sixteen, Part 1 John Alden - 

William and Alice Mullins - Generation 1

The list of Mayflower's passengers, includes:

William Mullins, his wife Alice; their children Joseph and Priscila. there was also a servant Robert Carter.

"The fate of this family is given in Bradford's lis of *increasings and decreasings8 (MD,1:13):

 "Mr. Molines, and his wife, his sone, and his servant dyed the first winter. Only his daughter priscila survived, and maried with John Alden, who are both living [in 1650] and have 11 [sic] children.?"

"The nuncupative (oral) will of William Mullins probably written 21 February 1621, the day of his death, and copied 2 April 1621 (reprinted here from MD, 1:231-232):

[verbatum]

"in the name of God Amen: I comit my soule to God that gave it and my bodie to the earth from whence it came. Alsoe I give my goodes as followeth   That Forty poundes in the hand of goodman Woodes I give my wife tenn poundes, my sonne Joseph tenn poundes, my daughter Priscilla tenn poundes and my eldest sonne tenn poundes  Alsoe I give to my eldest sonne all my debts, bonds, bills (onelye yt forty poundes excepted in the handes of goodman Wood) given as aforesaid wth all the stock in his owne handes.  To my eldest daughter I give tenn shillinges to be paied out of my sonnes stock   Furthermore that goodes I have in Virginia as followeth  To my wife Alice falfe my goodes & to Joseph and Priscilla the other halfe equallie to be devided betweene them.  Alsoe I have xxj dozen of shoes, and thirteene paire of bootes wch I give into the Companies handes for forty poundes at seven years and if thy like them at that rate. If it be thought to deare as my Overssers shall thinck good  And if they like them at that rate at the divident I shall have nyne shares whereof I give as followeth twoe to my wife, twoe to my sonne William, twoe to my sonne Joseph, twoe to my daughter Priscilla, and one to the Companie. Allsoe if my sonne William will come to Virginia I give him my share of land  furdermore I give to my twoe Overseers Mr John Carver and Mr Williamson, twentye shillinges apeece to see this my will performed desiringe them that he would have an eye over my wife and children to be as fathers and freindes to them; Allsoe to have a speciall eye to my man Robert wch hathe not so approved himselfe as I would he should have done 

This is a Coppye of Mr Mullins his Will of all particulars he hathe given. In witnes whereof I have sett my hande

            John Carver, Giles Heale, Christopher Joanes

The will was carried back to England for probate by the Mayflower on her voyage (ibid.):

In the month of July Anno Domini 1621, On the 23rd day issued a commission to Sarah Blunden, formerly Mullins, natural and legitimate daughter of William Mullins, late of Dorking in the County of Surrey, but deceased in parts beyond the seas, seized &c., for administering to the tenor and affect of the will of the said deceased because in that will he named no executor. In due form &c. swears

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Winch and Allied Families - Our Mayflower Ancestors - John Alden Family - Generation 1

The information for this blog post comes from: Mayflower Families through Five Generations.

Volume Sixteen, Part 1 John Alden

John Alden possibly met Priscilla Mullins and her family on the Mayflower during the voyage. He was about 22 years old*.

I believe that John Alden stayed in Plymouth because he had met and fallen in love with Priscilla during the voyage. Those feelings probably increased after the Mayflower settled in Plymouth, when Priscilla's parents and brother died during the winter of 1620 and 1621.

The story goes that Miles Standish's wife had died during the "general sickness" - between 1620 and 1621- that aflicted nearly half the passengers and crew from the Mayflower. Supposedly Standish asked John Alden to speak to Priscilla for him regarding Standish marrying Priscilla. John went to the Captain of the Mayflower and asked for the Captain's  permission, possibly because he was the leader of the Company at the time. The Captain gave his permission and John went to speak with Priscilla.

At one point during John and Priscilla's discussion, it is said that John states that Standish wants to court her.

Priscilla's answer to that was "Why don't you speak for yourself John?" John apparently didn't answer but left the dwellng.

John and Priscilla were married after this encounter, but the date is unknown..."tho' their's was possibly the third marriage at Plymouth Colony. It was possibly taken place before the division of land in 1623/4. Only John was mention in the documents from this so is is "assumed" that Priscilla was included."

By May 1627 the couple had two children. There is no record of the births of their children. Their first child Elizabeth was born in the years of 1624-1625,

In 1627 there was a division of Cattle. That document states that John, Priscilla and their children Elizabeth and John Alden in the "fourth lot" which received "one of the 4 heyfers came in the Jacob Called Raghorne".that fell to John Howland & his company Joyned to him" Came in the Jacob Called Raghorn" (Raghorne is a breed of cattlle) (PCR, 12:10; Plymouth Colony by Stratton, 422)

As the colony grew by other ships with passengers from England, the families started to "outgrow" the settlement. Eventually John and Priscilla - and their children - by grant the family moved to the settlement called Duxbury/Duxburrow, northeast of Plymouth.

There the family grows to 10 children. In this volume it states "that the size was similar to a mmmmobile home, possibly with a loft or a 2nd floor.

The Aldlen House remained in the family until 1892, Jonathan's family. It was transferred to the Alden Kindred in 1907.

The house is now owned by the Alden Kindren, purchased in 1907. (Alden Family in Alden House, 128.)

The original house no longer stands. In it's place a house was built in 1653.The Alden Kindred of America, Inc., owns and maintains the house.

In March 1633, John Alden was taxed1pound.4schillings.In March 1634 he was taxed the same amount.

That same year John was imprisoned in Boston. Apparently he was imprisoned for bring supplies to the Piscataque settlement. He was the nearest representative from Plymouth he was arrested for trading on the river. While not at the murder, when arriving at the trading post he was arrested due to the "one-sided version of the murder arrived before him".

Thomas Pence intervened explained that the murder took place before Alden was present, and so he was released. Apparently the trading rights over the area was continued for some time.

Alden served as an agent for the Plymouth Colony many time. He was a Deputy Governor twice when the Governor was absent.

From 1656 through 1658 he served three terms as treasurer, councils of war, and other committees. He mowed lawns, tended to his cattle, whose marks were a "long round cut". He was given land on the Blewfish River, which was a "marshy brook in the eastern part of Duxbury".

John and Standish were granted 300 hundred acres "on the north side of the South River."

By 1943 John had a son named John Alden Jr.. They were both sent to Sandwich to end a disput regarding how the town of Sandwich was to be divided.

In 1643 Mr. John Alden, John Alden Jr. and Jos(eph) were had land in Duxboro.

John Alden Sr. was listed as having been granted lands "about" Saughtuckquett to the west, named Duxbury New Plantation in 1656.

He was brought into court over "not being more sympathetic to the newly arrived Quakers;being granted land rights in Green's Harbor; was dispatched to Sandwicih to settle a dispute regarding the town's granted land which was to be divided"He was one of many who were selected for as a plantation trustee regarding dividing  lands that were already inhabited, later known as Duxbury Platantion.

By 1660 he was grated 10 pounds as he was "low in his estate, and required to "spend much time at the courts on the country's occasions, and so hath done this many years, the Court have allowed him a small gratuity, the sum of ten pounds."

John Alden appeared in a few more land, as well   as being one of the Members of a Council of war in April 1667, purchases to deal with threats from the French and Dutch, as well an increase in threats with the Narragansetts.  

Joh Alden was a member of a Council of War in April 1667 due to threats from the Narragansetts.

When King Philip's War started in 1675, John Alden was a senior advisor to Govenor Winslow of the Plymouth Colony.

IN 1675, John Alden was one of the origianl 71 original propriotors and was assigned lots in November of 1679 - the 15th lot.

John Alden distributed his real estate amongst his sons through the use of deeds. The distribution started in July of 1674, with distributions to his sons David, Joseph, Jonathan [ours] his lands in Duxbury. David and Jonathan was given first right of purchase to five acresof salt march in Duxbyrt and "my whole proportion in the Major's PUrchase commonly so-called being the thirty-fifth part of said purchse.

John Alden Sr. died on the 12h of September  1687 (by the old calendar which is 12 days before our current calendar).  

Jonarthan Alden was granted as the Administor of his father's estate. The estate's worth was totaled at 48 pounds, 17 schillings, "6d" [dollars?]

On 13th June 1688, the heirs of John Alden Senior's estate of Duxbury, released Jonathan Alden from his position of executor.

*Indicates information taken from "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Sixteen Part 1, John Alden

Winch and Allied Families - Our Mayflower Families - Introduction

 I have heard about the Mayflower and it's passengers for "nigh on" 60 years.

Little did I know they we are direct line ancestors to - wait for it - 10 people on the Mayflower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On this page I will list the persons/families and their English origins that we have as dicect line ancestors, and then dedicate a page to each family. I have not been able to find any in the Clark(e) Family - yet - 

This is my way to celebrate Thanksgiving this year.

The passengers we are directly descended from are as follows:

Isaac and - I believe - Mary Allerton - I think. I believe they came from Suffolk

William and Mary Brewster - Their son Jonathan came over the next year. Possibly from Nottingham.

Francis and his son John Cooke. From Leiden, The Netherlands.

Samuel Fuller - from Redenhall, Norfolk.

Degory Priest - He was a hatter from London.

John and Elizabeth Tilley - Elizabeth was the daughter of John.

John Howland - From Fenstation, Norfolk. The Manservant and Executive assistant for Govenor John Carver.

John, Eleanor, John (son), Francis (son) Billington  (possibly from Lancanshire)

Francis, Sarah, Samuel Eaton (possibly from Bristol, Gloucestershire/Somerset).

William, Alice, Priscilla, Joseph Mullins (from Dorking, Surrey.

My hopes are to do short documentation on each of the above.

You may want to go to:

https://winchandalliedfamilies.blogspot.com/

Which includes as far back as I have gone - not including the Mayflower Families as I didn't know at the time that I had ancestors among the Mayflower.

Around 2023, I saw the name "Brewster" show up in my FamilySearch.org tree. I recognized the name as being from a list of passengers on the Mayflower. I followed the name up into the tree and found that our family - the Winch side - were direct line descendants of William and Mary Brewster. William was the religious "leader" of the Mayflower passengers.

They both survided the voyage lived for a number of years in Plymouth.

I have the following "Silver Books" on the families of the Mayflower, which were published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendents".

They books highlight the following families:

#8 - Degory Priest 2nd edition Part 1

#16 - John Alden Volume Sixteen Part 1

#21 - Billington Family part 1 and 2

#22 - Brewster Family part 1 and 2

These books reside in my office on the top of my mother's desk.

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