William MULLINS b. Abt 1572 Dorking, , Surrey, England d. 21 Feb 1620/21 Plymouth, , Plymouth,: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

Abt 1572 - 1621 (~ 49 years)

Name	William MULLINS [1, 2, 3, 4]
Birth	Abt 1572	Dorking, , Surrey, England [1, 2, 5]
Gender	Male
_UID	C4D349DB1B1344B6A0A7B4D418874C04A15B
Residence	Between 1612 and 1619	Dorking, , Surrey, England [6]
58-61 West Street
Built in about 1590 by the Sheffield family, the four-unit Mullins family home is a handsome jettied building in the middle of Dorking's West Street shopping district. William bought his home in 1612 and sold it seven years later to Ephraim Bothell, investing the profits from the sale in the Mayflower enterprise. A shoe-maker, William intended to establish a business in the new colony, taking 250 pairs of shoes and 13 pairs of boots with him.
Immigration	11 Nov 1620	Plymouth, , Plymouth, [7, 8]
Mayflower Passenger from Plymouth, England 6 Sep 1620
The Mullins family boarded the Mayflower at the Port of Rotherhithe in Southwark (on the Thames River just south of London) because they were members of that group that the Leiden Pilgrims called "strangers," people who joined the company for economic rather than religious reasons.
Public Record	11 Nov 1620	, , , At Sea [9]
Signed the Mayflower Compact
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT In the name of God Amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, etc. Having undertaken for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first Colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly, and mutually, in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the end aforesaid, and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices from time to time, as shall be thought most right1 and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, Year of our Lord, 1620. I have modernized archaic words and spelling for clarity. Notes from Caleb Johnson, Mayflower History.com: The "Mayflower Compact" was signed on 11 November 1620 onboard the Mayflower shortly after she came to anchor off Provincetown Harbor. The Pilgrims had obtained permission from English authorities to settle in Virginia, whose northern border at the time extended up to what is now New York. The Pilgrims had originally intended to settle near the mouth of the Hudson River, but due to dangerous shoals and a near shipwreck on their attempt to head south, they decided instead to plant themselves outside the bounds of the Virginia Company patent--which caused some "mutinous speeches" amongst some of the passengers. The Mayflower Compact was an attempt to establish a temporary, legally-binding form of self-government until such time as the Company could get formal permission from the Council of New England. This formal permission came in the form of the Pierce Patent of 1621. The original Mayflower Compact has been lost, perhaps falling victim to Revolutionary War looting. The text was first published in London in 1622 in A Relation or Journal of the Beginning and Proceeding of the English Plantation Settled at Plymouth in New England. A copy of it is found in William Bradford's handwritten history, Of Plymouth Plantation, made about 1630. And Nathaniel Morton, secretary for Plymouth Colony, published it, along with the earliest known list of the signers, in his history, New England's Memorial, published in 1669. A list of signers is also found in Thomas Prince's 1736 book, Chronological History of New England; and Thomas Hutchinson published a list of signers in 1767 as well. It is uncertain if they had access to the original, or were basing their list of signers off Nathaniel Morton's. SIGNERS [In order of signing; our ancestors are highlighted in bold.] : John Carver Edward Tilley Degory Priest William Bradford John Tilley Thomas Williams Edward Winslow Francis Cooke Gilbert Winslow William Brewster Thomas Rogers Edmund Margesson Isaac Allerton Thomas Tinker Peter Browne Myles Standish John Rigsdale Richard Britteridge John Alden Edward Fuller George Soule Samuel Fuller John Turner Richard Clarke Christopher Martin Francis Eaton Richard Gardiner William Mullins James Chilton John Allerton William White John Crackstone Thomas English Richard Warren John Billington Edward Doty John Howland Moses Fletcher Edward Leister Stephen Hopkins John Goodman
Will	Feb 1620/21	Plymouth, , Plymouth, [10, 11]
Plymouth Colony: "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 fforty 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 Also I give to my eldest sonne all my debtes, bonds, bills (onelye yt forty poundes excepted in the handes of goodman Wood) given as aforsaid wth all the stock in his owne handes. To my eldest daughter I give ten shillings to be paied out of my sonnes stock Furthermore that goodes I have in Virginia as followeth To my wife Alice halfe 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 seaven years and if thy like them at that rate. If it be thought to deare as my Overseers 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 daugher 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 Mullens his Will of all particulars he hathe given. In witnes whereof I have sett my hande John Carver, Giles Heale, Christopher Joanes. Vicesimo tertio : die mensis Julii Anno Domini Millesimo sexcentesimo vicesimo primo Emanavit Commissio Sare Blunden als Mullins filie naturali et legitime dicti defuncti ad administrand bona iura et credita eiusdem defuncti iuxta tenorem et effectum testamenti suprascripti eo quod nullum in eodem testamento nominavit executorem de bene ect Jurat. 68, Dale." [Translation of the Latin]: 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 the goods, rights and credits of the said deceased, according to the tenor and effect of the will of the said deceased because in that will he named no executor. In due form &c. swears.
Death	21 Feb 1620/21	Plymouth, , Plymouth, [1, 2]
Burial	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States [12]
	Pilgrim Memorial, Coles Hill Burial Ground, Plymouth, Mass. Inscription: Of the One Hundred and Four Passengers / These Died in Plymouth During the First Year / Mary, First Wife of Isaac Allerton / Sarah, First Wife of Francis Eaton / Degory Priest / William Mullins / Alice His Wife and / Joseph Their Son / Thomas Rogers [Names listed here are those whose descendants are in Our Family Tree]
	Pilgrim Memorial, Plymouth, MA Coles Hill Burial Ground memorial to pilgrims who died the first year. Added to FindAGrave #28971892 by: Caryn on 2 Jan 2017
Person ID	I3393	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	17 Oct 2023

Father	John MULLINS, b. Abt 1546, , , , England d. Abt 1584, Dorking, , Surrey, England (Age ~ 38 years)
Mother	Joan BRIDGER, b. Abt 1548, , , , England d. 1609, Dorking, , Surrey, England (Age ~ 61 years)
Marriage	8 Jul 1571	Dorking, , Surrey, England
Family ID	F2002	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Alice, b. Abt 1573, , , , England d. Between 22 Feb 1620/21 and 20 Mar 1620/21, Plymouth, , Plymouth, (Age ~ 48 years)

Marriage Bef 1593 , , , England [13]

Children

+	1. William MULLINS, b. Abt 1593, , , , England d. 12 Feb 1671/72, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 79 years)
	2. Elizabeth MULLINS, b. Abt 1598 d. Young
	3. Sarah MULLINS, b. Abt 1600, , , , England d. Aft 1621, , , , England (Age ~ 22 years)
+	4. Priscilla MULLINS, b. 1602, , , , England d. Between 1651 and 1687, Duxbury, , Plymouth, (Age 49 years)
	5. Joseph MULLINS, b. Abt 1604, , , , England d. Between 22 Feb 1620/21 and 20 Mar 1620/21, Plymouth, , Plymouth, (Age ~ 17 years)

Family ID F744 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 May 2021

Photos
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Came over on the Mayflower.

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1572 - Dorking, , Surrey, England
	Marriage - Bef 1593 - , , , England
	Residence - 58-61 West Street - Between 1612 and 1619 - Dorking, , Surrey, England
	Immigration - Mayflower Passenger from Plymouth, England 6 Sep 1620 - 11 Nov 1620 - Plymouth, , Plymouth,
	Public Record - Signed the Mayflower Compact - 11 Nov 1620 - , , , At Sea
	Will - Feb 1620/21 - Plymouth, , Plymouth,
	Death - 21 Feb 1620/21 - Plymouth, , Plymouth,
	Burial - - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3393&tree=tree1: accessed 4 April 2025), "William MULLINS."

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