John Mullins (abt. 1546 - bef. 1584)

Born about 1546 in Surrey, England [uncertain]

Husband of Joan (Bridger) Benham — married 8 Jul 1571 in Dorking, Surrey, England

Descendants

Died before 4 Feb 1584 before about age 38 in Dorking, Surrey, England

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Biography

The origins and parents of John Mullins/Mullyns are unknown. His birth year is estimated at about 1546,^[1] assuming he was about aged 25 at his 1571 marriage.

John married Joane Bridger on 8 July 1571 at Dorking, Surrey.^[1][2][3] This is the first appearance of John Mullins in Dorking records.^[1]

John was a shoemaker in Dorking, and was named as such in a fine dated 8 October 1577.^[1]

The Dorking parish registers have a large break between the years 1572 and 1578, during which John and Joan would have had children.^[1] However, Mayflower researcher Caleb Johnson confidently lists the following as children of the couple:

• William, born in Dorking about 1672, died at Plymouth 21 February 1620/1; married Alice ____ and had 5 children^[1]
• John, born ca. 1575, married and had children^[1]
• Margaret, born ca. 1580, buried 5 August 1611 at Dorking, married John Gardiner and had a son^[1]
• Edward, baptized 23 September 1582 in Dorking;^[4] "the son of widow Mullins" was buried at Dorking on 8 July 1584 (presumed to be Edward)^[1]

John Mullins was buried on 4 February 1583/4 in Dorking. His widow, Joan, remarried to Vincent Benham on 1 November 1585 and they had a daughter together. Joan was buried at Dorking 5 February 1608/9.^[1]

Research Notes

Unknown Origins

John's parents are unknown. There are claims on the internet that his parents were John Mullins and Joanna Montage, of Warnham, Sussex, but there is no known evidence to support this.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} 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($).
2. ↑ "Surrey Marriages", database, FindMyPast Transcription($): John Mullyn and Joan Bridger, Marriage date 08 Jul 1571, Marriage place Dorking, Surrey. Source: Parish Register Transcripts.
3. ↑ "England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973". Ancestry Record 9852 #17807950 (accessed 1 October 2021): Joane Bridger marriage to John Mullyn on 8 Jul 1571 in Dorking, Surrey, England.
4. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, citing Digital film/folder number: 007906388; FHL microfilm: 804121, FamilySearch Record: NPYP-Q35, John Mullyns's son Edward Mullyns baptism on 23 Sep 1582 in Dorking, Surrey, England.

See also:

• Wikipedia article on William Mullins, citing Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and Her Passengers (Indiana: Xlibris Corp., 2006), p. 193; and Charles Edward Banks, The English ancestry and homes of the Pilgrim Fathers who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, the Fortune in 1621, and the Anne and the Little James in 1623, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2006), p. 73.