Hi Jillaine,
PGM question. I have Anderson's Directory and use it frequently. This past week, I found two ancestors who are listed in his book as arriving in CT in 1639 (Simon Mills and John Bissell), both of whom are listed as Founders of Windsor on the marker erected by the Windsor Historical Society. For this query, I will stick with Simon Mills because I've worked on him the most this past week (Mills-285). Please keep in mind I'm not done with him or his wife.
In addition to Anderson, I am finding other sources, some secondary, that provide details about Simon Mills arriving on the "Mary and John" in May 1630 at Dorchester, Massachusetts led by Rev. John Wareham. Simon's brother, John, died en route and was buried at sea. Between 1635 and 1639 Rev. Wareham and Rev. Hewitt's (aka Huit) people moved from Dorchester, MA to Windsor, CT.
My question is, could Anderson have listed "Mills, Simon: Unknown; 1639; Windsor" because this was the first documentation of his being in the colonies, whereas Simon could have arrived in 1630, but not recorded? Apparently, the Windsor town recorder was Matthew Grant and there is a fair amount of rave reviews as to his documenting skills in early Windsor.
I won't even bring up Simon's wife "Jone/Sarah" here, but I tried to clarify and provide great detail in Simon's profile.
I am finding a similar issue with John Bissell (arrived with Hewitt in 1638, but listed as 1639 in Anderson.
Thank you for any feedback. I will try to be up and on by 7am on Saturday!
