Person:Edward Mills (28)
Edward Mills
b.7 Jun 1665 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.7 Nov 1732 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 26 Apr 1653
  1. Elizabeth Mills1654 -
  2. Sarah Mills1656 -
  3. John Mills1660 - 1721/22
  4. Jonathan Mills1662 -
  5. Edward Mills1665 - 1732
  6. Susannah Mills1667/68 - 1669
  7. Mary Mills1670 -
  8. Nathaniel Mills1672 - 1746
  9. Susannah Mills1675 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Aft 1690
  1. Stephen MillsAbt 1690 - Bef 1732
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Edward Mills1665 - 1732
  • W.  Ruth (add)
m. Bef 1696
  1. Edward Mills1696 -
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Facts and Events
Name Edward Mills
Gender Male
Birth[1] 7 Jun 1665 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Alt Birth[1] 29 Jun 1665 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation[2] From 1687 to 1692 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesSchool teacher.
Marriage Aft 1690 to Mehitable Minot
Occupation[2] Aft 1692 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesSchool teacher.
Marriage Bef 1696 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Ruth (add)
Death[2][3] 7 Nov 1732 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bates, Samuel. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. (Randolph, Massachusetts : D.H. Huxford, 1886)
    p. 645.

    Edward Mills, son of John Mills & Elizabeth his wiffe borne 4th mo. 7th 1665.
    [Also, p. 672: Edward Mills, was borne June 29th 1665.]

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:213.

    "MILLS, ... EDWARD, Dorchester, S. of John of Braintree, m. Mehitable, d. of Stephen Minot, wid. of the younger Henry Messinger, wh. d. 16 Aug. 1690, aged 25; had Stephen. He taught the sch. in D. fr. 1687 to 92, and aft. a sch. in Boston, partly under the patronage of the London Soc. for propagat. the Gospel, and d. 7 Nov. 1732."

  3. ↑ Sibley, John Langdon. Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Cambridge, Mass.: C.W. Sever, 1873- 1885)
    p. 338.

    Edward Mills, s/o John Mills of Braintree, b. 29 Jun 1665, m. (1) Mehitable (Minot) Messinger who d. 1690, "that he was married again may be inferred", "he died on Tuesday night, 7 November, 1732, having 'been a worthy SchoolMaster in the Town upwards of Forty Years: Aged 67 Years, and was decently Interr'd', states the New England Journal, of 13 November, 1732, 'on Saturday last, his Scholars Walking in Order before the corpse'."

  4.   Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County). Probate record books (1900-1916), and probate docket books (1901-1916), Suffolk County, Massachusetts. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987)
    Case 6326 Mills Edward 1732 Nov 30.

    Will of "Edward Mills of Boston ... Gent'n", dated 5 May 1732, proved 30 Nov 1732 ["Edward Mills the other Executor being out of the Province in parts beyond Seas"], names wife Ruth ["things as I had with her upon Marriage"], son Edward Mills Jun'r ["two Negroes namely Jack and Dinah", mentions "my Negro Brantrey" who is given a bed]. Wife Ruth Mills and only son Edward Mills Jun'r to be executors; friends Thomas Cushing Esq'r and Thomas Cushing Jun'r of Boston to be overseers.
    20 Mar 1732[/33]: Inventory of Mr Edward MIlls late of Boston Gent. Dece'd: £2286.17.6, by Tho's Cushing, Dan'l Henchamn, Samuel Kneeland. 21 Mar 1732: sworn to by Ruth Mills one of the executors.

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