View source for Priscilla Mullins (mtDNA)

==Status summary==
As of June 26, 2020
* Page created for the wife (or wives) of William Mullins and their daughter Priscilla.
* [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/alden/about Alden DNA project] collecting mtDNA results of matrilineal descendants of Priscilla Mullins. Results can be seen at: [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Alden?iframe=mtresults mtDNA results]
* [https://alden.org/ Alden Kindred of America] contacted.
* recruitment of individuals who are matrilineal (all female line) descendants of Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. Folks who believe they are mtDNA descendants should [[Read me First|<big>'''Read me First'''</big>]]

<big>'''IMPORTANT:'''</big>[[Read me First|<big>'''Read me First'''</big>]]

==Paper Trail==
For more information see: Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford (ed. by Alicia Crane Williams), ''Mayflower Family Through Five Generations, Vol. 16 Alden''. Names in '''bold font''' have mtDNA descendants who have mtDNA tested.
===First Generation===
Almost nothing is known about [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-210447 Alice], wife of William Mullins. We are not even certain she was the mother of all/some/none of the children of [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mullins-5 William Mullins]. The only mention of her (given) name was in her husband's 1621 will and she died shortly after him, in the general sickness during the winter of 1621.<ref>[http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/Maydeaths.html Mayflower passenger deaths 1620-1621].</ref>

Noted Mayflower researcher, Caleb Johnson, published in the ''Mayflower Quarterly''<ref>MQ 78(Mar 2012):41-57</ref> his research on William Mullins and his wife or wives. While Johnson was not able to prove his findings, he developed a tantalizing hypothesis from his research.  Johnson believes William Mullins may have been married twice: His first wife was ''possibly'' [https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LRR6-QW5/elizabeth-wood- Elizabeth], daughter of John Wood and Joan Taylor. Elizabeth is believed to have been the mother of all of Williams' children. After her death, William possibly married Alice _____ Browne, widow of either William Browne (and therefor mother of ''Mayflower'' passenger Peter Browne) or possibly William's brother, Thomas Browne.

William had five children:  William, Elizabeth, Sarah, Priscilla and Joseph. Joseph never married and while William married and had a daughter, she never had any children.

===Second Generation===
Elizabeth Mullins was [https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000109697666913?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000109697356032 baptized] at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford, Surrey on 11 Nov 1598. She likely died young as she was not mentioned in the nuncupative will of her father (1621). Her sister Sarah was called "eldest daughter" in this will.

[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mullins-43 Sarah Mullins] was born about 1600. Her father's 1621 probate record calls her "Sare Blunden alias Mullins" so she was then married to _____ Blunden. No further record.

[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mullins-7 '''Priscilla Mullins''']<ref>Only two contemporary records give Priscilla's name. The first was her father's will (where she was named) and the second was the list of ''Mayflower'' passengers made by Gov. William Bradford in 1651.</ref> was born about 1602, likely at either Dorking or Guildford, both in co. Surrey, England. She came over on the Mayflower along with her parents and brother Joseph. All of the Mullins family died during the winter of 1621 with the exception of Priscilla. Since she was not named in the 1623 land division, she was at that time already married to [[Alden (Y-DNA)|John Alden]].<ref>It is said they were the third couple married in Plymouth Colony. The first couple was the widow Edward Winslow to the widower Susanna (Jackson) White. Francis Eaton married his second wife, Dorothy about the same time as the marriage of Priscilla Mullins to John Alden. It is currently unknown which couple was married first, or if they were possibly married at the same time.</ref> The Aldens were among the first to move away from the original settlement and founded what is now Duxbury (likely before 1630).<ref>It has been said this new settlement came in stages with folks living out in the new location (where they had more land to farm) during the planting and harvest seasons, then moving back to the main settlement after the harvest. Gradually, folks began to stay at the new settlement year-long.</ref> Priscilla died sometime after 1651 but before her husband's death in 1687.<ref>Tradition states she attended the funeral of Josiah Winslow in 1680, but no contemporary record of her attending this funeral exists.</ref> John and Priscilla had ten children, four sons & six daughters (Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary [unmarried in 1688], Priscilla [unmarried in 1688], Ruth & Rebecca).

===Third Generation===
[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Alden-7 '''Elizabeth Alden'''] (c1623-1717) married [[Pabodie (Y-DNA)|William Pabodie]]<ref>later male line descendants changed the surname to Peabody</ref>. They had thirteen children (two sons & eleven daughters: Elizabeth, Mary, Mercy, Martha, Priscilla (1652-1652), Priscilla, Sarah, Ruth, Rebecca, Hannah and Lydia.

[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Alden-4 '''Sarah Alden'''] (aft 1628-1677) married [[Standish (Y-DNA)|Alexander Standish]]. They had eight children (three sons & five daughters: Lorah, Elizabeth, Mercy, Sarah and Lydia.

[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Alden-1 '''Ruth Alden'''] (c1643-1674) married [[Bass (Y-DNA)|John Bass]]. They had eight children (four sons & four daughters: Ruth, Hannah, Mary and Sarah.

[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Alden-9 '''Rebecca Alden'''] (c1649-1689) married [[Delano (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |Thomas Delano]]. They had nine children (five sons & four daughter: Deborah, Mary (1680-1756 not believed to have been married), Sarah and Ruth (c1684 m. [[Drew (Y-DNA)#Second Generation|Samuel Drew]] but no surviving children).

===Fourth Generation===
[https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/12/mode/1up '''Elizabeth Pabodie'''] was born Duxbury 24 Apr 1647 and died there about 4 May 1677. She married Duxbury Nov 1666 [[Rogers (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |John Rogers (II)]] and they had five children (all born Duxbury): [https://thomasrogerssociety.com/p4.htm#i100][http://alden.org/aldengenealogy/database/pafg08.htm#23459 '''Hannah'''] (1668 m. Samuel Bradford), [https://thomasrogerssociety.com/p4.htm#i101 John], [https://thomasrogerssociety.com/p4.htm#i102][http://alden.org/aldengenealogy/database/pafg08.htm#9064 Elizabeth] (1673 m. Silvester Richmond), [https://thomasrogerssociety.com/p4.htm#i103][http://alden.org/aldengenealogy/database/pafg03.htm#9533 Ruth] (1675 m. James Bennett, no children) and [https://thomasrogerssociety.com/p4.htm#i104][http://alden.org/aldengenealogy/database/pafg08.htm#21464 Sarah] (1677 m. Nathaniel Searle).

[https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/12/mode/1up Mary Pabodie] was born Duxbury 7 Aug 1648 and died there after 11 Dec 1727. She married Duxbury 16 Nov 1669 [[Southworth (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Edward Southworth]] and they had eight children (all born Duxbury): [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/46/mode/1up][http://alden.org/aldengenealogy/database/pafg08.htm#23011 Mercy] (c1670 m. [[Soule (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Moses Soule]][https://tng.soulekindred.org/getperson.php?personID=I567&tree=georgesouletree]), Elizabeth (1672 d. young), Thomas (c1676), Constant (son) (c1678), Benjamin (c1681), John (c1687), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/50/mode/1up][http://alden.org/aldengenealogy/database/pafg08.htm#8700 Elizabeth] (c1690 m. Samuel Weston), and [http://alden.org/aldengenealogy/database/pafg03.htm#12295 Priscilla] (1692-1761, unm.)

[https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/14/mode/1up Mercy Pabodie] was born Duxbury 2 Jan 1649/50 and died there 26 Sep 1728. She married Duxbury 16 Nov 1669 [[Simmons (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |John Simmons]] and they had nine children (all born Duxbury): John (1670), William (1672), Isaac (1674), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/60/mode/1up][http://alden.org/aldengenealogy/database/pafg08.htm#32749 Martha] (1677 m. [[Delano (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Ebenezer Delano]] & Samuel West), Benjamin (c1679), Moses (1680/1), Joseph (1683), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/64/mode/1up][http://alden.org/aldengenealogy/database/pafg09.htm#22575 Rebecca] (1685 m. [[Southworth (Y-DNA)#Fourth Generation |Constant Southworth]]) and Joshua (1688).

[https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/16/mode/1up Martha Pabobie] was born Duxbury 24 Feb 1650/1 and died Little Compton (now RI) about 25 Jan 1711. She married twice: First Duxbury 4 Apr 1677 [[Seabury_(Y-DNA)#Second_Generation|(Dr.) Samuel Seabury]] (d. 1681) and second there in 1682 William Fobes. By her first husband (Samuel Seabury) Martha had two children (born Duxbury): Joseph (1678) and [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/68/mode/1up Martha] (1679 m. Josiah Sawyer). By her second husband (William Fobes) Martha had four additional children: [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/70/mode/1up Elizabeth] (c1683 m. William Briggs), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/70/mode/1up Constant] (dau) (1686 m. [[Little (Y-DNA)#Third Generation|John Little]]), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/72/mode/1up Mary] (c1689 m. [[Southworth (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Edward Southworth]]) and [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/74/mode/1up Mercy] (1694-1711/2).

[https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/22/mode/1up Priscilla Pabodie] was born Duxbury 15 Jan 1653/4 and died Kingston 3 Jun 1724 She married Duxbury 24 Dec 1677 [https://familypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Ichabod_Wiswall_(1637-1700) Rev. Ichabod Wiswall (d. 1700)].<ref>Some sources state she had two more husbands: second Isaac Averill and third Michael Sprague, but her death record was under Priscilla Wiswall.</ref> and they had six children: [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/74/mode/1up Mercy] (1680 m. John Wadsworth (II)), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/76/mode/1up Hannah] (1682 m. John Robinson), Peleg (1683), Perez (1686), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/78/mode/1up][http://alden.org/aldengenealogy/database/pafg10.htm#23380 Priscilla] (1691 m. Gershom Bradford) and [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/78/mode/1up Deborah] (1693 m. Samuel Seabury (III)).

[https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/24/mode/1up Sarah Pabodie] was born Duxbury 7 Aug 1656 and died Little Compton, RI 27 Aug 1740. She married Duxbury 10 Nov 1681 John Coe and they had seven children: [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/80/mode/1up Lydia] (1683 m. John Bailey), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/80/mode/1up Sarah] (1686 m. Samuel Tompkins), Samuel (1692), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/84/mode/1up Elizabeth] (1694 m. Edward Burgess), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/84/mode/1up Hannah] (1696 likely never married but was the mother of one daughter), John (1699) and Joseph (1700).

[https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/26/mode/1up Ruth Pabodie] was born Duxbury 27 Jun 1658 and died there 27 Mar 1725. She married Duxbury about Dec 1678 [[Bartlett (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |Benjamin Bartlett]] and they had nine children: Robert (1679), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/88/mode/1up Sarah] (c1681 m. Israel Bradford), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/90/mode/1up Rebecca] (1684 m. John Bradford), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/90/mode/1up Ruth] (1690 m. John Murdock), Mercy (1694 m. John Turner), William (c1695), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/90/mode/1up Priscilla] (1697 m. [[Samson (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |John Samson]]), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/92/mode/1up Deborah] (c1701 m. Josiah Thomas) and [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/94/mode/1up Abigail] (1704 m. Gamaliel Bradford, Esq.)

[https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/28/mode/1up Rebecca Pabodie] was born Duxbury 16 Oct 1660 and died Little Compton (now in RI) 23 Dec 1702. She married Duxbury about 1680 [[Southworth (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |(Capt.) William Southworth]] and they had nine children: Benjamin (1681), Joseph (1683), Edward (1684), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/102/mode/1up Elizabeth] (1686 m. [[Little (Y-DNA)#Third Generation|David Little]]), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/104/mode/1up Alice] (1688 m. John Cook), Samuel (1690), Nathaniel (1692), Thomas (1694) and Stephen (1698).

[https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/32/mode/1up '''Hannah Pabodie'''] was born Duxbury 15 Oct 1662 and died Plymouth 29 Apr 1723. She married twice: First Duxbury 2 Aug 1683 [[Bartlett (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |Samuel Bartlett]] (d. 1713), second Plymouth 4 Mar 1715 John Churchill. Hannah only had (eight) children by her first husband (Samuel Bartlett): Benjamin (1684), Joseph (1686), Hannah (c1689 m. Benjamin Arnold & [[Delano (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Joseph Delano]]), Samuel (1691), Ichabod (1693), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/114/mode/1up][http://alden.org/aldengenealogy/database/pafg12.htm#15819 Lydia] (1694 m. Samuel Morton), '''Elizabeth''' (c1700 m. Joseph Bartlett (III)), and [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/114/mode/1up Sarah] (p1700 m. Elisha Holmes).

[https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/36/mode/1up '''Lydia Pabodie'''] was born Duxbury 3 Apr 1667 and died Saybrook (now Westbrook), CT 13 Jul 1748. She married about 1683 Daniel Grinnell and they had ten children (first eight born at Little Compton, last two at Saybrook (now Westbrook)): [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/134/mode/1up Mary] (1685 m. Robert Lay), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/136/mode/1up Elizabeth] (c1687 m. John Stevens), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/136/mode/1up '''Priscilla'''] (1698 m. Theophilus Redfield), Paybody (son)(c1691), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/136/mode/1up Lydia] (c1693 m. Joseph Clark), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/138/mode/1up Rebecca] (c1695 m. John Doud & Gideon Wellman), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/138/mode/1up '''Sarah'''] (c1698 m. John Booker, John Pike & poss. Joseph Nettleton), George (1702), [https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenpa00alde/page/138/mode/1up Jemima] (1704/5 m. Abraham Carter) and Daniel (1707/8) and Ruth (d. bef 1741, likely unm.)

[https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11095&tree=MylesStandish Lorah Standish] was born Duxbury about 1661 and died there after 2 Aug 1725. She married Duxbury about 1680 [[Abraham Sampson (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |Abraham Sampson (II)]] and they had seven children: Nathaniel (c1682), Abraham (c1686), Miles (c1692), Ebenezer (c1696), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11385&tree=MylesStandish Sarah] (1697 m. [[Samson (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Joseph Samson]] & John Rouse), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11530&tree=MylesStandish Grace] (c1701 never married) and [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11584&tree=MylesStandish Rebecca] (c1703 unmarried in 1725 will of father).

[https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11600&tree=MylesStandish '''Elizabeth Standish'''] was born Duxbury about 1663 and died after 1731. She married Duxbury about 1683 [[Delano (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |Samuel Delano]] and they had nine children: [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11598&tree=MylesStandish Jane] (1686), Samuel (1688), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11562&tree=MylesStandish Mary] (1691), Hasadiah (son)(1691), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11583&tree=MylesStandish Rebecca] (1693 m. [[Southworth (Y-DNA)#Fourth Generation |Benjamin Southworth]]), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11611&tree=MylesStandish Elizabeth] (c1694 m. [[Chandler (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Joseph Chandler]]), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11193&tree=MylesStandish '''Priscilla'''] (c1696 m. Benjamin Simmons), Jesse (c1704) and [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11087&tree=MylesStandish Sarah] (c1708 m. [[Simmons (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |Joshua Simmons]]).

[https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11977&tree=MylesStandish '''Mercy Standish'''] was born Duxbury about 1665 and died there before 30 Jan 1729. She married Duxbury before 1686 [[Samson (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |Caleb Sampson]] and they had nine children: Caleb (c1686), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11631&tree=MylesStandish Lora] (c1688 m. Benjamin Simmons), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11166&tree=MylesStandish '''Rachel'''] (c1695 m. Moses Simmons), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11064&tree=MylesStandish Priscilla] (c1697 never married), Caleb (c1699), Joshua (c1700), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11617&tree=MylesStandish Ruth] (c1702 m. John Fullerton), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11131&tree=MylesStandish Jerusha] (1704/5 m. Ebenezer Bartlett) and [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11532&tree=MylesStandish Sarah] (c1707 unmarried in 1721).

[https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11141&tree=MylesStandish Sarah Standish] was born Duxbury about 1666 and died Plympton 4 Mar 1739/40 in her 74th year. She married about 1693 [[Soule (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Benjamin Soule]] and they had six children (first five recorded Plymouth, last at Plympton): Zachariah (1694), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11245&tree=MylesStandish Hannah] (1696/7 m. George Sampson (II)), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11344&tree=MylesStandish Sarah] (1699-1716 unm.), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I10992&tree=MylesStandish Deborah] (1702 m. Jabez Fuller Nov 1724 and she died two months later), Benjamin (1704) and Ebenezer (1710/1).

[https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I9674&tree=MylesStandish Lydia Standish] was born Duxbury about 1662 and died Middleborough 1748,<ref>Other sources state she died 1734</ref> age 76. She married Duxbury after 26 Oct 1686 [[Abraham Sampson (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |Isaac Sampson]] and they had nine children: son (c1687), Isaac (1688), Jonathan (1690), Josiah (1692), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11069&tree=MylesStandish Lydia] (1694 unm. in 1734), Ephraim (1698), [https://mylesstandishsociety.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I11222&tree=MylesStandish Priscilla] (1700 m. Jabez Fuller), Peleg (1700) and Barnabas (1705).

Ruth Bass was born Braintree 28 Jan 1662 and died there 5 Jun 1699. She married Braintree before 7 May 1684 [[Webb (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |Peter Webb]] and they had ten children: Ruth (1684 m. Thomas Faxon), Peter (1685), David (1687), Christopher (1689), Hannah (1692 d.y.), John (1693), Hannah (1694 m. John Allen & Robert Griffin), Joseph (1696), Priscilla (1697 m. Samuel Hayden) and Mary (1698 m. Henry Allen).

Hannah Bass was born Braintree 22 Jun 1667 and died there 24 Oct 1705. She married Braintree 20 Feb 1687/8 [[Adams (Y-DNA) |Joseph Adams (II)]] and they had eight children: Joseph (1688/9), John (1690/1), Samuel (1693/4), Josiah (1695/6), Hannah (1697/8 m. Benjamin Owen), Ruth (1700 m. (Rev.) Nathan Webb), Bethiah (1702 m. Ebenezer Hunt, Benjamin Bicknell & Joshua Hayward) and Ebenezer (1704).

'''Mary Bass''' was born Braintree 11 Feb 1669 and died Randolph 10 Apr 1725. She married three times: First Braintree 24 May 1686 [[Webb (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |Christopher Webb]] (d. 1689), second Braintree 13 Apr 1694 William Copeland (d.  1716) and third 1718 Ebenezer Spear (d. 1719). By her first husband (Christopher Webb) Mary had three children: Hannah (1686 unm.), Sarah (1688 m. Samuel Arnold) and Christopher (1690). By her second husband (William Copeland), Mary had nine more children: William (1694/5), Ephraim (1697), Ebenezer (1698/9), Jonathan (1701), David (1704), Joseph (1706), Benjamin (1708), Moses (1710) and '''Mary''' (1713 m. Ephraim Jones). Mary had no children by her third husband (Ebenezer Spear).

Sarah Bass was born Braintree 29 Mar 1672 and died there 19 Aug 1751. She married Braintree 7 Jan 1692 [[Thomas Thayer (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Ephraim Thayer]] and they had fourteen children: Sarah (1691/2 m. Seth Dorman), Ephraim (1694), Philip (1696), Hannah (1697/8 m. Nathaniel Blanchard & William Noyes), Joseph (1699), Shadrack (1701), Christopher (1702/3), Ruth (1704 m. John Capen), Esther (1705 m. Moses French), Napthali (son) (1706/7), Peter (1708), Priscilla (1709/10 m. Elijah Hayden, Joseph Ford, & William Spear), James (1711/2) and Abigail (1713 m. Benjamin Richards).

'''Deborah Delano''' was born Duxbury 1672 and died there before 23 Mar 1715. She married Duxbury 1696 [[Weston (Y-DNA)#Second Generation|John Weston]] and they had seven children: Rebecca (1698 m. Samuel Spooner), Desire (c1700), '''Deborah''' (1702 m. Benjamin Prior), Isaac, Jonathan, Abner and Eliphas

Sarah Delano was born Duxbury about 1682 and died Middleborough after 15 May 1746. She married about 1702 [[Drew (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |John Drew]] and they had six children: John (c1703), Thomas (c1706), Mary (c1707 m. [[Bennett (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |Isaac Bennett]]), Elizabeth (1709), Jemima (c1716 m. Peter Reed) and Abigail (c1716-1726).


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==mtDNA Results  '''H6a1a9 +204C 6182A'''==
The [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mayflowersociety?iframe=mtresults Mayflower DNA Project] lists three matrilineal (all female line) descendants of Priscilla (and her mother Alice). All three have taken the full mtDNA test, which tests every single base pair of the mitochondrial DNA. All three fall under the H6a1a9 haplogroup. 
In addition, one individual (who has not joined the Mayflower DNA Project) has joined the [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Alden?iframe=mtresults Alden surname DNA Project] has taken a full mtDNA test and has also given the project administrator private access to their Coding region results. Plugging in their differences from the rCRS (NOT the RSRS differences) into [https://dna.jameslick.com/mthap/mthap.cgi James Lick's mtDNA haplogroup tool] documents the following additional mutations from the H6a1a9 haplogroup:  204C and 6182A. It is likely a future update of the mtDNA Haplogroup tree will create a subclade with these mutations.<ref>One of them has two additional mutations (309.2C & C16234T) which must have occurred somewhere in this individual's maternal line of descent.</ref>

===Lineage of descendants===
The <i>Mayflower Descendant</i> 66[2018]:23-30 has an article documenting seven mtDNA lines of descent from Priscilla Mullins. 
  1 Priscilla MULLINS Alden (c1602-p1651)
  2  Elizabeth ALDEN Pabodie (c1623-1717)
  3    Elizabeth PABODIE Rogers (1647-1677)
  4      Hannah ROGERS Bradford (1668-1754)
  5        Hannah BRADFORD Gilbert (1690-1772)
  6          Mary GILBERT Godfrey (1717-1811)
  7            Mary GODFREY Cooke (1740-1795)
  8              Mary COOKE Hatch (1766-1844)
  9                Nancy HATCH Stevens (1785-1865)
  10                Fanny Aletha STEVENS Upham (1812-1896)
  11                  Mary Frances UPHAM Beckley (1837-1904)
  12                    Fannie Lucretia BECKLEY Seems (1874-1937)
  13                      ''mother of tester''  <!--* Bernice May SEEMS Bartley 1907-1998 -->
  14                        ''tester''  <!--* (GSMD member)  Leonard Maurice Bartley Kit #134215 managed by son email: drew@yourgenealogist.com Tree at FTDNA-->
  3    Hannah PABODIE Bartlett (1662-1723)
  4      Elizabeth BARTLETT Bartlett (c1700-    )
  5        Betty BARTLETT Rider (c1726-1791)
  6          Elizabeth "Betsy" RIDER Churchill (1752-1794)
  7            Lydia CHURCHILL Cook  (1778-1842)
  8              Mary Elizabeth COOK Mann (1808-1887)
  9                Lydia Catherine MANN Adams (1830-1912)
  10                Elizabeth ADAMS Covington (1854-1927)
  11                  ''mother of tester''  <!--*  Margaret Emily COVINGTON Grigg (1893-1964) -->
  12                    ''tester'' <!--* (tested HVR1 only) Donald A. Grigg (deceased). Nephew (Dan Wharton) email: pelhamdan@aol.com contacted wing.genealogist@gmail.com Jul 2021) HVR only. -->
  10                Lydia Catherine ADAMS Allen (1861-1911)
  11                  ''mother of tester'' <!--* Blanche Etta ALLEN Coombs (1902-1978) -->
  12                    ''tester'' <!--*  (GD of 2 from Modal) David Allen Coombs (deceased) -->
  3    Lydia PABODIE Grinnell (1667-1748)
  4      Priscilla GRINNELL Redfield (c1689-1770)
  5        Priscilla REDFIELD Bradley (1720-1770)
  6          Priscilla BRADLEY Abernathy (1743-1784)
  7            Pamela ABERNATHY Beach (1782-1849)
  8              Ursula BEACH Beach (1813-    )
  9                Viola BEACH McMoran (1848-    )
  10                Ellen Viola McMORAN Gallinger (1867-1940)
  11                  Amelia May GALLINGER Sanford (1894-1975)
  12                    Virginia May SANFORD Sielenski (1917-2007)
  13                      grandmother of tester
  14                        mother of tester
  15                          tester <!--*  Steve A. Beals (lineage posted at wikitree) FTDNA kit #B86069. email: bealsey@gmail.com Kit in Alden surname DNA Project -->
  4      Sarah GRINNELL Brooker Pike Nettleton (1694-1775)
  5        Patience BROOKER Allen (1732-1765)
  6          Sarah ALLEN Kelsey (1761-1814)
  7            Martha Rebecca KELSEY Holt (1793-1855)
  8              Marion Bradford HOLT Derby (1819-1909)
  9                Martha Eliza DERBY Willett (1864-1961)
  10                Edith Grace WILLETT Barnes (1897-1943)
  11                  mother of tester
  12                    tester  <!--*  LuEllen Jeanne Raymond Pettengell email: lpettengell@yahoo..com -->
  2  Sarah ALDEN Standish (p1628-1677)
  3    Elizabeth STANDISH Delano (c1663-p1731)
  4      Priscilla DELANO Simmons (c1696-    )
  5        Betty SIMMONS Walker
  6          Elizabeth WALKER Kent
  7            Abigail KENT Morse
  8              Irene MORSE Griswold
  9                Harriet Talcott GRISWOLD Lane
  10                mother of tester  <!--*   Ruth Mary LANE Garner -->
  11                  tester (GD of 1 from modal value)
  3    Mercy STANDISH Samson (c1665-b1729)
  4      Rachel SAMSON Simmons (1701-p1761)
  5        Deborah SIMMONS Weston (1732-1831)
  6          Abigail Weston Kent (1765-1855)
  7            Sarah Smith KENT Hunt (1786-1870)
  8              Marcia HUNT Brewster (1825-1898)
  9                Zilpha Ellis BREWSTER Turner (1859-1930)
  10                 ''mother of tester''  <!--*  Bethia Agnes TURNER Rogers -->
  11                   ''tester''  <!--*  Alan Fletcher ROGERS born 1929 Kit #110785 e-mail: afmarog@aol.com -->
  2  Ruth ALDEN Bass (c1643-1674)
  3    Mary BASS Webb Copeland (1669-1725)
  4      Mary COPELAND Jones (1713-    )
  5        Mary "Molly" JONES Dyer
  6          Mary DYER Spear
  7            Charlotte SPEAR Hunt (1792-1863)
  8              Sarah "Sally" HUNT Fitts (1817-1901)
  9                Malona Frances FITTS Howe (1842-1869)
  10                Bertha Malona HOWE Mason (1867-1940)
  11                  Frances Malona MASON Hall (1907-1967)
  12                    mother of tester
  13                      tester <!--* FTDNA Kit #709441 -->
 <!--*  6          Esther DYER Flanders (c1794-1876)
  7            Mary "Polly" M. FLANDERS Rouse (1824-1856)
  8              Esther Cordelia ROUSE Clayson (1845-1917)
  9                Ruth CLAYSON McWithey (1864-1941)
  10                Mary Affie Aristine McWITHEY Congdon (1904-1980)
  11                  mother of tester
  12                    tester Laurie BACON Meira FTDNA Kit #674243 email: mela45@mail.com in Alden surname DNA Project -->
  2  Rebecca ALDEN Delano (c1649-1689)
  3    Deborah DELANO Weston (1672-b1715)
  4      Deborah WESTON Prior (1702-1775)
  5        Eunice PRIOR Lowden (1736-1802)
  6          Lucy LOWDEN Josselyn (c1761-1838)
  7            Eunice JOSSELYN Martin (1789-1878)
  8              Abigail Ann MARTIN Moore (1812-1894)
  9                Charlotte M. MOORE Ferguson (1841-1918)
  10                Nettie Maude FERGUSON Merrill (1864-1929)
  11                  Lottie Esther MERRILL Grows (1885-1965)
  12                    mother of tester
  13                      tester   <!--* Judith Jean BANNETT Kit #150089 email: justuswhippets@netzero.com  Her family tree at FTDNA -->

===Other mtDNA matches===
Family Tree DNA documents a small number of exact mtDNA matches with folks who list their Most Distant Known Matrilineal ancestor as someone other than Priscilla MULLINS Alden. It is possible some of them may descend from Priscilla, but it is likely most of them descend from some currently unknown matrilineal ancestor of Priscilla. Further research in these mtDNA matches may help in identifying the mother of Priscilla.

In this regard, the possible identification (by noted Mayflower researcher Caleb Johnson) of William Mullins possibly marrying twice, with his first wife possibly being a daughter of John Wood and Joan Taylor may be a key. John and Joan Wood also had a daughter Mary Wood, who married John Hussey. John and Mary Hussey were the parents of Christopher Hussey (an early emigrant to New Hampshire). It is possible a sister (or female cousin) of Christopher Hussey may also have emigrated to New England.

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==References and External Links==
* Johnson, Caleb H., ''The Mayflower Quarterly'' 78(Mar 2012):44-57
* Dunn, Michael Sean, "The Parents of Esther (Dyer) Flanders (1790-1876) of Braintree, Vermont and Lincoln County, New York: A Matrilineal Priscilla Mullins Descent." ''The Mayflower Descendant'' 66(2018):23-31
* Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford (ed. by Alicia Crane Williams), ''Mayflower Family Through Five Generations, Vol. 16 Alden'' General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA part 1 (first four generations) 1999; part 2 (fifth generation of daughter Elizabeth) 2002; part 4 (fifth generation of daughter Ruth) 2015; part 5 (fifth generation of daughter Sarah) 2016
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Alden wikipedia entry for Priscilla Mullins]
* Roser, Susan E., ''Mayflower Increasings From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants'', Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, Second edition 1995, 1996. pp. 1010, 84
* Roser, Susan E., ''Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & scholarly journals)'' [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing], Canada Second edition 2015
* [http://mayflowerhistory.com/mullins-priscilla/ Caleb Johnson's ''Mayflower History'' entry for Priscilla Mullins]
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/749/priscilla-alden Find-a-grave entry for Priscilla Mullins]
* [https://mayflower.americanancestors.org/william-mullins-biography New England Historical and Genealogical Society "Mayflower 2020" entry for William Mullins family]
* [http://www.alden.org/ Alden Kindred of America website]
* [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mullins-7 WikiTree profile for Priscilla Mullins]
* [https://themayflowersociety.org/passenger-profile/passenger-profiles/the-mullins-family/ The Mullins Family - The Mayflower Society]
* [https://themayflowersociety.org/passenger-profile/passenger-profiles/the-alden-family/ The Alden Family - The Mayflower Society]


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