Mary Miller

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Date of birth might be 1564.

GEDCOM Note

Biography

Mary Pilston/Pylston, "doubtless the daughter of William and Agnes (Elliot) Pilston of Bishop's Stortford."<ref name=TAG73>The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Vol. 73, p. 57</ref>
Mary Pilston/Pylston married John Miller at Bishop's Stortford on November 21, 1585.<ref name=TAG73/><ref>England: Marriages, 1538-1973. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic GenealogicalSociety, 2014. (Original index: England Marriages, 1538-1973. FamilySearch, 2014.</ref> Their son was Thomas Miller the immigrant of Middletown, Connecticut.<ref name=TAG73/> Mary Pilston/Pylston died April 6, 1621 at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.

Research Notes

Disputed Parents and Child

An article published by William Wyman Fiske in 2007 in The New England Historical and genealogical Register, Vol 161, page 280, shows thatcontrary to previous estimations, Thomas Miller the immigrant of Middletown, Connecticut was not the son of John and Mary (Pilston) Miller of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire.<ref name="NEHGR161">Joan (____) (Wylley) Pilston of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire], by William Wyman Fiske, NEHGR Vol 161 (2207) page 280</ref> (They did have ason Thomas baptized 7 Nov 1609, however he was buried 23 April 1614, at which point his mother was probably past child bearing age.)<ref name="NEHGR161"/>

: NOTE: William Fiske shows that the will of Joan (____) (Wylley) Pilston is evidence that she was the mother of Mary Pilston (and not Agnes (Eliot) Pilston. Thomas Miller needs to be disconnected as son of John and Mary (Pilston) Miller AND Joan (____) (Wylley) Pilston needs to replace Agnes (Eliot) Pilston as the mother of Mary Pilston.

Sources

• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) Joan (____) (Wylley) Pilston of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, by William Wyman Fiske, NEHGR Vol 161 (2207) page 280
• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Vol. 73, p. 57.link for subscribers
• England: Marriages, 1538-1973. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: England Marriages, 1538-1973. FamilySearch, 2014.)link for subscribers