Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 3
1634-04-14
my humblest seruice to you remembred with my prayers for your health and prosperity. theis are to certify you that my husband when he came home to me told me that my brother Robert Mills did leaue but 46li which he hath receiued; which I doe much marvel att; my husband is now comeing to liue with you againe in new England; and I would entreat and desire you for gods loue to be pleased to write me word whether there was noe more then 46li and whether my brother James Dauies did not receiue any part thereof as in the behalfe of my childe Soe Comittinge you to gods protection I rest your dayly beadswoman
W. 1. 105. Elizabeth Knowles is probably the woman of that name whose husband, John Knowles, was in 1638 given administration of the estate of Robert Bills. Mrs. Knowles was, at the time of her marriage to Knowles, the widow of Ephraim Davies. Records of Massachusetts, I. 235.