• Her maiden name was probably not Mills. When Samuel gave to his daughters Alice and Susannah five acres of land “I bought of my brother Zachariah Mills,” he was referring to the husband of his own sister Abigail. On 26 March 1686 Zachariah Mills sold land to Susannah Messenger and on the same date Susannah confirmed an exchange of land “made betwene my deseaced husband Samuell Mesinger and Zachariah Mills.” The next deed was that from Zachariah to Samuel, dated 20 Dec. 1676. Cook does not claim Susannah Mills as a child of George(1) Mills; nor does it seem that Richard(1) Mills who lived for a short time in nearby Newtown (now in Queens) had a daughter Susannah.3143, p 362