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changed his name to Peter Mills when he got to Connecticut in 1666. I think that may have had as much to do with the fact that he was marrying into an English family as anything. He had met his future wife when he became involved with a group of English theological students and their families while studying at the University of Leyden. (These were the Separatists who also sent the Pilgrims on the Mayflower.) He was forever known as “Peter Mills the Dutchman”, however. I’ve seen copies of legal documents referring to him that way.