Who were the Nuns?

A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800

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Mary Mills , in religion Mary Florentine of St Joseph.
Born: 1764 in Maryland.
Died: 14 Jul 1800 in Canford, Dorset, aged 35.

father: Justinian Mills of St Mary's Cty, Maryland
mother: Mary Dant

Carmelites, Hoogstraten choir nun.
She was clothed 18 Dec 1786, aged 22.

She professed 12 Mar 1789, aged 25.

She was the goddaughter of Henrietta Hagan.

Sources: Hardman: 199; Hoogstraten prof bk; Hoogstraten Annals: 70, 160.

Notes:

She died of sunstroke.

She arrived with the two Matthews sisters from Maryland.