_Milton's Widow_ (Vol. vii., p. 596.; Vol. viii., pp. 12. 134.
200.).--Having noticed several Queries and Replies in your pages concerning
the family of the poet Milton's third wife, I beg to give the following
extracts from a pamphlet printed by Pullan of Chester so recently as 1851,
entitled _Historical Facts connected with Nantwich and its Neighbourhood_:
"In that same year (1662), Milton was received at _Stoke Hall as the
husband of Elizabeth Minshull_, _the grand-daughter of Geoffrey
Minshull_."--P. 50. "Not far from the Hall, where Milton was _once a
welcome visitor_, stands the Yew Tree House."
There can be little doubt the author of the pamphlet referred to derived
the information on which those statements were made from an _authentic
source_; and if so, it seems pretty clear, the _Elizabeth Minshull_ whom
Milton married was _grand-daughter of Geoffrey Minshull of Stoke Hall_.