Early in his life he converted to Protestantism and his own Roman Catholic father, Richard Milton, subsequently disowned him.
Soon after this he started a family, marrying Sara Jeffrey (c. 1572–1637) and living in Bread Street, London, with her parents.
Other works survived as manuscripts under the care of John Browne, a Parliamentary clerk, and Thomas Myriell, a personal friend of the composer.
[4] Milton's work made the family so prosperous that they could afford to employ private tutors of classical languages for their sons and later send them to school and university.
[5] This affluence also meant that his eldest son, John Milton, never had to work and thus spent his time focusing on writing.