David
Mitchell
Born about [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
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[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
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Biography
Drummer David Mitchell served with 7th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
This man served in the 6th Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Line (often referred to as the 7th). The regiment saw action at Saratoga, Cobleskill, Cherry Valley, and during the Sullivan Campaign.
Please visit the link below for details concerning the actions of this regiment and its men during the Revolution.
- Drummer, David Mitchell was born about 1760. He enlisted from Machias, ME under Captain Allen on 1 August 1777. He served in the 6th Massachusetts Regiment from 1 August 1777 to 31 December 1779. David served as the drummer for Col. Ichabod Alden's company (7th Massachusetts Regiment). David is reported as a deserter (perhaps only late to return from furlough) on 3 October 1780.
Col Ichabod Alden Alden-196
Links
Updated link as at January 2022: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~androscoggin/family/regiment/index.html
Sources
- Research of Nancy Lecompte 2009/2010 using online resources; Ancestry.com such as census records, vital records, published military records; military service and pension files at Fold3.com and Heritage Quest; published local histories; published family genealogies; available period newspapers at GenealogyBank and Library of Congress; published military journals; unpublished journal of John Dain in the collections of the Maine Historical Society; and various other generally reliable sources.
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The name is far too common in Maine to jump to assumptions without some documentation connecting the dots. My question - Is there any "historical documentation" to connect the N.Yarmoth/China man to Machias at any time or to the regiment? I found no pension record for the man that served in Alden's regiment. He was a Continental, so would be eligible for a pension in 1818. The China man died in 1820. Is there evidence of a pension application or perhaps a bounty land warrant that connects the China man to the service record of this man? I found none when I did this research, but that was many years ago. There could be more out there today. I would love to see this man get an identity, but I like to stick to facts. I believe it is disrespectful to his service if we don't take the time to make sure we get it right.
Please don't make undocumented changes that disrespect these soldiers and their sacrifice - they are the original Patriots!
I decided to update his 1776 sticker with rank "drummer."
An ancestry tree (seems to) shows him as a son of Mitchell-5722 whose profile does state Machias as a place... Lists David as Birth July 31, 1762 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, Death 1820 China, Kennebec, Maine, and that his wife was Rebecca Ward 1777-1847
edited by Beryl Meehan