John Mitchell (1689 - 1783)

Born 23 Feb 1689 in St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Plouffe (Mearesy) Mitchell — married about 1708 in Connaught, County Roscommon, Ireland

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1783 at age 94 in Virginia, United States

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Biography

The parents of John as attached are John Mitchell and Margaret Clark. Their son John Mitchell was christened 24 Feb 1717 Rothes, Moray, Scotland. Father John Mitchell, Mother Margaret Clerk. Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ7X-QM2

John was born in 1689. He was the son of Robert Mitchell and Anne Lea. He passed away in 1783.

Name

Name: John /Mitchell/^[1][2][3][4]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 04 MAY 1687

Place: Connaught, Roscommon, Ireland^[5]

Birth:

Date: 1682

Place: Londonderry, Northern Ireland^[6]

Death

Death:

Date: 14 FEB 1771

Place: Valley Virginia, Augusta, Virginia, USA^[7]

Death:

Date: 19 AUG 1783

Place: Broadspring, Augusta, Virginia, USA^[8]

Baptism

Baptism:

Date: 09 MAR 1687

Place: Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England^[9][10]

Event

Event:

Type: Arrival

Date: 1757

Place: Virginia, USA^[11]

Marriage

Husband: John Mitchell

Child: Robert Mitchell

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1705

Place: Londonderry, Northern Ireland^[12]

Husband: John Mitchell

Marriage:

Date: 1708

Place: Connaught, Roscommon, Ireland^[13]

Notes

Note N810

The book "Kentucky Genealogy and Biography" Vol. 5, p. 209 edited by Thomas Westerfield has a biography of Thomas Mitchell b. 16 June 1768 Rockbridge Co., VA.

Thomas was the son of John Mitchell and Margaret Porter. John Mitchell was the son of John Mitchell and Mary Boyd.

The book states "John Mitchell and Mary Boyd immigrated from Ireland when their two children were very young. They appeared in Lancaster Co., PA in 1721. They lived there until 1737 when they moved over to the Virginia frontier to the area known as Augusta Co., VA. The area in Virginia later became Rockbridge County.

In 1744 John, Jr. with his father's money selected a tract of land south of the Borden Grant for his father. The grant was for 400 acres being as stated in the patent, on a Branch of the James River called Broad Spring Branch."

(The book states two children which would have been John and William.)

The 1719 tax list for Donegal Twp., Lancaster Co., PA lists only one Mitchell - James Mitchell. The 1722 tax list for Donegal Twp., Lancaster Co., PA lists James Mitchell and John Mitchell. (The will of James Mitchell in 1746 lists sons James, Alexander, William, and Thomas - No John)

The John Mitchell in the 1722 tax list was very likely John and Mary Boyd. Also arriving to Donegal Twp. was Rev. Adam Boyd from New England.

John and Mary appears to have first arrived in Connecticut before moving on over to Donegal Twp.

Rev. Adam Boyd is very likely Mary Boyd's father. Rev. Adam Boyd was one of the first pastors at the Donegal Presbyterian Church.

Betty

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Mitchell
2. ↑ Source: #S327 Page: Place: Walton-upon-Thames, Surrey, England; Collection: St Mary; -; Date Range: 1639 - 1796; Film Number: 1041721 Data: Text: Record for John Mitchell
3. ↑ Source: #S135 Page: Place: Virginia; Year: 1757; Page Number: 227 Data: Text: Record for John Mitchell
4. ↑ Source: #S328 Data: Text: Record for John Mitchell
5. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Mitchell
6. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Mitchell
7. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Mitchell
8. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Mitchell
9. ↑ Source: #S327 Page: Place: Walton-upon-Thames, Surrey, England; Collection: St Mary; -; Date Range: 1639 - 1796; Film Number: 1041721 Data: Text: Record for John Mitchell
10. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Mitchell
11. ↑ Source: #S135 Page: Place: Virginia; Year: 1757; Page Number: 227 Data: Text: Record for John Mitchell
12. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Mitchell
13. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Mitchell

• Source: S135 Author: Gale Research Title: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
• Source: S327 Author: Ancestry.com Title: England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;
• Source: S328 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Deaths Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;

See also:

• Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;

Acknowledgements

• Mitchell-12043 was created by John Armstrong through the import of JTArmstrong_2015-11-14.ged on Nov 14, 2015.