Thomas Mitchell (abt. 1640 - bef. 1690)

Descendants

Died before May 1690 before about age 50 in New Kent County, Virginia

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Biography

Thomas Mitchell was a Virginia colonist.

Bio of Thomas Mitchell

Death

Death:

Date: BEF MAY 1690

SDATE 30 APR 1690

Place: New Kent County, Virginia^[1]

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Date: 11 SEP 2003

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Note

Note: Viginia Land Patent, PB 4, p.565

15 Jan 1662 1680 acres to John Lewis & Thomas Mitchell in county of New Kent. Spanish oak in line of Mr. Mitchell; hickory by the Westover path; to Lt. Col. Gooch, his line. Given for transportation [individuals not listed]. Entry of Survey 30 Oct 1662.

CAVALIERS & PIONEERS; Vol II, p.253 Thomas Mitchell, Planter of New Kent Co., 2436 acs. in sd. Co. being the land he lives on; 28 Feb 1682/3 PB 7, p.232. Beg. at Mr. Robert Jarrett, by Westover Path; by an Indian field, to line tree in the bounds of the County line, neere a branch of the Skimino; by Mr. Lancelett Bathurst's fence; by Towwink Sw., by the Rotten Br; by the horse roade, etc. Bounded on all sides by marked lines. Part of sd. land granted to Thomas Mitchell by patent dated 15 Jan 1662 and the other part granted to John Lewis & the said Thomas Mitchell on the same day, which sd. Lewis sold his title to sd. Mitchell & acknowledged same in the Co. Ct. of New Kent on 18 Feb 1672.

The extant Vestry records in St Peters Parish, New Kent Co begin in 1685. Thomas Mitchall is on p.2 of these records - he was paid 500 #'s of tobacco for keeping a bastard child of the Parish. He was serving as a Vestryman at that time and was elected to Church Warden. As Church Warden, Thomas Mitchell was assigned as collector of the Parish levy in 1686 and was to prosecute any persons found guilty of fornication. In Oct of 1687, he was ordered to prosecute a woman servant belonging to Capt Jos. Foster for having a bastard child and then be cleared from the office of Churchwarden. In May of 1689, Mr. Mitchell Senr was named as a processioner to remark the bounds of each man's land. He continued to serve as a Vestryman until the meeting of May, 1690, when George Poindexter, Senr was elected in the place of Thomas Mitchell, dec'd.

An entry in the Parish Register is as follows: "Mary the daughter of Robert Sperill & Ann Butterfield baptized the 20 day of September 1686, being aged according to the testemony of Mr. Thom. Mitchell & others 4 years the 5 of Octo. [Is this the bastard child in his care?]

[I am assuming Thomas is the earliest ancestor of this family in New Kent Co.]

Sources

• WikiTree profile Mitchell-2702 created through the import of Haden for WikiTree.ged on Oct 10, 2011 by Kay Haden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kay and others.

• Source: S606 Abbreviation: Vestry Book of St. Peter's Parish Title: Transcribed and Edited by C. G. Chamberlayne, VESTRY BOOK AND REGISTER OF ST. PETER'S PARISH. New Kent and James City Counties Virginia. 1684-1786 (Virginia State Library, Richmond, 1937) Repository: #R10 Call Number: F232/N3/S4 Page: Various pages from 2-29.
• Repository: R10 Name: NEHGS Lending Library Address: New England Historic Genealogical Society Address 1: New England Historic Genealogical Society Note: 2008. No longer lends books, available only at the Library.
• Source: S623 Abbreviation: Cavaliers & Pioneers Title: Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers.: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants , 7 Volumes. (Richmond: Virginia State Library.) Note: Found also at Birgminham Public Library. Vol I found at the FHC. Repository: #R17
• Repository: R17 Name: National Genalogical Society Address: Lending Library Address 1: Lending Library Note: The Lending Library of NGS was moved to St. Louis; the books may be obtained on Interlibrary Loan.

1. ↑ Source: #S606 Page: p.29