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Major Deacon Matthew Mitchell 1590–1646 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 April 1590

Birth Location: South Ouram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Nova Scotia, Canada

Death Date: 16 June 1646

Death Location: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Father: Major GGF

Mother: Elizabeth Clay

Spouse(s): Sarah Butterfield

Children(s): Hannah Uncle

In 1590, Major Deacon Matthew Mitchell entered the world in South Ouram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Nova Scotia, Canada, born to Major Thomas Hayward Mitchell Separatist Movement English Immigrant To Plymouth 12Th Ggf And Elizabeth Spratt Clay. Major Deacon Matthew Mitchell married Sarah Susan Wood Butterfield, and had children including Hannah Elsey Mitchell P Spouse Of 8Th Great Uncle. Major Deacon Matthew Mitchell passed away in 1646 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1590, Major Deacon Matthew Mitchell entered the world in South Ouram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Nova Scotia, Canada, born to Major Thomas Hayward Mitchell Separatist Movement English Immigrant To Plymouth 12Th Ggf And Elizabeth Spratt Clay.
  • Major Deacon Matthew Mitchell married Sarah Susan Wood Butterfield, and had children including Hannah Elsey Mitchell P Spouse Of 8Th Great Uncle.
  • Major Deacon Matthew Mitchell passed away in 1646 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Immediate Family

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Major Mitchell's Ancestors

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Major Mitchell
1590–1646
Birth Place: South Ouram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents
Major Thomas Hayward Mitchell - "Separatist Movement" English immigrant to Plymouth. 12th GGF
1566–1628
St Neots, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Elizabeth (Spratt) Clay
1564–1626
South Duram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Michael) Michell
1541–1596
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Margaret (Abraham) (Abrum)
1545–1609
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Sir (John T Clay) IV
1526–1576
Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Margery Mariola Savile, Baroness) Clayton
1538–1568
Elland, West Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Hall
1512–1558
Lady Ramsden
1516–1596
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Major Mitchell's Descendants

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Major (Deacon Matthew) Mitchell (16 April 1590–16 June 1646) m. Sarah ({Susan} Wood) Butterfield (09 Aug 1578–Apr 1635)
  1. 1. Hannah (Elsey Mitchell * P Spouse Of 8th Great) Uncle 1631–1702 m. Robert (Coe Jr (1626–1659)) Jr 1626–1659
    1. 1. Captain (John Coe - French Indian War) 1658 1658–1741 m. Mary (Birdseye) Hawley 1663–1731
      1. 1. ROBERT COE 1684–1762 m. Barbara Parmelee 1689–1762
        1. 1. Martha Coe 1712–1798

Major Mitchell's Timeline

2 Records

1590
16 April 1590
Birth of Major Deacon Matthew Mitchell in South Ouram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Nova Scotia, Canada
South Ouram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Nova Scotia, Canada
1646
16 June 1646
Age 56
Death of Major Deacon Matthew Mitchell in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 April 1590
    Event Place: South Ouram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 June 1646
    Event Place: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

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