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Richard Mitchell 1710 – 1787 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Jul 1710

Birth Location: Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Death Date: 5 Oct 1787

Death Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Frederick Mitchell

Mother: Elizabeth Tripp

Spouse(s): Mary Starbuck

Children(s): WILLIAM MITCHELL

Richard Mitchell was born in 1710 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, the child of Frederick Richard Mitchell and Elizabeth Tripp. Richard Mitchell married Mary Starbuck, and had children including WILLIAM CARY MITCHELL. Richard Mitchell passed away in 1787 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Richard Mitchell was born in 1710 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, the child of Frederick Richard Mitchell and Elizabeth Tripp.
  • Richard Mitchell married Mary Starbuck, and had children including WILLIAM CARY MITCHELL.
  • Richard Mitchell passed away in 1787 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Frederick Mitchell
1686 – 1722
Birth Location: Brickstown, Isle of Wight, England
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Elizabeth Tripp
1687 – 1740
Birth Location: Dartmouth, Massachusetts
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Spouses(s)

Mary Starbuck
1715 – 1780
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

WILLIAM MITCHELL
1745 – 1842
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
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Richard Mitchell's Ancestors

Self
Richard Mitchell
1710 – 1787
Birth Place: Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Parents
Frederick Richard Mitchell
1686 – 1722
Brickstown, Isle of Wight, England
Elizabeth Tripp
1687 – 1740
Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Grandparents
Richard Mitchell
1664 – 1719
Brickstown, Isle of Wight, England
Mary Wood
1666 – 1722
Brickstown, Isle of Wight, England
James ((Mercy Lawton; Lydia Lawton; Elizabeth Cudworth)) Tripp
1656 – 1730
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States of America
LYDIA LAWTON
1663 – 1702
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Great-Grandparents
Capt Mitchell
1615 – 1663
Joanne Connett
1616 – 1663
John (Trippe)
1610 – 1678
Mary II,
1611 – 1687
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Tripp
1575 – 1648
Isabel (Moyses)
1580 – 1654
Anthony Paine
1585 – 1649

Richard Mitchell's Descendants

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Richard Mitchell (4 Jul 1710 – 5 Oct 1787) m. Mary Starbuck (08 Jul 1715 – 24 Oct 1780)
  1. 1. WILLIAM (CARY) MITCHELL (1 Oct 1745 – 03 Sep 1842) m. HANNAH RODMAN (20 May 1749 – 29 Jan 1814)
    1. 1. William (Cary) Mitchell (1 Jun 1778 – 1 Jun 1845) m. Sarah Hayes (1 Jun 1780 – 1 Jun 1855)
      1. 1. Henry (V) Mitchell (15 Aug 1804 – 9 Nov 1892) m. Martha (J.) Bentley (5-01-1809 – 29 November 1850)
        1. 1. Sarah (M) Mitchell (11 Mar 1835 – 04 Apr 1910) m. Calvin (A.) Jones (1831 – abt 1899)

Richard Mitchell's Timeline

2 Records

1710
4 Jul 1710
Birth of Richard Mitchell in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
1787
5 Oct 1787
Age 77
Death of Richard Mitchell in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Jul 1710
    Event Place: Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Oct 1787
    Event Place: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
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