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William Michell 1541–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1541

Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 1 January 1596

Death Location: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Father: Lady Vye

Mother: Alice Mychell\Mitchell

Spouse(s): MARGARET Michell

Children(s): Major Plymouth., William Mitchell, John Mitchel, George Mitchell, Bridget Mitchell, Radulphus Mitchell, Major (Deacon), Margaret Michell\Michael, George Mitchell, Elizabetha Michell

In 1541, William Michell entered the world in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, born to Lady Agnes Ann Vye And Alice Douling Mychell Mitchell. William Michell married Agnes, Elizabeth Mitchell, Margaret Abraham Michell, and had children including Bridget Mitchell, Elizabetha Michell, George Thomas Mitchell, John Mitchel, Major Thomas Hayward Mitchell Separatist Movement English Immigrant To Plymouth, Major Thomas Matthew Mitchell Deacon, Margaret Michell Michael, Mary Agnes Michell, Radulphus Ralph Mitchell, William Mitchell. William Michell passed away in 1596 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1541, William Michell entered the world in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, born to Lady Agnes Ann Vye And Alice Douling Mychell Mitchell.
  • William Michell married Agnes, Elizabeth Mitchell, Margaret Abraham Michell, and had children including Bridget Mitchell, Elizabetha Michell, George Thomas Mitchell, John Mitchel, Major Thomas Hayward Mitchell Separatist Movement English Immigrant To Plymouth, Major Thomas Matthew Mitchell Deacon, Margaret Michell Michael, Mary Agnes Michell, Radulphus Ralph Mitchell, William Mitchell.
  • William Michell passed away in 1596 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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William Michell's Ancestors

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William Michell
1541–1596
Birth Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Lady Agnes Ann Vye
1518–1564
Rawkerayne, Devon, England
Alice (Douling) Mychell\Mitchell
1520–1608
Hampshire, England
Grandparents
William (of Wood Dalling de Bulwar) (Bulwer)
1500–1557
Wood Dalling, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
William (Bulwer)
1500–1557
Thomasine Bulwar
1505–1523
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Roger (Bulwer)
1468–1512
Alice Bulwar
1472–1512

William Michell's Descendants

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William Michell (1541–1 January 1596) m. MARGARET (Abraham +) Michell (Mar 1542–12 Jan 1609)
  1. 1. Major (Thomas Hayward Mitchell - "Separatist Movement" English immigrant to) Plymouth. 1566–1628 m. Elizabeth (Clay) (Mitchell) 1564–1626
    1. 1. Major ("Deacon" James Matthew Mitchell) (Thomas) 1590–1646 m. Sarah (Susan Wood (Butterfield,) Mitchell) 1578–1646 m. Alice Seabrook* 1587–1635 m. Hazel Murgatroyd 1595–1646
      1. 1. William (Francis) Mitchell 1612–1701 m. Janet ((Jonet) Bryson) (Mitchell-married) 1615–1672
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Catherine (Lizzie)) Mitchell 1640–1689 m. Reverend (Sir James "The Martyr" Mitchell) (Covenanter) 1636–1678 m. DR. (William) Robertson 1652–1705
  2. 2. William Mitchell 1560–1649
  3. 3. John Mitchel –1620
  4. 4. George (Thomas) Mitchell 1562–1594
  5. 5. Bridget Mitchell 1570–1619
  6. 6. Radulphus (Ralph) Mitchell 1560–1620
  7. 7. Major (Thomas Matthew Mitchell) (Deacon) 1560–1604
  8. 8. Margaret Michell\Michael 1565–1580
  9. 9. George (Thomas) Mitchell 1592–1593
  10. 10. Elizabetha Michell 1586–

William Michell's Timeline

2 Records

1541
1541
Birth of William Michell in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
1596
1 January 1596
Age 55
Death of William Michell in West-Port Edinburgh, West Lothian, Scotland
West-Port Edinburgh, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1541
    Event Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Irvine, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Ridgwicke, Sussex, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 81

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 January 1596
    Event Place: West-Port Edinburgh, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 81
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] Shropshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, Extracted Church of England Parish Records; Title: Various publications of parish and probate records

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Gravestone Photograph Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Shropshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, Extracted Church of England Parish Records; Title: Various publications of parish and probate records

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