I attended school with a Carolyn, Wayne, and Richard Mitchell in Brady
Center, Saginaw County, Michigan.
Here are the Mitchells in my Harris family.
Most data from "The James Harris Family in the USA, Sarah Harris Keifer,
1888
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ABIGAIL HARRIS, daughter of James HARRIS
and a Miss BOLEYN was
christened at St. John's Church, in Essex County, New Jersey 28 Mar
1731. She married Nathaniel MITCHELL 30 Aug 1752 by whom she had eight
children, all born in New Jersey. Nathaniel was born 20 July 1728 and
died 8 Sept 1773 in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina while on a
visit there. Mrs. Mitchell was one of the New Jersey matrons of the
Revolution, and there is yet an old heirloom of her family in possession
of one of her grandaughters, it being a cup and saucer of peculiar
construction. The old china set of the 18th century was used by General
Washington when at her home near Morristown, during the Revolutionary War.
After the death of her husband, in company with her brothers, Thomas,
George and John, she emigrated from New Jersey to Washington County,
Pennsylvania in 1787. She married Stephen CONKLIN for her second
husband.
She being left a widow a second time, she moved to Knox County, Ohio,
where some of her children lived. She lived there the balance of her
life, dying at her son's, William Mitchell in Knox County 21 Mar 1822
aged ninety-one years.
1. Hannah Mitchell c. 26 Aug 1753 m. John YOUNG 24 or 30 Nov 1768
2. Abigail Mitchell c. 18 Apr 1756 b. 5 Dec 1755 m. Benjamin JACKSON 20
Aug 1774 Jackson Web Site
3. Elizabeth Mitchell c. 3 Dec 1758 b. 29 July 1758 m. ______ KENT
4. Mary Mitchell b. 11 Dec 1760 m. Jonathan WHITAKER 16 Nov 1779 b.
Sept 1758
5. Jacob Mitchell b. 8 June 1763 m. _____ COBBE m.2nd _____ COBBE 15
Nov 1806 m. 3rd _____ COON
6. William Mitchell b. 14 July 1765 d. 13 Aug 1848 m. Phebe SOUTHARD 4
Nov 1789 b. 20 Aug 1769
7. Sarah Mitchell b. 2 Jan 1768 d. 15 Oct 1768 National Genealogical
Society Quarterly, Vol. 1 pages 30,31.
8. Sarah Mitchell b. 18 Nov 1869 m. Alexander KIRKPATTERICK/ KIRKPATRICK
8 Nov 1787
9. Nathaniel Mitchell Jr. b. 23 Jan 1772
HANNAH MITCHELL, daughter of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS
was christened at St. John's Church 26 Aug 1753 in Morristown, Morris
County, New Jersey. She married John YOUNG 24 or 30 November 1768
(IGI sheets give both dates) Morristown, New Jersey. John was the son
of Morgan YOUNG and Elizabeth MILLS. Mr. and Mrs. Young emigrated to
Ohio settled in Knox County in an early day where they died. They had
eight children.
ABIGAIL MITCHELL, daughter of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS
was christened 18 April 1756 at St. John's Church in Morristown, New
Jersey. She married Benjamin JACKSON 20 Aug 1774 of Morris County,
New Jersey. After their marriage they emigrated from New Jersey to Knox
County, Ohio in the early settling of that county when Indians and
wild beasts roamed the county at large, with here and there a little
log cabin to mark the place of another family, in the wilderness. Mr.
Jackson having the gift of singing, took the lead at all the public
gatherings. He died in Knox County leaving a large and highly
respected family of descendants. Benjamin was probably the son of
JoSepth and Anna JACKSON born 5 Mar 1752 in Morris, Rockaway County, New
Jersey.
ELIZABETH MITCHELL, daughter of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS
was born 3 Dec 1758 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. She
married Jacob KENT. Elizabeth died in September 1811 and Jacob died in
April 1793 both in Hardyston Twp., Sussex Co., New Jersey. They had
seven children of whom only two are known. Elizabeth married second,
Tilton EASTMAN 4 October 1801.
MARY MITCHELL, daughter of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS
was born 11 Dec 1760 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. She
married Jonathan WHITAKER III who was born in Sept, 1758 in Somerset
County, New Jersey and died 13 July 1840 in Butler County, Ohio. They
were married 16 Sept 1779 in Morristown, New Jersey. They removed to
Hamilton County, Ohio in 1800 and settled at or near Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio. He was a justice of the Peace in Warren County for 25
years according to his Revolutionary War Pension papers. They had
ten children all born in New Jersey except Polly H. Whitaker who
was born in Hamilton County, Ohio. Mary died in November 1850 in Ohio.
JACOB MITCHELL, son of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS was born
8 June 1763 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. He married
two sisters by the name of COBBE, and a woman by the name of COON. He
went to Ohio when a young man. He was a very eccentric man. He said he
had drawn two prizes and one blank, as he said the Coon had eaten up
all the corn that grew on both of the Cobbes. He, it is said, left
two sons. He died at or near Charleston, South Carolina.
WILLIAM MITCHELL(1), son of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS
was born 14 July 1765 and died 12 August 1848. He married 4 Nov 1789
Phebe SOUTHARD in Morris County, New Jersey. They moved to
Allegheny County, PA., in 1801 and then to Knox County, Ohio in 1808.
Phebe died 25 Feb 1861.
The life and death of William Mitchell comes to us as it was written by
his son, Rev. John Mitchell, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio: "He died at his
residence near Mt. Vernon, Ohio, aged eighty-three years and
twenty-eight days. He was born in Morris County, New Jersey; was
married to Phebe Southard and moved to Allegheny County, PA., in 1801,
and thence to Knox County, Ohio, in October, 1808. He lived in the
midst of the Indians in the wilds of Ohio, from the time he first
settled there until the War of 1812 was ended. During that time he
never forted or moved away. His home was ever the resting place for the
weary traveler, white, red or black, and his table furnished to feed
them. He saw the beautiful Owl Creek valley changed from the wilderness
to the beautiful fields, in which he always did his full share of work.
He embraced religion in 1815, and joined the Baptist Church, of which
he remained a worthy and consistent member until death removed him
to the Church Triumphant. His home was a resting place for Christians
and Christian ministers of all denominations, and he was always willing
to contribute in any way to the furtherance of the Redeemer's Kingdom.
His sufferings were great, which he bore without a murmur, and as his
end approached, he said he was ready to depart, and died without a
struggle or a groan". [History of Knox County, Ohio, 1862, A. Banning
Norton.]
1. Jacob Mitchell born 21 Sept 1790 d. 6 Mar 1875 m. Lydia BRYANT 22
June 1813 Knox
2. Nathaniel Mitchell born 6 May 1792 d. 5 Apr 1813
3. Abigail Mitchell born 5 Apr 1794 d. 1 Sept 1867 m. John H. MEFFORD
2 Feb 1815 d. 14 Dec 1846
4. Mary Mitchell born 15 Aug 1796 d. 21 Mar 1868 m. Aaron YOUNG 17 Mar
1812, d. 1856
5. Hannah Mitchell born 8 Oct 1798 m. William MEFFORD 20 Mar 1816 Knox
6. Naomi Mitchell born 26 Dec 1800 m. 1st James Louis YOUNG 4 June 1818
d. 24 Mar 1849 m. 2nd Thomas EVANS
7. Sarah Mitchell born 7 Jan 1803 d. 20 Jan 1847
m. Cyrus COOPER 8 Mar 1827
8. John Mitchell born 19 May 1806 d. 23 Nov 1863
m. Ann OGDEN 15 Nov 1827
9. Margaret Mitchell born 25 Mar 1808
m. Benjamin FARQUHAR 22 Feb 1843
10. William Mitchell, Jr. born 15 July 1811
m. Lucy BROWN 23 May 1833 Knox
11. Silas Mitchell born 20 Apr 1814 d. 29 Apr 1899
m. Elizabeth YOUNG 15 Sept 1836 Knox
SARAH MITCHELL, daughter of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS was
born 18 Nov 1769 in Morristown, Morris County,New Jersey. She married 8
Nov 1787 Alexander KIRKPATRICK in Morristown. They removed to Knox
County, Ohio where they lived until 1839, when they moved to Arkansas.
NATHANIEL MITCHELL, JR., son of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail
HARRIS was born 23 Jan 1772 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey.
He died unmarried.
JACOB MITCHELL, son of William MITCHELL and Phebe SOUTHARD was born
21 Sept 1790 in New Jersey. He married Lydia BRYANT 22 June 1813 in
Knox County, Ohio by whom he had nine children. Jacob died 6 March 1875.
1. Mary Mitchell
2. Abigail Mitchell
3. Nathaniel Mitchell
4. Phebe Mitchell
5. James Mitchell
6. William Mitchell
7. Mefford Mitchell
8. Briant Mitchell
9. Lafayette Mitchell
NATHANIEL MITCHELL, son of William MITCHELL and Phebe SOUTHARD was
born 6 May 1792 in New Jersey. He went with his parents to Knox County,
Ohio, in 1808. He enlisted in the Indian campaign after the Copus
massacre in 1812. He was out on a scouting party when he was taken sick
from exposure and hardships. He died 5 April 1813 at the age of
twenty-one years. [History of Knox County, Ohio, 1862, A. Banning Norton.]
ABIGAIL MITCHELL, daughter of William MITCHELL and Phebe SOUTHARD
was born 5 March 1794 in New Jersey. She went with her parents to
Allegheny County, PA., and again to Knox County, Ohio in 1808. She
learned the art of border warfare,
learning to shoot the rifle, so as to be ready to help her father
defend their home against the Indians. Her elder brothers were
away from home. She married John H. MEFFORD,
2 Feb 1815 by whom she had five children.
Mr. Mefford was a native of Connelsville, Fayette County, PA. and is
worthy of notice. At the breaking out of the War of 1812, he enlisted
and served under Capt. Walker, and also in
Capt. John Spencer's company, of which last he was a
lieutenant and had command after Hull's surrender. He was a saddler
by trade; was also a man of much popularity. He
served the people as Justice of the Peace and as Associate Judge.
John H. Mefford died at Findlay, Ohio 14 Dec 1846. Abigail died 1
September 1867 at Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
MARY MITCHELL, daughter of William MITCHELL and Phebe SOUTHARD
was born 15 Aug 1796 in New Jersey. She married, Aaron YOUNG her
cousin 17 Mar 1812 in Knox County, Ohio. Mr. Young died in 1856 and
Mary went to live in Sauk County,
Wisconsin where she died 21 Mar 1868
HANNAH MITCHELL, daughter of William MITCHELL and Mary SOUTHARD
was born 8 Oct 1798 in New Jersey. She married, 20 Mar 1816 in Knox
County William MEFFORD a brother of John H. Mefford her sister
Abigail's husband, by whom she had
seven children. Her eldest child, Louis, was killed when a boy of
seven or eight years old, by the falling of a tree cut by his uncle,
Silas Mitchell.
NAOMI MITCHELL, daughter of William MITCHELL and Phebe SOUTHARD
was born 26 Dec 1800 in New Jersey. She married Louis YOUNG 4 June
1818 her second cousin in Knox County, Ohio by whom she had two
children. Louis Young died and she
married for her second husband Thomas EVANS.
SARAH MITCHELL, daughter of William MITCHELL and Phebe SOUTHARD was
born 7 Jan 1803 in New Jersey and died 20 Jan 1847 in Knox County, Ohio
where she is buried. She married Cyrus COOPER 8 Mar 1827 by whom she
had five children.
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