John Mitchell

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Abt 1720, Ireland
• Residence: Between 1721 and 1737, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
• Residence: Abt 1737, Augusta Co (later Rockbridge Co), Virginia

Notes:

The book "Kentucky Genealogy and Biography" Vol. 5, p. 209 edited by Thomas Westerfield has a biography of Thomas Mitchell b. 16 June 1768 Rockbridge Co., VA. Thomas was the son of John Mitchell and Margaret Porter. John Mitchell was the son of John Mitchell and Mary Boyd. The book states "John
Mitchell and Mary Boyd immigrated from Ireland when their two children were very young. They appeared in Lancaster Co., PA in 1721. They lived there until 1737 when they moved over to the Virginia frontier to the area known as Augusta Co., VA. The area in Virginia later became Rockbridge County. In 1744 John, Jr. with his father's money selected a tract of land south of the Borden Grant for his father. The grant was for 400 acres being as stated in the patent, on a Branch of the James River called Broad Spring Branch." (The book states two children which would have been John and William.)

John married Mary Bond, (immigrant) about 1705 in Londenberry, Northern Ireland. Mary was born about 1685 in Londenberry, Northern Ireland; died after 1771 in Augusta Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Mitchell was born about 1711 in Ireland; died after 1740.
2. John Mitchell was born about 1714 in Co Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland; died in 1789 in of, North Carolina.
3. Robert Mitchell was born about 1719 in Co Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland; died between 3 Apr 1781 and 25 Feb 1799 in Bedford Co, Virginia.
4. James Mitchell was born about 1721; died after 1730.