When George Mitchell Jr. was born about 1777, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States, his father, George Mitchell Sr., was 24 and his mother, Penelope Radford, was 16. He married Sarah Pender on 3 January 1792, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons. He died in 1833, in his hometown, at the age of 57.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
North Carolina is the 12th state.
New Bern had been the capital of North Carolina in its early days. In 1792, the capital was moved to Raleigh because it was more the center of the state.
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
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