Elizabeth Mitchell

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Mitchell was born on 8 September 1745, in Kittery, York, Maine, United States, her father, Roger Mitchell, was 50 and her mother, Mary Gould, was 39. She married Peletiah Barter in 1770. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 7 February 1836, in Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln, Maine, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in St. George, Knox, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peletiah Barter
1741–1825
Elizabeth Mitchell
1745–1836
Marriage: 1770
Henry Barter
1769–1849
Peletiah Barter
1771–1852
Mary Barter
1773–1856
Robert Barter
1776–
Roger B Barter
1779–1822
William Barter
1781–1847
Capt John Barter
1790–1860

Sources (3)

  • Elizabeth Mitchell Barter, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth Barter, "Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999"
  • U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

World Events (7)

1760

Historical Boundaries: 1760: Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Lincoln, Maine, United States

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""

Name Meaning

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 .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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