Brief Life History of Experience
When Experience Mitchell was born in 1603, in England, his father, Thomas Hayward Mitchell, was 38 and his mother, Margaret Williams, was 35. He married Jane Cooke after 22 May 1627, in Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America in 1639 and Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America in 1684. He died before 14 May 1689, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, and was buried in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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- Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
- Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
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1606
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born in Leiden, the Netherlands.
1607 · English Reformed Church is Opened
A Catholic church building had been confiscated during the reformation, then was closed by the city council during the 16th century. This same building was reopened in 1607 for English-speaking Protestants. It is now known as the English Reformed Church.
1631 · Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam
"The Amsterdamse Atheneum was an ""illustrous school"" sponsored by the city, where famous scientists such as Petrus Camper and Caspar Barlaeus taught classes. It was built from the remains of a 1470 chapel (Agnietenklooster). Upon being founded, the City Library was moved to the attics of the building and formed the beginning of what would become the University Library."
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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Mitchell Family History, by Lyman De Platt
The Mitchell family ascends from Amasa Mason Lyman [KWJ8-467] through Martha Mason, Martha Barney, Lois Martin, Martha Washburn, Jonathan Washburn, and Elizabeth Mitchell. Experience Mitchell, was bo …
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