Show 1 t t Il 4 r I I UI sr v 1 F Y Saxon Anglo Derivation of Name Sugg Suggested Suggested sted Family Rich in Authors Scholars Men fen of Science Science Founders Founders of Libraries Libra Libra- er ries lies vies Mayflower lower fay and Signer Ancestors j Members of 1 Colonial lil As Congress As Valiant Soldiers Hoyc Proud War Val Records J en fl r r n Two 10 theories s th the tion of at th tho name Mitchell heJi have han I. I advocates d It is Jt from the rhe axon Anglo word wora or m meaning great 01 or from ron br Michael 1 m meaning Gods God God power pow pow- er cr Michael ha lias haB always awas been a nr mime particularly leu 10 rl tn In Its Irs Fi French form torin orin f IB 1 An n Ancient r- r tilts tills with Mitchell i is pt perr per per- Ir I r r Imps s the only variation I Searching family records some sono conan con- con I II 9 t 1 Pr ht- ht I ff It OlF nf fir fC t i ni an tho s all these hee being Christian I nam 1 bestowed upon upon children chil chU- of or ota bias blas ot dren ren b by parents a mind Elected h by comparison on Is fairly attractive Th The family faintly I IB 1 rich h. h In III authors and II men n ot or science It a also has Its Ita states states- oC ot tho the men IncH Its solomn leJ representatives r church ch and ad of or the p law lR It Us ItS dignitaries l ga soldiers As astronomers rs doctors ot of me medicine man many have have- lawon la won enviable cn renown It wax Dr S Sam iam- lm- lm In of the r- r uel Latham Lathain Mitchell born horn Long I Island rn family n U U. S. S senator an and I 1 author who in III his Address to the I Fredes or oi People of ot the U. U S S. ur urged e J the tite adoption of or as the tho proper I flame namo for this country The first woI woman wo- wo I I man elected member l of t the he American Academy of or Arts and Sciences wn I Professor ProCessor Maria Mitchell She was of or orthe the Nantucket family The rhe second secondi i cst largest library in Scotland Is loj that at I II I G ego y founded tJ by Stephen Mitchell 1 f 9 a r n c. JI 1 rc rn nJ fI n c. c W n 01 IU I J I I n II h who whoso whose Ik dist settled m tn Philadelphia al also ll o In Baltimore George ten oil oC York Vork county Pa PaI was wan born horn In Scotland 1731 I I We find h. h the thc Mitchells l In county count Ya Vs and related h by marriage to I Ithe I the family faintly of Colonel Zachary chan Lewis whose father was a 3 messmate of Washington's Wash ash h ington's In the war with ith the French F LeWIS i This branch b o of the Mitchells has I th d- d i II i many south southern rn states I The Thomas and Graham families are alp I II I al also o allied i b o The lIH la lat ct t it d family that of ot a a. Governor o of North Carolina William Graham While discussing discussing- relationships It Itma mil may ma- mahe be he mentioned that the tho- tho of oC Connecticut claim kin with Rebecca Motto of or Revolutionary Re fame with Governor and Governor Dudley of Massachusetts also with the the of or Gardiners Gardiner's Island Matthew Mitchell with wife and anti children n was a pa passenger enger on the James 1685 Four years ears later he was town clerk of or This Tills was tho the year ear CaI that the men of ur hartford Hart Hart- ford tord and Windsor or met at atI Hartford and anti drew up the first written I American constitution a a. a form arm of or goVernment goVernment government gov goV- ma made e b by the tho people for Ol the people Matthew was a a. representative tire tive at court ourt from Crom Saybrook he- he took part In the Pequot war and In 1013 tJ pe- pe moved mo lo to Hempstead I L I I. I This sounds as all though he led the str str lif life At any rate he Is a n. pretty good ancestor to have down on the family chart hart 1 Edward Mitchell a n i. i passenger l on the Diligent made a hume home at J to which perhaps h he gave Its name nam as he lie was from ham I England David of 01 Stratford Conn was by tho the council orwar of or war with important tant affairs ll Before Before- moving to Stratford h he had lived ll at Bristol and Mayflower ancestry str ma may be he claimed by d descendants hi 0 of t Experience 31 Mitchell itch elI through his wife Jane or Mary as some authorities sa say diu daughter of or Francis FrancisI Cook a n. pilgrim of or J Experience came over on the Hit Ann IG 1623 3 His name namo is I found cund In Plymouth Duxbury and Bridgewater Bridge Bridge- water records s One branch of or the Mitchells Mit MIt- t- t o of which representatives are now II living v In In the far Car West Yest claim Honest John Hart of or New cw Jersey a signer of or orthe the Declaration of ot Independence and father of or a n. lar large e rami tamly In the event cent of I being luck lucky enough h to claim him other forbears ma may be passed h by hy unwept and I unsung not IlOt Stephen Mitchell a setI settler set set- I tier and In 1812 chief Justice of or Connecticut cut was a n. member of or tho first congress at Philadelphia Donald Donal Mitchell better known as Ik Marvel the charming essayist es es- es was his grandson Stephen was wasson wasson son of ot James Immigrant who came from Glasgow 1720 liM and probably o of the same family as Stephen founder of or the Ute library already mentioned Stephen of or S I cut had six sons son all col college eg graduates If the Mitchells are famed for one thin thine more than another It Is scholarship D By Bythe the the- beginning o of the tho nineteenth century nino were Harvard antI and seventeen Yale graduates Apropos of or this subject In 11 1613 a n. few Cew years after oCtor th the founding of Harvard the interest was so so great grea t a and so gO er universal nl that every ver family In New England gave g yearly yearl either a a. peck of corn or twelve pence pene In money mone towards Its support The people were wr but bur deter deter- poor they theyer were er j I mined that learning should not he be burled In the graves of their fathers One object ob ob- ob of ot founding the tho college was to lO ed educate educate educate ed- ed and Christianize the In Indians lans Some Som Someone lone one once wrote to Miles Standish 0 1 how happy happ a thing it would have been heen If Ie I you had converted some before killing I any The Mitchells were valiant soldiers anI and always ny to th the fore ore when war was abroad In the land Amon Among officers of the tho Revolution Revo I lution utIon from Crom Massachusetts were vere M Major and Colonel Thomas From New Jersey Captain Alexander from rom Delaware Delaware Dela Dela- ware wart I captain of a battalion edthe ed the Flying C Camp mp captain Joseph was a aI Virginia representative Captain Captain- James and Major were wore of or South Caro Carow Una and Lieutenant nt John Jolan o of Ti Dr COLit-Dr cout coat Illustrated Iw n RI nhat O. O hat ht Wr J I r h l rt r. r r 1 I plO Motto lie 1 de despises th the earth Tue tho the mash oC ot 04 1 net whereby men are Induced to virtue anti and verity verily Th TI char charge also alno symbolizes one who has been beau prudent anti nud cautious |