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There are many Mitchell families in North Devon and for the most part they have all been
labourers and farm workers for a lot of the time. I have attempted to trace each family
back as far as I can and join isolated groups where possible.
Although all my primary research has been targeted at my own direct Mitchell line; in the course
of acquiring this data, I have collected a considerable number of Mitchell's in the
North and Mid Devon area that do not belong to me. Where there has been sufficient to put together
a reasonable tree, I have done so and listed it on the family trees page.
However there is still lots of data which I have not been able to fit onto a tree, or
the tree has been too small to be worth publishing.
If you are researching Mitchells in this area and can't find what you want on the trees,
E mail me and I can check my extensive Mitchell data-base and almost certainly be able
to help you.
My principle Mitchell family, as far as I have been able to trace, started in Great
Torrington in the early 17th century with Ambrose Mitchell. This early family was involved
in the wool trade as weavers.
There was another Mitchell family in Torrington in the same period, which, if I could
trace back a few more generations would possibly merge with mine. The predominant christian name
of this family was Phineas.
Phineas Mitchell was appointed, along with 11 others to be the first Capitall Burgesses
of Great Torrington.
Another principle Mitchell family grew up in Beaford, some 5 miles to the southeast of
G. Torrington and this has been traced back to William and Margaret Mitchell both of whom
died around 1690. Some of the descendants of this line live today in Canada and Washington DC.
Another family which I have been able to trace back were at Littleham from at least
1700 when Thomas Mitchell married Mary Tithecott in 1744 at Littleham.
Some of the descendants of this family now live in Australia and New Zealand.
The Braunton line includes some seamen as this was a thriving port in its day.
The river now has silted up to such a degree that todays larger ships cannot get into Braunton.
I have altogether nearly 50 Mitchell tree's, some fairly modern and only a few generations, others that start and die off in the 17th and 18th century.
If you have linked into one of the Mitchell tree's I would love to hear from you, to include
your part in this living Mitchell family tree.
Even if you have not linked, I'd like to hear anyway.
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