John Mitchell
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John Mitchell, son of John Mitchell and Sarah (…), was born in 1684.1 He died before 19 November 1762, when his will was proved.2
John married (1) Phebe Stephens, daughter of Thomas Stephens and Elizabeth Cook;3,1 he married (2) Mehetabel Cook, daughter of John Cook and Mehetabel Howell, after 1729.2,4
Hoff and Macy state that cards on the Stephens family in the Gelston Howell Collection at the Suffolk County Historical Society show Phebe was John Mitchell's first wife, not his second.3
John left a will dated 10 November 1762, and proved 19 Nov 1762
[NOTE.—John Mitchell was the grandson of John Mitchell who came from East Hampton in 1686 and purchased from the widow of Samuel Mills a homestead at Mecox. His son, John Mitchell, died March 13, 1717, aged 57. His widow, Sarah Mitchell, died December 6, 1718, aged 58. John Mitchell, the testator of above will, was born in 1684. His descendants owned much land on Hog Neck, and his son John and grandson, Stephen Mitchell, owned a large farm on the east side of Long Pond, south of the Scuttle Hole road. Another grandson, James Mitchell, had a daughter Phebe, who married Judge Hugh Halsey, whose family are the principal representatives of the Mitchell family now extinct in this town in the male line.—W. S. P.]5
John married (1) Phebe Stephens, daughter of Thomas Stephens and Elizabeth Cook;3,1 he married (2) Mehetabel Cook, daughter of John Cook and Mehetabel Howell, after 1729.2,4
Hoff and Macy state that cards on the Stephens family in the Gelston Howell Collection at the Suffolk County Historical Society show Phebe was John Mitchell's first wife, not his second.3
John left a will dated 10 November 1762, and proved 19 Nov 1762
In the name of God, Amen. I, JOHN MITCHELL, of the town of Southampton, in Suffolk County, being sick in body.
I direct all debts and legacies to be paid.
I leave to my wife Mehetabel (formerly Mehetabel Cook) £60, as by a marriage eontract, and if she leaves my estate she shall have £4 yearly, also a bed and bedding, and she is to give a quit claim to all my estate.
I leave to my grandson, John Mitchell the 3d, my gun and sword, also £1,000 when he is of age, or sooner if my executors think proper.
I leave to my daughter, Phebe Clark, 20 shillings.
To my daughter, Mary Moore, 20 shillings.
To my grandson, Josiah Howell, Jr., £25.
To my 3 grandchildren, Phebe, Mary, and Stephen Mitchell, £300.
I leave to my son, John Mitchell, all my lands, buildings, and meadows and Commonage, and all the rest of my personal property and my right on Montauk.
I leave to my loving friend, Maltby Gelston, £20, to be paid by my sen John.
If my wife is inclined to remain where she is, she is to be honorably maintained.
I make my son John and Maltby Gelston executors.
Witnesses, David Cook, Timothy Edwards, Thomas Howell.
I direct all debts and legacies to be paid.
I leave to my wife Mehetabel (formerly Mehetabel Cook) £60, as by a marriage eontract, and if she leaves my estate she shall have £4 yearly, also a bed and bedding, and she is to give a quit claim to all my estate.
I leave to my grandson, John Mitchell the 3d, my gun and sword, also £1,000 when he is of age, or sooner if my executors think proper.
I leave to my daughter, Phebe Clark, 20 shillings.
To my daughter, Mary Moore, 20 shillings.
To my grandson, Josiah Howell, Jr., £25.
To my 3 grandchildren, Phebe, Mary, and Stephen Mitchell, £300.
I leave to my son, John Mitchell, all my lands, buildings, and meadows and Commonage, and all the rest of my personal property and my right on Montauk.
I leave to my loving friend, Maltby Gelston, £20, to be paid by my sen John.
If my wife is inclined to remain where she is, she is to be honorably maintained.
I make my son John and Maltby Gelston executors.
Witnesses, David Cook, Timothy Edwards, Thomas Howell.
[NOTE.—John Mitchell was the grandson of John Mitchell who came from East Hampton in 1686 and purchased from the widow of Samuel Mills a homestead at Mecox. His son, John Mitchell, died March 13, 1717, aged 57. His widow, Sarah Mitchell, died December 6, 1718, aged 58. John Mitchell, the testator of above will, was born in 1684. His descendants owned much land on Hog Neck, and his son John and grandson, Stephen Mitchell, owned a large farm on the east side of Long Pond, south of the Scuttle Hole road. Another grandson, James Mitchell, had a daughter Phebe, who married Judge Hugh Halsey, whose family are the principal representatives of the Mitchell family now extinct in this town in the male line.—W. S. P.]5
Family 1 | Phebe Stephens b. 2 Jan 1681/82, d. 15 Dec 1729 |
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Family 2 | Mehetabel Cook b. 8 Feb 1713, d. aft. 12 Nov 1725 |
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| This person was last edited on | 17 Dec 2017 |
Citations
- [S171] George Rogers Howell, The Early History of Southampton L.I., New York with Genealogies. Revised, Corrected and Enlarged. Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons and Co., 2nd ed., 1887, 343 #2. CD-ROM reprint, Genealogy and History of the Town of Southampton, New York (http://genealogycds.com: genealogycds.com, 2007), further cited as History of Southampton.
- [S171] Howell, History of Southampton, 343 #3.
- [S1988] Henry B. Hoff and Harry Macy Jr., "Thomas Stephens of Southampton," Suffolk County Historical Society Register 21 (Spring 1996): 115-121, at 118, further cited as Hoff and Macy, "Thomas Stephens."
- [S979] James Truslow Adams, Memorials of Old Bridgehampton (Bridgehampton, Long Island: p.p., 1916), 329, further cited as Adams, Bridgehampton.
- [S1590] William S. Pelletreau, editor, Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogates Office, City of New York, 1665-1801 (17 vols., New York: New-York Historical Society, 1892-1908), 6:199-200 (liber 23:527), further cited as Pelletreau, New York Will Abstracts.