Ancestry of
Maria Mitchell

Astronomer

Richard Mitchell

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• • Great-grandfather of Maria Mitchell — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Richard Mitchell 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Tripp   
  • Birth Date:
  • 4 Jul 1710 
  • Birth Location:
  • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 5 Oct 1787 
  • Death Location:
  • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Starbuck
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Feb 1730/1731 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Peleg Mitchell (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for Richard Mitchell

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Nantucket, Vol. 5, p. 449, Death record for Richard Mitchell.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Nantucket, Vol. 4, p. 206, Marriage of Richard Mitchell and Mary Starbuck.
  • ³ Austin, John Osborne, American Authors' Ancestry: Including some others who have influenced life wisely . . ., Providence, Rhode Island: Freeman Company, Printers (1915), 64.
  • ⁴ Hills, Rev. Aaron Merritt, Life and Labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge: Who Was for Six Years President of the Ohio W. C. T. U. for . . ., Ravenna, Ohio: F. W. Woodbridge (1895), 29, 400.
  • ⁵ Howe, Julia Ward, ed., Representative Women of New England, Boston: New England Historical Publishing Company (1904), 481.