Abiel Mitchell (1733 - 1821)

Born 26 Oct 1733 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Leonard) Mitchell — married 25 Dec 1760 in Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1821 at age 87 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Colonel Abiel Mitchell served with Bristol County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Abiel Mitchell is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A080423.

Abiel Mitchell is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 250354
Rank: Colonel

Abiel Mitchell was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts in 1733, and died in Easton, Massachusetts, in 1821. His parents are Timothy Mitchell and Deborah Packard.

In 1744, Jonathan Bass of Bridgewater was appointed to be his guardian.^[1]

In 1751, Abiel received a distribution from his brother, Timothy Mitchell's estate.^[2]

Military Service Revolutionary War Patriot, rank of Colonel. He commanded the first company from Easton at the Lexington Alarm, and served as Colonel of the Bristol County Militia. He married Mary Leonard, born 1740, died 1827 and parents of 7 children. Their daughter Deborah Mitchell married Thomas Willis.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-JKSB : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1742-1745 and 1844-1856 vol 9-9M > image 131 of 583; State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-F6FP : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1749-1752 and 1848-1853 vol 12-12C > image 222 of 596; State Archives, Boston.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 27 Nov 2021), "Record of Abiel Mitchell", Ancestor # A080423.Meehan-411
• Colonel Abiel Mitchell Birth 26 October 1733 Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Death 11 October 1821 (aged 87) Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Burial Seth Pratt Cemetery, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find A Grave: Memorial #81156965 Photo: Has a photo of his gravestone.

• Mitchell Family Mitchell Family Magazine VOLUMES ONE AND TWO SIX NUMBERS JANUARY 1916, TO APRIL 1917 WILLIAM M. CLEMENS PUBLISHER see SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION With Genealogical Notes on their Families and Descendants pg 49

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-PTW : accessed 15 December 2021), Abiel Mitch, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 684, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 205,612.

• Heitman, Francis Bernard. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution (W.H. Lowdermilk, Washington, DC, 1893) p. 395 "Mitchell, Abiel (Mass). Captain in Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; Major of Walker's Massachusetts Regiment, 24th May to December, 1775; served subsequently as Colonel Massachusetts Militia. (Died 1821.)"

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 10, p. 843, Vol. 10, p. 829