Mary Tate

Mary Mitchell

• Birth? abt. 1724 Prob. Ireland
• Marriage abt. 1740/41 to John Tate, Sr.
• Death? abt. 1792
• F. Thomas Mitchell 1680 - 1734
• M. Eleanor 'Helen' Unknown Abt 1681 - Aft 1756 m. 1707

Family

Married John Tate, Sr. 1710 - 1801, son of James Tate & Sarah Beatty

Children:

1. Capt. James Tate 1742 - 1781 married Sarah Hall
2. Lt. Thomas Tate 1744 - 1833 married Jane Campbell
3. Eleanor Tate 1747 - 1801 married Benjamin Stuart
4. John Tate, Esq., Virginia Legislator abt 1749 - 1802 married Jane Berry
5. Gen. William Tate 1753 - 1830 married Nancy Mitchell
6. Robert Tate, of Middlebrook, Augusta County, VA 1755 - 1832 married Margaret McClung

Disputed Identity

There is disagreement over the identity of the wife of John Tate. Some researchers believe that she was Mary Doak, daughter of Samuel Doak and others believe that she was Mary Mitchell, daughter of Thomas Mitchell.

1. We know that John Tate (Mary's husband) and Francis Beatty were brothers-in-law, based upon the following record in Augusta County.
2. We know that Thomas Mitchell named a daughter Mary in his will, written in 1734 (note: John Tate and Mary were not married until about 1739): In the will of Thomas Mitchell (written 4 May 1734; probated 14 Nov. 1734, Lancaster Co, PA, Will Book A, vol 1, pg 17), Thomas mentions his wife, Elloner, son John, and daughters Martha (eldest), Mary, Jean and Jenat
3. There is no apparent will of Samuel Doak in Augusta County records to indicate that Mary was his daughter. In addition there are no records of any of Samuel's other children listing her as a probable sister.
“The assumption that her surname was BEATY appears based on the 1769 power of attorney granted by Francis Beaty to his brother-in-law John Tate. They were brothers-in-law because their wives were sisters: John TATE married Mary MITCHELL and Francis BEATY married Martha MITCHELL. What is the evidence for John's mother being Sarah BEATY?”

Notes

http://www.appalachianaristocracy.com/getperson.php?personID=I5313&...

And to make it even more perlexing for their descendants, there were at least two John Tates, both from Augusta Co. VA living at the same time. One married Mary Doak and the other one married Mary Mitchell [sister to Samuel Doak's wife Jane Mitchell] who had several offspring migrate to Russell Co. VA

References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Mitchell_(132)_
• http://www.antiqueclockshop.com/thomas/tree/tree3/i99.htm#i4413
• http://jliptrap.us/gen/mitchelltate.htm