Sarah Mitchell

From her Thomas Rogers Society page:

http://www.thomasrogerssociety.com/p3.htm#i88

Sarah Higgins [1]

• F,
• b. 18 October 1690,
• d. after 1741

Sarah Higgins was born on 18 October 1690 at Eastham. She was the daughter of Jonathan Higgins and Hannah Rogers.

Sarah Higgins married William Mitchell, son of William Mitchell and Mercy Nickerson, on 10 April 1717 at Eastham. Her married name was Mitchell.

Sarah Higgins died after 1741.

William Mitchell m. (1) Chatham, 19 Mar 1712/13 Tabitha ELDREDGE.

Children of Sarah Higgins and William Mitchell

• 1. James Mitchell+ b. 4 Nov 1718, d. a 1766
• 2. Tabitha Mitchell+ b. 19 Jul 1720, d. a 1766
• 3. Mercy Mitchell+ b. 4 May 1722, d. 6 Feb 1802
• 4. William Mitchell+ b. 31 Jun 1725 [sic], d. 5 Feb 1793
• 5. Desire Mitchell+ b. bt 1727 - 1730, d. 19 Feb 1820
• 6. Hallett Mitchell+
• 7. Seth Mitchell b. 11 Dec 1738/39 [sic]
• 8. Betty Mitchell+ b. 22 Mar 1741

Citations

• 1. [S1] Ann T. [Revised by], (Originally compiled by Alice W. A. Westgate) Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620: Family of Thomas Rogers (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 44. Hereinafter cited as Rogers-Silver.

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Biography

Sarah Higgins was born on 18 October 1690 in Eastham, Barnstable County, (then) Plymouth Colony, the daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Rogers) Higgins.[1][2][3]

She married William Mitchell of Chatham, as his second wife, in Eastham on 10 April 1717.[4] He was born ca. 1691, the son of William and Mercy (Nickerson) Mitchell. His first wife was Tabitha Eldredge whom he married at Chatham on 19 March 1712/3.[3]

In 1753, William "Mitcell" of Dartmouth sold 17 acres in Dartmouth to Jethro Jenney, the southeast corner of William's homestead. in 1767 William Mitchell of Dartmouth, yeoman, sold land to his grandson David Mitchell of Dartmouth, laborer, "son of my son William." The deed was acknowledged by William on 03 December 1767.[3]

Sarah died after 1741 (birth of last child), and William died after 8 December 1767. William and Sarah left no probate records in Barnstable or Bristol counties.[3]

Children:[3]

James, b. 14 Nov 1718 Chatham, d. aft 1766; m. Hannah Higgins 1739/40 Eastham; 6 children.
Tabitha, b. 19 Jul 1720 Chatham, d. aft. 1766; m. Joseph Burgess (or Barges) 1737/8 Dartmouth; 9 children.
Mercy, b. 4 May 1722 Chatham, d. 7 Feb 1802 Dartmouth; m. Nathaniel Jenney 1743 Dartmouth; 8 children.
William, b. 31 Jun 1725 Chatham, d. 5 Feb 1793 Dartmouth; m. Pernal Jenney 1745 Dartmouth; 2 children.
Desire, b. ca. 1730, prob. Dartmouth, d. 19 Feb 1820 New Bedford; m. Jethro Jenney 1750 Dartmouth; 7 children.
Hallett, b. prob. Dartmouth, d.?; m. Ruth Winslow 1759 Freetown; 1 child.
Seth, b. 11 Dec 1738/9 [sic], said to be living 1800. No Barnstable or Bristol Co. probate records or land records found for him. Was he of Bridgewater or of Woodbury, CT?
Betty, b. 22 Mar 1741 Dartmouth, living on 26 Mar 1788; m. William Ryder Jr., 1759 int. Plymouth & Dartmouth; one child.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Higgins-1582

Sarah (Higgins) Mitchell (1690 - aft. 1741)

Sarah Mitchell formerly Higgins

Born 18 Oct 1690 in Eastham, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Daughter of Jonathan Higgins and Hannah (Rogers) Higgins

Sister of Beriah Higgins [half], Jonathan Higgins [half], Jemima (Higgins) Mulford [half], Joseph Higgins [half], Hannah (Higgins) Paine [half], Elisha Higgins [half], Elizabeth (Higgins) Mayo, Mary (Higgins) Young, Rebecca (Higgins) Hurd and James Higgins

Wife of William Mitchell — married 10 Apr 1717 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Mother of James Mitchell, Mercy (Mitchell) Jenney and Desire (Mitchell) Jenney

Died after 22 Mar 1741 after age 50 [location unknown]

Profile last modified 13 Nov 2021 | Created 26 Jan 2013

Sarah (Higgins) Mitchell was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XXG?cc=2061550&w... : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 122 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
Eastham Land grants 1649-1722, births, marriages & deaths, p. 36.
Rebecca Higgens the daughter of Jonnathan Higgens was born the last day of November in the year 1686.
↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 6:15.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 14, 44-45.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XQQ?cc=2061550&w... : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths 1701-1796 > image 9 of 126; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
Eastham Births 1701-1781, Marriages 1713-1759, Deaths 1718-1796, p. 2.
William Mitchell of Chatham and Sarah Higgins of Eastham were married by Joseph Doane Esqur on the tenth day of april anno Domini : 1717
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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Eryn Hibbert for starting this profile.