Jenet Mitchell

Female 1720 -


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  • Name Jenet Mitchell 
    Born Between 1715-1720  Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Notes 
    • Will abstract:
      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 the following family members: "...son John Mitchell & my Wife Elloner Mitchell...Elldest Daughter Martha..Second Daughter Mary ...[to] third Daughter Jean one two year Old mear and one year old Heffer and all the sheep Called her own...Fourth Daughter Jenat...my brother John Mitchell..."

      After her husband died, her four children were placed under guardianship, a usual situation since women had few legal rights. The guardians were two of her brothers-in-law.

      Chalkley

      VOLUME 3, page 18, by Lyman C. Chalkley.: "15 September 1750 - John Greer's Noncupative Will: Debts to be paid to William Long, William Neil, John Kennedy and Nathaniel Patterson; son, Alexander, to be bound to a trade; one child to be bound to John Mitchell; one child to be bound to S. D. (sic, evidently Samuel Doak); oldest girl to go to some decent woman to learn housewifery." Executors: John Mitchell and Samuel Doak. Teste: James Corwin, John Mitchell, Samuel Doak, Francis Beatey."

      Page 26 (AUGUSTA COUNTY RECORD, page 447): "24 August 1752, John Mitchell and Samuel Doage [Doak] gave bond as guardians appointed for Rebecca, Alexander, Martha and Mary Greer, orphan children of John Greer, deceased, with Surety, Francis Beatey."

      Vol. 1 - Page 66 (AUGUSTA COUNTY ORDER BOOK, NO. 4, PAGE 331.): "Samuel Doak and John Mitchell, guardians for the orphan children of John Greer, made final settlement, 22 November 1754."
    Person ID I10082  Master File
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2011 

    Father Thomas Mitchell,   b. 1680, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1734, Lancaster Co. PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Eleanor (Helen),   b. ca 1681, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1771, Augusta Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Married 1707  Probably Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Greer,   b. Between 1710-1720,   d. Bef. 15 Sep 1750, Augusta Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Married ca 1740 
    Children 
     1. Alexander Greer
     2. Rebecca Greer
     3. Mary Greer
     4. Martha Greer
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2011 
    Family ID F6536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart