Person:Michael Mitton (1)

Michael Mitton

b.Est 1614

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m. Bef 1639

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Name^[1]	Michael Mitton
Gender	Male
Birth^[3]	Est 1614	Estimate based on approximate date of marriage
Marriage	Bef 1639	to Elizabeth Cleeve
Death^[2]	Bet 25 Aug 1660 and 7 Oct 1661	Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States

References

↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
3/222.

MITTEN, MICHAEL, Falmouth 1637, then assoc. with George Cleves whose only ch. Elizabeth he m. had Ann, wh. m. Anthony Brackett; Elizabeth b. 1644, m. Thadeus Clarke; Mary, m. Thomas Brackett; Sarah, m. James Andrews; and Martha m. John Graves, wh. rem. from Kittery to Little Compton; beside only s. Nathaniel, wh. was k. by the Ind. Aug. 1676, unm. He was constable in 1640, freem. 1658; but is unhappi. at an earlier day, commemo. by Winthrop II. 302. He d. 1660. See also Folsom, 54, and especial. Willis, I. 96 and 173. His wid. m. a Harvey, and d. his wid. 1682.
↑ Michael Mitton, in Threlfall, John B. (Brooks). Twenty-Six Great Migration Colonists to New England & their Origins. (Madison, Wisconsin: J.B. Threlfall, 1993)
209.

Michael Mitton lived on what is known as the Widgery farm on Cape Elizabeth opposite Portland. Mitton's last act was his release of his claim to Robert Johnson on 25 August 1660. His widow alone acknowledged the deed on 7 October 1661 so he must have died between those dates.
↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
George Cleeve sketch.