John Mighell

1635-1636 - Bef 1701  (65 years)

• Name	John Mighell  [1]
  Born	1635-1636  [2]
  	He was deposed twice, in 1678 and 1679, in Essex Co., Massachusetts courts, stating his age as 44 years in 1679, and as 42 years in 1678; he was probably therefore--if both testimonies were accurate--born in the latter half of 1635 or the first half of 1636 (source does not give dates of the depositions)
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Bef 22 Apr 1701	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticutt
  	Before 1749, the town of Suffield was part of Hampshire Co., Massachusetts
  Died	Bef 22 Apr 1701
  	On this date administrators are appointed to his estate
  Probate	22 Apr 1701	Hampshire Co., Massachusetts   [3]
  	His widow, named as Sarah, and son Nicholas granted administration of his estate. He is referred to as "of Suffield," which town was part of Hampshire Co., Massachusetts till 1749; since then it lies in Hartford Co., New Hampshire.
  Probate	19 May 1703	Hampshire Co., Massachusetts   [4]
  	Estate inventory; total not given but is approximately £150
  Person ID	I1153	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Mighell,   b. 1606, York, North Yorkshire, England ,   bur. 14 Jul 1654, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	Ellin,   b. 1610, Hull, Humberside, England ,   bur. 12 Mar 1640, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Married	Abt 1630	Hull, Humberside, England
  Family ID	F523	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah Batt,   b. 12 Jun 1640, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 4 May 1714, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut  (Age 73 years)
  Married	6 Jun 1659	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts   [5]
  Notes	Difficult to be certain of the order and number of the children; Massachusetts vital records don't mention several of them. In addition, three of the boys were christened on the same day without corresponding birth records.
  Children	1. Mary Mighell,   b. Abt 1662, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts   2. John Mighell,   b. 1662, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 13 Nov 1743, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut  (Age 81 years)   3. Sarah Mighell,   b. Abt 1664, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts   4. Thomas Mighell,   b. 1666, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Killingly, Windham, Connecticut   5. Mary Mighell,   b. 2 Jun 1668, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts   6. Sarah Mighell   7. Nathaniel Mighell,   c. 13 Aug 1676, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Feb 1709/10, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut  (Age ~ 33 years)   8. Nicholas Mighell,   c. 13 Aug 1676, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts   9. Samuel Mighell,   c. 13 Aug 1676, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 10 Jun 1697  (Age ~ 20 years)   10. Elizabeth Mighell
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F519	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Hampshire Co., Probate Record vol. 3 pp. 103-4 (Reliability: 3), 10 Jul 2017. [S143] Essex County, Massachusetts Depositions, 1645-1686, Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, comp., (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000) (Reliability: 1), 11 Jul 2017. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Hampshire Co., Probate Record vol. 3 p. 100 (Reliability: 3), 10 Jul 2017. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Hampshire Co., Probate Record vol. 3 pp. 100-1 (Reliability: 3), 10 Jul 2017. [S26900] Vital Records of Rowley, MA - 1662-1849, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, comps., (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, 2005-), 348 (Reliability: 3), 07 Dec 2010.