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Capt. Hugh Mitchell, R.M.

Military Service (Royal Marines)
Male 1756 - Abt 1814  (58 years)


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  • Name Hugh Mitchell 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Born 13 Jul 1756  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • This date comes from Sue Merrifield - the baptismal records indicate he was born in 1758 which would be more in line with his baptismal date which was also in 1758
    Baptism 13 Feb 1758  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Occupation Military Service (Royal Marines) 
    Died Abt Jul 1814  East Stonehouse, Devon, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried 8 Jul 1814  East Stonehouse, Devon, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Siblings 2 Siblings 
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2021 

    Father Hugh Mitchell
              b. Abt Aug 1731
              d. Abt 1788  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Mother Sarah McIlwraith
              b. 15 Nov 1731 
    Married 25 Aug 1755  Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    • Per Sue Merrifield - no corroborating evidence that this is the correct couple although the names are sufficient unusual for it to be a strong coincidence.

      Barr is a long way from New Cumnock where Hugh was born, but not too far from Dailly, which is where a Sara McIlwraith was christened on 15 nov 1731 (daughter of William McIlwraith)

      The FamilySearch and Ancestry records confirms the event, albeit with different spellings

    Wife Grizel Logan
              b. 14 Sep 1756
              d. 28 Oct 1846, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 12 Sep 1785  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Age at Marriage He was 29, she was 29  
    Children 
     1. Lt. Col. Hugh Mitchell, R.M.
              b. 18 Mar 1787, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 May 1851, Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     2. Margaret Mitchell
              b. 16 Oct 1788, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Oct 1859, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     3. Elizabeth Mitchell
              b. 31 Aug 1791
              d. 2 Mar 1870  (Age 78 years)
     4. Jane Mitchell
              b. 7 Mar 1795
              d. 23 Jun 1824  (Age 29 years)
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2019 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Hugh Mitchell was born in c. 1758, in New Cumnock, to Hugh Mitchell and Sarah McIlwraith1.

      Career
      Hugh was a Captain in the Royal Marines, starting a family tradition that continued over at least another two generations.

      Family Life
      Hugh married Grizel Logan on the 12th of September 1785 in New Cumnock, East Ayrshire. Hugh was about 31 at the time.

      They had at least four children:
      1. Hugh, 1787-1860, Lt-Col Royal Marines, who married Constance Bullen
      2. Margaret, 1788-1859
      3. Elizabeth, 1791-1870
      4. Jane, 1795-1824

      Hugh was immortalized, slightly cryptically, in a poem by Robert Burns entitled "The Kirk's Alarm", one verse of which reads:
      'Jamie Goose! Jamie Goose! ye hae made but toom roose,
      In hunting the wicked Lieutenant;
      But the Doctor's your mark, for the Lord's haly ark,
      he has cooper'd an ca'd a wrang pin in't.
      Jamie Goose! he has cooper'd an ca'd a wrang pin in 't'.

      Hugh is the "wicked Lieutenant" referred to here: Jamie Goose is the Reverend James Young of New Cumnock, who had a bit of a feud with Hugh and refused to baptised his children.

      Death
      Hugh died on the 8th of July 1814 in East Stonehouse, Devon.

      Footnotes
      [1] Personal correspondence with sue2727 (Ancestry / Sue Merrifield):
      "I have a most wonderful 'scrap book' made by my g grandmother Janet Gibson (born Gemmell 1815-1900) dated 1884. It is huge and has scraps of material stitched into it from all manner of sources, some annotated. Janet's first pair of dancing shoes when she was four, for example. On the very last page--'Wedding lace (Point de Paris) Sarah McIllwraith Mrs Mitchell of Dornal m. 1775 My great grandmother.'"

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Jul 1756 - New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 13 Feb 1758 - New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Sep 1785 - New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Abt Jul 1814 - East Stonehouse, Devon, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 8 Jul 1814 - East Stonehouse, Devon, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S0216] Sue Merrifield Family Tree, Sue Merrifield, (ancestry.co.uk), Merrifield Family Tree.

    2. [S0149] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Hugh Mitchell; FHL Film Number 1041400, 13 Feb 1758.

    3. [S0258] Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Hugh Mitchell; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBGJ-WT5 : 11 February 2020), Hugh Mitchell, 1758., 13 Feb 1758.

    4. [S0420] England, Devon Bishop's Transcripts, 1558-1887, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Hugh Mitchell; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M3-S44R : 15 March 2018), Hugh Mitchell, East Stonehouse, Devon, England; citing Burial, The Devon Record Office, Exeter., 4 Jul 1814.

    5. [S0186] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Hugh Mitchel / Sara McIlwraith; FHL Film Number 1041333, 25 Aug 1755.

    6. [S0035] familysearch, Hugh Mitchel / Sarah McIlwraith; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTKR-1X5, 25 Aug 1755.

    7. [S0184] History of the Village [of New Cumnock], (http://www.newcumnock.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/History-of-the-Village-1.docx), Page 19.