Mitchell, Thomas, 1812 - 1859

Thomas Mitchell was the son of William and Lovina Mitchell of Virginia and the husband of Zerviah Gould. He served as a steward on merchant vessels sailing between Boston and China.  When he returned to Massachusetts, he became a laborer.  Mitchell died of heart disease in Fall River in 1857.  "New England Royalty: Descendants of Massasoit Claim Much Land," Times-Picayune, October 19, 1903, 2.  Abington, Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915.  Ancestry