MITTON, Elizabeth

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Great Migration: Michael is thought to have come to New England from England with George Cleeve. Mitton is first is found in Maine in 1637. In 1640, he was appointed Constable for Casco, Maine.
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mitton-2
• Residence: Maine, USA
• Birth: 1616, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
• Residence: 1637, Peaks Island, Cumberland, Maine, USA; Leased to Michale Mitton by George Cleeves for 60 years
• Death: 25 Aug 1660, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Michael married CLEEVES, Elizabeth in 1637 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of CLEEVE, George and PRICE, Joan) was born on 14 Dec 1619 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; died in 1681 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant; Father was founder of Portland, Maine
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cleeves-1

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Founder of Portland, Maine; The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Historical Importance: Founder of Portland, Maine
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cleeve
• Web Address: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/rd/12107/383/235175320
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cleeve-50
• Occupation: England; Vintner
• Immigration: 1630, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1633, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA; Founding of Portland
• Travel: 1636, England; Back and forth from Maine to England
• Travel: 1643, England; Back and forth from Maine to England

Notes:

George Cleve; Cleeve; Cleaves; CleevesComment:Esquire, as designated in the patent of Gorges to him 27 Jan. 1636, came to New England about 1630. Settled at Spurwink, built a house, planted, etc. having a promise from Gorges of 200 acres of land, as he claimed. In 1632 he bought a share in the patent which Richard Tucker had purchased of Richard Bradshaw. John Winter, as agent of Robert Trelawney, ejected him from the land in 1633, and seized upon his houses. [Testimony in Maine court at Saco June 25, 1641.] He had a lawsuit in court at Saco 25 March, 1636. He visited Boston in 1643 with Mr. Rigby, "a lawyer and a parliament man, wealthy and religious," who had purchased the "Plough Patent"; they sought to obtain the help of Mass. in establishing the claims of that patent; desired to join "the consociation of the United Colonies." [W.] He petitioned the Gen. Court of Mass. 5 (3) 1645, "on behalfe of the people of Ligonia," asking protection against the claims of Mr. Vines and others, basing his claims on the Rigby patent. [Mass. Arch. 3, 179.] As agent of "Collonell Alexander Rigby, President and proprietor for the province of Laconia," he leased lands in 1651. Took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 13 July, 1658. As deputy president of the Assembly of Lygonia, 22 (7) 1648, he was chairman of the committee to sit at Richmond Island and report on the estate of Winter.

He deeded 20 May, 1658, to his grandchild Nathaniel Mitten, land adjoining that formerly granted to his father Michael M. Was sued by Robert Jordan in 1659, and his goods attached in a rough manner; bed and clothing taken from his sick wife, then 87 years of age.

Nathaniel Mitten was alleged by "Richard Powssley of ffalmouth" in 1687, to have been a grandson of Cleve.

See also Bradshaw, Bucknall, Jordan, Macworth, Moses, Tucker, Winter.


George Cleeve was a vintner in England . George emigrated to what is now New England in 1630, settling first in Spurwink, Maine (near today's Cape Elizabeth), and at Falmouth (today's Portland) in 1633. In 1637, Sir Ferdinando Gorges granted George and associate Richard Tucker 1,500 acres at Machegonne (Portland Neck) that included the area of today's downtown Portland. George is known as the father of Portland, and a statue is erected in modern Portland commemorating this. His career was both contentious and litigious, engaged in frequent land disputes and vying with Gorges' Province of Maine for jurisdiction over the area north of Cape Porpoise. In a letter to Governor John Winthrop from a contemporary, he was described as"a firebrand of dissension and hath set the whole Province together by the ears."

He married Joan Price in England in 1618; George made several trips back and forth to England during his career and it is unknown on which trip she emigrated. Even before he left England, George was involved in a suit against his father-in-law, John Price. Not muchy is known of Joan's life but she is a docoumented "Gateway Ancestor" to royalty.

The early records of Maine are filled with less than admirable descriptives of his nature. His hatred for Ferdinando Gorges, and others of the titled class, was pronounced, and he attempted every coercion possible to defame those who stood in his way, or to misrepresent his aim to others in order to pursue his own gain. That he was initially, to those who knew nothing of his character, persuasive and charming, is apparent, but it was not long before he had alienated every person of power in both Maine and Massachusetts.

George married PRICE, Joan on 7 Sep 1618 in St Chadds Church, Cheshire, England. Joan (daughter of PRICE, John and JOAN) was born in 1584 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; died on 29 Sep 1662 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Royal gateway ancestor; The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Historical Importance: Gateway Ancestor

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: England; Linen Draper

John married CAREY, Anna in 1591. Anna was born in 1554 in Somerset, England; died after 1618 in Somerset, England; was buried on 17 Nov 1601. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married JOAN in 1573 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. was born in 1551 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; died on 7 Oct 1617 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]