Origins of surname
The surname is derived from the personal name Michael, meaning 'he who is like the Lord'
Early records
The name first appears in Jersey baptism records in 1750, but there is then a gap until the end of the century and the early 1900s before any family becomes established.
Variants
- Mitchell
- Mitchel
- Michell
- Michel, same derivation but an entirely different family in Jersey
Family records
Family trees
Church records
- Mitchell baptisms in Jersey
- Mitchell marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Mitchell marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Mitchell burials in Jersey
Great War service
- George Mitchell (St P), Private, Hampshire Regiment
- Alfred Mitchell (St H), Private, RJGB
- Edward Thomas Mitchell (1896- ) (St H) son of Edward Thomas and Kate Hannah Le Sauteur, Gunner, Royal Field Artillery
- Violet Mabel Mitchell (1901- )daughter of Frederick and Fanny, British Red Cross
- William Frederick Mitchell (1900- ) (St S) son of Edward Thomas and Kate Hannah, Private, Recruit Distribution Battalion
Family wills
These wills created by members of the family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Amelia Mitchell, Faislea, Samares, St Clement - 10 July 1940, D/Y/A/107
- Beatrice Mitchell, 6 Mulcaster Street, St Helier - 24 October 1934, D/Y/A/96
- Charles Mitchell, 64 Calle de Emparon, Veracruz, Mexico - 6 August 1925, D/Y/A/85
- Henrietta Mitchell, wife of Kentish Stevens Mitchell, Elm Villa, Beaumont - 2 April 1908, D/Y/A/67
- John Mitchell, Lieutenant in Captain Taylor's Company in Jersey 12 October 1741 - D/Y/A/7
- Livingstone Mitchell of St Brelade's Bay - 30 May 1889, D/Y/A/48
- Mary-Ann Mitchell of St Brelade, bequeaths to the poor of St Brelade 10s - 9 February 1893, D/Y/A/52
- Robert Mitchell of St Helier, bequeaths to Alexander and Henry Mitchell all his real estate including land in Lacklevery, co Monaghan, Ireland 31 August 1829 - D/Y/A/21
Burial records
Family album
Family gravestones
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