the
Descendants of Joseph Mitton
of
Yorkshire Co., England

First
Generation
1-01. Joseph Mitton, b. abt. 1689 in Lancashire, England; m. Mary Wilkinson.
- John Mitton
- William Mitton
- Robert Mitton (2-01)

Second
Generation
2-01. Robert Mitton [Joseph 1-01], b. Nov 04, 1759 Yockenthwaite, Hubberholme,
Yorkshire, Eng.; d. Jun 27, 1833; m. Jane Blenkhorn Sept 02, 1782 Kirkby Lonsdale,
Westmoreland, Eng., dau. of Edward and Agnes (Thistlethwaite) Blenkhorn.
- Mary Mitton (3-01)
- Joseph Stott Mitton (3-02)
- Agnes Mitton, b. abt. 1787, Selside, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Co., England; m.
James Lister, May 27, 1805.
- Nancy Mitton, b. abt. 1787.
- Edward Mitton (3-03)
- Henry Mitton, b. abt. Sept 12, 1790, Leyburn, Wensley, Yorkshire Co., England; d. Jan
09, 1791.
- William Mitton (3-04)
- James Mitton (3-05)
- Elizabeth Mitton, b. abt. 1796, Selside, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Co., England;
m. John Scane.
- Jane (Jenny) Mitton, b. Feb 27, 1798, Thorns, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Co.,
England; m. Mark Beresfort, May 19, 1827.
- Robert Mitton (3-06)
- Ann Chalmers Mitton, b. Jul 09, 1802, Thorns, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Co.,
England; d. 1887; m. John Chamley, Feb 18, 1828.

Third
Generation
3-01. Mary Mitton [Robert
2-01], b. abt. 1783 Kirksby Lonsdale, Westmoreland Co., England; m. William Spence May
23, 1818 in Dent, England.
- Jane Spence (4-01), b. Jan 29, 1824, England.
- Robert Spence, b. 1819.
- Ann Spence, b. 1821; m. Leslie Hartwich.
3-02. Joseph Stott Mitton [Robert 2-01], b. abt. Feb 18, 1785 Kirksby Lonsdale, Westmoreland
Co., England; d. Nov. 30, 1875 Howard, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada; m.(1) Ellen Stott Sept
14, 1807; m.(2) Hannah Willson, dau. of Gilman and Hannah (Sypes) Willson.
Child of Joseph Mitton and Ellen Stott:
- Jane Mitton (4-02)
Children of Joseph Mitton and Hannah Willson:
- Edmund Mitton (4-03)
- Gilman Mitton.
- Mary Mitton (4-04)
3-03. Edward Mitton [Robert
2-01], b. abt. Oct 19, 1788 in Selside, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Co., England;
d. Feb 28, 1853 in Howard, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada; m. Mary Scott, Oct 05, 1809.
- Jane Mitton (4-05)
- Ann Mitton (4-06)
- Robert Mitton, b. abt. 1811, Yorkshire Co., England.
- Mary Mitton, b. abt. 1815, Yorkshire Co., England; d. Harwich, Kent, Ontario, Canada; m.
Richard Tyhurst.
- John Mitton (4-07)
- Edmund Mitton, b. abt. 1821, Canada.
- William Mitton (4-08)
- James Mitton, b. abt. 1824, Kent, Ontario, Canada; m. Catherine McClaren.
3-04. William Mitton [Robert
2-01], b. Dec 28, 1791 Leyburn, Wensley, Yorkshire Co., England; d. Jul 31, 1879
Brackenbottom, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Co., England; m. Mary Calvert, Nov 22,
1813 Hubberholme, Yorks, England, dau. of Thomas and Margaret (Greenbank) Calvert.
- Robert William Mitton (4-09)
- Thomas Mitton, b. 1818, Sedbergh; d. abt. Feb 13, 1860; m. Manny Pinch, Sept 18, 1847,
Dent, England.
- Jane (Jenny) Mitton, b. Nov 23, 1819; d. Feb 02, 1894; m. William Rydalch, Oct 07, 1848.
- Margaret (Peggy) Mitton, b. 1822; m. Robert Silverwood, Dec 04, 1847.
- Elizabeth (Betty) Mitton, b. 1825; m. Francis Capestick, Mar 27, 1848.
- William Mitton, b. 1827; d. Jul 1831.
- Jeffry Mitton, b. 1829; d. Jul 22, 1903; m. Martha Foster, Apr 02, 1859.
- Miles Mitton, b. 1829; d. Jan 19, 1878.
- William Mitton, b. 1833; m. Mary Ann Geldard, May 08, 1895.
3-05. James Mitton [Robert 2-01],
b. abt. 1794 Lingill, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Co., England; d. Sept 1848 Howard,
Kent Co., Ontario, Canada; m.(1) Isabella Whaley, Mar 26, 1827; m.(2) Alice Armstrong.
Children of James Mitton and Isabella Whaley:
- Jane Mitton, b. Yorkshire, Eng.; m. Henry Clark.
- John Mitton, b. 1829; m. Rachel McLaren.
- Robert Mitton (4-10)
- Henry Mitto (4-11)
Child of James Mitton and Alice Armstrong:
- Mary A. Mitto (4-12)
3-06. Robert Mitton [Robert
2-01], b. Nov 13, 1799 Thorns, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Co., England; m. Agnes
Haygarth, Dec 29, 1827.
- Adam H. Mitton; m. Mary Cornthwaite.
- Edward Mitton.

Fourth
Generation
4-01. Jane Spence [Mary
Mitton 3-01], b. Jan 29, 1824 England; m. John Mitton (4-07),
son of Edward and Mary (Scott) Mitton.
- Mary Ann Mitton, b. Sept 08, 1845, Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario; d. 1846, Ridgetown, Ont.
- Edmund D. Mitton, b. Apr 08, 1847, Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario.
- Teectoar Mitton, b. Mar 19, 1849, Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario; m. Richard Young.
- W. Welbury Mitton (5-01)
- Pamela Mitton, b. Apr 13, 1853, Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario; m. Robert Porterfield.
- Elizabeth Alice Mitton, b. Mar 03, 1858, Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario; m. William Gosnell.
- Sarah Mitton, b. Mar 03, 1858, Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario; d. abt. 1858, Ridgetown,
Ontario.
- Hannah Mitton, b. abt. 1860; m. William Bogort.
4-02. Jane Mitton [Joseph Stott 3-02], b. abt. 1828 Horton, Yorkshire, Eng.; d. Sept
17, 1883 Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario; m. William Porter.
- Richard Porter, b. 1831; d. 1913.
4-03. Edmund Mitton [Joseph
Stott 3-02]; m. Jane Scafe, dau. of John and Eliza (Gill) Scafe.
- Joseph Mitton.
- Edgar Mitton.
- Hanna Mitton.
- Anna Mitton.
4-04. Mary Mitton [Joseph
Stott 3-02], b. abt. 1832 Howard, Kent Co., Ontario; m. Elonzo Mitton.
- Mary A. Mitton (5-02)
4-05. Jane Mitton [Edward
3-03], b. Dec 28, 1809 Yorkshire, Eng.; m. Crowell Willson May 29, 1826 Saint Thomas,
Ontario, Canada, son of Gilman and Hannah (Sypes) Willson.
- Mary Ann Willson (5-03)
- Hannah Willson, b. Nov 01, 1829, Ridgetown, Chatham, Ontario; m. William Spence.
- Gilman J. Willson (5-04)
- Edmund Willson, b. Nov 22, 1834, Ontario, Canada.
- Amanda J. Willson, b. Mar 02, 1836, Ridgetown, Chatham, Ontario, Canada.
- Sarah Willson, b. Nov 18, 1839, Ridgetown, Chatham, Ontario, Canada; d. Oct 11, 1919.
- William Melbourne Willson, b. Jul 05, 1842; d. 1893.
- Freeman Crowell Willson, b. May 22, 1848, Howard, Kent, Ontario; d. Dec 22, 1932.
- Laura Clarissa Willson (5-05)
4-06. Ann Mitton [Edward
3-03], b. abt. 1811 Manchester, Yorkshire, Co., England; m. John Toll, son of Phillip
Toll.
- Edmond Toll, b. 1843, Pancore, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada.
4-07. John Mitton [Edward
3-03], b. Jun 24, 1818 Yorkshire, Eng.; d. Jan 28, 1885 Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario; m. Jane Spence (4-01), dau. of William and Mary (Mitton) Spence.
- Mary Ann Mitton, b. Sept 08, 1845, Ridgetown, Kent, Ont.; d. 1846, Ridgetown, Kent,
Ontario.
- Edmund D. Mitton, b. Apr 08, 1847, Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario.
- Teectoar Mitton, b. Mar 19, 1849, Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario; m. Richard Young.
- W. Welbury Mitton (5-01)
- Pamela Mitton, b. Apr 13, 1853, Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario; m. Robert Porterfield.
- Elizabeth Alice Mitton, b. Mar 03, 1858, Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario; m. William Gosnell.
- Sarah Mitton, b. Mar 03, 1858, Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario; d. abt. 1858, Ridgetown, Ont.
- Hannah Mitton, b. abt. 1860; m. William Bogort.
4-08. William Mitton [Edward
3-03], b. May 1823 Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario, Canada; d. aft. 1900; m.(1) Nancy Young,
dau. of Eliot Young; m.(2) Ann Plested Mar 1849 in Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario, dau. of
George and Sophia (____) Plested. Children of William Mitton and Nancy Young:
- Elgin Mitton.
- Leander Mitton.
- Durinda (Delinda) Mitton, m. Charles Sulger.
- Anna Mitton (5-06)
- James Mitton, m. Catherine McLaren.
Children of William Mitton and Ann Plested:
- George Mitton.
- Edward Mitton.
- Myron Mitton, d. 1890, Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario; m. _____ Bell.
- Elizabeth Mitton (5-07)
- Margaret (Maria) Mitton, m. Edwin Legard.
- Ella (Ellen) Mitton (5-08)
4-09. Robert Willaim Mitton [William 3-04], b. Feb. 25, 1815 Thorns, Horton-in-Ribblesdale,
Yorkshire, England; d. Apr 06, 1886 Park Deepdale, Dent, England; m.(1) Isabella Baines
Sept 13, 1862; m.(2) Catherine Anne Taylforth May 19, 1880 Parish Church,
Thorton-in-Lonsdale, Yorkshire Co., England, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Capstick)
Taylforth. Children of Robert Mitton and Catherine Taylforth:
- Robert Mitton, b. May 31, 1875. [called Robert Taylforth]
- Mary Elizabeth Mitton (5-09)
- Harry Mitton (5-10)
- Sarah Mitton, b. Jan 29, 1889.
- Thomas Mitton (5-11)
4-10. Robert Mitton [James
3-05], b.1832 Yorkshire Co., England; m.(1) Mariah Scarlett; m.(2) _____ Bobier; m.(3)
_____Newcolmb. Child of Robert Mitton and Mariah Scarlett:
- James Edward Mitton.
Children of Robert Mitton and _____ Bobier:
- Wilbert Mitton.
- Tillie Mitton.
Child of Robert Mitton and _____ Newcolmb:
- Lesle Mitton.
4-11. Henry Mitton [James
3-05], b. Jan 09, 1835 Yorkshire Co., England; m. Mary J. Mcbrayn, dau. of Archie and
Catherine (Shaw) Mcbrayn.
- James H. Mitton, b. 1858, Howard, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada; m. Susan Gage.
- Archie Mitton (5-12)
- Katie A. Mitton (5-13)
- Whaley Mitton, b. 1865, Howard, Kent Co., Ontario; m. Ollie McPherson.
- John A. Mitton (5-14)
- Dorward L. Mitton, b. 1882.
4-12. Mary A. Mitton [James
3-05], m. Benjamin Fields. Children:
- George Fields.
- James Fields.
- Osburn Fields.
- Alice Fields, m. _____ Bradshaw.

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