Josph Mitchell married 1828 Hoo St. Werburg

[steve albin]

Hello Bearkat,

I have nearly 40 years of RN records for Joseph Mitchell but there is still no hint as to his first wife. 99% of the time he was at sea for years at a time.

Steve

[solidrock]

Perhaps he married abroad.

[trish1120]

Thanks Steve for that info re his attestation papers

[ShaunJ]

Do you know what ships he served on before 1828? Anything in the allotment records?

[bearkat]

An interesting (RC) baptism in Portsea, a naval town

   5 Mar 1826 Josephus MITCHELL son of Josephi MITCHELL and Elizae BOZO

BOZO seems to be a Serbian name 

He could have found a bride anywhere.

[steve albin]

Thank you for your help so far.

Please see attached the ships Joseph Mitchell sailed on.

Many years ago I obtained a copy of all his RN career moves.

TNA sent me so many large photo copies of the original RN hand written pages.

[bearkat]

He was certainly busy! - barely time to marry and father children

[ShaunJ]

Gosh didn't he do well to rise from Ordinary Boy to become Master of the Temeraire!

Just looking at the allotment declarations: it looks like he was a married  man from 1 August 1813 while serving on the Dextrous/Dexterous. Nothing after that. His wife indentified only by an initial: T or F?

The first symbol is W^e for wife (as opposed to M^o for mother).

The allotment was payable at Plymouth.

[steve albin]

Thank you for the clue ShaunJ.

He must have married very young....maybe 18 to 20 yo.

I had a quick look at marriages, Devon County.

There were only five weddings that came up on my search.