John Mitchell of Mincing Lane

London merchant, of Mitchell, Upham and Young of Mincing Lane, who died in 1815. Samuel B. Hylton claimed for the compensation for the enslaved people on Waterloo estate in Manchester Jamaica as a judgement creditor from October 1808, as administrator of John Mitchell and John Upham. John Mitchell was husband of Anna Mitchell (q.v.), who claimed in an award adjacent to the claim on Waterloo made by Hylton.

1. The will of John Mitchell of Mincing Lane appoints his 'dear wife Anna', his brother of the half blood Alexander Muirhead (with his nephew Alexander Muirhead of Glasgow merchant as a substitute) and his partner Frederick Winslow Young as his executors, and refers to his real estate in Jamaica.

2. The Rev. Muirhead Mitchell (1810-1876), son of John Mitchell, left £100,000 on his death.

P.O Directory 1812; Kent's 1815.

1. PROB 11/1572/276.

2. Rubinstein 1876/89.