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Mitchell (Castle Strange)
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Cornet Thomas Mitchell from Scotland settled at Castlestrange, county Roscommon in the mid 17th century. In 1828 Edward Mitchell of Castlestrange was a member of the Grand Panel of county Roscommon. Members of the Mitchell family were advertising the sale of leasehold property in the parish of Fuerty, barony of Athlone, in March 1854. The Freeman's Journal reported that they were purchased by Thomas Palmer for almost £3000. Edward Mitchell is recorded as owning four townlands in the parish of Fuerty, barony of Athlone and his brother, Colonel John Mitchell, held one townland in the mid 1850s. Mary Anne Blakeney married John Henry Mitchell of Coolmeen and had a son and a daughter who advertised the sale of the Blakeney lands of Lisnamult, parish of Roscommon, barony of Ballintober South and the lands of Ballyhubert, parish of Lissonuffy, barony of Roscommon in January 1852. The Freeman's Journal reported that Lisnamult was purchased by B.W. Bagot while Ballyhubert was bought in trust for Patrick O'Connor. The representatives of John Mitchell also held a townland in the parish of Cloonfinlough, barony of Roscommon. In the 1870s Major General John Wray Mitchell of Castlestrange owned 987 acres in county Roscommon. [A Joseph Mitchell of Dublin purchased over 3,300 acres in the barony of Ballintober, county Roscommon from the trustees for forfeited estates in 1703 but he does not appear to fit in with the Mitchell genealogy recorded by Burke (1886)].
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