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  1. May 13, 2019 · Born to longtime Nantucket Quaker families, William Mitchell (1791 – 1869) and Lydia Coleman (1792 – 1861) first met as young teenagers.

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  3. Maria Mitchell was born on August 1, 1818, on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to Lydia Coleman Mitchell, a library worker, and William Mitchell, a schoolteacher and amateur astronomer. The third of ten children, Mitchell and her siblings were raised in the Quaker religion.

  4. Maria Mitchell was born on August 1, 1818, on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to Lydia Coleman Mitchell, a library worker, and William Mitchell, a schoolteacher and amateur astronomer. The third of ten children, Mitchell and her siblings were raised in the Quaker religion.

  5. Apr 11, 2024 · Lydia Coleman was born on August 5, 1792 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, daughter of Andrew Coleman (1763–1808) and Lydia Folger (1764–1840). Lydia (20) married William Mitchell (20) (born on December 20, 1791 in Nantucket; son of Peleg Mitchell and Lydia (Cartwright) Mitchell ) on December 10, 1812 in Nantucket. [1]

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    • August 5, 1792
    • William Mitchell
    • July 7, 1861
  6. Biographical Information. Maria Mitchell (1818–1889) was born in Nantucket, Mass., to William Mitchell (1791–1869) and Lydia Coleman Mitchell (1792–1861). William was a Quaker and a teacher who devoted his career primarily to astronomy, at one time serving as chairman of the Harvard Observatory Committee, an Overseer of Harvard College, a ...

  7. Born Maria Mitchell on August 1, 1818, on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts; died of "brain disease" on June 28, 1889, in Lynn, Massachusetts; third of ten children, nine of whom lived to maturity, of William Mitchell (a cooper, teacher, and astronomer) and Lydia (Coleman) Mitchell; attended her father's school; attended academy of Cyrus ...

  8. Maria Mitchell was born on Nantucket at 1 Vestal Street on August 1, 1818, shortly after her parents, William and Lydia Coleman Mitchell, purchased the home. Maria was their third child, following two elder children, a boy named Andrew and a girl named Sally.

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