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Doctor Joseph Gittens

Male Abt 1693 - 1761  (68 years)

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  • Name Joseph Gittens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Prefix Doctor 
    Birth Abt 1693  [3] 
    Census 1715  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 


    • Item. To my beloved wife Hannah Gittens during her natural life in full lieu of dower…any part of my estate whatsoever…my plantation… with all and every the buildings standing and being erected thereon and all the Negro slaves…withal and every increase of the female Negro slaves…quick and dead stock and plantation utensils…which said Negro slaves was given and bequeathed to me by my father-in-law Nathaniel Gittens…by the name of my Thickett Estate

      And after the decease of my aforesaid wife…the aforesaid plantation…to my loving daughter Hannah Eastmond, wife of Doct. Samuel Eastmond and her heirs for ever.

      Item. …to my aforesaid daughter Hannah Eastmond the sum of one thousand pounds current money to be paid her at two equal payments….

      Item. …to my loving grandson Joseph Wood Gittens when he attains the age of twenty one years the sum of fifteen hundred pounds current money, but if he departs this life before…without issue lawfully begat…the said sum to sink in my estate…

      Item. …to my loving son Benjamin Gittens and his heirs forever he paying all my just debts funeral debts and legacies all the rest residue of my estate both real and personal ..

      do nominate my said son Benjamin Gittens whole and sole Executor Sealed 23 February 1761.

      Witnesses: Jos Wood, John Archer, John Amey. Proved at Pilgrim 15 May1761 before Charles Pinfold.
    Baptism Dec 1715  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Property 1761  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Thickett Estate Plantation willed to Joseph by His father-in-law, Nathaniel Gittens
    Residence 1761  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Thicketts Plantation at his death
    Death 1761  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Wills 23 Feb 1761  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Joseph Gittens1761RB6/30/269 of St. Philip,
      Item. To my beloved wife Hannah Gittens during her natural life in full lieu of dower…any part of my estate whatsoever…my plantation… with all and every the buildings standing and being erected thereon and all the Negro slaves…with all and every increase of the female Negro slaves…quick and dead stock and plantation utensils…which said Negro slaves was given and bequeathed to me by my father-in-law Nathaniel Gittens…by the name of my Thickett Estate And after the decease of my aforesaid wife…the aforesaid plantation…to my loving daughter Hannah Eastmond, wife of Doct. Samuel Eastmond and her heirs for ever. Item. …to my aforesaid daughter Hannah Eastmond the sum of one thousand pounds current moneyto be paid her at two equal payments….
      Item. …to my loving grandson Joseph Wood Gittens when he attains the age of twenty one years the sum of fifteen hundred pounds current money, but if he departs this life before…without issue lawfully begat…the said sum to sink in my estate…
      Item. …to my loving son Benjamin Gittens and his heirs forever he paying all my just debts funeral debts and legacies all the rest residue of my estate both real and personal ..do nominate my said son Benjamin Gittens whole and sole Executor Sealed 23 February 1761.
      Witnesses: Jos Wood, John Archer, John Amey.
      Proved at Pilgrim 15 May1761 before Charles Pinfold.
    _FSFTID MTY9-NBY 
    Burial 1 Mar 1761  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I184  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2024 

    Father John Gittens, Capt.,   b. Abt 1669   d. Dec 1724, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Jane (--?--),   b. Abt 1671 
    Marriage Abt 1690 
    Family ID F83  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Gittens,   b. Abt 1703   d. Aft 1761 (Age > 59 years) 
    Marriage 22 May 1720  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Gittens   bur. 24 Apr 1744, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Rebecca Gittens   bur. 25 Mar 1746, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. John Gittens,   b. Abt 1721   d. 1755, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    +4. Nathaniel Gittens,   b. Abt 1723
     5. Jane Gittens,   b. Abt 1726
    +6. Joseph Gittens,   b. Abt 1730, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1791, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +7. Elizabeth Gittens,   b. Abt 1732   d. 1766, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    +8. Hannah Gittens,   b. Abt 1734
    +9. Benjamin Gittens,   b. Abt 1739   d. 1762, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
    Family ID F69  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2023 

  • Sources 
    1. [S770] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

    2. [S580] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, Baltimore 1984).

    3. [S481] David L. Kent, (C M Kent, 831 South Frederick, Arlington, Virginia, 22204).

    4. [S638] Campbell Papers.

    5. [S745] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    6. [S664] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Dec 2008).

    7. [S748] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    8. [S604] FamilySearch, Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887, database with images.