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Benjamin Gittens

Male Abt 1716 - 1743  (27 years)

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  • Name Benjamin Gittens  [1, 2, 3
    Birth Abt 1716 
    Baptism 2 Dec 1716  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Wills 1743  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Benjamin Gittens - 1743 Volume 34/216
      To my dear beloved wife Frances Gittens my house and a cow and a negro boy by the name of Sam and maintain on my estate so long as she is unmarried and a widow. When my wife dies all goes to named heirs (sons).
      To my four sons, Isaac Gittens, Jesuran Gittens, William Gittens, Joseph Gittens. If sons die before the age of 21 on or without lawfully begotten heirs. Estate then to those living. Guardian Roger Weeks and Samuel Lashley
      Guardian to the 4 sons Mr. Roger Weekes and. Samuel Lashley
      Witness Thos Lasshley, Robert Ross, William Mayer
    Death 1743  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I208  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2023 

    Father Joseph Gittens,   b. Abt 1692   d. 26 Feb 1719, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years) 
    Mother Ann Gilbert (Ward),   b. Abt 1683 
    Marriage 17 Feb 1713  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F88  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Frances,   b. Abt 1716   d. Aft 1743 (Age > 28 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1736 
    • Estimated on baptism of their son. CCG
    Children 
     1. Gittens,   c. 17 Jan 1737, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Isaac Gittens,   b. Abt 1739   d. 1819, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     3. Jesuran Gittens,   b. Abt 1740
     4. William Gittens,   b. Abt 1741
     5. Joseph Gittens,   b. Abt 1742
    Family ID F95  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2013 

    Family 2   
    Marriage Bef 1 May 1761 
    Children 
    +1. Isaac Gittens,   b. Abt 1739   d. 1819, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F2007  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2013 

  • Sources 
    1. [S752] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

    2. [S771] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    3. [S754] Barbados Archives.

    4. [S765] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).