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Thomas Phillips Gittens

Male 1796 - 1876  (79 years)

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  • Name Thomas Phillips Gittens  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 31 Jan 1796  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Baptism 13 Mar 1796  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
    ADOB 1827  Cotton Coast, Christ Church Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    ADOB 1829  Browne’s Rock, Christ Church Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    ADOB 1831  Cotton Vale, Christ Church Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Slave Compensation/Other 2 May 1836  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10] 
    • Claims 3491, 3550, 3551, Total 87 slaves about 2,000 pounds
    EMPL 1852  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • agent by G.N.&S. Taylor
    Occupation 1858  Cane Vale, Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • Architect
    Residence 1858  Cane Vale, Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Occupation 1872  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14] 
    • Architect
    Residence 1872  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • My Place on Constutition Road
    Wills 14 Jan 1872  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • written, Will of Thomas Phillips Gittens, Architect
      Written jan 14 1872
      Proved feb 16, 1877
      Wife Dorcas Weeks, Friend and solicitor Samuel Taylor
      "My Place" on Constitution Road, St. Michael
      Executors Dorcas Weeks and Robert Cheesman
      5 shares
      - Wife Dorcas
      - Daughter Elizabeth Cheesman
      one share to be divided among the children of my deceased son John W Gittens
    Occupation Architect  [3, 16] 
    Occupation Carpenter  [6] 
    Occupation Planter  [7] 
    _FSFTID KZ2M-3WK 
    Death 1876  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Burial 16 Dec 1876  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    • The Burial record states Thomas’s age at death as 82, but based on the Birth Record he was only 79.
    Person ID I66  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 4 May 2026 

    Father Nathaniel Gittens,   b. 22 Nov 1762, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1796 (Age 33 years) 
    Mother Mary Katherine Ibbott,   b. 12 Jan 1760, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 5 Jan 1786  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19] 
    Family ID F41  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susanna Lashley,   b. 23 Jun 1796, Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1839 (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 18 May 1820  Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Gittens,   b. Abt 1821
    +2. John William Gittens,   b. 9 Jun 1824, Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1852 (Age 27 years)
    +3. Susan Gittens,   b. Abt 1827
     4. Thomas Henry Gittens,   b. Abt 1829   d. Bef 1872 (Age < 42 years)
    +5. Sophia Gittens,   b. Abt 1831   d. Unknown
     6. Susanna Gittens,   b. 13 Nov 1832, Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F38  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Oct 2023 

    Family 2 Dorcas Weekes Lashley,   b. 10 May 1801   d. 1887, Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jan 1840  Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Gittens,   b. 1840   d. Aug 1871, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
    Family ID F37  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1020] FamilySearch, "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887".

    2. [S852] FamilySearch, "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images.

    3. [S317] Robert Cheesman to Elizabeth Gittens Certificate of Marriage .

    4. [S478] Family Search, Barbados Baptisms, 1739-1891, database.

    5. [S867] FamilySearch, "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images.

    6. [S843] FamilySearch, "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images.

    7. [S839] FamilySearch, "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images.

    8. [S1925] Centre for the Study of Legacies of British Slavery, University College London (UCL), “Thomas P Gittens”, Barbados claim 3491 (Cane Vale).

    9. [S1926] Centre for the Study of Legacies of British Slavery, University College London (UCL), “Thomas P Gittens”, Barbados claim 3550.

    10. [S1934] Centre for the Study of Legacies of British Slavery, University College London (UCL), “Thomas P Gittens”, Barbados claim 3551.

    11. [S632] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, Volume XXI - page 31-Extracts from "Barbados Globe Etc", JBMHS.

    12. [S85] Marriage Certificates., marriage certificate RL2/Vol 27/495 (1858), Cheesman-Gittens.

    13. [S578] Barbados Archives, Black Rock Main Rd, Bridgetown, Barbados, Wills RB6/82-576.

    14. [S633] Frank Cheesman, Frank Cheesman.

    15. [S634] Thomas Phillips Gittens, Architect.

    16. [S858] The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society.

    17. [S1212] FamilySearch, "Barbados Burials, 1854-1885".

    18. [S545] Sanders, Joanne MsRae, English Settlers in Barbados . CD-ROM database, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc).

    19. [S1790] FamilySearch, "Barbados, Church Records, 1637-1930".