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Honourable Joshua Mayers Gittens, Major

Male Abt 1741 - 1819  (78 years)

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  • Name Joshua Mayers Gittens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Prefix Honourable 
    Suffix Major 
    Birth Abt 1741  [8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Deed/Other Agreement 7 Nov 1765  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Deed 37-512, Deed 37-512 dated 7 Nov 1765
      Honourable John Gittens, Esq, of St. Philip of the 1st part to Joshua Gittens of St. Phillip, eldest son of John Gittens and his heir apparent of the 2nd part, and Dorothy Blackman of St. Michael, Spinster of the 3rd part daughter of John Lacie Blackman of St. Michael of the 4th part....
      Pending marriage between Joshua Gittens and Dorothy Blackman plus 2,000£

      Notes: it appeared in this very long document that Joshua Gittens was bring land and Dorothy money into the marriage.

      NB: This deed clarifies that Dorothy Blackman married Joshua Gittens, eldest son of the Honourable John Gittens. [In my database I had Dorothy Blackman Married to Joshua Gittens, Son of Edward Gittens and Margaret Ray...which is incorrect!]
    Held Office Between 1769 and 1770  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Member of Assembly
    Held Office Between 1770 and 1771  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Member of Assembly
    Held Office 1769-1780  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • member of assembly
    Held Office 1781  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Commissioned as a Judge.
    Held Office 1783  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Commission of the Peace, Justice, On Thursday 11 inst. a New COMMISSION OF THE PEACE was issued. Names of Justices --........Hon. Benjamin Gittens,............Joshua Gittens...........
      Extracts from the Barbados Mercury
      (see M 274 for copy of Document)
    Held Office 1783  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • Commissioner for the distribution of the Parliamentary Bounty among the sufferers by the late hurricane
    Held Office Nov 1783  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Was Commissin member for Distribution of the Parlimentary Bounty among, the suffers by the late hurricane.
    Held Office 1784  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • Member of Assembly
    Held Office 1793  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Commissioned as Judge of the Precinct of St. Andrews.
    Held Office 1793  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Deputation as Comptroller
    Held Office 1793  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Honourable Joshua Gittens deputation as Collector at Bridgetown
    Held Office 1797  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Commissioned as Judge of Precinct of St. Andrews.
    Deed/Other Agreement 1803  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • Power of Attorney DBA reference 49-241, Gittens, Honourable Joshua (from the title I have to assume he was either a Judge or member of the Assembly)
      Joshua Gittens of St. Phillips leaving shortly for Great Britain appoints wife "Elizabeth Ainsworth Gittens" and other friends (Does this mean other Quakers?) to act in his absence.
    Held Office 1780-1804  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • in assembly
    Held Office 1807  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Judge of Christ Church
    Held Office 1807  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Judge of the Courts of Common Pleas.
    Deed/Other Agreement 18 Mar 1808  [16] 
    • Deed 259-94, Deed 259-94 dated 18 Mar 1808
      Honourable Joshua Gittens late of Barbados but now in Bristol freed his slave "James William Gittens" for his faithful attention on me during a long confinement by illness in England.
    Residence 18 Mar 1808  Bristol, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Deed/Other Agreement 1 Apr 1811  [17] 
    • Deed 41-204, Deed 41-204 dated 1 Apr 1811
      Honourable Joshua Mayers Gittens, Esq. Of St. Phillips and Elizabeth Ainsworth Gretton, Spinster to Rev John Hamlet Gittens, sold slaves
    Held Office
    • Speach, copy in MRN file
    Held Office Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    • Was a member of the Barbados Assembly, Joshua succeeded his father John who died in 1768 while holding office as a member of the Barbados Assembly. Joshua was elected to replace his father in 1769 and held office until 1807, with only one absence in 1773-74. Joshua was the speaker of the house for a term near the end of his holding office.
    Property 1819  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    • Pilgrim Plantation. willed to John Hamlet Gittens
    Wills Feb 1819  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    • See Notes
    Death 6 Nov 1819  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [22, 23] 
    Burial 7 Nov 1819  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Burial register reads: Honable Joshua Gittens, 7 Nov 1819 age 78
    Person ID I1240  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2022 

    Father Honourable John Gittens, Colonel,   b. 10 Apr 1712, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1768, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Frances Jones,   b. Abt 1712   bur. 27 Jan 1779, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1740 
    • Estimated on birth year of son Joseph. CCG
    Family ID F524  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dorothy Blackman,   b. Abt 1745   d. 1770, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1765 
    • Date estimated based on marriage contract. CCG
    Family ID F525  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2013 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Ainsworth Gretton,   b. Abt 1752   d. Between 1828 and 1830, Saint John, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 12 Mar 1772  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F386  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2022 

  • Sources 
    1. [S290] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

    2. [S1483] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    3. [S1484] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    4. [S74] Barbados Archives, Powers of Attorney Index.

    5. [S1485] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    6. [S1486] Barbados Archives.

    7. [S1487] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    8. [S214] Family History Centre Surrey, Family History Centre Surrey, Visit November 17, 2009 Filim 11579355 RL1/25 page 120 Saint Philip Burials.

    9. [S135] "Barbados Marriages, 1591”-1905, Index” database, Citing collections of the Genealogy Socity of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah., accessed 25 Nov 2012); This is a batch update of data scraped using OutWit Hub.

    10. [S1050] Barbados Archives.

    11. [S1491] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    12. [S1490] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    13. [S259] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS, Volume XVI page 143.

    14. [S259] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS, Volume XVI - page 72.

    15. [S1492] Barbados Archives.

    16. [S1493] Barbados Archives.

    17. [S1494] Barbados Archives.

    18. [S259] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS, Volume XV - page 163,166.

    19. [S259] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS, Volume XVII page 14-17 Volume XV, page 163-166 Volume VIV, page 115 Volume XVI, page 33 Barbados Trip 2010.

    20. [S1495] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    21. [S1410] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    22. [S1488] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    23. [S1489] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.