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Rebecca Gittens

Female Abt 1707 - 1738  (31 years)

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  • Name Rebecca Gittens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Birth Abt 1707  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1715  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Barbados
    Wills 6 Jan 1737  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Given at Pilgrim 2 may 1738, James Dottin, 1738RB6/27/410 I Rebecca Gittens ..
      Imprimus. …to be decently interred…
      Item. …to my nephew George Bushell £43.
      Item. …to my nephewJoshua Bushell £33.
      Item. …to my nephew Henry Bushell £33.
      Item. …to my nephew Samuel Gittens son of my brother Edward Gittens deceased £33.
      Item. …to my niece Hannah Gittens daughter of my brother Edward Gittens £33.
      Item. …to my god son George Bushell Mayer £10.
      Item. …to my friend Jane Ray £1-17-6d
      Item. …to my sister-in-law Margt Gittens one gold ring.
      Item. …to my kinsman Joshua Crichlow one gold ring.
      Item. …to my friend Elizabeth Holmes one gold ring.
      It is my will and desire that my above legacies are made when my cash is called in from the estate of Doctor John Carrington deceased.
      Item. …to my brother Nathaniel Gittens £80 to be paid to him out of the estate of my brother Samuel Gittens deceased
      Item. …to my sister-in-law Mary Gittens £25…out of the cash…estate of my brother Samuel deceased.
      Item. …to my nephew Samuel Gittens son of my brother Samuel deceased£100… out of the estate of my brother Samuel deceased.
      Item. …to my niece Hannah Gittens daughter of John Gittens junr: four negros named Muceah, Rispah, Bellah women & Neddy a boy…
      Item. ..also to…Hannah Gittens…one girdle buckle on pair of stone earrings and one pair stone sleeve buttons, the one third part of the remainder of my estate both real and personal I give to my sister Eliza; Bushell and the other two thirds…to my sister Hannah Gittens Executrix. …my sister-in-law Mary Gittens sole Executrix….6 January 1737, signed by X.
      Witnesses: RogerLeader, The mark X of Jane Ray.
      Given at Pilgrim 2 May 1738, James Dottin.
    Death 1738  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Burial 17 Jan 1738  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Person ID I134  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2023 

    Father Joshua Gittens (Gething),   b. Abt 1670   d. 1715, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Hannah Archer, Widow,   b. Abt 1673   d. 1728, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1693 
    • Marriage date based on Hannah's birth date. CCG
    Family ID F61  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Hottman   d. Bef 1738, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 29 Nov 1729  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F66  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2022 

  • Sources 
    1. [S497] David L. Kent, (C M Kent, 831 South Frederick, Arlington, Virginia, 22204).

    2. [S407] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

    3. [S673] Sanders, Joanne MsRae, English Settlers in Barbados . CD-ROM database, (Name: Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, n.d.;).

    4. [S677] Campbell Papers.

    5. [S654] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills Report 2 - Pat Stafford.

    6. [S682] Sanders, Joanne MsRae, English Settlers in Barbados . CD-ROM database, (Name: Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, n.d.;).

    7. [S587] Genealogical Publishing Company, English Settlers in Barbados, (Name: English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800 ; Sanders, Joanne McRee."Barbados Records: Marriages, 1643-1800."; Baltimore: GenealogicalPublishing Company, Inc. 1982. Page 211.; Reproduced on Family ArchiveCD #022 (International Records:; English Settlers in Barbados,1637-1800).; Barbados Records: Baptisms 1637 - 1800; Barbados Records:Marriages 1643 - 1800, Volumes I and II; Barbados Records: Wills 1639- 1725, Volumes I-III;).

    8. [S684] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills Report 2 - Pat Stafford.

    9. [S683] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills Report 2 - Pat Stafford.

    10. [S214] Family History Centre Surrey, Family History Centre Surrey, Visit November 17, 2009 Filim 1157935 RL1/25 page 47 Saint Philip Burials.