Gittens and Related Family Genealogy Pages

Discovering our Ancestors

Margaret Archer

Female Abt 1746 - Abt 1832  (86 years)


Personal Information    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Margaret Archer  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth Abt 1746 
    Gender Female 
    Wills 5 Aug 1831  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Now residing at St. John's Rectory, 1832RB4/67/69 Margaret Gittens late of the parish of St. Philip but now residing at St. John's Rectory, …widow, …my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid…
      Item. …to my much esteemed friend Thomas Ostrehan Esq. …of the parish of St. Michael…all and every sum of money which shall be due and owing to me at the time of my death…from the estate of the Honourable Joshua Gittens deceased….arrears of interest on a deed of Trust executed by me and my deceased Husband John Hamlet Gittens to the said Honourable Joshua Gittens deceased… the rest remainder and residue of my estate… for the following uses intents and purposes that is to say. In trust and for the only proper use benefit and behoof of my two grandsons John Gittens and George Duncan Gittens, sons of John Hamlet Gittens and Lucretia Gittens to be equally divided…
      I nominate and appoint the said Thomas Ostrehan sole executor…5 August 1831.[sighed with x] Witnesses: Jno S. Davis, JohnT. Gollop
      Given at King's House, 5 November 1832, J.B. Skeete.
    Death Abt 1832  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • St. John's Rectory
    Burial 14 Sep 1832  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • Burial register reads: 14 Sep 1832, Margaret Gittens age 86, abode St. John Rectory
    Person ID I750  Gittens Direct Line from REunion
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2022 

    Family John Hamlet Gittens,   b. Abt 1751   d. 1802, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jan 1783  Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Children 
    +1. Hon. Joshua Gittens,   b. Abt 1785, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1846, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +2. Hon. And Rev. John Hamlet Gittens, B. A.,   b. Abt 1788   d. Abt 1863, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S241] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

    2. [S57] FamilySearch, "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images.

    3. [S55] FamilySearch, "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images.

    4. [S37] FamilySearch, "Barbados Baptisms, 1739-1891", database.

    5. [S205] 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;), Page 383, RL1/20.

    6. [S1156] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    7. [S1157] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    8. [S894] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    9. [S214] Family History Centre Surrey, Family History Centre Surrey, Visit November 17, 2009 Filim 11579355 RL1/25 page 159 Saint Philip Burials.