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Lucretia Ostrehan

Female 1792 - 1859  (~ 66 years)

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  • Name Lucretia Ostrehan  [1, 2] 
    Birth 29 Sep 1792  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Baptism 8 Oct 1792  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Deed/Other Agreement 19 Nov 1815  [3] 
    • Deed 260-67, Deed 260-67 dated 10 Nov 1815
      1st Party: Thomas Ostrehan Esq. of St. Thomas.
      2nd Party: Rev John Hamlet Gittens of St. George said clerk and his wife Lucretia, late Lucretia Hall and formerly Lucretia Ostrehan, spinster.
      3rd Party: Elvira Ostrehan of St. Michael, widow.
      4th Party: Joseph Ostrehan of St. Michael, son of Elvira Ostrehan.
      5th Party: Samuel Perry of the City of Bristol and George Gibb the Younger of Bristol.
      Whereas Lucretia Ostrehan widow deceased the grandmother of the said Thomas Ostrehan, Lucretia Gittens and Joseph Ostrehan duly made and published her last will and testament in writing bearing the date 17 Feb 1799 and hereby devise and bequeath unto her two friends Richard Mahon Esq and Benjamin King Reece and their survivors , her land in St. Michael called "Friendship" and all slaves buildings etc....
      Mahon and Reece should permit her son Joseph Ostrehan to have free and interrupted use of the estate.
      Daughter in-law Elvira
      Thomas Ostrehan the son of her late son Joseph, by his late wife.
      Leaving 4 children at the time of his decease
      ·Thomas Ostrehan, a son by former wife.
      ·Lucretia Gittens
      ·George Ostrehan, now decreased without issue.
      ·Joseph Ostrehan
    Deed/Other Agreement 14 Feb 1818  [4] 
    • Deed 263-380, Deed 263-380 14 Feb 1818
      Rev John Hamlet Gittens, Clerk, Rector of the Parish of St. Joseph and his wife Lucretia, the widow and relict of George Hall decreased and herefore Lucretia Ostrehan, spinster of the 1st Part;
      Samuel Perry, City of Bristol and George Gibb of Bristol by Benjamin King Reece and Thomas Ostrehan in St. Michael constituted attorneys of this land of the 2nd Part;
      And David Hall of St. Michael only qualified executor of the last will and testament of the said George Hall deceased of the 3rd Part;
      George Hall in his will gave his then wife Lucretia 2,000£
      David Hall brother to George Hall
    Burial 16 Jan 1859  Saint John, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    019
    St. John's Church in Barbados (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
    Person ID I791  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 24 Oct 2024 

    Father Joseph Ostrehan,   b. Abt 1761   d. 7 Aug 1809 (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Elvira Duncan,   b. 17 Jan 1761, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1848 (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 15 Oct 1791  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F425  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 George Hall   d. Bef 1813 
    Marriage 26 Feb 1810  Saint Augustine The Less, Bristol, Gloucherter, Eng;and Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F542  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2013 

    Family 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) 
    Marriage 26 Sep 1812  St Gregory's, Dawlish, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10] 
    • Lucretia was married to a HALL who died. There was no issue of the marriage and his widow, Lucretia Hall married the Rev. J.H. Gittens,Rector of St, John, by whom she had issue.

      The East window of St. John's Church was erected to her memory after her death on 14 Jan 1859 at age 67.

      Apparently the exact date of her marriage is recorded in BMHS Journal XXV Vol 1 P 27; unfortunately I am missing this copy.
    Children 
    +1. John Hamlet Gittens, Esq. M. C. P.,   b. 15 Jun 1813, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1870, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    +2. George Duncan Gittens, S. C. C.,   b. 1814, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1893, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F284  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S127] FamilySearch, "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887".

    2. [S1191] Barbados Archives.

    3. [S1192] Barbados Archives.

    4. [S1230] Barbados Archives.

    5. [S125] FamilySearch, "Barbados Burials, 1854-1885".

    6. [S251] IGI, Batch M513953, Dates 1771-1815, source 1157925.

    7. [S251] IGI, Batch M019005, dates 1754-1818, Source 1596312.

    8. [S259] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS, Volume XXV, page 27.

    9. [S58] FamilySearch, "England, Devon and Cornwall Marriages, 1660-1912," database with images.

    10. [S251] IGI, Batch Number: 2260443 Sheet: 87 Source Call No.: 1553513.