John Gittens, The Elder

Abt 1675 -

• Name	John Gittens  [1]
  Suffix	The Elder
  Birth	Abt 1675
  Gender	Male
  Death	Y
  Person ID	I118	Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Isaak Gittens (Gething),   b. Abt 1650   d. Abt 1713, Saint Philip, Barbados (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Chapman,   b. Abt 1668, Saint Philip, Barbados
  Marriage	Abt 1685	Saint Philip, Barbados   [2]
  	hh E-mail July 10, 2009 Cliff, the Will of Matthew Chapman below, seems to indicate fairly clearly that his daughter Elizabeth married Isaac Gittens. This is why I have Isaac married to two Elizabeths. Perhaps the unknown woman, aged 60, was the mother of Ann Gittens nee Cook. By the way,I find it interesting that Isaac named two sons John, both of whom were alive when he made his Will . The first, whom I call John the Elder, seems to have left Barbados some time before 1710 . Perhaps he is the common ancestor of the Githens family that Professor Sherwood Githens was looking for in Barbados in 1977. Isaac's second son, whom I call John the Younger, also went to Philadelphia but died soon after arrival. Joanne McRee Sanders, Barbados Wills Vol.2, CHAPMAN, Mathew of Bdos & Ireland. St. Philips Parish, 16 Apr 1693, RB6/2, p.1. Wf Isabellah Chapman - plantation at the Six Cross Path, wf is with ch; chn Benjamin Chapman, Joseph Chapman, Juliann Chapman; 5 eldest daus Eliliza Gitte...
  Family ID	F610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S643] Sanders, Joanne McRae, English Settlers in Barbados . CD-ROM database, (Name: Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, n.d.;). [S3563] Sanders, Joanne MsRae, English Settlers in Barbados . CD-ROM database, (Name: Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, n.d.;), Page 58.