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Isaak Gittens (Gething)

Male Abt 1650 - Abt 1713  (63 years)

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  • Name Isaak Gittens (Gething)  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth Abt 1650 
    Baptism 21 Nov 1650  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    • Baptism surname was recorded as Gittings.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1680  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • census shown as owning 25 acres of land and 8 slaves
      John Gettings Senio.r owned 30 acres and 8 slaves
      John Gettings Jun.r owned 5 acres and 4 slaves
      Isaak Gittings owned 25 acres and 8 slaves
    Deed/Other Agreement 12 Nov 1694  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Deed 19-553
      Deed 19-553 Dated 12 Nov 1694
      Isaac Gittens and his wife Elizabeth sell to Richard Moore for 1,000 £ sterling 30 acres in St. Phillip, with all houses, buildings, one cattle mill and all things thereunto, one boiling house, one still house.
    Deed/Other Agreement 2 Feb 1704  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Deed 29-275
      Deed 29-275 dated 2 feb 1703/04
      Isaac Gittens and his wife Elizabeth give to their daughter Sarah in consideration of her marriage to Benjamin Chapman, land and plantation of 19 ½ acres, plus 2 acres for both of their natural lives and their children's natural lives.
    Wills 21 May 1710  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Death Abt 1713  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I144  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2023 

    Father John Gittens (Gittings) (Gething), Senior,   b. Abt 1628   d. Abt 1698, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Mabel   d. Bef 1668 
    Marriage Abt 1646 
    • Estimated on the birth of their first child, John. CCG
    Family ID F67  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Chapman,   b. Abt 1668, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1685  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • 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...
    Children 
     1. John Gittens, The Elder,   b. Abt 1675
    +2. Robert Gittens,   b. Abt 1677   d. 1716, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
    +3. Isaac Gittens,   b. Abt 1686   d. Abt 1713, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
    +4. Sarah Gittens,   b. Abt 1688
    +5. Joseph Gittens,   b. Abt 1692   d. 26 Feb 1719, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     6. John Gittens, The Younger,   b. Abt 1697   d. Abt 1729, Philadelphia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
     7. Benjamin Gittens,   b. Bef 1699   d. Bef 1710 (Age < 11 years)
    +8. Rebecca Gittens,   b. Abt 1699
    Family ID F610  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2023 

  • Sources 
    1. [S668] Sanders, Joanne MsRae, English Settlers in Barbados . CD-ROM database, (Name: Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, n.d.;).

    2. [S432] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

    3. [S363] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

    4. [S99] FamilySearch, "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images.

    5. [S518] David L. Kent, (C M Kent, 831 South Frederick, Arlington, Virginia, 22204).

    6. [S696] Barbados Archives.

    7. [S697] Barbados Archives.

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

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