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Isaac Gittens

Male Abt 1686 - Abt 1713  (27 years)

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  • Name Isaac Gittens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth Abt 1686 
    • Age calculated assuming he was 20 when married
    Baptism 19 Apr 1699  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    • All 5 of the sons of Isaac Gittens being Robert, Isaac, Joseph, Benjamin and John were baptised on the same day April 19, 1699.
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1713  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • in a house joining the house of John Lenaire in St. Michael Town
    Death Abt 1713  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Occupation Oct 1713  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Carpenter
    Wills 29 Apr 1717  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Gittens, Isaac, carpenter, being suddenly bound off this island St.Michael's parish, 1 july 1713, RB6/4, p.127

      A house in St. Michael'sTown joining the house where John Lenaire lives; Sons Isaac Gittens and John Gitens - 200 lbs left me by my fa Isaac Gittens decd; my wife Ann Gittens - Xtrx and Gdn;
      Brother Joseph Gittens - Asst Xtr.
      signed Isaac Gittens
      Wit: Anth: Wilson, John Cook, Will (x) Bassell
      Proved29 Apr 1717
    Person ID I160  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2022 

    Father Isaak Gittens (Gething),   b. Abt 1650   d. Abt 1713, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother 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  [8
    • 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

    Family Ann Cook,   b. Abt 1687 
    Marriage 16 Jul 1706  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    • This marriage is almost certain as a John Cook, likely a relative of Ann, was a witness to husband Isaac's Will
    Children 
     1. Isaac Gittens,   b. 24 Sep 1709, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1715 (Age < 5 years)
    +2. Honourable John Gittens, Colonel,   b. 10 Apr 1712, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1768, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F75  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2022 

  • Sources 
    1. [S441] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

    2. [S437] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

    3. [S436] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

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

    5. [S102] FamilySearch, "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images.

    6. [S96] FamilySearch, "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images.

    7. [S720] Sanders, Joanne MsRae, English Settlers in Barbados . CD-ROM database, (Name: Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, n.d.;).

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