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Robert Gittens

Male Abt 1677 - 1716  (39 years)

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  • Name Robert Gittens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth Abt 1677  [1] 
    Baptism 19 Apr 1699  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1715  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Barbados
    Wills 2 Jul 1715  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • GITTENS, Robert St. Phillip Parish, 2 July 1715, RB6/4, p.38
      Son Isaac Gittens when he shall be free of apprenticeship; son RobertGittens the younger; Dau Eliza: Gittens at 15; Dau Sarah Gittens at15; - money due me in partnership with Tho: Hodgkins, Capt. RogerWebb, and others; my bro Joseph Gittens and my wf - Xtrs. signedRobr: Gittens Wit: John Hearner, Joseph Gittens, and Christian (x)Kesley (or Lesley) Proved 11 Oct 1716
    Death 1716  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Burial 13 Jan 1716  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I167  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2023 

    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  [10] 
    • 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 1 Ann Chapman,   b. Abt 1677 
    Marriage Jan 1701  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Ann Gittens,   b. Abt 1701
    +2. Isaac Gittens,   b. Abt 1702
     3. Elizabeth Gittens,   b. Abt 1706
    +4. Sarah Gittens,   b. Abt 1710
    +5. Robert Gittens,   b. Abt 1712, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 6 Feb 1780, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years)
    Family ID F76  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2022 

    Family 2   
    Marriage Bef 15 May 1718 
    Children 
     1. Ann Gittens,   b. Abt 1701
    +2. Sarah Gittens,   b. Abt 1710
    Family ID F2013  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S487] David L. Kent, (C M Kent, 831 South FRederick, Arlington, Virginia, 22204).

    2. [S445] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

    3. [S442] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

    4. [S356] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

    5. [S729] Sanders, Joanne MsRae, English Settlers in Barbados . CD-ROM database, (Name: Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, n.d.;).

    6. [S698] Sanders, Joanne MsRae, English Settlers in Barbados . CD-ROM database, (Name: Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, n.d.;).

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

    8. [S730] Sanders, Joanne MsRae, English Settlers in Barbados . CD-ROM database, (Name: Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, n.d.;).

    9. [S214] Family History Centre Surrey, Family History Centre Surrey, Visit November 17, 2009 Filim 1157935 RL1/25 page 30 Saint Philip Burials.

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