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Colonel Benjamin Gittens, Esquire

Colonel Benjamin Gittens, Esquire

Male Abt 1730 - 1790  (60 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Gittens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16] 
    Prefix Colonel 
    Suffix Esquire 
    Birth Abt 1730  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Baptism 3 Nov 1730  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 17] 
    Gender Male 
    God Father 3 Nov 1730  [2] 
    • John Shurland Esq and Mr. Thomas Bedford
    God Mother 3 Nov 1730  [2] 
    • Mrs. Catherine Simms and Mrs. Margaret Lun (?)
    Occupation 1762  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    • merchant
    Property 1778  Green's Plantation, St. George Parish, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    • a plantation
    Held Office 18 May 1779  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    • Appointed a Judge of the Exchequer
    Held Office Jul 1779  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Appointed Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer
    Wills 3 Aug 1779  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    • See Notes
    Property 1780  Green's Plantation, St. George Parish, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    • Hurricane loss claim
    Held Office 1783  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    • Commission of the Peace, Justice, On Thursday 11 inst. a New COMMISSION OF THE PEACE was issued. Nmaes of Justices --........Hon. Benjamin Gittens,............Joshua Gittens...........
      Extracts from the Barbados Mercury
    Membership 1783  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [24, 25] 
    • Provisional Grand Master of Masons
    Held Office 1784  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [26] 
    • one of the Masters of the Court of Chancery, To be sold at vendue on 25th inst at the house of Rebecca Hill, Bridgetown, by Benjamin Gittens one of the Masters of the Court of Chancery, by virtue of a decree, a sugar work plantation in St. Phillip and St. John called Palmers the property of Hon Samuel Walcott Esq., with the slaves, cattle, sheep etc.
    Other 20 Nov 1784  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [27] 
    • Court proceedings
    Held Office 13 May 1787  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [28] 
    • Chairman of the Commissioners of the Turnpike Road, Notice to persons inclined to contract for building a bridge over Parrrat's Gulley on the high road according to Mayo's map leading from Byde Mill to Haughton Plantation that the Commissioners of the Turnpike Road will receive proposals at their next meeting at the Townhall on June 3 by 10 o'clock. Benjamin Gittens, chairman.
    Held Office 15 Dec 1787  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Colonel, Extracts from the Barbados Mercury. 15 Dec 1787
      Yesterday the Governor received the Royal Regiment of Foot commanded by Col. Gittens, after which his Excellency, the Officers of the Life Guards and the Royal Artillery and Ordances on duty here dined and spent the remainder of the day with Col. Gittens and the officers of the corps at Free-Mason's Hall.
    Other 30 Jun 1789  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [29] 
    • Minutes of Council
    Occupation 1790  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [30] 
    • Planter
    Death 8 Feb 1790  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Burial 8 Feb 1790  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [31] 
    Person ID I751  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2022 

    Father Benjamin Gittens,   b. Abt 1701   d. Abt 1730, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Mother Rebekah Smith, Widow,   b. Abt 1709 
    Marriage 31 Dec 1729  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [32] 
    Family ID F53  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ann Elphinstone,   c. 1 Jun 1733, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1773 (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Marriage 21 Apr 1751  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [33, 34] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Gittens,   b. 24 Jan 1752, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1832 (Age 80 years)
     2. Robert Gittens,   b. 23 Apr 1754, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1758 (Age 3 years)
    +3. Rebecca Gittens,   b. Abt 1757
     4. Robert Elphinstone Gittens,   b. 15 May 1759, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Ann Elphinstone Gittens,   b. 19 Jan 1761, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1795, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
     6. Margaret Gittens,   b. Abt 1763, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1784, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
     7. Elizabeth Gittens, Spinster,   b. Abt 1765, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1834 (Age 69 years)
     8. Benjamin Gittens,   c. 5 Nov 1766, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F274  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2022 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Lemon,   b. Abt 1754 
    Marriage 4 Dec 1774  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Benjamin Gittens,   b. 25 Aug 1776, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Martha Elizabeth Gittens, Spinster,   b. 10 Dec 1777, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1855, Bow, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F373  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2022 

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