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Elizabeth Gittens, Spinster

Female Abt 1765 - 1834  (69 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth Gittens  [1, 2, 3] 
    Suffix Spinster 
    Birth Abt 1765  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Baptism 1 Nov 1765  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Deed/Other Agreement 1 Dec 1808  [5] 
    • Deed 241-229, Deed 241-229 dated Dec 1 1808
      Elizabeth Gittens, spinster of St. Phillips for 137£ 10s to C. Proverbs Esq, 2 slaves.
      Witness Mary Gittens
    Wills 15 Feb 1824  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Spinster, 1834RB4/67/173 Elizabeth Gittens of the parish of St. Michaelspinster…
      I do hereby give full power to my Executrix and Executor…to sell …my three following slaves viz James, John William and John Peters allowing the above named James the privilege of choosing an owner, it being a promise made to him for his good behaviour…and the monies arising there from together with any monies that may be due to me from the Tenants…to be applied as follows: …just debts… to be paid…. …to my sister Mary Gittens and my nephew Robert Hendy and the survivor of them…my Negro woman slave named Laetetia…in Trust…that they shall by a good and sufficient deed of conveyance…sell and convey to any person who shall be living in …Great Britain…about to leave this island… that such person do and shall as may be convenientby a good and sufficient deed of manumission…manumit enfranchise and set free of and from all manner of servitude and bondage what soeverthe said Laetitia and her issue… such Deed of Manumission …to be proved in the usual legal way, and to be recorded in the Secretary's Office of this island. ….what plate I may be possessed of to my sister the said Mary Gittens for her life, and at her death, the snuffers and tray…to my niece Ann Elphinstone Hendy, and the remainder to my niece Rebecca Gittens Haversaat….The balance of money…unto my two great nieces Ann Jones Hendy Daughter of Robert and Ann Hendy and Frederica Haversaat Daughter of George Frederic and Rebecca Gittens Haversaat……
      I appoint my sister Mary Gittens Executrix and my nephew Robert Hendy Executor. 15 February 1824.
      Witnesses: George Bishop, Francis Thomas Nutt.
      Given at Government House, 14 May 1834. Lionel Smith
    Death 20 Apr 1834  [7, 8] 
    Burial 20 Apr 1834  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I759  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2022 

    Father Colonel Benjamin Gittens, Esquire,   b. Abt 1730, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1790, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother 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  [10, 11] 
    Family ID F274  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1174] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    2. [S1185] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    3. [S355] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).

    4. [S247] Work done by Harold Hart .

    5. [S1189] Barbados Archives.

    6. [S1172] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    7. [S1186] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    8. [S1187] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    9. [S1188] Family History Centre Surrey, Family History Centre Surrey.

    10. [S247] Work done by Harold Hart , E-mail Nov 17, 2009 Family tree report for Edwin Thomas George Gittens.

    11. [S343] English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.).