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Joseph Gittens (Gething) (Gettings), Senior

Male Abt 1655 - Bef 1752  (< 96 years)

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  • Name Joseph Gittens (Gething) (Gettings)  [1, 2, 3] 
    Suffix Senior 
    Birth Abt 1655  [1] 
    • Calculated from the 1715 Barbados Census page 240
    Gender Male 
    Military 1679  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Member of Militia under command of the Hon Col Christopher Lyne
      A list of the command under the command of Lt. Col Thomas Lewis in the regiment belonging to the Honerable Coll Christopher Lyne, taken the 6th day of January, anno Do 1679
      Persons yt did appear With armes
      Joseph Gettings
    Deed/Other Agreement 13 Dec 1680  [5] 
    • Deed 13-100, Stephen and Dorothy Warner paid £90 sterling to Joseph Gittens and Ann Warner his wife to maintain for her natural life Dorothy their daughter.
      Also Joseph and Ann have use of plantation and slave in Christ Church.
      There was more in the agreement but it was non-readable.
    Census 1715  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Barbados
      1715 Census Parish of St. Phillip
      Mr. Joseph Gittens Senj.r age 60
      M.rs Ann Gittens, age 53
      Dorothy Gittens, Spinster, age 17 [This is very likely Dorothy Warner daughter of Stephen and Dorothy Warner who entered into a deed in 1680 with Joseph Gittens and Ann Warner his wife to maintain Dorothy for her narural life. See Deed 13-100 13 Dec 1680]
      John Gittens, age 16
      Isaac Gittens, age 14
      Ann Jenkens, age 12 [this is very likely the daughter of Mabel Gittens and Solomon Jenkins, who were married 7 Oct 1703, but do not appear in the 1715 Census. The assumption is that both Mabel Gittens and Solomon Jenkins died before 1715. CCG]
    Death Bef 1752  [6] 
    Person ID I145  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2026 

    Family Ann Warner,   b. Abt 1662 
    Marriage Abt 1677 
    • Calculated based on birth of first child.
    Children 
    +1. Mabel Gittens,   b. Abt Sep 1678   d. Bef 1715 (Age < 36 years)
    >2. Sarah Gittens,   b. Abt Apr 1685
     3. James Gittens,   b. Feb 1694, Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Dorothy Gittens,   b. Abt Feb 1696
    +5. John Gittens,   b. Abt 1699   d. Jan 1752 (Age 53 years)
     6. Isaac Gittens,   b. Abt 1701
     7. Hannah Gittens (Gettings),   b. 1705
    Family ID F71  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2026 

  • Sources 
    1. [S482] David L. Kent, (C.M. Kent, 831 South Frederick, Arlington, Virginia).

    2. [S1273] Sanders, Joanne McRae, English Settlers in Barbados, (Genealogical Publishing Company).

    3. [S711] Genealogical Publishing Company, English Settlers in Barbados, Sanders, Joanne McRee.

    4. [S701] James C. Brandow, editor, Omitted Chapters from Hotten's, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Second Printing 1983.), Second Printing 1983: Page 101.

    5. [S702] Barbados Archives, Black Rock Main Rd, Bridgetown, Barbados, Deed 13 - 100 dated 13 Dec 1680.

    6. [S700] Barbados Archives, Black Rock Main Rd, Bridgetown, Wills Barbados-Volume 25/23, Will of John Gittens proved January 8, 1752.