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John Hamlet Gittens, Esq. M. C. P.

Male 1813 - Abt 1870  (56 years)

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  • Name John Hamlet Gittens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Suffix Esq. M. C. P. 
    Birth 15 Jun 1813  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 12] 
    Baptism 13 Jul 1813  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Other 1849  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • Visit og John Candler to Barbados in 1849
    Occupation Dec 1849  Saint John, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 14] 
    • Planter at Oldbury Plantation
    Other 5 Dec 1849  Saint John, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • John Candler's visit to Barbados 1849
    Occupation 1861  Applewhaites Plantation, St. John, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Gentleman
    Residence 1862  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Oldbury
    Wills 6 Jan 1862  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • written, Will John Gittens of Oldbury
      Written 6 jan 1862
      Proved 18 feb 1870
      Wife Ellen Hinds Gittens
      Daughter alice and three older children
      witness
      John Gittens and Gertrude Gittens
    Death Abt 1870  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Person ID I792  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2018 

    Father Hon. and Rev. John Hamlet Gittens, B. A.,   b. Abt 1788   d. Abt 1863, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Lucretia Ostrehan,   b. 29 Sep 1792, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 16 Jan 1859, Saint John, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Marriage 26 Sep 1812  St Gregory's, Dawlish, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17, 18] 
    • Lucretia was married to a HALL who died. There was no issue of the marriage and his widow, Lucretia Hall married the Rev. J.H. Gittens,Rector of St, John, by whom she had issue.

      The East window of St. John's Church was erected to her memory after her death on 14 Jan 1859 at age 67.

      Apparently the exact date of her marriage is recorded in BMHS Journal XXV Vol 1 P 27; unfortunately I am missing this copy.
    Family ID F284  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Hon. and Rev. John Hamlet Gittens, B. A.,   b. Abt 1788   d. Abt 1863, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage Bef 7 May 1839 
    Family ID F1996  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen Hinds Clarke,   b. Abt 1820, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1st quarter 1902, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 7 May 1839  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20] 
    • JBMHS Volume VIII, page 91

      May 8. Married - Yesterday morning at the Cathedral By Hon. & Rev.John H. Gittens, John Gitens Esq. to Ellen Hinds, seventh daughter ofForester Clarke, Esq.
    Children 
     1. John Gittens,   b. Abt 1839
     2. Ellen Lucretia Gittens,   b. Abt 1840   d. 2 Nov 1840, Saint John, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +3. Ellen Farrell Gittens,   b. 2 Nov 1841, St. John's Rectory Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Fanny Carlyon Gittens,   b. 22 Mar 1843, Applewhaites Plantation, St. John, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Alice Georgina Gittens,   b. 1845
     6. Foster Clarke Gittens, Rev.,   b. 8 Jul 1846, Applewhaites Plantation, St. John, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1911, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +7. Duncan Ostrehan Gittens, Esq.,   b. 1848, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1882, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    +8. Hamlet Bovell Gittens,   b. 2 Jun 1849, Applewhaites Plantation, St. John, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1900, New York City, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     9. Lucretia Louisa Gittens,   b. 20 May 1851, Saint John, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1901 (Age > 51 years)
    +10. Annie Louis Gittens,   b. 24 Oct 1852, Saint John, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
    +11. Gertrude Agnes Gittens,   b. Abt 1854
     12. Ernest Gittens,   b. 25 Jul 1855, Oldbury Plantation, St. Phillips, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. Emily Graham Gittens,   b. 11 Feb 1857, Oldbury Plantation, St. Phillips, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1901 (Age > 45 years)
     14. Graham Gittens,   c. 7 May 1857, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
     15. Madeleine Constance Gittens,   b. Abt 1858
     16. Harriet Gittens,   b. Abt 1861   d. 12 Dec 1894, British Guiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
     17. William Haynes Gittens,   c. 24 Apr 1862, Saint John, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
     18. Ella Senhouse Gittens,   b. Abt 1864
    Family ID F285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2022 

  • Sources 
    1. [S74] Barbados Archives, Volume 22, page 255.

    2. [S135] "Barbados Marriages, 1591”-1905, Index” database, Citing collections of the Genealogy Socity of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah., accessed 25 Nov 2012); This is a batch update of data scraped using OutWit Hub.

    3. [S76] "Barbados Baptisms, 1739-1891," Genealogical Society of Utah. Barbados Baptisms. Index based on data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah., FamilySearch  , accessed 1 Dec 2012); Outwit Hub Data scape of Family Search Database.

    4. [S131] "Caribbean Births and Baptisms 1590 -1928, index," database, Genealogical Society of Utah. Caribbean Births and Baptisms. Index based on data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah., accessed 4 Dec 2012); Data scraped using Outwit Hub from the Family Search Site.

    5. [S764] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    6. [S725] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    7. [S1157] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    8. [S1231] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    9. [S1232] Barbados Archives.

    10. [S1233] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    11. [S949] Barbados Archives.

    12. [S1234] Vere Langford Edited by Oliver M.R.C.S., F.S.A., Caribbeana Being Misc papers relating to the History, Genealogy, Topography and Antiqiuities of the British Wst Indies, (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).

    13. [S1236] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    14. [S1237] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    15. [S1235] Barbados Archives.

    16. [S259] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS, Volume XXV, page 27.

    17. [S58] FamilySearch, "England, Devon and Cornwall Marriages, 1660-1912," database with images.

    18. [S251] IGI, Batch Number: 2260443 Sheet: 87 Source Call No.: 1553513.

    19. [S251] IGI, Batch No.: m513957 Dates: 1825-1849 Source Call No.: 1157929.

    20. [S3546] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.