1. | Martha Pitkin was born about 1638 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; was christened on 12 Dec 1642 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England (daughter of William Pitkin and Elizabeth [wife of William Pitkin Jr]); died on 13 Oct 1719 in Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony. Notes: (Research):Berkhamsted is a historic market town close to the western boundary of Hertfordshire, England. People have been living in the Berkhamsted area for over 5,000 years. There is evidence of flint working in the Neolithic period and metal working in the late Iron Age and Roman periods. The high street is on a pre-Roman route known by its Saxon name Akeman Street. The earliest written reference to Berkhamsted is in 970 AD. Berkhamsted was recorded as a "burbium" (an ancient borough) in the Domesday Book in 1086. The oldest known extant jettied timber-framed building in Great Britain, built 1277-1297, survives as a shop on the town's high street. Martha married Simon Wolcott on 17 Oct 1661 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony. Simon (son of Henry Wolcott and Elizabeth Saunders) was born on 11 Sep 1624 in Tolland, Somersetshire, England; died on 27 Sep 1687 in Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | William Pitkin was born on 11 Jan 1607/08 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; was christened on 11 Dec 1608 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England (son of William Pitkin and Jane Mason); died on 24 Jul 1643 in Farringdon Without, City of London, England; was buried about 1643 in St. Dunstan-in-the-West Churchyard. Notes: William Pitkin Jr was educated at Berkhamsted School and Pembroke College Oxford. Received MA from Oxford 17 Oct 1631. Sixth Headmaster of Berkhamsted Grammar School for Boys (est 1541) on 8 Aug 1636, a position which he held for seven years. William and his brother George went to Mr. Sturmey's house in Chancery Lane in London in the summer of 1643 where they became ill possibly with the plague. They died there (six months before their father) George two months after William. Both were buried from Mr. Sturmy's in Chancery Lane. William married Elizabeth [wife of William Pitkin Jr] on 10 May 1637 in Thaxted, Essex, England. Elizabeth was born about 1612 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; died on 28 Dec 1641 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Elizabeth [wife of William Pitkin Jr] was born about 1612 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; died on 28 Dec 1641 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England. Notes: Married:
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4. | William Pitkin was born about 1580 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; died about Jan 1644/45 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; was buried about 1645 in St Peter's Churchyard, Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England. Notes: William was churchwarden[1] of St. Peters in Berkhamsted after 1610. He was a Justice of the Peace, Member of Parliament, Agent for the Duchy of Cornwall (belonging to the King) in Berkhamsted about 1612. This was the beginning of enclosures[2] in Berkhamsted, in which he was involved with the Duchy lands. William married Jane Mason about 1606 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England. Jane was christened on 5 Oct 1587 in St. Dunstan-in-the-West, London, England; died about 1628 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; was buried on 8 Apr 1628 in St Peter's Churchyard, Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Jane Mason was christened on 5 Oct 1587 in St. Dunstan-in-the-West, London, England; died about 1628 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; was buried on 8 Apr 1628 in St Peter's Churchyard, Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England. Notes: Epitaph "That worthy woman". She died in childbirth.
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