Jabez Pitt

1709 - 1774  (64 years)

• Name	Jabez Pitt  [1]
  Birth	Feb 1709	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	He was reared in Maryland while under the guardianship of his brother-in-law Nicholas Fountain, but settled in Jolly's Neck in Accomack County, VA.
  Gender	Male
  Heir - named as	2 May 1720	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	He was shown as my godson Jabez Pitt in the will of Capt. John Bradhurst, wife Elizabeth. He was given 100 acres being part of 500 acres given me by my dec'd uncle Col. John Custis in Jollys Neck.
  Will - Named in Father-in-laws will	16 Feb 1720/21	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	He was shown as son-in-law (meaning step-son) Jabez Pitt in the will of Nathaniel Andrews, wife Elizabeth.
  Land - they received a gift of land	17 Jun 1734	Pitts Neck, Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	It was on this date that his brother Robert Pitt deeded him 200 acres on the south side of Pitt's Neck, where he lived until his death.
  Land - they sold land	29 Oct 1740	Jolly's Neck, Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	It was on this date that he sold 100 acres in Jolly's Neck where he had settled in Accomack County that had been devised to him by his godfather Capt. John Broadhurst in 1723.
  Anecdote	26 Jan 1743	Guilford, Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	He took the oaths as a tobacco inspector at Guilford and Pitt's warehouses on 26 Jan 1742/3.
  Land - they bought land	31 Aug 1748  [4]
  	Ruth Dryden lists a 31 Aug 1748 deed where William Holland and wife Margaret sold 400 acres of Entrance to Jabez Pitts of Accomack County, VA.
  Will - Named in Brothers will	16 Oct 1755	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	In his will Robert Pitt gave to wife Ann Pitt. To son John Pitt land where I now live containing 2180 acres. To daughter Anne Pitt. To son Robert Pitt 165 acres purchased of Dennis Blake & Joseph Gootee, lying on the head of Pitts Creek & mill dam branch & for want of heirs to daughter Anne Pitt, & for want of heirs to my brother's son Jabis Pitt, & for want of heirs to Robert Pitt, son of Jabis Pitt & for want of heirs to Slocomb Blake, & for want of heirs to Matilda Hack & for want of heirs to John Blake. Brother Jabis Pitts 2 daughters Elizabeth & Susanne Pitt. Son Robert & daughter Anne Pitt residual legatees. To Thomas Wilkerson. Cousin Dennis Blake & Frances, his wife. Wife & friend George Douglas Exrs. Witt: John Cam, Dennis Blake, Tobis Blake. Codicil: To sister in law (meaning half-sister in law) Elizabeth Rodgers.
  Land - they deeded land to someone	22 Dec 1764  [4]
  	It was on this date that Jabez Pitt conveyed to son Robert Pitt for love and affection and 5 shillings, a parcel called Entrance purchased from William Holland on Cat Creek and a parcel that Jabez purchased from Thomas Evans containing 15 acres, a parcel purchased from John Evans beginning at Cat Gut containing one acre and 1 18th acres of Milbourne's Mistake (C:251). Jabez was not married at the time of this deed and is, perhaps, divesting himself of land before his marriage to Janet Watts Nairn.
  Reference Identifier	Acc
  Record ID	57835
  Will	1 Nov 1773	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [6]
  	To son John Pitt & daughter Esther Pitt all my lands, negroes & moveable estate To my other children I give 1 s. sterling each. Son Jabez to take their estates & maintain them well on it. Witt: Francis Houston, Esther Hill, Michael Robins.
  Death	25 Jan 1774	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1, 6]
  	It was on this date that his will was probated. Jabez Pitt qualified.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Pitt,   b. Abt 1550, England d. Aft 1613, England  (Age > 64 years)  (3 x Great Grandfather)  (--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1620   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	2 brothers and 1 sister
  + 1. John Pitt,   b. Abt 1683, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 24 Sep 1745, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 62 years) ╚═ Hannah Henderson,  m. Abt 1704 + 2. Robert Pitt, III,   b. Abt 1690, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 30 Nov 1756, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 66 years) ╚═ Rachel Brittingham,  m. Abt 1739 ;   Ann (101) Hack,  m. Abt 1745 + 3. Martha Pitt,   b. Abt 1696, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ John Caine,  m. Abt 1730 + 4. Jabez Pitt,   b. Feb 1709, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 25 Jan 1774, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 64 years) ╚═ Elizabeth Hastings,  m. Abt 1730 ;   Ann (170) Kendall,  m. Bef 29 May 1739 ;   Susanna (31) Robins,  m. Bef Sep 1753 ;   Jannet Watts,  m. Bef 18 Apr 1767
  Half-siblings	1 half sister (family of Nathaniel (27) Andrews and Elizabeth Morris)
  1. Elizabeth (56) Andrews,   b. Abt 1712, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I57835	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	8 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert Pitt, II,   b. 1664, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 4 May 1714, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 50 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Morris,   b. Abt 1667, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown Other Partners: ╚═Nathaniel (27) Andrews,   b. Abt 1687, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 2 May 1721, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 34 years)  m. Abt 1712
  Marriage	Abt 1683	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [7]
  Family ID	F16158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Hastings,   b. Abt 1712, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1730  [4]
  Family ID	F23197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Ann (170) Kendall,   b. Abt 1720, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 29 May 1739	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1, 4]
  	An Account of payments made by Mary Kendall Executrix of John Kendall as follows ... "In obedience to an Order of Accomack County Court hereto annexd we the subscribers ? have also assign'd to the said Jabes the sum of twenty six punds seven shillings and seven pence being the eighth part of the residue of the sd Testator's personal Estate Devised to his Daughter Ann now the wife of Jabes Pitt ... dated June, 1739 (Accomack Co, VA, Wills 1737-1743, pp. 168-169). The audit of the account of John Baldwin who married Mary, the Extrix of John Kendall dated 25 Apl 1749, showed "For pd Jabes Pitt in right of Anne his wife Daur of the Testator ... L 25..4..9" (Accomack Co, VA Wills & c., 1743-1749, pp. 511-516).
  Children	1. Jabez (420A) Pitt,   b. Abt 1739, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Hannah Gray  m. Abt 1781   2. Robert (420B) Pitt,   b. Abt 1741, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elizabeth (420C) Pitt,   b. Abt 1743, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   4. Susanna (420C) Pitt,   b. Abt 1745, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F18252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 3	Susanna (31) Robins,   b. Abt 1714, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef Sep 1753  [4]
  	The wedding certificate for the marriage of Sarah Maxfield and Ezekiel Nock, who married on the 27th of the 9th month 1753 included Jabax Pitt and Susannah Pitt. (Kenneth Carroll, Quakerism of the Eastern Shore. Baltimore, MD: The Maryland Historical Society, c. 1970, p. 98 which cites Third Haven Marriage Records, pp. 200-201 stating declaration of Intentions of Marriage before several monthly meetings of the People Called Quyarkers held at Daniel Mifflin's in Accomack near Swansut Goot in the Province of Virginia.)
  Children	1. John Pitt,   b. Abt 1755, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Abt 1780 (Age 25 years)   2. Esther Pitt,   b. Abt 1757, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F19250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 4	Jannet Watts,   b. Abt 1708, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 25 Dec 1772 (Age < 64 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Robert Nairn, Jr.,   b. Abt 1700, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 3 Feb 1764, Somerset Co, Maryland  (Age < 64 years)  m. Abt 1724
  Marriage	Bef 18 Apr 1767  [4]
  	Triparte agreement, Janet Pitts formerly Janet Nairn, Littleton Dennis and John Nairn, Elizabeth Nutter now wife of Huett Nutter, and Esther Whittington wife of Southy all children of Janet afsd. Before her marriage to Jabez Pitts agreed to exclude Cedar Hall devised her by will of Francis Drummond 250 acres, conveyed to Littleton Dennis to be sold after her death for use of John Nairn and her daughters.
  Family ID	F23198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Feb 1709 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Heir - named as - 2 May 1720 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Father-in-laws will - 16 Feb 1720/21 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - Bef 29 May 1739 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Brothers will - 16 Oct 1755 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - 1 Nov 1773 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Death - 25 Jan 1774 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S888] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 2, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005), p. 613 (Mason Family), 888. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 72 (will of Capt. John Bradhurst, wife Elizabeth), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 67 (will of Nathaniel Andrews, wife Elizabeth), 570. [S2004] Judy Marshall Stell, Stell, Judy - Pitt Family of Isle of Wright & Acc, (Email to M.K. Miles on 5 May 2010), 2004. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 186 (will of Robert Pitt, wife Ann), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 275 (will of Jabez Pitt, son Jabez), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 34 (will of Elizabeth Morris) & p. 50 (will of Robert Pitt), 570.