William PITKIN, Jr.

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• Fact: Son of William and Hannah (Goodwin) Pitkin of Berkhamstead, co. Hertford and Hartford.

Notes:

Excerpt from"Pitkin Genealogy":

He was educated by his father in his profession of the law. He was Judge of the County and Probate Courts and Court of the Assistants from 1702 till 1711. Upon the establishment of the Superior Court, in 1711, he was appointed Judge of that court, and in 1713 he was made Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He represented Hartford in the General Assembly in 1696. In 1697 he was elected one of the commissioners to receive the Earl of Belmont on his arrival in New York. He was Commissioner of War in 1706 and 1707 (Col. Rec., p. 535). He was one of the committee to prepare the manuscript laws of the Colony in 1709; also committee on the revision of said laws (Col. Rec., Vol. V, p. 479). In 1718 he was appointed one of a committee of three, by the General Assembly, to build the first State House in the colony, at Hartford (Col. Rec., Vol. VI. PP. 157 and 197). He was also one of a committee to procure a map of the course of the Connecticut River from the "mouth of it to the north bounds of this Colony, to be inserted in the plan of the colony now ordered to be drawn."

He was a military officer in the company of his brother Roger.

He is said to have been no less able to repartee than in argument. Being once opposed in a case by Mr. Eels, a brother lawyer, who, in summing up the case, thinking he had the better of Mr. Pitkin, said: "The Court will perceive that the pipkin is cracked." His instant reply was, "Not so much cracked, your honor, but he will find it will do to stew eels in yet."

Although so much engaged in his professional business, he had, previous to 1706, built two fulling mills at Pitkin Falls; in connection with which he carried on a large business in clothings and woolens. These mills were bequeathed to his sons, William and Joseph, who succeeded him in the business.

He "owned his covenant" with the "First Church of Christ in Hartford" Sept. 4, 1687, at which time his oldest child, Elizabeth, was baptized. he and his wife, with his brother Roger and wife, joined the church in "full communion" August 14, 1692.

William married Elizabeth STANLEY in 1686. Elizabeth (daughter of Capt. Caleb STANLEY and Hannah COWLES) was born on 24 Oct 1669; died on 12 Feb 1751. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Benjamin COLTON. Benjamin was born in 1689; died on 01 Mar 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Thomas WELLES on 28 Dec 1715. Thomas (son of Samuel WELLES and Ruth RICE) was born on 14 Feb 1693 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 14 May 1767. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Excerpt from Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry Vol. 1, Gov. Thomas Dudley: He was the first to resist the "stamp act", 1765, refusing with Governor Fitch and members of his council to take the oath to support it. He was governor of conneticut from 1766-1769. defeating Governor Fitch by a majority so great that the votes were not counted.

William married Mary WOODBRIDGE on 07 May 1724 in First Church, Hartford, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Rev Timothy WOODBRIDGE and Mehitabel WYLLYS) was born in 1692 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 17 Feb 1766 in East Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Mary LORD on 20 Feb 1724. Mary (daughter of Richard LORD, III and Abigail WARREN) was born on 20 Feb 1702 in Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut; died on 10 Oct 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eunice CHESTER. Eunice (daughter of Maj. John CHESTER, Esq. and Hannah TALCOTT) was born on 11 May 1701; died on 25 Jun 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eunice HALL. Eunice was born about 1699; died on 23 Jun 1774. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Rebecca WELLES on 24 Oct 1723 in East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Rebecca (daughter of Capt Samuel WELLES and Ruth JUDSON) was born on 03 Oct 1703/4 in Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut; died on 20 Feb 1725 in East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 09 Dec 1702

Sarah married Eleazer PORTER about 1721. Eleazer (son of Samuel PORTER, Jr. and Joannah COOKE) was born on 25 Feb 1698 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts; died on 06 Nov 1757. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth OLCOTT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 22 Jan 1710

Jerusha married Samuel EDWARDS in 1731 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Samuel (son of Richard EDWARDS and Mary TALCOTT) was born on 01 Nov 1702 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 4 Nov 1732 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jerusha married Rev. Ashbel WOODBRIDGE on 17 Nov 1737 in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Ashbel (son of Rev Timothy WOODBRIDGE and Susannah HOWELL) was born in 1705 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 06 Aug 1758 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]