Martha PITKIN

Female 1638 - 1719  (81 years)


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  • Name Martha PITKIN  [1, 2, 3, 4
    • Martha Pitkin, sister of Mr. William Pitkin, the progenitor of the Pitkins in America, and of Roger Pitkin of London, was born in England in 1638. She followed her brother to America in 1661, to return with him England, "not once supposing he intended to remain in the wilderness," as she expressed it. Her first greeting on meeting her brother, whom she found feeding his swine was, "I left a brother in England serving his king, and find another in America serving his swine." She was a lady endowed with more than ordinary talent, improved by an excellent education. The reception she met with in the colony, was most flattering; her comely form and accomplished manner making the colonists anxious to retain her in their country. In the words of the Rev. Thomas Robbins, for many years the pastor of the church she attended, "this girl put the colony in commotion. If possible sh must be detained. The stock was too valuable to be parted with. It became a matter of general consultation what young man was good enough for Miss Pitkin. Tradition says that so many young man wished to marry the accomplished beauty, that they cast los for her hand, but fails to say what part Miss Pitkin was to take in the affair. The facts are, that the sons of Henry Wolcott, one of the first settlers of East Windsor, were well pleased with Miss Pitkin, and to avoid all question of strife or jealousy, it is believed it was decided by lot among themselves which one should sue for her hand. The lot fell to Simon Wolcott, the youngest son; at all events, he pressed his suit, and was successful. Her brother favored the match, and she became the wife of Simon Wolcott, and subsequently the mother of Governor Roger Wolcott, grandmother of Governor Oliver Wolcott, and great-grandmother of the second Governor Oliver Wolcott and of Governor Roger Griswold. Governor Ellsworth was also a lineal descendant. Her grand-daughter married Governor Matthew Griswold.

      It was stated in the funeral sermon of Governor Roger Wolcott, her ninth child, "that he never went to school, but was educated by his mother in her own dwelling." [1]
    Birth 1638  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 13 Oct 1719  [1, 2, 4
    Person ID I82729  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2021 

    Father ? PITKIN 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Unknown ? 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F41920  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Simon WOLCOTT,   b. 1625   d. 11 Sep 1687, Windsor, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 17 Oct 1661  [1, 2, 3
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth WOLCOTT,   b. 19 Aug 1662   d. 3 Jan 1708 (Age 45 years)  [Birth]
     2. Martha WOLCOTT,   b. 17 May 1664   d. 7 Sep 1687/8 (Age 24 years)  [Birth]
     3. Simon WOLCOTT,   b. 24 Jun 1666  [Birth]
     4. Joanna WOLCOTT,   b. 30 Jun 1668  [Birth]
     5. Henry WOLCOTT,   b. 20 May 1670  [Birth]
     6. Christopher WOLCOTT,   b. 4 Jul 1672   d. 3 Apr 1693 (Age 20 years)  [Birth]
     7. Mary WOLCOTT,   b. 1674   d. 1676 (Age 2 years)  [Birth]
     8. William WOLCOTT,   b. 6 Nov 1676  [Birth]
    +9. Roger WOLCOTT,   b. 4 Jan 1678  [Birth]
    Family ID F33773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Oct 2020 

    Family 2 Capt Daniel CLARKE,   b. 1622, Chester, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1710 (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 1689  [2, 4
    Family ID F33774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2021 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S02944] A.P. Pitkin, Pitkin Family of America - A Genealogy of the Des. of William Pitkin, (Name: Name: Hartford, Conn. 1887;;).

    2. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.

    3. [S12069] Chandler Wolcott, Wolcott Genealogy The Family of Henry Wolcott One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut.

    4. [S3258] Emma Lee Walton, The CLARK Genealogy Some Descendants of Daniel Clark of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1913.