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Joseph Pitts 1698 – 1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Oct 1698

Birth Location: Surry County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1789

Death Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

Father: Joseph Pitts

Mother: Sarah Jarrett

Spouse(s): Nancy Slaughter

Children(s): Henry RWS

Joseph Pitts was born in 1698 in Surry County, Virginia, USA, the child of Joseph Charles Pitts and Sarah Hardy Jarrett. Joseph Pitts married Nancy Slaughter, and had children including Henry Pitts, Sr., RWS. Joseph Pitts passed away in 1789 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Joseph Pitts was born in 1698 in Surry County, Virginia, USA, the child of Joseph Charles Pitts and Sarah Hardy Jarrett.
  • Joseph Pitts married Nancy Slaughter, and had children including Henry Pitts, Sr., RWS.
  • Joseph Pitts passed away in 1789 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Pitts
1671 – 1750
Birth Location: Isle Wight, VA
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Sarah Jarrett
1674 – 1748
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight County, Province of Virginia
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Spouses(s)

Nancy Slaughter
1700 – 1789
Birth Location: Isle Wight, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Henry RWS
1725 – 1803
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
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Joseph Pitts's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Pitts
1698 – 1789
Birth Place: Surry County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Joseph Charles Pitts
1671 – 1750
Isle Wight, VA
Sarah (Hardy) Jarrett
1674 – 1748
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight County, Province of Virginia
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joseph Pitts's Descendants

1.
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Joseph Pitts (9 Oct 1698 – 1789) m. Nancy Slaughter (1700 – 1789)
  1. 1. Henry (Pitts, Sr.,) RWS (1 Nov 1725 – 30 Aug 1803 Henry Pitts bur'd family cem., near Clinton, SC, USA, 16; Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary PatriotsYour Family T)
    1. 1. SARAH (COLLIER (WOODARD)) PITT (1750 – 1816) m. Noah (Daniel) Woodward (14 Jan 1758 – 14 January 1818)
      1. 1. William (Pitt) Woodard (15 Aug 1768 – 14 Apr 1849) m. MARY (ELIZABETH (WOODARD)) SMITH (1 May 1778 – 22 Nov 1844)
        1. 1. **CYNTHIA WOODWARD (5 Jan 1811 – 15 October 1870) m. Elisha Luter (21 Oct 1803 – 21 Jan 1885)

Joseph Pitts's Timeline

2 Records

1698
9 Oct 1698
Birth of Joseph Pitts in Surry County, Virginia, USA
Surry County, Virginia, USA
1789
1789
Age 91
Death of Joseph Pitts in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Oct 1698
    Event Place: Surry County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1789
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
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