Ozias PITKIN

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Excerpt from "Pitkin Genealogy":

Ozias Pitkin was appointed by the General Assembly, 1714, Captain of the militia company, Hartford, east side (Col. Rec., Vol. V, p. 453). He was repeatedly elected to the Colonial Assembly, and in1725 was appointed Associate Judge of Hartford County, and held the office till 1735, when he was chosen Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1727 he was chosen a member of the Colonial Council, and so remained till his death in 1746, a period of nineteen years (Col. Rec., Vol. VII, pp. 287, 439, 484, 510). He was chosen Commissioner of War in defense of New London in 1740, and again Commissioner of War in defense of frontier towns in 1743 (col. Rec., pp. 50, 52, 18, 119, 148). He "Owned his covenant" with the "First Church of Hartford" April 6, 1704, and his oldest child, George, was baptized that day. He joined with his wife in "full communion" in 1704.

Ozias married Elizabeth GREEN in 1702. Elizabeth was born in 1682; died on 08 Feb 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Samuel PITKIN was born in 1708; died on 20 Jun 1747.
2. Ozias PITKIN was born on 10 May 1710 in Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut; died in 1761.
3. Abigail PITKIN was born in 1707 in Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut.
4. George PITKIN was born on 06 Apr 1704; died in 1704.
5. Elizabeth PITKIN was born in 1711; died on 10 Feb 1753.
6. Martha PITKIN was born on 20 Sep 1715; died on 19 Jul 1771; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
7. George PITKIN was born on 19 Aug 1705; died in 1706.
8. Hannah PITKIN was born in 1720.
9. Mary PITKIN

Ozias married Esther BURNHAM after 1724. Esther (daughter of Richard BURNHAM and Sarah HUMPHRIES) was born in 1697; died on 06 Nov 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James PITKIN was born on 17 Dec 1738.
2. Ruth PITKIN was born in 1733.
3. Daniel PITKIN was born on 17 Oct 1735; died on 19 Sep 1815.
4. Isaac PITKIN was born in 1730.

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Excerpt from "Pitkin Genealogy":

William Pitkin, the progenitor of the family in America, who came from England in 1659, was possessed of great ability and tenacity of purpose. Endowed with a discerning mind, coupled with an excellent English education, coming into the Colony after its early settlement, he soon gained the full confidence of the Connecticut colonists. He was admitted a freeman, October 9, 1662, and was appointed the same year by the General Assembly, Prosecutor for the Colony. His marked ability gave him, in1664, the appointment of Attorney-General, by the King. From 1675 to 1690, a period of fifteen years, he annually represented Hartford in the Colonial Assembly. In 1676 he was chosen Treasurer of the Colony. He was often appointed Commissioner by the Colony to the United Colonies. In 1676 he was appointed with Major Talcott to negotiate peace with the Narragansett and other Indian tribes. In 1690 he was elected a member of the Colonial Council, and so remained till is death. In 1693 he was sent by the Colony to Governor Fletcher of New York, to negotiate terms respecting the militia until Governor Winthrop's return from England, whither he had gone on the same business (see Hollister's "Connecticut", p. 340). In 1693 "Mr. William Pitkin, Mr. Sanuel Chester, and Captain William Whiting were appointed by the General Court to run the division line between the Connecticut and Massachusetts colonies" (see Trumbull's History, p. 410; also see Col. Rec., Vol. I, p. 363-413, Vol. II, p. 426, Vol. III, p. 19). Aside from his profession, he was also one of the principal planters of the town, having purchased a large tract of land on the east side of the river, on which his sons all settled. It embraced a portion of East Hartford Center. He owned one-third interest in a saw-mill and a grist-mill at "Pitkin Falls", so called from the number of dams and mills erected there, by the Pitkin family. He was also appointed with Mr. John Crow, to lay out the first Main and other streets on the east side of the river.

William married Hannah GOODWIN in 1661. Hannah (daughter of Ozias GOODWIN and Mary WOODWARD) was born in 1637; died on 12 Feb 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter Of Ozias and (Mary Woodward) Goodwin