Ruth PITKIN

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Excerpt from "Pitkin Genealogy":

Nathaniel Pitkin was appointed Ensign by the General Assembly, May, 1716, in the militia company of his brother Ozias (Col. Rec., Vol. V, p. 550). He "owned his covenant" with the "First Church of Hartford" Sept. 17, 1699, at which time his oldest child, Nathaniel, was baptized. He joined in "full communion," and his wife, Hester, Sept. 15, 1700.

Nathaniel married Elizabeth WHITING in 1710. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev John WHITING and Phebe GREGSON) was born in 1678; died after 1753. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Rev. John and Phoebe (Greyson) Whiting

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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

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He graduated from Harvard in 1653; preached several years at Salem, Mass., and was there in1659, March 8, when the selectmen, with the deacons and Mr. Gedney, all desired "to treat with Mr. Whittinge to know his mind about staying with them." (Salem town records.) He removed with his family from "The Bay" to Hartford, and was ordained pastor over he First Church in 1660, being associated with Rec. Samuel Stone. In 1669, in consequence of dissensions which agitated the church at that time, he and others petitioned the Assembly "for their approbation for a distance walking in Congregational Church order," which was approved and in 1670, a new Church was formed, of which he was chosen pastor and so continued until his death. In King Philip's War he was chaplain. He was twice married; (1) about 1654 to Sybil Collins, dau. of Deacon Edward Collins of Cambridge, mass., by whom he had seven children, one of whom, Col. William, was a distinguished military officer who fought in all the French and Indian Wars of his time, and who m. Oct. 6, 1686, Mary, dau. of Col. John Allyn, grand-daughter of Matthew Allyn, and great-grand-daughter of Hon. Wm. Pynchon. T

John's father, William Whiting, was one of the founders of Hartford. The family emigrated from England to Hartford in 1636. John graduated from Harvard, Class of 1653. He served as minister in Salem, Massachusetts, until about 1660, when he moved to Hartford, and became minister of the First church there. he became a freeman on 11 May 1665. His estate began probate in Hartford in November 1689.

John married Phebe GREGSON in Sep 1673 in Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut. Phebe was born in 1643; was christened on 15 Oct 1643 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; died on 19 Sep 1730 in At the home of her son Joseph, at New Haven, Conn.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Dau. of Thomas and Jane Gregson