Home Surname List Name Index Sources GEDCOM File Email Us | ![]() Spouse: Laura Sorenson. Laura Sorenson and Truman Davis Pitkin were married in Miller, Iowa. Children were: Allen Truman Pitkin. Tryphena Pitkin was born on 25 January 1761. She married Melville Selby. Parents: Isaac Pitkin and Abigail Torrey. twin Pitkin was born on 9 January 1800. He died on 9 January 1800 at the age of 0. Parents: Joshua Pitkin and Ruth Case. twin Pitkin was born on 9 January 1800. He died on 9 January 1800 at the age of 0. Parents: Joshua Pitkin and Ruth Case. Twins Pitkin was born on 12 September 1790. He/she died on 12 September 1790 at the age of 0. Parents: Timothy Pitkin and Jerusha Pitkin. Twins Pitkin was born on 29 July 1795. He/she died on 29 July 1795 at the age of 0. Parents: Timothy Pitkin and Jerusha Pitkin. ![]() Spouse: Margaret Alison Herridge. Margaret Alison Herridge and Victor Ellsworth Pitkin Ph.D. were married on 4 September 1932 in Arlington, Massachusetts. Children were: Donald Herridge Pitkin. Virgil Kenneth Pitkin was born on 24 July 1920 in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. He died on 7 May 1988 at the age of 67 in Clear Lake, Iowa. Virgil was a farmer and also manager of the Standard Service Station in Clear Lake. He worked for Skelgas for 10 years. Hobbies included music, woodworking and gardening. He lived in Clear Lake, Iowa. Parents: Austin Otto Pitkin and Nellie Sophie Schwartz. Spouse: Dorothy Lorraine Baker. Dorothy Lorraine Baker and Virgil Kenneth Pitkin were married on 24 January 1941 in Ventera, Iowa. Children were: Nylene Kay Pitkin, Janet Lorayne Pitkin, Richard Virgil Pitkin, Jay Allen Pitkin. Virginia Pitkin was born (date unknown). Parents: Meredith Cowles Pitkin. Children were: Elizabeth [Wolfe]. ![]() Walter Pitkin was born on 20 June 1808. He died on 12 September 1885 at the age of 77. Married Catharine B. Stanley. Parents: Capt. John Pitkin and Olive Forbes. Walter Pitkin was born on 3 May 1859. He died on 4 October 1859 at the age of 0. Parents: Truman Davis Pitkin and Maria Darling. Walter J. Pitkin was born in 1863. He died in 1957 at the age of 94. Walter was part owner of J.H. Pitkin and Bro. Merchants in Schroon Lake. He moved the business to Corinth, New York about 1896. Later he was a real estate broker and speculator. His grandson, David J. Pitkin wrote of him in 1996: "Walter had an unending desire to have big money and it always escaped him. Always involved in some entrpreneurship; lost money on them all (including some investnments in perpetual motion). His big chance for bucks went by the wayside back before 1900. He had been invited to Palm Beach, Florida to invest with a Mr. Flagler in developing the beach as a vacation area. He came back on the train mumbling something about "damn fool . . . !" He went bankrupt in the Depression, with half the town owing him money (on the books). He owned a feldspar mine near Corinth which was going to make him rich, but something technological happened in WWI to replace feldspar as a material, and the mine went belly-up. Reminds me of Wiley Coyote. He DID build the biggest building in town which was torn down about 1960. And he brought a second employer (besides International Paper Mill) to town: Cluett-Peabody (Arrow Shirts), which was there from about 1910 to the early 1970's." Parents: Jerome Pitkin and Betsey Hall. Spouse: Myra Girard. Myra Girard and Walter J. Pitkin were married. Children were: Corliss Pitkin. Walter Soden Pitkin was born on 12 August 1859. Walter was a printer in Chicago. Parents: Stephen Goodwin Pitkin and Mary Jane Soden. Spouse: Jessie C. Murphy. Jessie C. Murphy and Walter Soden Pitkin were married on 7 December 1881. Children were: Jessie E. Pitkin. ![]() Wesley Pitkin was born on 18 November 1806 in Marshfield, Vermont. He died on 11 April 1880 at the age of 73 in Chicago, Illinois. On Sunday morning, April 11, Wesley Pitkin, in the 73d year of his age. Funeral from his late residence, Wrightwood Ave., on Tuesday, April 13, at 10 o'clock. Interment at Graceland . Wesley was a carpenter and builder in Chicago, Illinois. 1225 Wrightwood Ave. About 1829 Wesley bought from his brother Truman a clapboard mill on the Winooski in Marshfield Village. This mill was adjacent to the village sawmill and shared it's flume. Wesley retained ownership of this shop until about 1835. Parents: Hon. Stephen Pitkin and Damaris Goodwin. Spouse: Sarah W. Davis. Sarah W. Davis and Wesley Pitkin were married on 4 February 1833. Children were: Stephen Goodwin Pitkin, Henry Pitkin, Carrie Dulcine Pitkin, Henry F. Pitkin, Emmanuel Pitkin. Spouse: Phoebe Yates. Phoebe Yates and Wesley Pitkin were married on 29 September 1877 in Chicago, Illinois. Phoebe J. Bond is the name on the marriage record, aged 40. William Pitkin was born (date unknown). Unmarried. Parents: William Pitkin and Abigail Church. William Pitkin MP died in January 1644 in Berkhamsted, England. He was buried on 6 January 1644 in Saint Peters, Berkhamsted. He was born in England. The Pitkin family may have sprung from the village of Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire, and/or from the village of Bedford in Bedfordshire. The family tradition is that the name is derived from an older name, Peterkin, which appears in both England and Scotland. The first record of a Pitkin in Berkhamsted is from the register of burials, where on August 21, 1586 is found the record of the burial of Alise Pitkyn. We don't know her connection with the first known William Pitkin, but she could easily have been his grandmother, aunt, mother, or infant sister. William Pitkin was chosen Minister's Churchwarden in Berkhamsted in 1610, and the following year was elected Sidesman. Probably about 1612, he was made agent to the lord of Berkhamsted Manor, a part of the Duchy of Cornwall consisting of some 4220 acres of land. In this capacity, he was responsible for laying out and enclosing two royal reservations (land which was removed from use of the commoners for the exclusive benefit of the royal family), a responsibility which undoubtedly made him unpopular with the local farmers. In 1613, William owned 25 and one-half acres, by 1622 this had increased to 39 acres, and by 1632 he was the second largest landholder in the Parish with 196 acres. In 1614, 1633, and 1644 he was overseer of the poor. In 1622, and in 1627 he again served as Churchwarden. In 1625 he became Bailiff (Mayor) and Justice of the Peace of the Borough. When Berkhamsted was granted a new charter in July, 1618, William was one of the first Capital Burgesses, and he became Chief Burgess and member of Parliament in 1628. In 1626, William was one of four men bound in exchequer to King Charles I as administrators of a trust of 100 pounds to supply firewood to the poor of Berkhamsted. By the time of his death in 1645, William had accumulated a considerable estate. To his children, John and Martha he left 300 pounds each; to Joan and Jane, 200 pounds each; to Elizabeth, 20 pounds. To his grandchildren Roger and Martha he left 150 pounds each, and to William, 6 tenements in London. The balance of the estate went to his son Francis, who was the executor. A William Pitkin and Jane White were married March 4, 1606 in St. Gregory by St. Paul, London, England. In 1625, William paid 6/8 d for "Mrs. Mason's grave." It has been suggested that perhaps this was his mother-in-law. I'm not sure there is any good reason for this supposition. On Oct 31, 1613, an Elizabeth Pitkin was married in Dunstable (about seven miles from Berkhamsted) to "Jn. Mason". It could be this Elizabeth Pitkin Mason for whose grave William paid. She may have been an aunt, sister, cousin, or niece. Parents: William? Robert? Pitkin. Spouse: Jane White. Jane White and William Pitkin MP were married. Children were: George Pitkin, Rev. William Pitkin, Sara Pitkin, Martha Pitkin, Francis Pitkin, George Pitkin, Martha Pitkin, Elizabeth Pitkin, John Pitkin, Joane Pitkin, Jane Pitkin. William Pitkin died in 1665. William died in the plague. Parents: Roger Pitkin and Margarett Marston. William Pitkin died in 1695 in England. He was buried on 15 July 1695 in Berkhamsted, England. Parents: Francis Pitkin and Elizabeth . Rev. William Pitkin was born in December 1608 in Berkhamsted, England. He was christened on 11 December 1608. He died in July 1643 at the age of 34 in London, England. William was buried on 24 July 1643 in Saint Dunstans, Fleet Street, London. William Pitkin attended the Berkhamsted Grammar School, as did his brothers Francis, George, and John. He later attended Pembroke College, Oxford where he received his B.A on February 7, 1629, and his Masters Degree on October 27,1631. By 1634, he was back in Berkhamsted. In July of 1636, William was appointed the seventh Headmaster of the Grammar School by Charles I, succeeding Henry Hunt, who had died that year. His wife, Elizabeth died in 1641, and presumably the three surviving children were raised in the home of a relative, probably that of his brother Francis. In 1642 the Civil War broke out, and in 1643 William appears to have left the post of Headmaster. It is possible that, being employees of the Crown, both William and his father were royalists (his son, William, was also later given a royal appointment as Attorney General in the Connecticut Colony). Public sentiment in the area around Berkhamsted was generally pro-parliament, however. Whatever his reasons for leaving the school, both William and his brother George went to "Mr. Stuxmey's" in Chancery Lane, London (Mr. Sturmey, perhaps?). While there, they may have been infected with the plague, for neither of them returned to Berkhamsted. William died in July aged 34, and George died two months later, aged 26. Parents: William Pitkin MP and Jane White. Spouse: Elizabeth . Elizabeth and Rev. William Pitkin were married in 1633. Children were: William Pitkin, Roger Pitkin, Martha Pitkin, Jane Pitkin. William Pitkin was born in 1635 in Hertfordshire, England. He died on 16 December 1694 at the age of 59 in East Hartford, Connecticut. He was buried in First Church, Gold Saint, Hartford, Connecticut. William Pitkin was raised with his brother Roger and his sister Martha at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. After the death of first their mother in 1640, and then their father in 1643, it is likely that their uncle Francis Pitkin cared for them, and it is likely that both Roger and William were educated at the Berkhamsted Grammar School. Upon the death of his grandfather Pitkin in 1644, William (then aged 9) inherited 6 tenements in London which may have provided the means by which he emmigrated to and established himself in Hartford, Connecticut in 1659. Upon arriving in Hartford, he was engaged as headmaster of the grammar school there. His salary was 8 pounds and a load of wood from each student "or three shillings in lieu of wood." Several of his journals which have survived indicate that he had a strong background in theology and law. In 1661, William's sister Martha arrived in Hartford to convince him to return to England, but she was instead persuaded to remain as the wife of Simon Wolcott, and later of Daniel Clark. In 1662 he was made prosecutor for the Colony of Connecticut, and in 1664 he was appointed attorney general by King Charles II. He was considered one of the ablest lawyers in Connecticut. He was a Deputy of the General Court (1675-1684), Hartford's representative in the Colonial Assembly (1675-1690), Treasurer of the Colony (1676-1678), Assistant Treasurer (1690-1694), Commissioner to treat about the Connecticut-New York border in 1683 and again in 1693, and Negotiator with the Narragansett Indians in 1676. He built his house in East Hartford, on the elevation above Pitkin (later Benjamin) Lane, but he is said to have founded the town of Barkhamsted, some five miles square, in the wilderness west of Hartford. Upon his death, the estate of William Pitkin was valued at slightly over 700 pounds. He owned over 25 parcels of land in Hartford embracing a total of 814 acres, including a part interest in a saw mill and grist mill. His will, dated 27 September, 1694 reads as follows: "In the name of God, Amen. I William Pitkin sen. of Hartford, in New England, being under infirmity of body, but of sound minde and memory; considering my own frailty and duty to set my house in order doe make and ordain this, my last will & testament as in the manner following: First of all, I commit my soul & whole man, forever, to the free & Rich mercy of God in Jesus Christ & my body to Comely Christian Buriell, hoping for salvation & a blessed resurrection through Christ crucified & risen againe, from the dead. Secondly, it is my will that all my debts & funerall charges be duly payd. Thirdly, I give to my dear brother Roger Pitkin & to my sister Martha Clarke & to my cousin Roger Pitkin to each of them 10 Shillings & to my brother Captn. Caleb Stanly & to my brother Nathaniel Goodwin 5 Shillings to each of them in money as a token of remembrance of my love to them. Fourthly, to each of my grand children now living that shall attayn to 12 years of age, I give a new bible. Fifthly, to my beloved wife I give the one-half of all the rest of my moveable or personall estate & one-third of all my houseing & lands, the personall estate given to be hers forever, the real, during her life only. Sixthly, to my daughter Hannah Cowles I give 10 acres of upland next the ten acres on my lot on which I dwell which I gave my son Wm. Pitkin, to her and her heirs and assignes (including her now husband) forever and five pounds more in county pay which with what I have all ready given her is to be her portion, from me. Seventhly, to my daughter Elizabeth Pitkin I give fifty pounds in county pay or such moveables or both, as may be suitable for her and this fifty and the before mentioned five pounds to my daughter Hannah. It is my will that my fower sons, John, Nathaniel, George and Ozias doe pay in equall shares unto their sisters out of what I doe give unto them or on the acco't there-of. Eighthly, to my Two sons Roger & William Pitkin their heirs & assignes forever, I desire & give the one halfe of the Land given me by Joshua Uncas his son & the Land given me by Owaneco, Equally to divide it. And I give them all my manuscript, whether in books or papers equally. And it is my will that when my sons possess those lands given us afoarsayd that they gratify suitable the doners heirs. I doe confirme unto my two sons & their heirs respectively all the lands I have formerly given them and which they have in possession. Ninethly, to my two sons John and Nathaniel Pitkin and their respective heirs and assignes I desire and bequeath all my meadow or swampe Land Northward of John Day's Lott up to the fower acres given by deed to my son Wm. and all my uplands & boggy meadow or waste land that I may have, between my son Roger's lot of forty rods wide and what I gave out of the lot that was Mr. Stone's to my son Wm. Pitkin to be equally parted between them Two only, whereas John Pitkin hath bin at charge in ditching if Nathaniell have benefit there-of, my minde is that he pay Answerable to John and my Teame and all the Teame Tackle as cart and plow, with what else I have formerly given them I confirm it to them. Tenthly, to my two sons, George and Ozias Pitkin their heirs and assignes forever I devise and give my dwelling house, barns and houses and all the lands they stand on; and are adjacent to them; as orchards, Garden yarde the pasture & plow land and Bush lot that is, all I have in the Lotts my Homestead is on between the brow of the Hill westward to the Highway, eastward to the Highway to be equally divided between them. Eleventhly, I give to my son George his heirs and assignes forever my meadow or Swamp lot I bought of John Church & my son Roger's upland of forty rods wide which I gave him. Twelfthly, To my son Ozias Pitkin his heirs and assignes forever I devise and give the meadow or swamp Lot I bought of Richard Goodman and all the remayner of the upland Lot or Lotts on which my houseing stands not before disposed of. Thirteenthly, All the rest of my lands and moveable estate whatsoever, I give to my fower sons, Nathanielll, George and Ozias Pitkin, to be equally divided amony them or their respective heirs or assignes in-joyning them to pay the fifty five pounds fore-mentioned to their Two sisters. Fourteenthly, it is my will that my children under age shall receive their portions when in age, and that none of them shall dispose of any of their lands till they be twenty five years of age unless their Two eldest living brothers doe consent thereto, only if George & Ozias when they are twenty years old respectively doe in the judgment of my wife or Two eldest then Living Sons Improve thier time well I would have them free at that age, but to stay a year longer for theire portion, the benefit where of in the interim, I would have to be to their use, and that my wife order them and put Ozias to a trade, if it be thought meet, and he desired it. Fifteenthly, If any of my children dye under age, my will is, that the portion or portions, of the deceased by equally divided among all my then surviving children or the heirs of the deceased If any be so expressing their parent. Sixteenthly, It is my will that my wife have her choyse of her part in the houseing and Ortyard & of the halfe of the moveables she is to have & If my sons Roger and Wm. Judge her to need more than a Third of the houseing she shall have it, during her widowhood. Seventeenthly, It is my will that my wive's Thirds of the land given to my sons during her life is excepted out of those portions during her natural Life. Eighteenthly, I make my beloved wife Hannah Pitkin Executrix and my two sons John & Nathaniel Executors of this my Last will & Testament and my two sons Roger Pitkin and Wm. Pitkin overseers of the same. In witness & for confirmation whareof I hereunto put my hand & seale this Twenty-seventh of September, one thousand six hundred ninety and fower & in the sixth yeare of their Ma'ties Reigne.. - William Pitkin. Ls. As a codicil to this my last will I devise and give to my son Roger Pitkin his heirs and assignes forever one acre of land by measure Lyeing next his owne Home Lott at the Eastward end of his Lott. November 30, 1694." Parents: Rev. William Pitkin and Elizabeth . Spouse: Hannah Goodwin. Hannah Goodwin and William Pitkin were married in 1661. Children were: Roger Pitkin, William Pitkin, Hannah Pitkin, John Pitkin, Nathaniel Pitkin, George Pitkin, Elizabeth Pitkin, Capt. Ozias Pitkin. William Pitkin was born in 1664 in East Hartford, Connecticut. He died on 5 April 1723 at the age of 59. William was trained by his father as a lawyer, and was much employed in public business. In his professional practice he was no less able in repartee than in argument. He was often opposed by a brother lawyer by the name of Eelles. His opponent in a particular case, supposing that he had got the advantage of Pitkin in argument said "The court will perceive that the "pipkin" (a small earthen pot) is cracked." Pitkin's prompt reply: "Not so much, may it please Your Honor, but you will find it will do to stew "eels" in yet." He represented the town of Hartford in the General Assembly in 1696. From 1697 till his death he was annually elected by the people to the council of the colony. From 1702 to 1704 he was judge of the county court. In 1712 he was appointed Chief Justice of the Superior Court. He lived in East Hartford, where he was a prosperous businessman, owning fulling mills at Pitkin Falls (Burnside) and a profitable clothier's shop. Parents: William Pitkin and Hannah Goodwin. Spouse: Elizabeth Stanley. Elizabeth Stanley and William Pitkin were married in 1686. Children were: Elizabeth Pitkin, Elizabeth Pitkin, Martha Pitkin, Governor William Pitkin, Joseph Pitkin, Sarah Pitkin, Thomas Pitkin, Sarah Pitkin, John Pitkin, Col. John Pitkin, Jerusha Pitkin. Governor William Pitkin was born on 30 April 1694. He died on 1 October 1769 at the age of 75. William inherited from his father a clothier's shop, which was financially successful. He was a Colonel in the First Regiment in the wars against the Indians. With Benjamin Franklin, Roger Wolcott and Elisha Williams, he served on the committee of the Albany Congress (1754) which was responsible for the confederation of the colonies. He also served as Judge of the County Court, and later in the Superior Court. Throughout his career he was an outspoken champion of colonial rights, and he was immensely popular because of this. His was one of the first voices raised against the Stamp Act. He was elected governor in 1766 by such a large and obvious majority that the ballots were never counted. He served as Governor until his death in 1769, and was succeeded in that office by Jonathan Trumbull. Parents: William Pitkin and Elizabeth Stanley. Spouse: Mary Woodbridge. Mary Woodbridge and Governor William Pitkin were married on 7 May 1724. Children were: William Pitkin, Timothy Pitkin, Col. George Pitkin, Epaphras Pitkin, Ashbel Pitkin. William Pitkin59 was born on 11 February 1724 in Hartford, Connecticut. He died on 12 December 1789 at the age of 65 in East Hartford, Connecticut. William spent much of his life in public service. At the age of 31 he was commissioned a captain in the Third Militia Company of Hartford. During the French and Indian War he became Major-Commandant of the First Regiment of Connecticut Forces, serving under General Abercrombie. In 1762 he became Colonel of the First Regiment, a title he carried for life. In the realm of politics, he was known as an ardent American patriot. A member of the Sons of Liberty as early as 1765, he was their clerk in 1766 when the group became heavily involved in the 1766 election furor over the Stamp Act, which resulted in his father's election as governor. He served for nineteen years (1766-1785) on the Governor's Council, then the upper house of the legislature. For most of the Revolution he sat on the Committee of Safety, a group of assistants to the governor who were given extraordinary powers because of the war. William was elected to the Continental Congress in 1784. In 1788 he was appointed a delegate to the convention to ratify the new federal constitution. From 1769 until his death, a period of nineteen years, he was a judge of the Superior Court and became Chief Justice in 1789. He was the fourth William Pitkin to preside over the highest court of Connecticut. William was also a manufacturer, engaging in the production of gunpowder, glass and snuff. In 1775, to supply powder for the Revolutionary Army, the General Assembly granted permission to William and his brother, George Pitkin, to establish a powder mill on the Hockanum River at Pitkin's Falls. The price set by the Assembly in 1776 (five shillings and fourpence_ was too low to pay for production, and William was compensated for his losses after the war. This was the first powder mill in Connecticut, if not in the country, being previous to that of Paul Revere near Boston. In January, 1783, in compensation for their losses during the Revolution, William, his cousin Elisha Pitkin, and Samuel Bishop were granted a monopoly on the production of glass in Connecticut for twenty-five years. They built the Pitkin Glass Works on what is now Putnam Street in Manchester. This Manufactory was among the very first producers of glass in America, making flasks, bottles and inkwells. Pitkin flasks have a distinctive swirling ribbed pattern and are now collector's items. In 1784 William was granted a fourteen year monopoly on the manufacture of snuff in Connecticut. He was also involved in a forging mill, as well as being a large landowner. His house, originally built on land he purchase from his father (now 1625 Main Street, East Hartford). It was later moved several times, and altered, but has been recently restored and is known as the Colonel William Pitkin IV House. Parents: Governor William Pitkin and Mary Woodbridge. Spouse: Abigail Church. Abigail Church and William Pitkin were married about 1750. Children were: Mary Pitkin, Anna Pitkin, Abigail Pitkin, William Pitkin, Theodore Pitkin, Lucretia Pitkin, Oliver Pitkin, Mary Pitkin, Philomela Pitkin. ![]() Spouse: Ann Smith Phelps. Ann Smith Phelps and William Pitkin were married on 27 April 1814. Children were: Elizabeth M. Pitkin, Elizabeth M. Pitkin. Spouse: Eliza S. Morgan. Eliza S. Morgan and William Pitkin were married on 26 April 1819. Children were: Ann Eliza Pitkin Twin, Eliza Ann Pitkin Twin, Caroline M. Pitkin, William Theodore Pitkin, Julia E. Pitkin, Alfred Henry Pitkin, Theodore Pitkin, James Morgan Pitkin, Sarah B. Pitkin. Spouse: Louisa Lucinda Rochester. Louisa Lucinda Rochester and William Pitkin were married on 20 June 1848. William Pitkin was born on 7 September 1812 in Marshfield, Vermont. He died in April 1859 at the age of 46. He was buried in Birmingham, Iowa. William moved to Iowa in 1841 and purchased a large farm south of Fairfield on the Cedar Creek River. He raised and fed horses for the Eastern markets. He and his wife died only two years apart, leaving their three sons, ages 12, 10, and 8 years old, to live alone on the farm during 1861. Eventually, the farm was sold, and the boys went to live with William's sister, Clarissa, and her husband, David Bliss in Union County, Iowa. Parents: Hon. Stephen Pitkin and Damaris Goodwin. Spouse: Mary Lee. Mary Lee and William Pitkin were married in 1844 in Iowa. Children were: Mary Jane Pitkin, William E. Pitkin, Arthur Pitkin, Franklin Pitkin. William Pitkin was born on 13 November 1828. William had no children. Married his first cousin, Elvira Bemis. Parents: Owen Pitkin and Betsy Dodge. Spouse: Elvira C. Bemis. Elvira C. Bemis and William Pitkin were married on 14 February 1860. They were cousins. William Pitkin was born on 16 December 1864. He died on 4 August 1866 at the age of 1. Parents: Truman Davis Pitkin and Maria Darling. William Burt Pitkin was born on 26 June 1858. William was a merchant in Sabula Iowa. He married Mary Jane Ferris (b. May 10, 1856), daughter of Reuben Ferris and Jane Gill. Parents: Joseph Case Pitkin and Maria A. Hudson. Spouse: Mary Jane Ferris. Mary Jane Ferris and William Burt Pitkin were married on 10 May 1856. This marriage date is obviously an error to be corrected. William C. Pitkin was born on 29 January 1819. He died on 11 June 1863 at the age of 44. William was a farmer in Manchester, Connecticut. Parents: Ezekiel Pitkin and Euphemia Chapman. Spouse: Harriet K. Risley. Harriet K. Risley and William C. Pitkin were married on 18 January 1843. Children were: William S. Pitkin, Ella A. Pitkin, Sarah A. Pitkin, Emily R. Pitkin, Charles M. Pitkin, Clinton H. Pitkin, Minnie E. Pitkin. William D. Pitkin was born on 12 July 1874. He died on 30 July 1874 at the age of 0. Parents: Charles A. Pitkin and Almira M. Schenck. William Dickerman Pitkin was born on 4 December 1873 in Chelsea, Vermont. He died in November 1940 at the age of 66 in Westford, Massachusetts. William lived in Westford, Massachusetts for 23 years. He was a mechanic in the railroad shops at Ayer, Massachusetts. A 1931 city directory for Lowell, MA lists him as a teamster living on Lowell Rd beyond Hamblett Corner. The 1910 census for Rochester, Vt. lists William as a farmer and Mabel as a public school teacher. Parents: Josiah Pitkin and Susan Persis Dickerman. Spouse: Mabel Lorinda Furson. Mabel Lorinda Furson and William Dickerman Pitkin were married before 27 May 1902. Children were: Arthur Elmer Pitkin, John Bartlett Pitkin, Gwendolyn Cora Pitkin. Spouse: Lucina H. Freeman. Lucina H. Freeman and William Dickerman Pitkin were married on 24 December 1896. William E. Pitkin was born on 12 January 1849 in Union, Iowa. He died on 12 April 1922 at the age of 73 in Iowa. William was a farmer in Taylor and Ringold Counties in Iowa. About 1880 he moved with his family to Underwood, Iowa where he farmed and also operated a livery stable. Parents: William Pitkin and Mary Lee. Spouse: Mary Klingensmith. Mary Klingensmith and William E. Pitkin were married on 13 September 1871. Children were: Laura Pitkin, Charles Pitkin, Agnes Pitkin, Arthur Pitkin, Clarence Pitkin, Ernest Pitkin, Roy Pitkin. ![]() Spouse: Cynthia Anna Gager. Cynthia Anna Gager and William Forbes Pitkin were married on 11 June 1872. Marriage date provided by Leslie Leggett, Bristol, Vt. Children were: Annie L. Pitkin, Robert William Pitkin. William H. Pitkin was born on 14 January 1811. He died on 22 March 1844 at the age of 33. Graduated at West Point in 1826. Unmarried. Parents: Hon. Timothy Pitkin Ll.D. and Elizabeth Hubbard. William H. Pitkin was born on 9 October 1840. He died in 1884 at the age of 44. Parents: Solomon Pitkin and Nancy Ives. William Henry Pitkin was born on 28 March 1838. Parents: Gen. Samuel Leonard Pitkin and Mary A. Lewis. William L. Pitkin was born on 18 March 1854. Parents: LaFayette Pitkin and Mary Elizabeth Howard. William S. Pitkin was born on 1 July 1846. Parents: William C. Pitkin and Harriet K. Risley. William Theodore Pitkin was born on 5 December 1827. He died on 4 October 1855 at the age of 27. Married Eliza H. Rochester. Parents: William Pitkin and Eliza S. Morgan. William W. Pitkin was born on 22 January 1829. Married Sarah Hamilton. Parents: Joseph Pitkin and Lucinda Smith. ![]() William (called Webster) is listed in the 1900 census of Marsfield, Vt as a cattle dealer living along the River Road, fairly near Plainfield Village. It appears from the order of names in the census that he lived where the big yellow barn and covered bridge now stand, formerly known as one of the Martin farms. Barre Daily Times, February 1, 1905 - "Deputy Sheriff H. D. Camp returned from Boston last evening, bringing with him William Pitkin, a teamster from Barre, whom he placed in Montpelier jail for safe keeping. Pitkin, who is a teamster and has in the past worked for Barclay Bros., was arrested on Jan. 2 for non-support of his family (a wife and two daughters) and was placed under $75 bonds for hearing later. The next night, Jan. 3, PItkin skipped out, securing a team and being driven to South Royalton, where he took a train south. It is asserted that he was not alone on the trip, but was accompanied by a woman not his wife. Previously, on Jan, 22, 1903, Pitkin had been arrested in a suit for damages to the amount of $1500 by the firm of Osborne & Co., dealers in harvesters, etc., and in this case he was placed under $1500 bonds. Hearing of this later arrest, Pitkin's bondsmen in the Osborne case notified the court they wished to surrender their charge, and last Friday Deputy Sheriff Camp started for Boston in search of him. Deputy Camp looked high and low for nearly two days among teamsters before getting any inkling that he was in Boston, and then he failed to learn where, but late Monday afternoon he was located in a lodging house in South Boston, and Monday evening was taken into custody by Officer Connolly of Boston and Deputy Camp, but not without resistance on the part of Pitkin. Yesterday morning the deputy and his prisoner started for Vermont, arrivinng in Montpelier last evening. Great credit is due Deputy Sherriff Camp for his good work in locating his man so quickly in a large city." Barre Daily Times, June 21, 1907 - "Suit has been brought by Lona W. Pitkin of Barre against William W. Pitkin on the ground of willful desertion. The libel set up that they were married in Marshfield on December 11, 1880. Mrs. Pitkin asks for alimony and the custody of their minor children. The case will be tried at the September term of the Washington county court. Scott and Carver appear for the libellant." He is not listed in the census of 1910. Lena (widowed) and the two girls were living in Barre with her mother. Parents: Daniel Webster Pitkin and Sarah Ann Orcutt. Spouse: Lona May Kiser. Lona May Kiser and William Webster Pitkin were married on 10 December 1880 in Marshfield, Vermont. The 1993 Pictorial History of Plainfield contains a picture of a Kiser family gathering at the Townsend Farm in District 7 (page 107 of the history). Lona is pictured in this group, and also two Pitkin girls, Lena Florina (Pitkin) Shea, and Bessie Pitkin, the daughters of William and Lona Pitkin. Lena also appears on page 59 of the history in a class photo taken at the Plainfield village school (1890) where she was apparently a student. Lona's age given on her marriage record was 19 years on Dec. 10, 1880 Children were: Bessie E. Pitkin, Lena Florina Pitkin. William? Robert? Pitkin was born (date unknown). It has been suggested in several online family trees that the father of William Pitkin (1582?-1644) was another William (b. Aug 19, 1557, Berkhamsted, d. Dec 5, 1639, Thaxfed, Essex) married to Alise (d. Thaxfed, Essex). It is further suggested that the father of this elder William Pitkin was Robert Pitkin (b. 1530 Berkhamsted) married to Elizabeth Pittman (b. 1525, Berkhamsted). Other sources give the parents of William (1582?-1644) as Robert Pitkin, Jr. and Elizabeth Stanley. I have found no documentation for any of this (including the 1582 birthdate for William). Following are the early Pitkin records I have found in the Berkhamsted area. Bernarde Pitkin was included in the Certificate of Musters for Winslow, Buckinghamshire (near Great Horwood, 21 miles from Ivinghoe) in 1522 as having property valued at 3 shillings. In the 1524 muster he is named Barnard Pitkyn with wages listed at 10 pounds. Buckinghamshire Certificate of Musters in 1535 in the book March Buried includes a Barnard Pitkyn. Henry (1522), John (1522), William, and Richard Pitkyn (an archer), Robert Petkyn (1522), and Thomas Pytkyn (a bow, 1535) also appear in these musters. Early Pitkin baptisms in Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England (prior to 1630). The occurrence of given names William, Jane, Joan, Francis, Robert, Alice, Sara, and John are echoed in the Berkhamsted line of Pitkins. Berkhamsted and Ivinghoe are seven and a half miles apart. Barnard Pitkyn on May 14, 1564. Early Pitkin baptisms (prior to 1630) near Ivinghoe and Berkhamsted: Thomas Pitkin on Jan 14, 1541 in Granborough (17 miles from Ivinghoe)
Barnard Pitkins married Elizabeth Turney on May 4, 1517 in Wing
Robert Pitkin on March 27, 1585 in Chesham Children were: William Pitkin MP, Francis Pitkin. Willis Pitkin was born on 1 June 1856. He died on 1 October 1864 at the age of 8. Parents: Lucius M. Pitkin and Sarah B. Shepard. Zoe Mckenna Isabella Pitkin was born (date unknown). Parents: Bryan Paul Pitkin and Karen Schilpp. Charles H. Pittenger was born on 6 July 1862 in Milford, Michigan. He died on 3 January 1941 at the age of 78 in Milford, Michigan. Spouse: Abigail Lucretia Steele. Abigail Lucretia Steele and Charles H. Pittenger were married in 1887 in Milford, Michigan. Children were: Roy Steele Pittenger. Roy Steele Pittenger was born on 31 December 1893 in Milford, Michigan. He died on 16 April 1985 at the age of 91 in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Parents: Charles H. Pittenger and Abigail Lucretia Steele. Hannah Plaistead was born (date unknown). Spouse: Ezra Hackett. Hannah Plaistead and Ezra Hackett were married. Children were: Susannah Hackett. ![]() Spouse: Blanche d'Artois. Blanche d'Artois and Edmund Plantagenet Earl of Leicester were married before 3 February 1276. Children were: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Lancaster. |