Henry Pitts

HENRY PITTS / 1687 - 1764

The fourth of eight children born to Samuel Pitts / 1655 - 1696 and Sarah (Bobet) Pitts / 1658 - ???? Henry Pitts was born on July 13, 1687 in Taunton, Massachusetts.

Per "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695 - 1910", Henry Pitts married "Hanah" (Ann) Carey (1696 - 1735) on July 3, 1714 in Dighton, MA............Henry and Ann (Carey) Pitts were parents to seven children -- 1.) Mary Pitts / born April 15, 1715 in Dighton, MA, 2.) Henry Pitts, Jr. -- born December 1, 1716 in Dighton, MA, 3.) Samuel Pitts / born August 14, 1720 in Dighton, MA, 4.) Joshua Pitts / born 1721 in Dighton, MA, 5.) Ann Pitts / born Feb. 10, 1723 or 1724 in Dighton, MA, 6.) Elizabeth Pitts / born Feb. 10, 1725 in Dighton, MA, and 7.) Ruth Pitts / born 1728 in Dighton, MA.

Ann (Carey) Pitts passed away, aged 38, at an indeterminate date in the first half of 1735. Per "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695 - 1910", the 47 year old widower Henry Pitts married 40 year old Hannah Dillingham of Raynham (Bristol County), Massachusetts on July 4, 1735 in Dighton, Massachusetts.

Henry Pitts passed away, aged 77, on November 28, 1764 in Dighton, Massachusetts. Henry Pitts is interred at the Unitarian Church Cemetery in Dighton, Massachusetts. Additionally interred at the Unitarian Church Cemetery are -- 1.) first wife Anne (Carey) Pitts / 1696 - 1735, 2.) daughter Elizabeth (Pitts) Phillips / 1725 - 1765, and 3.) son in law Joshua Phillips / 1722 - 1790.

Interment data per Find A Grave Memorial #78308159 / Created October 13, 2011 by Steven E. Flowers