John Witt, III

Not the husband of Elizabeth Witt

11.  JOHN4 WITT III (JOHN3, JOHN2, ROBERT1 WHYTT/WITT) was born 1693 in Charles City County, Virginia, and died 1779 in Halifax, Virginia.  

• Parents: John Witt II (c1675? – by1751) & Ann Rogers OR a postulated first wife [1] 

married 

1. about 1723 in Virginia to ELIZABETH  PARRISH (?)  [2]

          Children of JOHN WITT and ELIZABETH are:

1. JOHN5 WITT IV.
2.  MARY WITT.
3.  HANNAH WITT, d. Aft. 1805, Georgia.
4. JUDAH WITT, m. JOHN MATLOCK, November 22, 1756, Goochland County, Virginia.
5. JESSE WITT, d. 1807, Henry County, Virginia.
6. CHARLES C. WITT, b. 1712, Henry County, Virginia; d. January 20, 1791, Halifax, Virginia.
7. DAVID WITT, b. 1725, Charles City County, Virginia; d. 1808, Henry County, Virginia.
8. ELIZABETH WITT, d. 1810.

Notes

1.  H-W Bulletin v 8 no 1. His wife is sometimes thought to be Lavinia but the daughter of John and Elizabeth Rogers of Charles City Co, Ann Whitt, is available and so coopted- Wills and Deeds 1725-31, p 298. Wills and Deeds, p 298, 1725-1731 shows the will of John Rogers naming his daughter Anne, the wife of John Witt.(Actually, from Cahrels city Co VA Wills and Deeds, 1984, Weisiger p 40 shows "to daughter Ann Whitt, wife of John Whitt, livestock and items". (The Bates Family of Old Virginia (BFOOV))
2.  John Witt’s wife is unidentified. His wife Elizabeth was alive in 1751 but she appears in no record thereafter. The fact that she used “P” as her mark leads to speculation that her maiden name might have begun with that letter (unless it was the Latin “R”). A favored candidate of some researchers is Humphrey Parrish, who signed with a “HP” mark, but there is no persuasive evidence of her maiden name. (Bob's Filing Cabinet)  

  Links

•  http://www.hctgs.org/Families/witt_robert.htm
•   http://www.genfiles.com/Witt/John_Witt_III.htm
•  http://www.bfoov.org/ped/2055/gp4125.htm#head3

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