Sophia Pitney

1. Name: Sophia PITNEY
2. Name: GUEST
3. Sex: F
4. Change Date: 15 APR 2008
5. Birth: 1745 in Roxbury, NJ 1 2
6. Note:

   Probably the John Guess who appears in the census of 1778-80 in Morris

   Township. Family tradition says that John Guest was a soldier in the

   Revolution but this is not documented. He may also have served in George

   Washington's army at Morristown during 1777-80 1

1. Note:

   Sophia was the niece of Elizabeth Pitney who was married to Caleb Swazey

   Sr., making Caleb Jr. her cousin.

Father: Samuel PITNEY b: 09 MAR 1718 in Woodbridge, NJ

Mother: Sophia (Surviah) DRAKE

Marriage 1 John Jacob GUEST b: BET 07 JAN 1738 AND 1739 in Morris County, NJ

   * Married: 

Children

  1. Sophia GUEST

  2. Nathaniel GUEST

  3. Isaac GUEST

  4. Jacob G. GUEST b: 1772 in Morris Co., NJ

  5. Abigail GUEST b: 06 OCT 1778

  6. Richard GUEST b: ABT 1780

  7. Pitney GUEST b: 19 SEP 1783 in East Sparta, OH or NJ. married Catherine MILLER

on 9 Mar 1805, Pitney d. 9 Aug 1856,

Catherine d. 29 Jan 1874; Their son

Jesse GUEST b 20 Jul 1808, married

Margaret RICHARDS on 6 Nov 1828; Jesse

d. 2 May 1841, Margaret d. 6 Sept 1869;

Their daughter was Caroline GUEST

b 10 Nov 1835, died 5 Dec 1865 married to

John DOWNES on 14 Oct 1856.

  8. William GUEST b: ABT 1788

Sources:

  1. Title: Gest-Guest Quarterly

     Abbrev: Gest-Guest Quarterly

     Publication: 10047 Ella Lee Lane, Houston, TX 77042

     Page: Vol. 3, #22, Fall 2005 by Avery Guest and Niel Gest

  2. Title: WorldConnect at ancestry.com

     Abbrev: WorldConnect at ancestry.com

     Page: Pitney and many connected families

     Jim Pitney jpitney@member.afa.org

     lists church records from 1st Presbyterian Church in Mendham, NJ 

The Pitney Surname

Pitney Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a place in Somerset, named with the Old English personal name Pytta or Peota (genitive Pyttan, Peotan) + eg ‘island’, ‘dry ground in marsh’

source: http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Pitney-family-history.ashx

Sophia's daughter, also Sophia Pitney, married John Guest. Their son

Jacob

Guest, who married Irene Colver, had a daughter named Jemima who married

my

direct Drake ancestor, John Drake.

--George Drake

This thread:

   * Sophia Drake daughter of Abraham & Deliverance Drake? by "George Drake & Alix Williams" <georgenalix@elltel.net>

         o Re: [DRAKE] Sophia Drake daughter of Abraham & Deliverance Drake? by "Bea McManis" <bmcmanis@rochester.rr.com>

               + Re: [DRAKE] Sophia Drake daughter of Abraham & Deliverance Drake? by <sscotty@cox.net>

         o RE: [DRAKE] Sophia Drake daughter of Abraham & Deliverance Drake? by "Ducky Drake" <ducky@duckydrake.com>

               + RE: [DRAKE] Sophia Drake daughter of Abraham & Deliverance Drake? by "George Drake & Alix Williams" <georgenalix@elltel.net>

               + RE: [DRAKE] Sophia, Surviah, Zerviah by "George Drake & Alix Williams" <georgenalix@elltel.net>

                     #

                       RE: [DRAKE] Sophia, Surviah, Zerviah by "Ducky Drake" <ducky@duckydrake.com>

From: "Ducky Drake" <ducky@duckydrake.com>

Subject: RE: [DRAKE] Sophia, Surviah, Zerviah

Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:34:57 -0700

In-Reply-To: <000001c5d292$b3379670$9d8b900c@Urthona>