Thomas Pitman, V

Died on board the ship from Tortola Island in the Bahamas

Best sourced reference on these lines: http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vaschsm/PitmanT.rtf - only has this Thomas married to wife Anne, not to Hannah Fielding.

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LWT recorded Feb 1755 Edgecombe County, North Carolina

In The name of god, Amen, The fourth day of april 1754 , I Thomas Pitman 5Th.of North Carolina being bery Sick & weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, Thanks be given unto god: Therefore ---- mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for man once to die, do make & ordain this my last will & Testament That is to Say, principally & first of all, I give & Recommend by Soul unto the hands of almighty god that gave it, & my body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the (discretion) of my Executor, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall Receive the Same again by the mighty power of god --- ---- such worldly Estate wherewith it hat pleased got to bless me in this life I give devise & dispose of the Same in the following manner & form~ Imprimis; I lend my negro fellow Will & the third part of my Estate to my loving wife Anne Pitman during her life & likewise I devise my loving wife may --- posses my plantation whereon I now live during her life & after her Decease ---- the Said plantation to my Son Lot Pitman being that ----- -------- ----------- Twenty acres The land I hold on Tar River I desire may be Equally divided among Seven Other sons at the Discretion of my Executors viz: my brother Robert Pitman & my son Thos Pitman & my brother Ambrose Pitman, & I give my two Daughters Thirty pounds virginia money to paid out of my Estate that is fifteen pounds to Each, & the rest of my Estate is to be Equally divided among my eight sons and my loving wife, & at my wifes deceas what I lend her to be equally divided amongst my Said Eight sons; And I do hereby utterly disallow, Revoke & disanul all and every other former Testaments, wills, legacies & bequests & Executors by me anyways before named & bequeathed; Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last will & Testament, in witness whereof I have here unto Set my hand & seal the day & year above written; Signed, Sealed, published, pronounced & declared by the Said Thomas Pitman as his last will & Testament in presence of us the Subscribers John Hopkins jurat Thomas Pitman 5Th.(seal) Ambrose Pittman jurat John ( Spark or Fort ) jurat Robt & Thos Extrs, Equally LWT recorded Feb 1755 Edgecombe Co NC

Thomas 3Rd. second wife, Mary CHAMBERS HOLLIMAN ( b ca 1675 d ca 1710 was the only daughter of William CHAMBERS (d ca 1679 Surry County, VA) whose wife, Margery (maiden name unknown) JARRETT CHAMBERS, was still alive when he wrote his will. Mary had a brother named William CHAMBERS, and half-siblings named Charles JARRETT and Elizabeth JARRETT. Her mother's first husband had been Richard JARRETT who died in 1672 in Surry County, Virginia Mary CHAMBERS was married to William HALLIMAN while she was still under the guardianship of her brother William, so she was very young at the time of her first marriage. In 1704, William HALLIMAN’s estate was settled in Surry County. Mary (Marie) was called "widow of William HALLIMAN” in court on 2 Jan 1704 Surry County, Virginia She had at least one son, William HOLLYMAN. Thomas PITTMAN Jr. had intermarried with Mary widow of William HOLLEMAN by 1706. She was aged 35-43 at that time -- clearly, she was not the mother of Thomas Jr.’s many children. But she might have had one or two of them... Which ones?

In Surry County Court, Nov 1706, Mary is described as "the relict and Adtrix. of William HALLIMAN who married Thomas PITTMAN Jr.” It cannot be determined from presently available records whether or not Mary was the mother of any of Thomas PITTMAN 3Rd. children, though it appears they were probably married for about five years.

In his book The Hollyman Family, A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Descendants of Christopher Hollyman of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1691, and Related Families, Holleman, Holloman, Holliman, Holoman, Hollomon (written about 1952), Mr. George A. Holleman attempts to identify the husband of Mary CHAMBERS. He says that she was married to William HOLLYMAN (1661-1704), son of Christopher d 1691, and that Mary was the mother of five children. He gives her a son named Thomas T. HOLLYMAN born about 1675, died about 1761, and says that Thomas was William’s second son -- making William 14 years old when his second child was born. Careful analysis of the dates will reveal that Mr. Holleman has chosen the wrong William HOLLYMAN as the husband of Mary CHAMBERS. Going back to the evidence about the family of Mary CHAMBERS HOLLEMAN PITTMAN we find that: Richard JARRETT, Margery’s first husband, was still alive in 1671. (Margery’s maiden name is so far unknown to us.) In 1672, Margery has already remarried, and is executing her dec’d first husband’s estate as Margery CHAMBERS. In 1677, William CHAMBERS’ nuncupative (oral) last will & testament is recorded, names “wife” (this was Margery, named administratrix), step-son Charles JARRETT, and his “two children.” Also in 1677, William CHAMBERS Jr. chooses his own guardian. (I think a boy had to be 14 years of age or older to do that ... so that means William CHAMBERS Jr. was born at least 14 years before 1677 -- in or before 1663. Margaret LEE in Smithfield thinks he might have had to be age 18 -- so he might have been born as early as 1659.) In 1681, William CHAMBERS Jr. “being of full age” asked the court for his inheritance and the guardianship of his sister, Mary, still a minor in 1681. If “full age” is 21 years old, then he was born about 1659, and Margery JARRETT CHAMBERS is his step-mother.

In early 1687, Mary CHAMBERS married William HOLLEMAN. In May 1687, Mr. HOLLEMAN petitioned the court for her inheritance to be released to him, which indicates that she was still under-age when she married. If Mary was Margery’s daughter, then she would have been born between 1671 and 1677, and that makes her a maximum age of 16 years old at the time of her marriage to William HOLLEMAN. So now it seems probable that Margery is also Mary’s step-mother. Since a girl was of “full age” at age 18 she could have been born as early as 1663. But no earlier.

In 1704, William HOLLEMAN died. That means he and Mary were married to each other for 17 years -- plenty of time to have several children, but Mary could not have HOLLEMAN children older than age 17 at the time of William’ s death.

Ten years later, Thomas PITMAN Jr. and his ( third ) wife Elizabeth Lancaster deeded 125 acres of land to "step-son" William HOLLYMAN 16 Jan 1714, in Surry County, Virginia Robert Lancaster , the father of Thomas 4Th. wife Elizabeth, of Upper Parish, on the Blackwater, Isle of Wight County, wrote a will dated 28 Apr 1720, which was recorded 23 May 1720. In his will he named his daughter Elizabeth PITTMAN, his son-in-law Thomas PITTMAN, and his grandchildren Samuel, Lettis and Ann PITTMAN. This document indicates that Elizabeth was the mother of these three children of Thomas PITMAN, Jr. Elizabeth's son Samuel must have been born about 1710, since he seems to have been a legal adult when his father’s will was written in 1730. A subsequent document indicates two more children of Elizabeth. After the death of Thomas PITMAN, 4Th., Robert Lancaster , Jr., Elizabeth Lancaster PITTMAN’s brother, made the following deposition in Isle of Wight County, VA: These are to inform the Worp. Court that I the Subscriber heard the Thomas PITMAN say seven Months after his Sickness that he made his Will and told me that he had given to his Son Thomas PITMAN his Entery of Land lying up the Creek, To his son Samuel PITMAN the Plantation whereon his brother lived, To his Son Robert PITMAN a parcel of Land lying over the ------ Branch , To his Son Ambrose PITMAN a parcel lying between his son Thomas and his Son Samuel, To his son John and his son Arthur a piece lying up the Meadow Branch to be divided between them and to his two youngest Sons Sampson and Joseph he had given a Plantation whereon he lived to be divided between them when they come of Age, and to his six Daughters he had given Five Pounds a piece; and that he did believe he should not alter what he had done. (Sd.) Robt. Lancaster At a Court held for the Isle of Wight County the 28 day of September 1730 The above deposition was presented and being duly proved in Court was Admitted to record. Test. James INGLES, Clk. Court

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