Col. Joseph Pitkin

Male 1696 - 1762  (66 years)


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  1. 1.  Col. Joseph Pitkin was born on 26 May 1696 in East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 3 Nov 1762 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; was buried after 3 Nov 1762 in Center Cemetery, East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

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    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 64819838

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    From FindaGrave:

    The son of William and Elizabeth (Stanley) Pitkin, he was Captain of the 3rd Co. of militia on the east side in 1738 and Colonel of the first regiment in 1751, a representative to the General Assembly for many years, Justice of the Peace in 1726. He was deacon of the Third Church of Harford until his death.

    He was married three times:
    (1) Mary Lord on Feb. 20, 1724 in Hartford. She was the mother of his eight children: Mary Lord Pitkin b. Dec. 9, 1727, Joseph Pitkin b. 1729, Abigail Pitkin b. 1730, Elisha Pitkin b. March 9, 1733, Stephen Pitkin b. 1734, Jerusha Pitkin b. Jan. 21, 1736, Richard Pitkin b. March 15, 1739, Elizabeth Pitkin b. Sept. 1, 1740.

    (2) Eunice Chester

    (3) Eunice Hall in 1751 in Wallingford, CT.

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64819838

    Joseph married Eunice Hall in 1751 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Eunice (daughter of Capt. John Hall and Mary Lyman) was born on 7 Mar 1699/00 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut; died on 3 Jun 1774 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; was buried after 3 Jun 1774 in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]