Peter Pitts

Peter was born about 1626 in England. He died in 1692.

General Notes
- Peter Pitts was born in England in about 1626/7. He married in about 1655 after he had arrived in the Plymouth Colony to Mary Andrews Hodges, the daughter of Henry and Mary Andrews of Taunton and the widow of William Hodges who died April 2, 1654.
  
  In 1643, Peter was able to bear arms for Taunton and was a grand jury member there in 1655, the same year he signed an agreement with Mary binding him to maintain (her) two children until they come to the age of fifteen or sixteen years. He was a shareholder in the Taunton Iron Works. On June 3, 1656, Timothy Halway of Taunton was presented to the Court and admonished for threatening to strike Peter Pitts with a pitchfork, saying that he did not care if he were hanged for it. On June 3, 1668, an Indian named Powas complained that Peter Pitts took away his gun in a dispute about Powas digging some ground for Pitts. The Court ordered Powas to dig up about 20 rods of ground following which Peter must return the gun. Peter died in 1692, his inventory including household goods, wearing cloths, flax comb and wheel, farm tools, sheep, oxen, steer, swine, leather, hemp, wool, and a cowbell as well as his real estate.
  
  Apparently Alice Paine of Rehoboth, wife of Stephen, was a relative, for her will of 1672 mentions Peter Pitts, Jr., of Taunton as her cousin and includes his children. Also in the Plymouth Colony records is mention of Edith Pitts who was in 1636/7 a servant to Samuel Jackson of Scituate and was to appear in court as a witness against John Emerson who had been accused of abusing her. The Pitts name is sometimes misrecorded as Pitt in the records of the colonies. A recommended source I could not obtain was SOME DESCENDANTS OF PETER PITTS OF TAUNTON, MASS.

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