When Essex Pitt was christened in 1682, in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas “Diamond” Pitt, was 29 and her mother, Lady Jane Innes, was 24. She married Charles Cholmondeley Esq on 22 July 1714, in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Church Minshull, Cheshire, England for about 1 years. She died on 3 March 1754, in Church Minshull, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 72, and was buried in Church Minshull, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.
English: from Middle English pytte, pitte ‘pit’, ‘hollow’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a pit or hollow, or a habitational name from a place called with this word, as for example Pitt in Hampshire.
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