Brief Life History of Gideon
When Gideon Pitts Jr. was born in 1807, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Gideon Pitts, was 41 and his mother, Lorinda Hubbard, was 27. He married Jane Wells on 5 December 1836, in Honeoye, Richmond, Ontario, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Richmond, Ontario, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died on 18 June 1888, in Honeoye, Richmond, Ontario, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Honeoye, Richmond, Ontario, New York, United States.
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- Gideon Pitts, "United States Census, 1840"
- Gideon Pitts, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Unknown in entry for Helen Pitts Douglass, "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Pitt , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: topographic name for one who lived by pits or hollows, from the plural of Middle English pitt.
Americanized form of German Pitz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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