Moses Pitman

Brief Life History of Moses

When Moses Pitman was born about 1740, in Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States, his father, Benjamin Pittman, was 33 and his mother, Fortune Ann Foster, was 32. He died after 24 March 1759, in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Pittman
1708–1756
Fortune Ann Foster
1709–1763
Jennet Faulk
1734–
Mary Sarratt Pittman
1734–1780
Sampson Pittman
1736–
Moses Pitman
1740–1759
Fortune PITTMAN
1744–
Jacob Pitman
1745–1779
Jemima Pittman
1754–
Patience Pittman
1737–1820
Olive Pittman
1742–
Celia Pittman
1746–
Abigail Pittman
1749–1755
Micajah Pittman
1750–1834
Lucy Pittman
1750–

Sources (2)

  • Benjamin Pitman will - 1755, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
  • Will abstract of Benjamin Pitman. Edgecomb County, NC Will Book SS, 880/154. 23 Aug 1755.

World Events (1)

1758 · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

Name Meaning

English (mainly southwestern): nickname from Middle English pit, pit(t)e, put(te) ‘hollow, pit’ + man, signifying one who lived or worked at such a location. See Pitt .

Americanized form of German Pitmann: variant of Pittmann (see Pittman ).

Dutch: variant of Putman 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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