Updated April 15, 2013

 

Pitts

 

Group 1

 

Younger Pitts was born about 1758 in Virginia and married Susannah Elliott. His son, Pitman, was born about 1784 in Virginia and married Mary C Andrews on Sept 7, 1811 in Granville County, North Carolina. Mary was born about 1792 in Virginia. They had three children in Virginia: Elizabeth Ann, Younger, and Benjamin Franklin. With the outbreak of war with England, President Madison called up the state militia, and Pitman Pitts was drafted in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, just across the border from where they were married. He was mustered near Norfolk Virginia on about May 15, 1814 and Pitman served as an Ensign in the Company of Riflemen of Capt. Ralph Hubbard, attached to the 5 Regiment of the Virginia Militia. In December of 1814 the Treaty of Ghent was signed in Belgium and Pitman Pitts was honorably discharged at Fort Nelson near Norfolk Virginia. The family migrated through Kentucky to Madison County, Alabama and probably traveled along the Wilderness Road in Western Virginia which Daniel Boone had blazed through the Cumberland Gap in 1774. They may have come through Montgomery County, Kentucky, as Pitman had two war land grants there. The family bible was lost somewhere along this route between Kentucky and Alabama. We know that they were in Madison County, Alabama, by 1825 and they had four more children in Madison County Alabama (Susan Ware, William Charles, Mary Lenora, and John P. S. Pitts). Between 1841 and 1851 some of the family moved to Tishomingo County Mississippi and Washington County Arkansas, while some stayed in Madison County Alabama. We have accounted for over 1,200 descendants of Pitman Pitts and Mary C Andrews Pitts. Many descendants of these families live in the northeast Mississippi area. Others have been traced to Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Oregon, California, Washington, Arizona, Virginia and many other states. However, very few descendants have been found for the line of Younger Pitts (b. 1812 Virginia, son of Pitman).

 

  • Younger Pitts, b c1758, d 1820 Virginia, m Susannah Elliott
    • Pitman, b 1784 VA, d Jan 14, 1855 Tishomingo Co., MS, m Mary Ann Andrews (or Mary C. (Polly) Andrews)
      • Benjamin Franklin, b Jan 17, 1816 VA, d March 6, 1894 Prentiss Co., MS, m Sally Sarah Hazel
        • Robert Henry, b Sept 1, 1841, Tishomingo Co MS, d Nov 2, 1926 Indiahoma, Okla, m Phoebe La Vona Dillard, 1864, GA
          • Nathaniel Thomas, b March 29, 1878, Prentiss Co MS, d Jan 19, 1964 Snyder, Okla,  m Rosa Elizabeth Wright
            • Sidney Albert, b Aug 1, 1901, Cooper, Delta Co TX, d Nov 23, 1997, Woodward, Okla, m Alma Imogene P-1, FF-5, FF-4
        • William Pleasant Pitts, b May 27, 1849, MS, m Georgia Ann Colvard
          • Charity Pitts, b Feb 24, 1873 Sebastian Co., AR, m Joe Rush
            • Coy Joe Rush Sr, b Dec 14, 1913 Paris, Logan Co., AR, m Teresa Leding FF-18
      • William Charles, b Mar 6, 1826 Madison Co, AL m Apphia Fauntleroy Carter
        • John Thomas, b Mar 8, 1860, Boonville, MS m Ella Paden b Dec 11, 1861
          • Robert Hugh, Apr 12, 1899 Milan, TN m Agnes Vera Caldwel, b July 23, 1898 Davenport, Red River Co., TX  P-2, FF-2
      • Younger, b Mar 6, 1812, VA, d Mar 27, 1885, near Baldwyn, Lee Co., MS, m Louisa E Barnes
        • Robert Allen, b Dec 26, 1870, MS, d July 12, 1943 Giddings, Lee Co, TX, m Rosa Tipton
          • Maurice Allen, b April 2, 1919, TX, d May 11, 1977 Temple, Bell Co., TX m Esther Clara Maria Proske P-63
      • Mary Lenora (Mollie), b Oct 21, 1827 Madison Co., AL., d Feb 13, 1913 Saltillo, Lee Co., MS, m Calvin Clark Rice
        • Mary Henrietta Rice, b Dec 17, 1855 Saltillo, Lee Co., MS, d Feb 25, 1941 Saltillo, Lee Co., MS, m Wiley Jackson Cole
          • Inez Lenora Cole, b Feb 7, 1875 Saltillo, Lee Co., MS, d Dec 19, 1948 Memphis, Shelby Co., TN m T Halbert Holloway
            • Nell Elizabeth Holloway, b Feb 17, 1907 Tupelo, Lee Co., MS, d Nov 5, 2002, Roanoke, Roanoke Co., VA, m Bernard Simeon Ogle FF-11

 

Group 2 (Group 2a and Group 2b share the same DNA)

 

Group 2a

 

During the mid 1700s four brothers migrated from Isle of Wight Co, Virginia, to Newberry Co, South Carolina. These brothers were Henry, Charles, William, and Daniel. In the early 1800s many descendants of this family migrated to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, and Mississippi, and from there moved on to Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and many other states. Much research has been done on this family of Pitts. Books have been written tracing this family back to England and beyond but there are disagreements between researchers, therefore, the information will vary depending on which book one reads. I have chosen Charles Pitt, born abt 1677 as the earliest known ancestor because most published genealogies that I have seen agree on this information, although dates may vary somewhat. Charles Pitt was born about 1677 in Isle of Wight Co, Virginia. Some published genealogies have the date of 1667. He was the son of Henry Pitt and Mary Galloway. Charles married Sarah Ann Hardy, daughter of George Hardy and Mary Jackson. Charles died in 1751 at Surrey, Virginia. His son, Joseph Pitt, was born 1700 in Isle of Wight, Virginia, and he married Nancy Slaughter. Joseph died in Virginia in 1789. It is generally accepted that Charles, William, Daniel, and Henry were all sons of Joseph Pitt. The spelling changed from Pitt to Pitts with this generation. Research says that the Newberry, South Carolina, Pitts were brothers, uncles, and cousins, however, there was another Henry Pitts in Newberry about the same age as Henry, Sr, son of Joseph Pitt. I have found no information substantiating that these two Henry Pitts were related. The families intermarried and many of the same names are found in both, making research difficult. Mark Pitts, of Lincoln Co., Tennessee, Can be traced back to Henry, Sr, as he is named in Henry’s will. The common ancestor for Group 2 could be Joseph Pitt but at this time we believe it will be Charles.

 

  • Charles Pitt, b c1677 Isle of Wight Co, VA, d 1751 Surry Co, VA m Sarah Ann Hardy b 1677
    • Joseph Pitt, b 1700 Surry Co, VA, d 1789 Isle of Wight Co, VA m Nancy Slaughter
      • Henry Pitts, Sr, b Nov 1, 1725 Isle of Wight Co, VA d 1803 Newberry Co, SC m Hannah Collier, b 1727 VA, d 1808 Newberry Co, SC
        • Mark Pitts, Sr, b Apr 1757 Newberry Co, SC d abt 1825 Lincoln Co, TN m Suzannah Hembree, b abt 1760 SC, d aft 1840 Lincoln Co. TN
          • James Pitts, b Aug 29, 1784 Pendleton Dist, SC, d May 23, 1862 Lincoln Co, TN m Rachael Young b Sept 8, 1792 SC d Apr 10, 1867 Lincoln Co, TN
            • Henry Porter Pitts, b Sept 2, 1814, Pendleton Dist, SC d July 2, 1869 Lincoln Co, TN m Rebecca Rutledge b June 21, 1816 Surry Co, NC d Nov 11, 1856 Lincoln Co, TN
              • William Alfred Pitts, b May 2, 1848 Lincoln Co, TN d June 18, 1915 Bedford Co, TN m Martha Jane Brown b Oct 25, 1847 Lincoln Co, TN d Jan 2, 1930
                • William Aaron Pitts, b Apr 19, 1892 Lincoln Co, TN d Mar 1, 1959 Bedford Co, TN m Leona Mai Austin b Sept 1, 1894 Jackson Co, AL d June 14, 1989 Coffee Co, TN
                  • James Roscoe Pitts, b Jan 28, 1920 Lincoln Co, TN d Oct 4, 2003 Lincoln Co, TN P-10
              • James Jackson Pitts, b Dec 6, 1838 Lincoln Co TN m Martha Jane Albright
                • Wiley Washington Pitts, b Apr 30, 1878 Buckeye, Lincoln Co TN m Mattie Belle Price
                  • Luther Keys Pitts, b Nov 2, 1903 Erick, OK m Florene Bucy P-28
        • Henry Pitts, Jr, b June 14, 1759, Newberry Co, SC d Jan 15, 1847 Laurens Co, SC m Elizabeth Anderson, b May 21, 1761, Newberry Co, SC d Mar 3, 1842 Laurens Co, SC
          • Henry Pitts III, Oct 1, 1792 Laurens Co, SC d Mar 13, 1861 Laurens Co, SC m Mary Hitch, b Oct 10, 1794 Somerset Co, MD, d Nov 3, 1863 Laurens Co, SC
            • Edwin Leroy Pitts, b Dec 11, 1818 Laurens Co, SC d Dec 18, 1882 Laurens Co, SC m Catherine Harris Boyd, b Jan 21, 1824 Laurens Co, SC d Dec 18, 1882
              • William Henry Pitts, b Feb 13, 1849 Laurens Co, SC d Jan 31, 1923 Laurens Co, SC, m Nancy Elizabeth Murff, b Dec 29, 1852, Laurens Co, SC d Oct 30, 1882, Laurens Co, SC
                • Henry Lee Pitts, b Aug 3, 1876 Laurens Co, SC d June 21, 1932 Laurens Co, SC m Mary Emma Eugenia Caldwell, b Dec 13, 1875, d Feb 6, 1943 Laurens Co, SC
                  • Claude Mills Pitts, b Feb 4, 1918 Mountville, SC, d Mar 19, 1987 Forest Park, GA, m Maria Schutz, b June 8, 1923 Hirschberg, Bavaria, Germany, d Aug 25, 2001, Decatur, GA P-39
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  • Joel Pitts, b c1796, d 1867, Pickens Co, SC, m Charlotte
    • William C. Pitts, b 1836, SC, d c1896, Oconee Co, SC m Rachel Youngblood
      • David N Pitts, b 1858, Pickens Co., SC, d 1950, Stephens Co, GA m Salina Long
      • Nettie Frances Pitts, b 1866, Oconee Co SC
      • Joel Thomas Pitts, b 1867 Oconee Co, SC, d 1937 Habersham Co, GA, m Delie McEntyre
      • Robert Hill Pitts I, b 1868, Oconee Co, SC, d 1944, Columbia Co, FL, m Mary Alexander P-5
      • Julius Andrew Pitts, b 1871 Oconee Co, SC, d 1945, Habersham Co, GA m Sarepta Southerland
      • Lugenia Pitts, b 1873 Oconee Co, SC
      • Clifton Pitts, b 1875 Oconee Co, SC
      • Sarah Elizabeth Pitts, b 1877, Texas, d 1939 Oconee Co, SC m John D Hudson
    • Charles Pitts, b c1824 Oconee Co, SC m Artelissa Stubblefield
      • Joseph D Pitts, b Mar 1853 d June 28, 1933 m Ruth Fannie Lyles
        • Edward Walter Pitts, b Oct 11, 1878 d Mar 28, 1935 m Ethyl Wall
          • Fred James Pitts, b May 11, 1917 d Sept 12, 1996 m Estell Burton P-29

 

 

  • Joseph Pitts, b c1800 SC, m Mary Barnett, b c1800 SC
    • William Barnett Pitts b, 1823 m Mary Ann Walker b 1824 [see Walker DNA grp 2]
      • William Newton Pitts, b 1844 Limestone Co, AL, m 1. Isabelle Ann Williams, m 2. Mary Tennessee Coffman
        • William Alfred Pitts, b 1866 Limestone Co, AL, m Susan Leana Joyner
          • Alphy Edgar Pitts, b Nov 2, 1902 Red River Co, TX, m Molie Cowser b May 31, 1906 Hopkins Co, TX P-3
      • George W Pitts, b 1845 Limestone Co AL, d Apr 3, 1899 Giles Co, TN, m Mary E Coffman, b Nov 5, 1852 Giles Co, TN, d Oct 5, 1892
      • John Lovell Pitts, b Mar 9, 1850, Bethel, Giles Co, TN, d 1934 Limestone Co, AL, m Sarah L Coffman, b July 15, 1850, Limestone Co, AL, d 1913, Limestone Co, AL
        • John William Pitts, b July 26, 1875 Giles Co., TN, d Oct 10, 1945, Rogersville, Lauderdale Co, AL, m Louisa Jane Sides, b June 19, 1879, Limestone Co, AL, d Aug 17, 1937 Limestone Co, AL
          • Willie Alma Pitts, b Oct 14, 1896, Limestone Co, AL, d Dec 2, 1943, Limestone Co, AL, m William Franklin Adams, b Jan 20, 1884 Limestone Co, AL, d Dec 6, 1968, Limestone Co, AL
            • Ottie L Adams, b 1918, Limestone Co, AL, d 2004 FL m Dallas Moore, b 1912, Limestone Co, AL, d 1981 FL FF-1
          • Eula Mae “Vona” Pitts, b 1913, Limestone Co., AL, d 1991, m John Wesley Eubanks, Sr, b 1881, d 1971 AL FF-12
        • James Robert Pitts, b 1870 Giles Co., TN, d 1938, Limestone Co., AL m Mary Francis McGill, b 1871, TN, d 1939 Limestone Co., AL
          • Rufus Daniel Pitts, b July 26, 1910, m Hetty Mae Sudduth P-86
      • James Hamilton Pitts, b July 9, 1848 Limestone Co., AL, d Oct 22, 1900, Limestone Co., AL, m Susan Legg, b Sept 10, 1848, Limestone Co., AL, d June 16, 1938, Johnson Co., TX
        • Fletcher Pitts, b Jan 13, 1877, Limestone Co., AL, d Mar 9, 1854, Limestone Co., AL, m Lizzie Etta Adams, b Dec 29, 1988, Limestone Co., AL, d Nov 10, 1971
          • Louis Weldon Pitts, b 1925, d 2011 FF-17
      • David Pleasant Pitts, b 1854 Limestone Co, AL, d abt 1901 Clifton, Wayne Co, TN, m 2nd Sarah E McCann
        • Dora Adeline Pitts, b Mar 7, 1883 Selmer, McNairy Co., TN, d Oct 29, 1959, Rockcastle, Trigg Co., KY, m George L Henry, b Oct 1871, Trigg Co., KY
          • Claude Clinton Henry, b June 22, 1914, Pleasant Hill, KY, d Oct 5, 1989, Murray, KY FF-23
    • Jasper Pitts, b 1832 Lauderdale Co, AL m possibly named Susan
      • John Calvin Pitts, b 1856 Limestone Co, AL, d Jan 7, 1913 Pemiscot Co, MO m 1. Eliza J Henry 2. Fannie Wheeler b Jan 19, 1882 d Dec 5, 1961 Pemiscot Co, MO
        • Preston William Pitts, b Oct 1882 d July 16, 1938 Pemiscot Co, MO m Edna Tyree
          • Ules William Pitts, b Mar 5, 1914 Pemiscot Co, MO d Dec 28, 1971 m Eva Lee Fisher Smith b Osceola AR P-24
    • Calvin M Pitts, b c1819 AL, d May 8, 1862 Burksville, MS (d in Civil War) m 1st Mary unknown b c1822 d before Nov 1859 Lauderdale Co AL, m 2nd Elvina Baugher b 1834 Lauderdale Co, AL d before 1900 in probably Giles Co, TN
      • William Calvin Pitts, b Jan 1862 Lauderdale Co, AL or maybe Giles Co TN, d Jan 22, 1951 Noble Co, OK, m Elizabeth Hannah Thigpen b Aug 1865 Lauderdale Co, AL d bet 1910-1920 Seminole Co, OK
        • Robert Calvin Pitts, b Dec 1884 TN probably Lawrence Co, d June 14, 1966 Little Rock, AR m Myrtle Sabre Clouse b May 17, 1897 TX, d Nov 13, 1934 Enid, OK P-42
        • Mattie Lee Ann Pitts, b Apr 1887, TN, d 1984 AR, m William Gilbert Herring, b 1880, d 1956 AR FF-9, FF-10

 

 

  • Abner Pitts, b unk, d May 4, 1801 Newberry Co, SC m Mary Waldrop
    • Richard Henderson Pitts, b 1788 Newberry Co, SC d Dec 2, 1829 m Hulda Pitts
      • Reuben Griffin Pitts, b Oct 14, 1826 d July 27, 1911 Laurens Co, SC m Martha Meadors
        • Enoch Lee Pitts, b Sept 29, 1862 d Feb 1, 1919 Laurens Co, SC m Nancy Ann Lovinia Adair
          • Sterling Adair Pitts, Sr, b Oct 1899, d Jan 24, 1979 Laurens Co, SC m Katie Belle Hargrove P-12
    • Caleb Pitts, b abt 1794, d 1829, Newberry Co., SC., mother was a slave owned by Caleb Pitts, name unknown
      • Martha Ann Pitts, b Apr 1825, Newberry Co., SC, d abt 1901, Sweet Home Community, Chandler, Okla, m Barney Pitts, b c1822 SC, d 1883, Collin Co., TX,  Barney was a Pitts slave and took the surname Pitts
        • Rufus Morgan Pitts, b Sept 9, 1863, Dallas Co, TX, d Aug 4, 1937, Chandler, Okla, m Vera P Beacham, b Jan 8, 1905, Center, TX, d June 9, 2002 Okla City, Okla
          • Mosezickle Ray Pitts, Sr., b Oct 22, 1936, Chandler, Okla, d Jan 14, 1973, Chandler, Okla, m Helen Janette Young FF-12

 

 

 

 

  • Isaac Pitts, b abt 1808 SC d unknown m Mildred Clore b abt 1808 Laurens Dist, SC d abt 1892 Ozark, Franklin Co, AR
    • James Henry Pitts, Sr, b July 1838 Laurens Dist, SC d maybe abt 1901 Sequoyah Co, OK m Elizabeth Louisa Hill b abt 1844 Jackson Co, AL d bet Dec 1886 & Sept 1889 Sequoyah Co, OK
      • John Rufes Pitts, b Mar 10, 1874 Bridgeport, Jackson Co, AL d Jan 1, 1943 Peoria, Maricopa Co, AZ m Magnolia Belle James b Oct 1878 AR, d bet 1930-1935 Caddo Co, OK
        • James Thelbert Pitts, b Oct 12, 1899 Sallisaw, Sequoyah Co, OK d Oct 7, 1981 Albany, Linn Co, OR m Stella Lee Hart b June 25, 1903, Texanna, McIntosh Co, OK d Aug 1, 1987, Albany, Linn Co, OR P-21
      • Robert D Lee Pitts, b July 26, 1871, Bridgeport, Jackson Co., AL, d Dec 2, 1952 Tulsa, OK, m Nona Mary Frances Jordan, b Oct 23, 1878, Hartman, Johnson Co., OK, d May 17, 1968, Claremore, OK
        • Robert Jewell Pitts, b Mar 7, 1903, Sallisaw, Sequoyah, OK, m Ercy Isabel Downer, b April 2, 1901, Buffalo, Kansas
          • Duard Wallace Pitts, b Jan 7, 1921, Skiatook, Tulsa Co, OK, d May 28, 2000, Auburn, Placer Co., CA, m Berniece Frances Paulson, b Mar 23, 1920, Nebraska P-56

 

 

  • Levi Pitts, b Jan 16, 1814, TN d Sept 20, 1864 Pulaski Co, AR m Elizabeth Matthews b July 15, 1816 TN d Mar 10, 1883 WashingtonCo, AR
    • John Samuel Pitts, b June 6, 1836 Overton Co, TN m Ellen Kazar Hatchett b c1845 Overton Co, TN
      • Uriah Pitts, b 1867 m Mary Meeks
        • Toy Pitts, b July 24, 1882 m Nettie Mae Hinson
          • Harley Vernon Pitts, b 1920 and Elizabeth Eaton P-16
      • Edward Levi Pitts
        • Coy Levi Pitts P-73

 

 

  • Charles C Pitts, Jr, b c1798, SC m Mary Ann Standridge, b c1794, SC
    • Elijah Andrew Pitts, Sr, b July 7, 1824 Pickens Co, SC d Jan 5, 1909 White, GA m 1. Martha E Cobb, b Dec 6, 1828 Pickens Co, SC 2. Caroline Boswell
      • John Warren Pitts, b abt 1847 Pickens Co, SC m Lydda
        • Martin Coffee Pitts, b July 16, 1867 Oconee Co, SC d Dec 22, 1955 Toccoa, Stephens Co, GA m Lucy Luna Ables, b Jan 1869, SC
          • William Leslie Pitts, b July 29, 1897, SC d Nov 17, 1972 Hall Co, GA m Flora Wilson, b Sept 18, 1897 Jackson Co, GA d July 22, 1949 Hall Co, GA P-30

 

 

  • Levi Solomon Pitts, b abt 1790 SC, d Mar 5, 1865 Wayne Co, TN m Jemima Gately b c1801 NC d abt 1865 Wayne Co, TN
    • Levi William Pitts, b 1838 Wayne Co, TN d Jan 1879 Izard Co, AR m Martha Jane Prater, b 1838 Wayne Co, TN d July 13, 1930, Gaylor, AR
      • Andrew Johnson Pitts, b Mar 22, 1875, Wayne Co, TN, d Apr 19, 1949 Fifty Six, Stone Co, AR m Mattie Lou (Emma) Fitzhugh, b May 19, 1883 Flat Rock, AR d Feb 12, 1953 Sylamore, Stone Co, AR
        • Harvey Lamuel Pitts, b Aug 22, 1905 Gaylor, AR, d Dec 25, 1997 Mountain View, Stone Co, AR m Dixie Vada Covey, b Apr 25, 1908, Mountain Home, AR d Apr 24, 1997 Batesville AR P-31

 

 

  • Martin Pitts, b c1790, SC, m Elizabeth Ray Dec 22, 1812 in Wilkes Co, GA. Marvin is believed to have been born in SC. DOB for Elizabeth is believed to be April 13, 1792
    • Stanmore Butler Pitts, b c1816, GA married 3 times. 2nd wife Mary (Polly) Jennings or Wilkins b c1818
      • Bartley Pitts, b Oct 4, 1859, GA m Martha S (Mattie) Weatherly, b Sept 27, 1861 GA
        • Elijah Aaron Pitts, b Jan 23, 1892 GA m Eva Appie Burnette, b July 28, 1892 GA P-34

 

 

  • James Pitts, b c1780 Newberry Co, SC, d c1836 Jones Co GA m Kesiah Johnston b Newberry Co, SC
    • Laban Pitts, b c1801 Newberry Co, SC d abt 1869 Cleburne Co, AL m 1. Simmedy Hamrick 2. Sarah Williams Benson 3. Caroline Hart, b c1838
      • John Montgomery Pitts, b Feb 4, 1861 Cleburne Co, AL, d Mar 3, 1905 Limestone Co, TX (son of Laban Pitts and 3rd wife Caroline) m Bernetta Elizabeth Pitts, b c1863, dtr of Elihu Pitts
        • John Clinton Pitts, b Oct 11, 1880, Tallapoosa, Haralson Co, GA m Louella
          • Douglas Montgomery Pitts, b Jan 28, 1908 Limestone Co, TX m Ellen Josephene P-35

 

 

 

 

  • John William Pitts, b May 18, 1861 Carroll Co., GA, d May 20, 1921 Carroll Co., GA, m Georgia Ann Jacobs
    • Roy Evans Pitts, b Mar 4, 1892 Carroll Co., GA, d Feb 28, 1964 Fulton Co., GA, m Winnie Amy Braswell P-65

 

 

 

 

 

  • Henry Pitts, Sr., b before 1746, d Dec 14, 1817, Newberry Co SC., wife unknown possibly Mary Dudgeon
    • John Pitts, b abt 1770, d Jan 1816, m Hannah Belton, b abt 1773, d after 1860
      • Starling Tucker Pitts, b Apr 26, 1810, Newberry Co, SC., d 1869, m Charlotte Temperance Flowers, b Oct 8, 1819, d Dec 18, 1904
        • Reuben Taylor Pitts, b July 15, 1848, Laurens Co, SC., d Dec 20, 1926, m Nancy Caroline Bolt, b April 10, 1846, d July 15, 1887
          • Cullen Lark Pitts, b Oct 23, 1879, Laurens Co, SC., d Jan 30, 1975, m Claudia Bolt, b July 4, 1881 Laurens Co, SC., d Sept 25, 1942
            • James Dunklin Pitts, b Oct 28, 1897, Laurens Co, SC., d Sept 27, 1976 Spartanburg, SC., m Ruth Agnes Woods, b Oct 29, 1901 Greenville, SC P-46
    • Henry Pitts, Jr., b abt 1787, Newberry Co., SC, d 1826, Laurens Co., SC m Penny Pitts, b unk, d bet 1812-1819 dtr of Abner Pitts & Mary Waldrop
      • Abner Pitts, b c1812, Newberry Co., SC d bet 1870-1880 Lauderdale Co., TN m Lucinda Golding b c1816 SC, d after 1880 Lauderdale Co., TN
        • Henry Thomas Pitts, b c1835 SC, m 1st Mary J Whitson, b c1840 TN, d before Jan 1866 Lauderdale Co., TN, 2nd Elizabeth Gaines b c1839 TN
          • Abner Pitts,  May 1861 Lauderdale Co., TN
            • Guy M Pitts, b Feb 27, 1887 Lauderdale Co., TN d Aug 31, 1962
              • Abner Carter Pitts P-47

 

 

  • Jesse Pitts, b c1781, SC, d after 1831, Pinson, Jefferson Co., AL, m Elizabeth
    • Eli Benson Pitts, b 1824, d Oct 30, 1864, Confederate Prison, Rock Island Arsenal, Moline, Ill, m, Ruthiann Reed, b Nov 27, 1830 Jefferson Co., AL, d June 24, 1907, Pinson, Jefferson Co., AL
      • Eli Nathaniel Pitts, b Mar 1863, Pinson, Jefferson Co., AL, d 1948 Dayton, Green Co., Oh, m Cattie King, b July 1873, Green Co., Ky, d 1949 Dayton, Oh
        • Joseph Staton Pitts, b June 14, 1907 Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL, d April 19, 2006, Marion, Ind, m1 Mattie Fae Leckie b Dec 31, 1906, Jackson, La, d Dec 27, 1929, Seward, Kansas, m2 Pearl Jackson, b Nov 6, 1901, Clay Co., Ar, d June 22, 1977, Anderson, Ind P-69

 

  • Absolem B King, b c1805 SC, d Feb 1, 1864 Gordon Co., GA m Elizabeth Martin, b Feb 13, 1816, SC, d May 17, 1902, Acworth, Cobb Co., GA
    • Jasper Admiral King, b Nov 28, 1844, Cherokee Co., GA, d Nov 1, 1921 Rome, Floyd Co., GA, m Margaret Francis Reeves b Mar 21, 1842, d June 23, 1918 Rome, Floyd Co., GA
      • Thomas Walter King, b July 15, 1873, d Dec 24, 1962 Rome, Floyd Co., GA m Mary Adeline Padgett, b July 20, 1878, d Mar 30, 1937 Rome, Floyd Co., GA
        • Thomas Dovey King, b Sept 16, 1916 Rome, Floyd Co., GA, d 1965 Immokalee, FL m Ethel Spradlin P-80

 

 

 

Group 2b

 

The DNA for this group of Pitts is an exact match to Group 2-a. I have set up a Group a and b because we do not know who the Common Ancestor would be at this time. It is believed that James Monroe Pitts was a descendant of Anthony Pitts but that connection has not yet been proven. According to family research, Anthony Pitts was born abt 1765 in Halifax Co., NC and married Nancy Ann Rawlinson. It is said that this line of Pitts descends from Robert Pitt, b 1607 England, and Martha Lear, however, the research seems to have some discrepancies, therefore, I cannot say for sure who the common ancestor is between these two lines. The line of John Pitts has been traced back to Walter Pitts of Halifax Co NC proving that the Halifax Co NC Pitts share a common ancestor with the Newberry Co SC line of Pitts.  When we can find the Common Ancestor for the two lines I will merge both A and B under one Group 2.

 

  • James Monroe Pitts, b c1829 MS m Aletha Walters b c1834
    • William Waldin Pitts, b 1854 MS d 1936 MS m Phebe Ann Wade b 1860 MS d 1938 MS
      • Alvin Davis Pitts, b 1889 MS d 1982 MS m Luveida Waltman b 1896 MS d 1935 MS
        • Fred Calvin Pitts, b 1933 MS, d 1986 RI, m Theresa Mary Powell b 1933 RI. P-45

 

 

  • Anthony Pitts, b 1765 Halifax Co, NC d 1825 Ellisville, Jones Co, MS m Nancy Ann Rawlinson, b 1770 GA d 1836 Ellisville, Jones Co, MS
    • John C Pitts, b 1800 Savannah, Effingham Co, GA d unknown Jones Co, MS m Nancy Walters, b 1805 GA, d unknown Perry Co., MS
      • James E Pitts, b abt 1826 Perry Co, MS d bet 1866-1880 MS m Martha Jane Knight b abt 1823 Perry Co, MS d 1904 MS
        • Nehemiah Pitts, b Oct 14, 1843 Perry Co MS d Oct 21, 1919 Nacogdoches Co, TX m Martha Williams or Smith b 1845 Perry Co, MS d 1878 Nacogdoches Co, TX
          • William Griffin (Bill) Pitts, b Dec 28, 1872 Nacogdoches Co, TX d Sept 5, 1958 Pasadena, Harris Co, TX m Arma Della (Della) Haney, b Dec 6, 1876 Nat Community, Nacogdoches Co, TX, d Mar 17, 1953 Pasadena, Harris Co, TX
            • I D Pitts, b June 10, 1914 Nacogdoches Co, TX d Apr 5, 1985 Nacogdoches Co, TX m Alice Rosene Mary Elizabeth Pitts, b Nov 3, 1915, d Feb 9, 2002, Nacogdoches Co, TX P-50
    • Daniel Pitts, Sr, b 1797 Effingham Co., GA, d 1894 Perry Co., MS, m Margarett Walters, b 1803 SC, d 1894 Perry Co., MS
      • Daniel Pitts, Jr, b June 3, 1845, Perry Co., MS., d Apr 6, 1937, Perry Co., MS, m Margaret Knight, b Feb 1852, Perry Co., MS, d June 12, 1922, Perry Co., MS
        • Benjamin Franklin Pitts, b Oct 19, 1877, Perry Co., MS, d June 17, 1956, Perry Co, MS, m Margarett “Sally” Knight, b Apr 13, 1877, Perry Co., MS, d Feb 24, 1955
          • William Nowell Pitts, b Oct 10, 1900, Perry Co., MS, d Apr 3, 1990, Perry Co., MS, m Alice Viola Nix, b Sept 8, 1903, Perry Co., MS, d Apr 13, 1984, Perry Co, MS P-54

 

  • Walter Pitts, b unk, d 1770 Halifax Co NC, m Martha
    • John Pitts, b c1767, d 1819 Baldwin Co., GA,
      • John “Jack” Pitts, b Dec 17, 1797 Halifax Co., NC, d July 5, 1853, Jones Co., GA and an enslaved female named Hess
        • David Peter Pitts, b 1823 – 1831, Jones Co., GA, d May 19, 1924, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA, m Martha Gray-Allen, b abt 1835, Jones Co., GA, d Aug 27, 1923, Macon, Bibb Co., GA – David was the son of a slave named Hess. According to the death certificate his father was Jack Pitts but family history claims that he was the son of Peyton T Pitts
          • Oliver Ebernezer Pitts, b Dec 31, 1879, Baldwin Co., GA, d Apr 1975, Philadelphia, Pa, m Annie Etta Rice P-89

 

 

 

 

 

Group 3

 

Silas Pitts was born about 1786 in South Carolina. He was in Pendleton, South Carolina in 1812-13 where he married first Rebecca Barnett, daughter of James Barnett and Isabella (or Elizabeth) Johnston. According to the census records Silas was in Monroe Co, Alabama by 1815 and in Pike Co Alabama by 1830. He sold his property in Pike Co Alabama and moved to Shelby Co, Alabama by 1835. Silas and Rebecca had nine children. He married 2nd to Nancy Ellison and had two more children. Silas died October 2, 1859 and his will is on file in Shelby Co, Alabama. His daughter, Emily Eliza Pitts gave an accounting of her life in the “The Troy Messenger”, Troy, Alabama in 1889 wherein she stated she was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, near the Indian Town in the neighborhood where Andrew Jackson defeated the Indians. Eliza married a Jackson and this article with a picture is cited in “The Jackson Cousins by Katherine Folmar” a copy of which is in the library in Troy, Alabama. There was an obvious connection of some kind to Mark Pitts and Joel Pitts in Pendleton Co SC in the 1812 time frame. In addition, Silas married Rebecca Barnett who may have been cousin to Mary Barnett that married Joseph Pitts, also of Pendleton Co, SC. However, DNA has proven that the paternal parentage of Silas Pitts was not related to those in Group 2. DNA for this group doesn’t match with any other Pitts donor that has been tested. It seems that this line of Pitts is a match to several donors of the Griffin DNA group. We believe that Silas may have been the child of a Pitts female and a Griffin male. The Pitts and Griffins were closely affiliated in SC.

 

  • Silas Pitts, b c1786 SC, d Oct 2, 1859, Shelby Co, AL m 1. Rebecca Barnett b SC, d bet 1833-37 Pike Co, AL m 2. Nancy Ellison b 1814 TN, d bet 1880-89 Shelby Co, AL.
    • Harvey Washington Pitts, b c1810, SC, d Oct 5, 1843, AL m Adeline Cottingham. His children went to FL.
    • Jesse Pitts, Jan 11, 1811 SC, m Milly Jane Duncan
      • John McKee Pitts, b May 2, 1843 Pike Co., AL m Louisa J Smith
        • Ebulous Erastus Pitts, b Oct 12, 1867 Saludo, Bell Co., TX m Sarah Ann Kester
          • Watt Fulton Pitts, b May 2, 1897 Iredell, TX m Wilmath Aker
            • Frankie Leroy Pitts, b July 30, 1923 Texas City, TX m Martha Alice Hunter P-23
    • Carey W Pitts, b c1813 SC, m Matilda Caroline Carter
    • Warren Pitts, b c1814 SC, m Mary Ann Dennis
    • Emily Eliza Pitts, b Feb 10, 1816, AL, d Oct 25, 1891 Pike Co, AL m Abner M Jackson
    • Mary Pitts, b Jan 31, 1824, Pike Co, AL, d Dec 25, 1858, Shelby Co, AL, m Massengale H Porter
    • Kindred A Pitts, b Feb 5, 1827 Pike Co, AL, d Nov 20, 1891 Warren Co, AR m Susan E
    • Silas Perry Pitts, b c1831 Pike Co, AL
    • Francis Marion Pitts, b Mar 6, 1833 Pike Co, AL, d May 16, 1886 Wilsonville, AL, m Mary Ann Farr (Pharr)
      • Thomas Henry Pitts, b April 24, 1855, d Oct 12, 1933, m Eleanor Malisia Riggins
        • Carey Fletcher Pitts, b Sept 9, 1892, d Jan 19, 1961, m Myrtle Ophelia Butler P-11, FF-6
    • John Bruton Pitts, child of Silas and Nancy, b c1844, Shelby Co, AL. Believed to have died in Civil War
    • Mariah Wilson Pitts, child of Silas and Nancy, b Sept 5, 1846 Shelby Co, AL d Jul 24, 1906, Wilsonville, Shelby Co, AL. m Llewellyn Judson Carter

 

 

Group 4

 

Verbal family history indicates that the family of John and Elizabeth Pitts migrated to America in the mid-1700s and settled in Frederick Co., VA. Other records show that John came to America in 1721 in bondage. John died in 1739 and Elizabeth remarried to Henry Robinson in 1745. Andrew Pitts, b about 1726, son of John and Elizabeth, married Martha Stroud, daughter of Samuel and Ann Stroud of Loudoun Co., VA. Andrew and Martha moved from Frederick Co., VA to Rowan Co., NC around 1750. Together they raised 9 children. John and Elizabeth were Quakers. Many of this family migrated from NC to Indiana.

 

  • John Pitts, b unk d 1739 Frederick Co, VA m Elizabeth
    • Andrew Pitts, b c1726-1728 d bet 1770-71 Rowan Co, NC m Martha Stroud b c1730 d 1823 Stokes Co, NC
      • Samuel Pitts, b c1752 Rowan Co, NC d 1813 Stokes Co, NC m Elizabeth Jones b 1763 King William Co, VA d 1845 Stokes Co, NC
        • Cadwallader Pitts, b Jan 30, 1787 m Elizabeth Stanley b Mar 5, 1788
          • Cadwallader Jones Pitts, b Dec 7, 1816 High Point, Guilford Co, NC, d Aug 23, 1894 Iowa, m Susan Jane Bryson, b Feb 18, 1827, TN d Feb 24, 1873 (Cadwallader was bound out to the Joy family where he completed his indenture. He then migrated to Iowa where he met and married his wife)
            • Carl Benjamin Pitts, b Aug 5, 1872 Iowa, d Nov 17, 1939
              • Ralph William Pitts, b Feb 19, 1917, d May 10, 1989 m Nina Helen Dell P-26
        • Andrew Pitts, b Mar 21, 1789, Stokes Co., NC d Oct 8, 1859 m Mary Ralph, b June 7, 1789, Stokes Co., NC, d June 3, 1872
          • William Weathers Pitts, b Feb 21, 1834, Stokes Co., NC, d Mar 19, 1885, Monroe Co., Indiana, m Amy Elizabeth Reed, b Sept 28, 1840, Ohio, d Feb 2, 1919, Ellettsville, Indiana
            • Jesse Brantson Pitts, b July 18, 1876, Rush Co., Indiana, d Mar 21, 1955, Stinesville, Indiana, m Mary Hazel Ellett, b July 13, 1889, Ellettsville, Monroe Co., Indiana, d Feb 17, 1981, Kankakee, Illinois P-76, FF-16
      • Isaac Pitts, b 1751, Anson Co, NC d June 1852, Guilford Co, NC m Tabitha, b abt 1765, Rowan Co, NC, d before 1850 Guilford Co, NC.
        • Levi Pitts, b Sept 4, 1795 Stokes Co, NC, d Feb 10, 1880 Forsyth Co, NC, m Mary Salisbury
          • Isaac Aaron Pitts, b Oct 26, 1824 NC, d Dec 6, 1899 Cross Hollow, AR
            • William R Pitts, b Mar 10, 1861 Benton Co, AR, d Oct 14, 1927 Brightwater, AR m Oma Ann Cox
              • Charles Calvin Pitts, b June 16, 1885, Benton Co, AR, d Sept 6, 1956 Garfield, AR m Phebe Buttram
                • Robert H Pitts, b Jan 15, 1918 P-41

 

 

 

Group 5

 

William Pitts died in 1838 in Laurens Co, SC. He left a will naming his wife Sally, and children: Daniel, David, William Jr, Reuben Griffin, Jesse J, John, Thomas, and one daughter, Nelly Frasier. Other research claims that this William was the son of William Pitts, b c1737 and Elizabeth Griffin. So far, DNA does not prove that to be true. The William, b 1737, was supposedly the son of Joseph Pitt and Nancy Slaughter. That would mean that all his descendants would carry the same DNA as Group 2. The three descendants that have been tested do NOT match Group 2. It is believed that William Pitts, b 1802, Reuben Griffin Pitts, b 1816, and Daniel P Pitts, b 1804 were sons of the William who died in 1838. This William, according to the census records for the William Pitts living in Laurens Co SC during this time period was born between 1770-1780. Other research claims that his wife, Sally, was Sarah (Sally) Cunningham. I have found nothing to substantiate that her last name was Cunningham. However, Sally is a nickname for Sarah and census records would tend to substantiate that her name was actually Sarah. She was found living beside Reuben Griffin Pitts in 1860. Our 4th donor is a descendant of James Madison Pitts.  According to the bible records in possession of a descendant, James was a son of Thomas Pitts and Priscilla. James is found as a child living in the home of David Pitts and is listed as a grandchild, however, we have found no evidence that David Pitts had a son named Thomas.  He did have a brother named Thomas.  Until this conflict has been resolved we are listing James Madison Pitts as the earliest known ancestor for our fourth donor.

 

  • William Pitts, b bet 1770-1780, d 1838 Laurens Co, SC m Sally (believed to be nickname for Sarah)
    • William Pitts, Jr., b 1802 Old Hickory Tavern, Laurens Co., SC, d Jan 1882 Oconee Co., SC, m Frances Harris b Dec 16, 1805, d June 10, 1870 Oconee Co., SC.
      • David Calhoun Pitts, b Feb 16, 1851 Pickens Co., SC, d Feb 24, 1927 Oconee Co., SC, m Cynthia Ellen Martin, b Oct 6, 1858, d Apr 6, 1925 Oconee Co., SC
        • Warrren C Pitts, b Jan 10, 1890 m Mattie P-18
    • Reuben Griffin Pitts, b 1816 Laurens Co, SC, d before 1870 in either Campbell Co., GA or Carroll Co, GA, m Marinda
      • William Pitts, b c1853, Campbell Co., GA m Mary (taken from census)
        • Reuben Griffin Pitts, b 1884, Temple, Carroll Co, GA, d 1960 P-36
    • Daniel P. Pitts, b 1804 SC, d TN, m 1. Orpha b abt 1815 SC d Mar 1850 Greene Co, TN, m 2. Anna Emery, b abt 1830 KY, d TN.
      • George W Pitts, b 1854 TN, d abt 1921 m Elizabeth Woody, b abt 1860 d abt 1922
        • Wiley Wesley Pitts, Sr., b 1898 Clarksville, TN, d 1939 Nashville, TN, m Myrtle Yount
          • Wiley Wesley Pitts, Jr., b Sept 18, 1920 Estill Spgs, TN, d Dec 16, 1996, Nashville, TN, m Virginia Mapp, b Oct 9, 1925, d Apr 11, 2003 Nashville, TN P-43

 

  • James Madison Pitts, b March 13, 1872, Campbell Co GA, d Nov 9, 1918 Heard Co GA m Irene (Renia) Leavens, b Sept 24, 1878, d July 25, 1963
    • Harvey Z V Pitts, b Apr 5, 1911 Heard Co GA, d May 5, 1996 Hall Co GA, m Eleanor Bowles, b June 1, 1923, Meriweather Co GA, d Jan 20, 1988 Troup Co GA P-52

 

 

Group 6

 

John Pitts, Sr. was born bet. 1726-30. It is not known where but we suspect VA as his wife Mical Ann Barbee was born c 1723 in Essex Co., VA, daughter of John Barbee & Ann Miller.  There were other Pitts families living in Essex Co., VA  and we suspect we are part of this Pitts family but no known male descendants of this line have completed a DNA test yet.  John and Mical were married c 1752 probably in Essex Co., VA or Orange/Chatham Co., NC (Part of Orange Co., NC later became Chatham Co., NC).  No marriage records have been located.  A couple of Mical (Barbee) Pitts' brothers moved to Orange/Chatham Co., NC. John and Mical were the parents of 7 children 1) Barbee Pitts d. during Rev War 2) Burwell Pitts d. during the Rev War 3) Elizabeth Pitts m: Unk Brassel 4) Mary Pitts m: Unk Lear 5) Pegey Pitts m: Unk Mimes/Mimms 6) John Pitts Jr. (listed below) and 7) Joseph Pitts b. 1756 in Orange/Chatham Co., NC served in Rev War d. 1819 in Robertson Co., TN.  John Pitts, Senior’s, earliest known records is the 700 acres he purchased in Orange Co., NC on 20 Aug 1761.  In 1766, John & Mical (Barbee) Pitts inherited 1 negro and 1/8 of her estate in Essex Co., VA.  In 1780, John Pitts, Sr. purchases 200 acres in Chatham Co., NC.  John Sr’s Will was written on 29 Nov 1780 so we know he died after this date.  John Pitts, Jr. married twice 1) Mary Henry b. 1753 d. aft 17 Sep 1798 in Chatham Co., NC married abt 1770 prob. In Chatham Co., NC (no marriage records have been found) 2) Lucy Kendrick m: abt 1805 in Robertson Co., TN.  John Jr. purchased lands in Chatham Co., NC, Logan Co., KY and Robertson Co., TN.  John Jr’s Will is dated 5 May 1834 in Logan Co., KY.  He died from a blow to the head according to probate records.  John Jr’s children  either stayed in KY and TN or migrated into IN but mostly all went to MO.

 

It is not known how the John Pitts, Sr. and Younger Pitts lineage connect but we suspect either in VA, NC or even KY.  No known NC records exist for this Pitts family though.  More research is needed on the connection.  One similarity is that the John Sr. line has several male descendants named Young Pitts (without the “er”) and of course, many males with the name of John.  Both families lived in KY but different counties.

 

 

  • John Pitts, Sr., b bet 1726-1730 near Pittsboro, Chatham Co., NC, d 1780 Chatham Co., NC, m Mical Barbee
    • John Pitts, Jr., b c1753 near Pittsboro, Chatham Co., NC, d 1834 Logan Co., KY, m Mary Henry (Rev War/DAR)
      • Burwell/Burrell Pitts, b 1772 Chatham Co., NC, d Sept 16, 1855 Hickory Co., MO m Nancy Holland
        • Barnabas (Barney) Pitts, b 1804 KY, d Jan 27, 1875 Hickory Co., MO m Catherine Hows
          • John Carroll Pitts, b Sept 15, 1829 Robertson Co., TN, d Sept 26, 1870 Polk Co., MO m Mary Ann Miller
            • Alexander L Pitts, b Jan 14, 1860 Hickory Co., MO, d May 12, 1944 Craig Co., OK m Martha Ann Huckaby
              • Albert Pitts, b Jan 171890 Vinita, Craig Co., IT, d Oct 19, 1989 Vinita, Craig Co., OK, m Libbie Ethel Seney
                • Doyle B Pitts, b Sept 9, 1916 Big Cabin, Craig Co., OK, d May 17, 1991 OKC, OK Co., OK, m Charlie M Thomas P-25
                • Ravanell Alexandria Pitts, b Oct 23, 1918, Big Cabin, Craig Co. OK, d Nov 7, 1999, Little Rock, AR, m Raymond Nelson Harris, b Dec 28, 1915, Vinita, Craig Co., OK, d Jan 11, 2004, Vinita, Craig Co., OK FF-19

 

  • Younger Pitts, Jr., b before 1775, d bet 1820-1830 Scott Co., KY, m Elizabeth Todd Rogers, b 1780 Culpepper Co., VA, d 1865 Scott Co., KY
    • John Albert Pitts, b Nov 15, 1805, Scott Co., KY, d June 8, 1876 Randolph Co., MO m Sarah Roschester McDowell b Danville, KY, d Randolph Co., MO.
      • Rev Samuel Younger Pitts, b Oct 14, 1833 Randolph Co., MO, d Sept 10, 1915 Randolph Co., MO, m Anna M Winston, b Feb 24, 1837, d Sept 22, 1909 Randolph Co., MO
        • John Albert Pitts II, b Mar 2, 1862 Randolph Co., MO, d Jan 10, 1942 Randolph Co., MO, m Florence Head, b May 17, 1861, Randolph Co., MO d Dec 22, 1933, Randolph Co., MO
          • John Albert Pitts III, b Aug 17, 1894 Randolph Co., MO, d Jul 19, 1975, m Nellie Louise Smith, b Mar 30, 1897 Randolph Co., MO, d Sept 29, 1964, Bell Co., Texas
            • John Moreland Pitts, b Oct 26, 1924, d Nov 17, 1978, Ft Leonard Wood, Pulaski Co., MO m Rosemary Sadler, b Nov 5, 1930 Shrewsbury, Grayson Co, KY P-57

 

 

  • John Elliott Pitts, b Sept 28, 1877, Caroline Co., VA, d July 14, 1935, Caroline Co., VA, m Maude E Gouldin, b Dec 26, 1888, d Oct 2, 1954, Caroline Co., VA
    • Thomas Elliott Pitts, b Aug 19, 1922, Richmond, VA, d Sept 3, 2002, Treton, Dade Co., GA P-71

 

 

 

Group 7

 

The earliest known ancestor for this group is John Pitts, born about 1776 in Maryland. He married Sarah Hawkins in Aug of 1796 in Madison Co KY.  Between 1810-1812 John and Sarah migrated to Tennessee and he is first found on the 1812 tax list in Warren Co TN.  It is unknown what happened to John.  Sarah Pitts is listed as head of household in 1830.  Both sons, John and Josiah, were born in KY but lived the majority of their lives in Middle Tennessee in the areas of Cannon, Dekalb, and Warren Counties. Some of Josiah’s descendants live to this day in Woodbury, Cannon Co. TN and many others reside in Union Co., IL and other IL counties as well.  More information can be found in the public file on Ancestry.com, family trees, for Brimm, Elkins, Merriman, Pitts, Spurlock, and West, Cannon Co., TN.

 

  •  John Pitts, b abt 1776 in MD, d unknown, probably Middle TN, married Aug 1796 in Madison Co KY to Sarah Hawkins, b abt 1780 in either VA or KY, d 1840’s in TN
    • Josiah Pitts, b c1805 KY, m Sarah Merriman in Cannon Co., TN
      • James Pitts, b Oct 1846 TN, d 1918 Union Co., IL,  m Emiline Spurlock in Cannon Co, TN
        • William Pitts, b Dec 6, 1873, Cannon Co., TN, d June 29, 1965, m Della Thomas, b Aug 11, 1876, Cannon Co., TN, d Dec 23, 1957, Union Co., IL
          • Wiley Pitts, b 1905, d June 19, 1986, m Violet Pearl Pitts, b Jan 31, 1912, Featheston, OK, d Feb 23, 1986, Pulaski Co., IL
            • Charles E Pitts, b Mar 20, 1929, Union Co., IL, d Sept 10, 2007, Pontoon Bch, IL P-59
    • John Pitts, b 1799 KY, m Alice Hicks
      • William Pitts, b Nov 14, 1833, Cannon Co., TN, d Mar 1, 1918, Cannon Co., TN, m1. Katherine Brown m2. Elizabeth Wooten b Jan 14, 1833, Cannon Co., TN, d Dec 26, 1906, Cannon Co., TN
        • Vansell Wales Pitts, b May 25, 1854, Cannon Co., TN, d July 13, 1923, Mt Pleasant, Maury Co., TN, m Martha Canzadie Parsley, b Sept 24, 1864, DeKalb Co., TN, d May 22, 1904
          • Jim B Pitts, b Feb 10, 1892, Cannon Co., TN, d Oct 1, 1967, Maury Co., TN, m Maggie Lee Primm, b Aug 1, 1893, Dickson, TN, d Jan 18, 1977, Maury Co., TN
            • Marvin Houston Pitts, Sr, b July 17, 1977, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN, d July, 1977, Davidson Co., TN, m Klyda Moretta Nairon, b Jul 1925 Henry Co., TN P-20

 

Group 8

The common ancestor for this group is unknown at this time. The group consists of two Pitts donors from different parts of the United States, Accomack Co., VA, and Scioto, Co., Ohio, with no obvious connection to each other. The earliest known ancestor for our donor in the UK is William Pitts, probably born in the early 1700’s and is traced back to Devon, England.  We also have a donor with the surname of Squires whose earliest known ancestor is Capt John Squires born 1794 in Newfoundland. It is believed that John Squires may have been the son of a James Pitts who lived near Capt John Squires and rented land from another Squires family in Newfoundland, most likely an illegitimate birth by a Squires female. This James Pitts migrated to Newfoundland from Kennford, Devon, England. Further research revealed that there were also Squires living in Kennford, Devon, England as well. A known distant cousin (Squires) was also tested and they matched exactly on the  first 12 markers so we know that the common ancestor between these two donors goes back to at least 1823. By this we know that the Pitts biological father for this line of Squires occurred prior to this date. Since our donor in England has never lived in the US or Canada we believe that the common ancestor for group 8 will be traced back to the 1600’s in Devon, England. 

 

  • Andrew Pitt, b c1674 d c1715 Accomack/Northampton Co., VA, m Alice Major
    • Major Pitts, b c1712 d c1762 Northampton Co., VA, m Jemima Gray b c1722
      • Hezekiah Pitts, b Oct 19, 1745 d Oct 1, 1823 Northampton Co., VA, m Mildred Scarborough
        • Major Scarborough Pitts, b Apr 1, 1776 d Sept 5, 1827 m Margaret Custis b c1776 d c1827
          • Edward Parker Pitts, b Apr 23, 1816 d May 5, 1875 Northampton/Accomack Co, VA, m Mary Waters Dennis b c1825 d c1877
            • Barton Pitts, b Oct 17, 1859 d Mar 12, 1920 St Joseph, Buchanan Co, MO, m Edna May Steele b c1874 d 1924
              • Bevery Littleton Pitts, b 1897 d 1987, St Joseph, Buchanan Co, MO, m Margaret Ann Wehrman b 1907 d 1998 P-40, FF-8
    • John Pitts, b unk, d Mar 26, 1759 Northampton Co., VA, m Leah
      • Hillary Pitts, b abt 1726, d Mar 11, 1755, Northampton Co., VA, m Tamar Richards, b abt 1735
        • William Pitts, b abt 1752, Northampton Co., VA, d Mar 7, 1825, Lewis Co., KY, m Hannah Givins, b 1756 MD, b 1809 Lewis Co., KY
          • William Pitts, b 1782 PA, d Oct 21, 1857 Platte Co., MO, m Margaret Myers
            • James Franklin Pitts, b Dec 9, 1819 Fleming Co., KY, m Margaret Elliot
              • George Marion Pitts, b Apr 17, 1849 Fleming Co., KY, m Georgia Dyer
                • William Alfonso Pitts, b June 2, 1877 Sugar Lake, MO., m Patsy Newman
                  • Leo Pitts, b Oct 6, 1905, Rushville, MO., m Agnes Hess P-72
          • Isaac Ivins Pitts, b 1791, Mason Co, KY, d Jan 19, 1825, Lewis Co., KY m Elizabeth Fry, b 1797 VA, d 1830 KY
            • Joseph K Pitts, b Feb 8, 1821, Lewis Co., KY d May 24, 1900 Vanceburg, Lewis Co., KY m Chalista Stone, b May 6, 1832, Lewis Co., KY, d Aug 9, 1912, Fleming Co., KY
              • Jackson C Pitts, b Apr 16, 1858 Lewis Co., KY, d June 26, 1942 Nashville, Forest Co., Wisconsin m Nancy Stafford, b Mar 27, 1863 Staffords Hill, Lewis Co., KY d Feb 26, 1949 Argonne, Forest Co., KY
                • James Robert Pitts, b Mar 1, 1887 Trotter, Lewis Co., KY d Aug 25, 1943, Land O Lakes, Vilas Co., Wisconsin P-84

 

  • William Pitts,  b UK m Blanch Vowler 1767-1824 UK
    • William Pitts, 1797-1863 UK m Frances Clow UK
      • William Thomas Clow Pitts, 1830-1876 UK m Helen Sophia Roberts 1834-1891 UK
        • William Thomas Roberts Pitts, 1855-1939 UK m Hannah Hockley Holway, 1856-1907 UK
          • John Holway Pitts, b 1886-1975 UK m Hester Reed 1887-1982
            • Jack Holway Pitts, 1917-1999 UK m Regina Emma Sarah Cooke 1916-1991 UK P-51

 

 

  • John Oscar Pitts, b July 30, 1836, Ohio, d Aug 27, 1884 Adams Co., Ohio, m Mary Jane Cole, b Mar 28, 1840, Ohio, d Nov 5, 1916 Clark, Ohio
    • William Duncan Pitts, b Aug 4, 1870, Adams Co., Ohio, d Dec 27, 1949, Coffey Co, Kansas, m Mary Emily Truitt, b June 23, 1875, Coffey Co., Kansas, d Nov 5, 1949, Coffey Co., Kansas
      • Wilbur Charles Pitts, b Apr 16, 1898, Scioto Co., Ohio, d Jan 5, 1965, Pima Co., Arizona, m Clara Louise Jungck, b Dec 18, 1896, Linn Co., Kansas, d Dec 8, 1997, Coffey Co., Kansas P-61

 

 

 

  • John Squires, b c1760, d Oct 1799, Newfoundland, Canada, m Catherine Normore
    • William Squires, b c1794 Bell Island, Newfoundland, d July 9, 1873, Broad Cove, North, Newfoundland, Canada m Susannah J Reynolds
      • Edward Norman Squires, b Mar 4, 1821, d July 14, 1903, Broad Cove North, Newfoundland, Canada, m Elizabeth Jane Janes
        • William Squires, b Nov 20, 1871, Broad Cove, North, Newfoundland, Canada, d June 27, 1928, St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, m Bertha Legrow
          • William Raymond Squires, b Sept 25, 1916, Broad Cove, Newfoundland, Canada, d May, 1990, Melrose, MA, m Gertrude Pulaski S-1

 

 

 

 

Group 9

 

The common ancestor for this group has not yet been determined. The group consists of donors whose earliest known ancestors were in Chesterfield Co., SC in the early 1800s. We know that John B Pitts sold property in Chesterfield Co., SC in 1845 and appeared in Dyer Co TN a short time afterward. We cannot be sure if his father was John J Pitts who was in that county or if Isaac Pitts, b 1787 was his father or his brother.  This group carries an unusual haplogroup which indicates that the DNA for this group would originate from a full blooded Native American male.  

 

  • John B Pitts, b c1812 SC, d 1869 Saline Co, AR m Elizabeth, b c1811 SC
    • Lewis Pitts, b c1849, Dyer Co, TN, m Jane Elizabeth Bishop, b c1845 Cherokee Co, AL
      • Robert Richard Pitts, b 1903 Casa, AR, d Apr 28, 1924, Sacramento, Calif, m Bamma E
        • George R Pitts, b Aug 8, 1935 Jenks, OK, d Feb 1, 1998 Austin, TX, m Elizabeth Jean Geiger P-38

 

  • Isaac Pitts, b c1787 SC, d bet 1850-1860 Chesterfield Co., SC, m Elizabeth, b c1800, d bet 1870-1880 Chesterfield Co., SC
    • Isaac Pitts, Jr., b c1825 Chesterfield Co., SC, d June 25, 1862 m Rebecca McLemore
      • Cordy Reese Pitts, b Oct 1860 Union Co., NC, d Oct 16, 1951 Kershaw Co., SC m Sarah Ellen Seegars
        • Carl Richard Pitts, b Nov 4, 1901 d Apr 17, 1970, Charlotte, NC m Frances Elliotte Coleman, b Apr 10, 1906, d Feb 1, 1975, Augusta, GA P-62

 

 

 

Group 10

 

The common ancestor for this group has not been determined. 

 

 

  • Ralph Pitt, b abt 1807 Edgecombe Co., NC d after 1860 m Lucy Atkinson, b abt 1813 d after 1880
    • Jesse Pitt, b abt 1843 Edgecombe Co., NC, d Feb 10, 1908 Edgecombe Co., NC, m Eleanor Walston, b May 21, 1856 Edgecombe Co., NC, d July 21, 1932
      • William C Pitt, b Dec 9, 1877 Edgecombe Co., NC d Mar 23, 1951, m Nettie H Bramble, b Mar 4, 1878 Edgecombe Co., NC, d April 2, 1954
        • William C Pitt, Jr., b April 11, 1913 Edgecombe Co., NC, d Oct 15, 1984 m Alta Huffines, b Feb 12, 1915, d Sept 12, 1983 P-49

 

 

  • William H Pitt, b c1822 unknown, m Sarah V Pitt, b c1826 unknown
    • Julian V Pitt, b c1847 City of Richmond, Henrico Co., VA, d Aug 11, 1920, Hale Co., AL, m Tempest Johnson, b Dec 12, 1858 GA, d May 27, 1936, Fulton Co., GA
      • Alonzo L Pitt, Sr., b Feb 7, 1885, TN, d Sept 25, 1946, Fulton Co., GA m Dolia A Rutherford, b Apr 1887, GA, d Oct 30, 1955, Fulton Co., GA
        • Alonzo Leo Pitt, Jr, b June 19, 1913, GA, d Aug 15, 1959, Fulton Co., GA, m Roberta K Smallwood, b Aug 7, 1916, d 1998, GA P-78

 

  • Rowland Pitts, b c1784 Hampden Co., MA, d Oct 14, 1859 Calhoun Co., MI, m Mary, b c1788 CT
    • Elijah Pitts, b 1823 Onondaga Co., NY, d Jan 2 or Feb 15, 1865 aboard troop transport “Ben Deford” en route Savannah, GA to New York City, interred Cypress Hills National Cemetary, Brooklyn, NY. m Mahala Bush b c1826 NY
      • John Adelbert Pitts, b Mar 1847 Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., MI, d July 19, 1919 Jackson Co., MI, m Catherine Francis Malin, b 1849 Kalamazoo Co., MI
        • John Pitts, b July 23, 1874, Kalamazoo Co., MI, d Aug 5, 1946 Kalamazoo Co., MI, m Elizabeth Domine, b 1875 Kalamazoo Co., MI
          • Phillip James Pitts, b 1901, Kalamazoo Co., MI, d Aug 11, 1969 Flint, Genesee Co., MI, m Davetta Catherine Sorg, b 1902 Ottawa Co., Ohio P-66

 

 

 

Group 11

 

The earliest known ancestor for this line is John Pitts, b 1740. Both donors currently live in Australia, however, their ancestors migrated there at different times and neither knew the other.  One line migrated to South Africa in the 1880’s and later migrated to Australia.  The other line migrated to Australia directly from England after World War II.  Each line traces back to the mid to late 1700’s in Reading, Berkshire, England. Through further research by the families involved, the Guild of One Name Studies (Pitts) in England and the Berkshire Record Office in England it was determined that both our donors were descendants of sons of John Pitts and Sarah Povey.

 

 

  • John Pitts, b c1740 d 1813, Sonning, Berkshire, England, m Elizabeth Butcher or Brookes, in 1761
    • John Pitts, b c1767 d 1836 m Sarah Povey, Reading, Berkshire, England, in 1791
      • John Pitts, b 1798 m Hannah Reynolds, Reading, Berkshire, England
        • William Pitts, b c1831 m Elizabeth Tooze 1855
          • John Pitts, b 1856 d 1912 in South Africa, m Ellen Reeves, of Reading in South Africa c 1882
            • Frederick Ernest Pitts, b 1894 Grahamstown, South Africa, d 1930 Johannesburg, South Africa, m Beatrice Harrison 1925 in South Africa, d 1950 P-27
      • William Henry Pitts, b1791, Reading, Berkshire, England, d after 1851, m Mary
        • John Pitts, b c1835 St. Marylebone, d April 7, 1909 Islington, London, m Emma Maria Helliwell
          • Thomas Henry Pitts, b Aug 4, 1856 St. Marlebone, d Sept 9, 1923 Kilburn, m Annie Margaret Fox
            • Alfred Henry Pitts, b Dec 1875, Paddington, m Julia Frances Lewinton
              • Eric George Pitts, b March 10, 1907, d 1982, m Mabel Ina Perren P-75
      • Sally Pitts, b 1793
      • James Pitts, b 1796
    • Elizabeth Pitts, b 1777 Reading, Berkshire, England
    • William Pitts, b1780 Reading, Berkshire, England

 

 

  • Robert Pitt, baptized Apr 22, 1654, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, buried Mar 28, 1692, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, (son of William Pitt), m Anne Churchett 1682, Ringwood, Hampshire, England
    • Robert Pitt, b abt 1685, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, buried June 17, 1736, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, m Bridget Barnes, 1714, Ringwood, Hampshire, England
      • Thomas Pitt, baptized May 11, 1714, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, m Mary Smith Jan 10, 1743, Ringwood, Hampshire, England
        • James Pitt, baptized Mar 11, 1746, Sopley, Hampshire, England, m Sarah Adey Dec 14, 1771, Sopley, Hampshire, England
          • James Pitt, baptized Oct 29, 1775, Sopley, Hampshire, England, d abt May 1863, Christchurch, Hampshire, England, m Catherine Beaty
            • James Pitt, baptized Feb 2, 1800, Sopley, Hampshire, England, d Mar 30, 1895, Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, m Elizabeth Norris Oct 1, 1824, Portsea, Hampshire, England
              • Thomas Pitt, b 1829, Lymington, Hampshire, England, d Dec 1, 1919, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, m Mary Tutcher Dec 23, 1854, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
                • James Oliver Pitt, b Oct 22, 1860, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, d Jan 30, 1936, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, m Susan Genge Holt Aug 3, 1891, Crewkerne, Somerset, England
                  • George Howard Pitt, b Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, d Jan 27, 1966, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, m Winifred Flora Griffin P-83

 

 

 

 

Group Other

 

 

 

  • Thomas C Pitt, b 1775 NH
    • Charles W Pitt, b 1822, Cambridge, VT
      • Horace C Pitt, b Mar 14, 1846, Dickenson Center, NY
        • Gilbert C Pitt, b Jan 14, 1883, Wolf River, Wisc P-8

 

 

 

 

 

  • James Pitts, b 1762 Smithfield, Isle of Wight, VA, d probably Habersham Co., GA m unknown
    • Henry Pitts, b abt 1797, NC d Cherokee Co, GA m Mary Ann Carigan
      • Lawson Pitts, b May 15, 1832, Cherokee Co., GA d Aug 15, 1906 Madison Co, AR m Mary Elizabeth Couch, b Aug 15, 1840 Cherokee Co., GA, d Apr 1, 1924, Madison Co., AR
        • Sidney Lee Pitts, b Nov 13, 1868, Woodstock, Cherokee Co., GA, d Oct 23, 1947, m Laura V Bell, b 1871 Madison Co., AR d 1939
          • Clyde Curtis Pitts, b July 14, 1915 Madison Co, AR, d Dec 28, 2003 Brea, CA P-17

 

 

 

 

  • William Pitts, b May 9, 1815, Saratoga, NY m Anna Belle Fisher
    • Patrick Henry Pitts, b Aug 17, 1847, Tompkins, NY, m Henrietta Jane Barnes
      • William Adelbert Pitts, b Dec 13, 1869, Reedsburg, Sauk, WI, m Eva Lena Fierstine
        • Henry Russell Pitts, b May 10, 1905, Minnehaha, SD, m Olive Viola Cedar P-37
        • Opal Melvina, b Dec 14, 1899, Minnehaha, SD, m George Severene Emerson

 

 

 

 

  • William Pitts, b c1785 NC, m Rebecca Thompson
    • John Miles Pitts, b c1828 Montevallo, Shelby Co., AL, m Eveline Leatherwood
      • Leroy Gaston Pitts, b Dec 5, 1851, Montevallo, Shelby Co., AL m Sarah Evelyn Durham
        • Lemit Franklin Pitts, b Nov 17, 1883 Quinlan, Hunt Co., TX, m Luckie Bentley
          • Horace Edgar Pitts, b Oct 2, 1917, Quinlan, Hunt Co., TX, m Marjorie Lillian P-7

 

 

  • Henry P. Pitts, b 1833 AL, m 1. Elizabeth Sinclear 2. Mary C Terrill Ruby (Roby), b 1842 VA, d aft 1896
    • Nathaniel H Pitts, b June 12, 1880 Elmo, Independence Co, AR, m 1. Sally Kitchens, b abt 1882 Ar, d abt 1907-8, Ar 2. Manda Finland Oliver, b abt 1869 d Nov 25, 1911 (no children) 3. Ovella Gifford b Aug 24, 1891 Ar d Feb 1971 Ar
      • Lehman Pitts, b Sept 23, 1921 Tuckerman, Jackson Co., AR, m Audrey Lamberson, d July 1, 1992 P-44, FF-7, FF-3

 

 

  • Joseph Pitts, b 1695 Finedon, Northants, UK, m Mary Day
    • James Pitts, b 1740 Finedon, Northants, UK, m Sarah Griffing
      • Shadrack Pitts, b 1768 Luddington, Northants, UK, m Elizabeth Sculthorpe
        • William Pitts, b 1797 Northants, UK, m Sarah E. Barton
          • Richard Pitts, b Jan 2, 1834 Tansor, Northants, UK, m Clara Pitts (his cousin) d Aug 22, 1913 Morrisonville, IL, USA
            • William Pitts, b 1865 Tansor, UK, m Lillian Moseley
              • Guy M Pitts, b Oct 8, 1899 Mexico, MO, m Nancy Salina Chase P-48

 

 

 

 

 

  • John Pitts, b c1682 Talbot Co., MD, m Mary Woolford
    • John Pitts, b c1735 Dorchester Co., MD, d 1785 Baltimore, MD, m Susannah Butler Bond
      • Lewis Pitts, b c1766, MD, (married in Baltimore Co., MD) d 1822 Middlebourne, (W)VA, m Sarah Cole, b before 1765 or 1772, d after 1822
        • Elijah Pitts, b c1793, d 1833 Tyler Co, (W)VA, m Betsy (Elizabeth)
          • John Pitts, b c1818, VA, d Dec 24, 1858, Tyler Co (W)VA, m Margaret Gatrell, b 1816
            • Stephen Pitts, b Mar 7, 1838, Tyler Co., (W)VA, d Aug 24, 1924, Harrison Co., WV, m Mahala Weekley, b Oct 11, 1838, Tyler Co., (W)VA, d Jan 30, 1915, Harrison Co., WV
              • Elijah S Pitts, b Mar 4, 1863, Tyler Co., WV, d Jan 1944, Harrison Co., WV, m Christina Davis, b 1860, d Oct 18, 1917, Harrison Co., WV
                • Albert Vance Pitts, b Apr 18, 1890, Indian Creek, Tyler Co, WV, d Oct 1968, Pine Grove, WV, m Eva Merryman, b Apr 2, 1900, Doddridge Co., WV, d Aug 15, 1942, Wetzel Co., WV P-55

 

 

  • Unknown Pitts, b c1850, AL m Louisa E Pitts (no corresponding DNA)
    • Charles Henry Pitts, b 1876 AR, m Mary Elizabeth Brinkley
      • Emmitt M Pitts, b 1897 TX, m Sybil Inez Tatum

 

 

  • James David Pitts, b 1797, NC, d March 11, 1879, Anderson Co., TN, m Catherine White, b 1813, NC, daughter of William White and Jemima Oliver
    • William A Pitts, b 1831, TN
    • Martha Jane Pitts, b Aug 1832, TN, m 1. David Broyles 2. Campbell G W Wallace 3. Jehu King
    • Mary Ann Pitts, b June 1, 1835, TN, m David Wesley Davis on Aug 4, 1850 in Knox Co, TN
    • Elizabeth Caroline Pitts, b 1838, TN, m George Raby, Dec 20, 1855 in Knox Co TN
    • Stephen G Pitts, b 1844, TN
    • John Harrison Pitts, b Sept 11, 1845, Blount Co., TN, d Jan 29, 1916, Comanche, OK, m 1st Sarah Jane Cagley Mar 3, 1846, d Sept 1, 1886, Moundville, Vernon Co., MO m 2nd Betty Ann Ridge
      • George Washington Pitts, b Aug 22, 1866, Knoxville, Knox Co., TN, d Jan 11, 1916, Vernon Co., MO m 1st Ella Durham and had one son, John, m 2nd Anna Josephine Mullens, b Nov 1884, IL, d Oct 1934, Ft Scott, Bourbon Co., KS
        • Elmer Pitts, b May 29, 1905, Vernon Co., MO d Oct 7, 1996 Hickory Co., MO m Alice Leatherman, b May 29, 1915, Arcadia, Crawford Co., KS, d Sept 10, 1995, Osceola, MO P-53
    • James Perry Pitts, b 1846, TN, d May 18, 1864 in Civil War, m Eliz Partner, Mar 22, 1858 in Knox Co, TN
    • Moses A Pitts, b Feb 14, 1850, TN, d Mar 23, 1922, Knox Co., TN, m 1. Sarah K Neely 2. Mary J Morgan 3. Lizzie Brashears
    • Samuel W Pitts, b 1855, TN, m Louisa J Ridge, Apr 25, 1880, Blount Co., TN

 

 

 

  • Harvey G Pitts, b c1876, Michigan, m Mary Elizabeth Brown Freese, b May 28, 1879, Iowa, d June 24, 1961, Clearlake, Lake Co., Calif
    • Robert Harvey McKay, birth name believed to be Clarence Harvey Pitts, b c1905, d Jan 5, 1961,Bremerton, Kitsap Co., WA, m Orpha Vivian Ellis, b May 19, 1906, Cashmere, Chelan, WA, d Oct 24, 1980, Bremerton, Kitsap Co., WA P-58

 

 

  • William Pitt, b c1845, Ireland, m Elizabeth Sutton
    • William James Pitt, b May 18, 1899, Bridgetown, Wexford, Ireland, d 1967 Dublin, Ireland, m May Ohara
      • Patrick Joseph Pitt, b Feb 6, 1934, Wexford, Ireland, d Dec 27, 1999, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, m Lillian Irene Clark P-60

 

 

 

  • Lavinia Pitts, b 1853 Pirton, Herts, UK, d 1936 later married Samuel Dawson
    • William Josiah Pitts, b 1874 Pirton, Herts, UK d 1928
      • Walter James Pitts, b 1899 Pirton, Herts, UK, d 1974 Pirton, Herts, UK P-68

 

 

  • Kinchen Pitts, b 1800 NC, d 1874 Nashville, Ill, m Elizabeth Elder
    • Nathan Pitts, b 1838 Freeburg, Ill, d 1920 Winfield, Kansas, m Mary Wilderman
      • John J Pitts, b 1864 Nashville, Ill, d 1947 Wichita, Kansas, m Lora Bishop
        • Veryl Pitts, b 1903 Wellington, Kansas, d 1973 Wichita, Kansas m Mary Harrah P-70

 

 

  • Thomas Pitts, bc 1746, d 1813 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England, m Charity
    • William Pitts, b c1783, d 1868 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England, m Mary Cooksey
      • Henry Pitts, b 1814 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England, d 1898 Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, England, m Jane Mellier
        • Edward Ernest Pitts, b 1858 Aberdare, Wales, d 1928, Paris, Ontario, Canada, m Hannah York
          • Gilbert Ernest Pitts, b 1883, Paris, Ontario, Canada, d 1966 Ontario, Canada, m Nellie Madden
            • Gilbert Robert Edward Pitts, b 1910, d 2001, Ontario, Canada, m Ruth Phillips P-67

 

 

  • James Henry Pitts, b Feb 19, 1867 Jackson Co., AL, d June 19, 1951, Visalia, Tulare Co., California, m Michael Jane Howell, b Mar 12, 1871, Mountain Top, Franklin Co., AR, d 1901 Sallisaw, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory
    • Walter Henry Pitts, b Feb 19, 1893, Bokoshe, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, OK, d June 26, 1943, Visalia, Tulare Co., CA m Francis Elizabeth Neal, b May 19, 1893, Waldron, Scott Co., AR, d Feb 12, 1971 Los Angeles, CA
      • James Henry Pitts, b Sept 3, 1923, Pittsburg, OK, d Dec 31, 1982, Love, OK, m Edith Aline White, b Jan 5, 1929, Pittsburg, OK, d June 27, 1986, Okla City, OK P-74

 

 

 

  • James Pitts married Elizabeth Chapman on Feb 26, 1781 in All Saints Church, Great Barford, Bedfordshire, England. They had the following children: Sarah baptised Oct 14, 1781; John baptised Sept 28, 1783; Elizabeth baptised Apr 24, 1785; James baptised Nov 25, 1787 died Feb 10, 1788; Mary Baptised Dec 14, 1788; Ann baptised Sept 26, 1790; Catherine baptised May 26, 1793; unbaptised Pitts died May 9, 1795; Martha baptised July 23, 1797; William baptised Feb 9, 1800, and George baptised Oct 26, 1806.
    • William Pitts, baptised Feb 9, 1800 died 1841, married Elizabeth and Thomas was born in Great Barford. William moved to Hunslet near Leeds, Yorkshire, possibly after Elizabeth’s death. After Thomas, christened Sept 6, 1819 they had Hannah, christened Oct 28, 1821, George, christened Sept 12, 1824, Jane, christened Dec 24, 1826, Mary Ann, christened Sept 26, 1830, and Rebecca, not recorded in Parish baptisms. William later married Susannah in 1839, and after his death in 1841, his widow and the three step-daughters, Jane, Mary Ann, and Rebecca were forcibly ordered back to Great Barford under the conditions of the Poor Law.
      • Thomas Pitts, b c1818, Great Barford, Bedfordshire, England, d June 7, 1891 Great Barford, Bedfordshire, England, m Betsy aka Elizabeth
        • Charles Pitts, b May 2, 1854, Great Barford, Bedfordshire, England, d Aug 17, 1912, m Eliza Parker
          • George Alfred Pitts, b Sept 29, 1878, Great Barford, Bedfordshire, England, d Feb 28, 1960, Ystalfera, South Wales, m Matilda Morgan d Jan 9, 1953
            • Ronald Pitts, b May 20, 1911, Lower Cwmtrch, Wales, d Feb 28, 1983 Rhiwbina, Wales m Pamela Bond d 2001 P-82

 

 

  • Calvin Morgan Pitts, b Apr 2, 1839, Rogersville, Lauderdale Co., AL, d Nov 13, 1887, Ozark, Franklin Co., AR, m Delaney Brown, b Jan 10, 1844, Lauderdale Co., AL, d 1878, Ozark, Franklin Co., AR, Calvin married twice more but had no children from these marriages. After his death his children returned to AL. He was the son of Minerva Pitts, daughter of Joseph Pitts & Mary Barnett - see
    • John Calvin Pitts, b June 4, 1869, Rogersville, Lauderdale Co., AL, d April 6, 1947, Goose Creek, Harris Co., TX, m 1st Carrie Melvenie Lovell, b Jan 8, 1876, AL or TN, d Oct 5, 1899, Kaufman Co., TX, 2nd Lide Boston Belew
      • Virgil Clarence Pitts, Sr, b March 19, 1896, Elmo, Kaufman Co., TX, d March 18, 1980, Galveston, TX, m Blanche M Howell, b c1900,
        TX, d Dec 5, 1979, Galveston, TX
        • Owen Leon Pitts, b Dec 17, 1920 Terrell, Kaufman Co., TX, d Sept 13, 2001, Galveston, TX, m Catherine Mae Torrence, b Jan 29, 1929, Dawson Spgs, PA, d Oct 31, 1970, Galveston, TX P-85

 

  • Barney Pitts, b c1822 SC, d 1883, Collin Co., TX, m Martha Ann Pitts, b Apr 1825, Newberry Co., SC, d abt 1901, Sweet Home Community, Chandler, OK – Barney was a Pitts slave and took the surname Pitts
    • Rufus Morgan Pitts, b Sept 9, 1863, Dallas Co, TX, d Aug 4, 1937, Chandler, Okla, m Vera P Beacham, b Jan 8, 1905, Center, TX, d June 9, 2002 Okla City, Okla
      • Mosezickle Ray Pitts, Sr., b Oct 22, 1936, Chandler, Okla, d Jan 14, 1973, Chandler, Okla, m Helen Janette Young P-87

 

 

  • Howard Earl Pitts, b May 3, 1889, Warren, Washington Co, Ohio, d Mar 17, 1952, Marrietta, Ohio, m Denyse Dinin, b Apr 16, 1900, Odessa, Russia, d July 13, 1997, Nice, France – Howard was the son of Nancy Jane Pitts and unknown. She was born Apr 26, 1871, Vincent, Washington Co., Ohio, d May 9, 1948, Marrietta, Ohio
    • Jesse Richard Pitts, b June 13, 1921, East Palestine, Ohio, d Aug 2, 2003, Charlottesville, VA, m, Monique Therese Bonnier, b Aug 17, 1926, Paris France P-88

 

 

  • John B Pitts, b abt 1798, England, d Abt 1875, Dallas Co., Iowa, m Charlotte R Headon, b abt 1802
    • John Wesley Pitts, b 1829 England, d 1881, m Lucy Bristol, 1834-1919
      • Henry Whiting Pitts, b 1856 Jamestown, d 1924, m Elvira Olive Allie Bassett b 1860
        • George Bassett Pitts, Sr., b 1879 NY, m Mary Woodward, b 1880
          • George Bassett Pitts, Jr., b 1919 Cleveland, d 2003 m Wanda Roberts, 1912-1998 P-90

 

 

 

  • Laurence Pitts, (1660?-) b 1660 (app), Stokenham, Devon, England
    • Laurence Pitts, (1702-1746) b [J] 1702, Stokenham, Devon, England, d Jun 9, 1746
      • Laurence Pitts, (1733-) b 1733 Stokenham, Devon, England
        • John Pitts, (1776-1847), b 1776, d Aug 23, 1847, Stokenham, Devon, England
          • William Elliott Pitts, (1813?-1845) b 1813 (app), Stokenham, Devon, England, d Feb 22, 1845, Bishopsteignton, Devon, England
            • William Lawrence Pitts, (1839-1898), b Sep 20, 1839, Stokenham, Devon, England, d Jan 12, 1898, Stokenham, Devon, England
              • Nicholas Samuel Pitts, (1884-1948), b Nov 23, 1884, Stokenham, Devon, England, d May 10, 1948, Crediton, Devon, England
                • Lewis Laurence Pitts, (1912-1999), b Jul 2, 1912, Crediton Registration District, Devon, England, d Oct 1999, Exeter, Devon, England (no associated DNA)

 

 

  • Aaron Pitts, b 1828 SC, d abt 1870 Edgefield Co, SC m Lucy
    • James Henry Pitts, b 1857 Abbeville Co, SC, d abt 1888 Edgefield Co, SC, m Nancy Ann Walton White
      • Sallie Pitts, b Aug 23, 1885, Godsey, near Dysons Crossroads, Greenwood Co, SC, d Sept 25, 1989, Gastonia, NC, m John Debert Harrison
        • John Achlie Harrison, b 1910 Greer, SC, d 2002 Florence, SC, m Ellie Elizabeth Greer FF-13 (No associated Y-dna)

 

 

  • Hester Pitt, daughter of Col Robert Pitt, Isle of Wight Co VA.  Hester was born c1638 Bristol, England, died 1686 Isle of Wight Co VA.  She married Joseph Bridger b Feb 28, 1631, Dursley, Gloucester Co, England, d Apr 15, 1686, Isle of Wight Co VA.
    • Generations 2 and 3 have been combined due to format restraints. Hester Bridger, daughter of Hester Pitt and Joseph Bridger, was born after June 28, 1665, Isle of Wight Co VA, d before 1723, Isle of Wight Co, VA, m George Williamson, b bet 1655-1660, VA, d bet July 13 – Oct 29, 1723, Isle of Wight Co, VA, their daughter, Patience Williamson, b Isle of Wight Co VA, d Isle of Wight Co, VA, m Robert Exum
      • Ann Exum, m John Westray, d Dec 23, 1755, Isle of Wight Co, VA
        • Ann Westray, b before 1737, Isle of Wight Co, VA, d abt 1810, Franklin Co, NC, m Nathan Pearce b Bet 1720-1728 Isle of Wight Co, VA, d before Jan 1794, Franklin Co, NC
          • Elizabeth Pearce, b c1764, NC, d Oct 27, 1844, Shelby Co, IN, m Thomas Ray, b 1762 NC, d Nov 16, 1829, Shelby Co, IN
            • Martha Ray, b Jul 13, 1803, Randolph Co, NC, d Mar 13, 1865, Butler, Montgomery Co, IL, m John Nail b, Aug 6, 1799, Rowan Co, NC, d Aug 31, 1875, Butler, Montgomery Co, IL
              • James Nail, b Jan 2, 1834, Montgomery Co, IL, d July 2, 1884, Barnett, Morgan Co, MO, m Mary Catherine Pepperdine, b Jan 6, 1834, Montgomery Co, IL, d Nov 12, 1917, Barnett, Morgan Co. MO
                • Albert Herman Nail, b Dec 23, 1872, Olean, MO, d Mar 3, 1952, Lockport, IL, m Hannah Shultz, b June 24, 1880, Germany, d Sept 13, 1960, Joliet, IL
                  • Albert Herman Nail, Jr., b Dec 7, 1903, Marietta, IL, d Oct 16, 1990, Mesa, AZ F-14 (no associated Y-dna)

 

 

 

  • Austin Pitts, b Feb 28, 1834 New York, d Feb 1, 1918 Port Arthur, Texas, m Phoebe J Van Buren b Jan 1835, d May 13, 1900, Ingham, Michigan
    • Irving W Pitts, b June 12, 1868, Livingston Co., Michigan, d Sept 5, 1908, Livingston Co., Michigan, m Mary Ellen Radford, b June 1869 Michigan, d unknown but still alive in 1940
      • Harold Austin Pitts, b Sept 30, 1902, Webberville, Michigan, d Nov 25, 1982, Crosswell, Michigan, m Frances Devine, b Sept 4, 1909 b unknown, d Dec 27, 1964, Brown City, Michigan
        • Irving Harold Pitts, b Oct 9, 1926, Chelsea, Michigan, d June 9, 2009 (no associated Y-dna)