hitts=Peter Hiett born ca--1680-83 from Rehbach--near-Caan-Marienborn-just east of Sieggen- in catholic Siegen and his first wife Marie Eliz Freudenberg--born 1674 with no children, tho married in 1707 tken from book The Decendents of mary Broyles Victory by Smart barb Earl J. Hitt wrote: > It appears that Myers & Phillips were mistaken about this Peter Hitt, > or at least confused. As far as I can tell, Hannah James married Charles > Hume in 1764; she is identified in the will of her father as Hannah Hume. > Peter HITT was born after 1756 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He died > on 31 Aug 1802 in Fauquier County, Virginia. Will: 7 Aug 1802, Fauquier > Will Book 3, page 40. The lists of tithables in Fauquier County, Virginia > list three Peter Hitts beginning in 1782, however, in 1796 only two were > shown. In 1798 there were four Peter Hitts, and in 1799 there were only > three. Needless to say, it is difficult to distinquish between these men. > Peter served in the Revolutionary War. His wife, Hannah, applied for a > pension; and the index to the pension file states: Hitt, Peter, Hannah, > W7732, Va Line, sol lived in Fauquier Co. Va at enl. & he married there to > Hannah (---) in April 1783 & sol died 31 Aug 1802, wid appl 7 Sept 1841 > Fauquier Co, Va, aged 78, several children mentioned. The will of Peter > Hitt, dated 17 August 1802, was proved on 25 October 1802. It named his > wife, Hannah, and his children as heirs. > Peter was married to Hannah ???? on 1 Apr 1783 in Fauquier County, > Virginia. Hannah ???? was born on 3 Jan 1763 and she died in Aug 1846 in > Fauquier County, Virginia. Hannah was living at Leeds Manor, Fauquier > County, Virginia, in 1841. Peter HITT and Hannah ???? had the following > children: > 2 i. Presley Russell HITT. > 3 ii. Harrison Churchill HITT. > 4 iii. Alexander HITT > 5 iv. Mary HITT. > 6 v. Susannah "Susan" HITT. > 7 vi. Thaddeus N. HITT. > 8 vii. Nancy HITT. > 9 viii. Frances D. "Fanny" HITT. > 10 ix. Elizabeth HITT. > 11 x. Hannah HITT. > > SOURCES > 1. History of Fauquier County, Virginia, 1959. > 2. Don E. Kinnison, The Gossett Family History; Microfilm, LDS, SLC-4, Cat. > 908069, 12-15-72, Item 16 (Most likely a private publication). 1972. > 3. B. C. Holtzclaw. Germanna Record No. 5; Ancestry and Descendants of > the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750. The Memorial > Foundation of the Germanna Colonies, Inc., P.O. Box 693, Culpeper, Virginia, > 22701; 1964. p. 192. > 4. John H. Gwathmey. Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, > Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, 1775-1783. (1938) Reprint, Baltimore, 1996. > 5. Dr. Benjamin C. Holtzclaw; Charles Herbert Huffman, Editor. The > Germanna Record, Number 1; Peter Hitt, John Joseph Martin, and Tillman > Weaver of the 1714 Colony and their descendants. The Memorial Foundation of > the Germanna Colonies, Inc., Culpeper, VA, July 1961; Second printing > February 1982. > 6. DAR Records; ID Number 48078; ID Number 86570 > 7. Ruby Cox Eddleman; copyright 1983. The Cox-Bates Family and Related > Families; Allen, Kincaid, Hitt, Banks, Holtzclaw, Bruce, Echols, Hicks, > Royall, Fleming, Starnes, Povall, Miller, Pannill, Simmons, and others. > Robert E. Parkin; Genealogical R&D Research & Productions, 661 Clayton Road, > Suite 1B, St. Louis, MO 63117; 1983. > > I hope the above is of some assistance. > > Earl J. Hitt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gordon Grant Lane <golane@United.Net> > To: HITT-L@rootsweb.com <HITT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Thursday, May 07, 1998 1:56 PM > Subject: Peter Hitt 1756-1802 > > >Phillips and Myers show that Peter married Hannah James on 23 June 1796; > >his first seven children were born prior to that date. This leads me to > >believe that he must have had another wife. The Germanna Record #1 says > >that all ten children were the issue of Peter and Hannah. Does anyone > >better information? DOB of Hannah? > > > >Gordon Lane > >Sewanee > > > > > >==== HITT Mailing List ==== > > Search this list's archived messages! > >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > > ==== HITT Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Yvonne James-Henderson, > list administrator with questions concerning this list! > mailto:hen1@idt.net