Eunice (Hall) Pitkin (1700 - 1774)

Born 7 Mar 1700 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Died 8 Jun 1774 at age 74 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

EUNICE HALL was born 7 March 1700 in Wallingford, Connecticut the daughter of John Hall (1670 - 1730) Mary Lyman (1668 - 1740).^[1][2]

On 9 December 1719 in Milford she married SAMUEL ANDREW.^[3][4] SAMUEL ANDREW (or Andrews) was born September 1688 ^[3] and baptized 14 October 1688^[5] in Milford, Connecticut, the son of Reverend Samuel Andrew and Abigail Treat. He died 26 April 1728 in Milford of a fever.^[6][4] He was a graduate of Yale, Class of 1711, but took his AM in 1714 at Harvard, an interesting commentary on his father's views about Yale's prospects.^[4] After graduating he was a successful merchant in Milford. Samuel left no will. Administration of his estate was given to Eunice Andrew with John Hall paying bond on 10 June 1728.^[4][7]

Children:

1. EUNICE5, b. 16 August 1720 in Milford. m. JONATHAN LAW.^[4]
2. SAMUEL, b. 25 February 1721/2 in Milford. m. ELIZABETH HARPIN.^[4]
3. ABIGAIL, b. 6 February 1723/4 in Milford. bp. 9 February 1723/4. m. WILLIAM RUSSELL.^[4]
4. SARAH, b. 27 March 1726 and bp. the same day in Milford. m. STEPHEN ALLING.^[4]

• Note some histories include a son David but no record of him has been found.

After his death she remarried to second to Governor Jonathan Law and third to Col. Joseph Pitkin of New Haven.^[4] She died 2 June 1774 in New Haven.^[8]

Burial: Burial: Grove Street Cemetery New Haven New Haven County Connecticut, USA Plot: Linden Ave., lot 26.^[6][9]

Inscription: In Memory of Madam EUNICE PITKIN relict of Col. Jos. Pitkin of East Hartford. She was the only daughter of the Honorable John Hall of Wallingford and became first the consort of Mr. Sam'l Andrew son of the Rev. Rector Andrew: And afterwards consort of Gov'r Law. She was a Lady of an excellent character For Prudent Industry and Economy For Virtue and Piety. For Kindness Benevolence & Sociability and for a certain Nobleness of Spirit and Dignity of manners She lived an Honor and ornament to the families to which she was connected and died in this city June 3d 1774 ETAT 75.

Sources

1. ↑ Barbour, Wallingford Vital Records
2. ↑ James Shepard, John Hall of Wallingford, Conn., (New Britain, 1902) p 50 link
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) , Milford Vital Records 1640-1850 p 4-5
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Craig Partridge, The Descendants of William Andrew of Cambridge, Massachusetts (Palo Alto, California : C. Partridge, 1995) PDF version available via this link
5. ↑ Transcript of Records of Milford First Church, at the Connecticut State Library.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} N.G. Pond, Inscriptions on Tombstones in Milford, [New Haven, 1889]
7. ↑ New Haven Probate, 277
8. ↑ D.L. Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, (New York, 1923) Vol 3 p 702 link
9. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 11439612

• Pond, Nathan. Inscriptions on Tombstones in Milford, Conn., Erected Prior to 1800 (New Haven, Connecticut, 1889) Page 4
• Abbott, Susan Woodruff. Families of Early Milford, Connecticut (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979) Page 401
• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Inscriptions on Tombstones in New Haven, Erected Prior to 1800 (1882) Page 576

• Find A Grave: Memorial #11439612

• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1885) Vol. 1, 1701-1745. Page 102

• Ancestry Family Trees (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18933837&pid=526