Rachel (Morton) Pitt (abt. 1602 - 1643)

Born about 1602 in Dorset, England.

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Pitt — married 23 Apr 1620 in Milborne St Andrew, Dorset, England

Descendants

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Biography

Rachel was born about 1602. Rachel Morton ,the daughter of George Morton of Milborne St Andrew, Dorset and his wife Katherine Hopton

She married Edward Pitt on the 27th April 1620 at Milborne St Andrew^[1]

She passed away in 1643.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ Dorset History Centre, Milborne St Andrew Parish register PE MIA RE 1/1

   Marryed Edward Pytt Gent' and Mistress Rachell Mourton on the xxiijrd daye of Apryll

2. ↑ John Hutchins The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset Third edition, corrected, augmented, and improved by William Shipp and James Whitworth Hodson 1861-73 Vol 2 p 595 (Morton Pedigree).
3. ↑ Text from memorial at St Mary Stratfield Saye quoted in 'Parishes: Stratfieldsaye', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4, ed. William Page (London, 1911), pp. 57-63. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol4/pp57-63 [accessed 25 July 2016].

   Here were inter'd in the year 1643 ye Bodyes of Edw Pitt Esq. Sonn & heire of Sr Wm Pitt Kt and Rachell his wife the eldest Daughter of Sr George Morton of Milborne in the County of Dorsett Barrt

• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/pitt-edward-1592-1643#footnote16_5eudjga
• Pedigrees from the Visitation of Hampshire Page 195: Pitt