Richard Witt Sr.
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Richard Witt Sr. (abt. 1690 - abt. 1764)

Richard Witt Sr. aka Whitt
Born about in Charles City County, Virginia Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married about 1722 in Virginia Colony, British Americamap
Husband of — married 1748 in Halifax County, Virginia Colony, British Americamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died about at about age 74 in Bute County, North Carolinamap
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Biography

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Richard Witt Sr. was a Virginia colonist.

Richard Witt was born about 1690 in Charles City County, Virginia Colony. He was the son of John Witt and Ann Daux. He passed away in 1764 in Bute County, North Carolina.

Birth

No birth record has been found. Richard is usually listed as third son of John and Ann Witt -- born after William (b 1680) and before Edward (b 1700) -- so born about 1690. He would have been about age 32 when he married Elizabeth Liptrot about 1722.

Marriage

Elizabeth Liptrot was first wife of Richard Witt, supposedly married about 1722. Elizabeth is named as Elizabeth Whit in the will of her father, Edmund Liptrot, dated 15 November 1734.[1]

Richard reportedly married Mary Kimbro about 1748. They were certainly living together as married in 1753 because they were accused to a grand jury of living in adultery along with several other couples. The story is the Baptist minister who performed the marriages neglected to record them.

15 May 1753, p. 98. A Grand Jury was impanelled as follows: .... and they present .... Richard Witt and Mary Kimbro for living in adultry on information of Hance Hendrick, Edmond Floyd and William Armstrong; [2]

Children

The following children are attributed to Richard Witt, Sr., all of which were Carolina frontiersmen[3]:

  1. Richard Whitt
  2. Hezekiah Witt
  3. John Whitt
  4. Edmund Witt Sr.

Death

No death record or burial site has been found. He is generally said to have died about 1764 in Bute County, North Carolina. He is last found definitely in records in 1749 in Amelia County, Virginia. Reference is made to Richard's move to Bute County in Harbour-Witt Bulletin 6.2:

After living in Henrico, Amelia, and Halifax Counties in Virginia, Richard moved to Bute County, NC (Harbour-Witt Bulletin 6.2; Whitt 330). ... The Harbour-Witt Bulletin lists Mary Kimbrow as the only wife. The Gendex report, however, lists Elizabeth Liptrot as Richard's first wife. ... Whitt (330) indicates that the children, except for Edmund, are Elizabeth's. Edmund is the son of Mary. Children: Richard Witt, Jr., Hezekiah Witt, John Witt, Robert Witt, Edmund Witt.[4]

Timeline

1730 11 April 1740 Witness to a deed in Henrico County for land about ten miles east of brothers John and William Witt.[5]
1745 Included on partial list of Tithables Deep and Flatt Creeks, Amelia County, Virginia Colony, Capt. Charles Hudson's Company.[6]
1745-1749 Appears in tithables lists of Amelia County, Virginia Colony.
1747 Listed in a road order in Prince Edward County.[7]

Sources

  • Fleet, Beverley, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume III, (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988)
  • Weisiger, Benjamin B. III. Henrico County, Virginia Deeds 1706-1737, 1985.
  • Witt, Robert W. Descendants of John Witt the Virginia Immigrant, Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1998, 2006.
  1. ↑ Fleet, p 408.
  2. ↑ Halifax County, Virginia, Pleas No. 1, May Term 1752-March Term 1755 abstracted by Marion Dodson Chiarito. as cited in Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 1, p 50
  3. ↑ Whitt, David F. 2004. Ancestors and descendants of William Whitt, 1775-1850: portrait of an American family. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books. Page 57.
  4. ↑ Witt, pp 4-5.
  5. ↑ Weisiger, p 111. Deed from Robert Green to Joseph Mayo.
  6. ↑ as posted on ancestry.com, Valentine Nix Family Tree
  7. ↑ John Witt (c1645 – by1715)




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Kiskis-1 April Kiskis
Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly. Vol., 25. Num. 1., p. 27; Halifax County Pleas

https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/1466132?mark=e7473097740d5166923be5319cbe9af687270fb2f18381deeddaddc5ccace46e

posted by April Kiskis
Strutton-11 Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
Witt-775 and Witt-185 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth date, same parents.
posted by Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
Strutton-11 Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
Witt-185 and Witt-905 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth date and place; almost same death date, same death place; both married to Mary Kimbro.
posted by Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
Kraft-60 Terry Kraft
I agree, but have no information to confirm.
posted by Terry Kraft
Strutton-11 Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
Need to change parents before any merge can be completed. Richard was son of John Witt and Ann Daux. John Witt who married Ann Rogers was Richard's brother.
posted by Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
S. Tynan
Richard Married Mary Kimbro after Elizabeth Liptrot. Assuming that this is Mary Kimbro's husband, then it would be the some Richard. However, in a will dated 15 Nov 1734, Edmond Liptrot leaves a bequest to a daughter Elizabeth Whitt (Weisiger, Wills of Henrico County, 1654-1737, 48) Whitt indicates that the children, except for Edmond, are Elizabeths. Edmund is the son of Mary Kimbrow.

See Liptrot-3 for the will.

posted by S. Tynan
Bruce-1972 Betsy Bruce
Witt-185 and Witt-905 are not ready to be merged because: Children and wife are different. Not sure this is the same person.
posted by Betsy Bruce
S. Tynan
In 1734 Elizabeth Liptrot was already married to Richard Witt (See Liptrot Will on Elizabeth's page).
posted by S. Tynan

Rejected matches › Richard Whitt Jr. (1730-1812)

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