John Hitt, Sr.

Biography

John Hitt (Peter /Hitt/, Johan Jacob /Hitt/, Jacob /Hitt/, Balthasar /Hitt/) was born 1715 in Germanna, Essex, Va., and died BEF 14 Nov 1782 in Fauquier, Va.

Germanna Record # 1

Member of F. City militia in 1761 and has record during Fr. and Indian War according to B. Littlefield. Baptist church organizer and listed as a patriot for his allegiance to Va. in preference to English Gov. C. Betts shows he received a negro woman, Judy and boy George in his father's will. MR Hitt says first wife unknown. married second to Mary ? who was born about 1736. Mary married second in 1791, Fauquier. Co. Va. to John Shaw.

His issue with first wife according to Germanna Record # 1 p 12 were John,Jr. b 1740, Charles b 1750 and Mary Anne b c 1755.

By Mary ? were Peter b 1756, Elias b 1762 Martin b c 1764, Aaron b c 1765, and Susannah b c1766.

Earl Hitt says first wife Sarah Pace [NO] (not Sarah Day Pace who married another Hitt).

Pr Wm is now part of Fau. Co. He was made guardian of youngersister Susannah upon death of his father in 1806.

Disambiguation

John was never married to a Sarah Day, or Sarah Day Pace. Sarah (Day) Pace first married Richard Pace and married second to a John Hitt, son of HARMON HITT and MARY WEAVER. John, son of PETER HITT was married twice - to a Sarah, then a Mary - neither wife identified by any record. A VERY DIFFERENT John Hitt was married to Sarah (Day) Pace who was first married to Richard Pace - THAT John was the son of Harmon Hitt & Mary Weaver.

Family

https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/154415/I78/john-hitt/registry

He married

1. Sarah on ABT 1742 in ,Fauquier,Va.. She was born ABT 1719 in ,Fauquier,Va., and died BEF 1755 in ,Fauquier,Va.
2. Mary on 23 Aug 1756 in ,Prince William , Va.. She was born 1736 in ,Laurens,S.C., and died AFT 1802 in ,Fauquier,Va..

Children of John Hitt Sr. and Sarah are:

1. John Hitt was born ABT 1743 in , Prince William, Va., and died 24 Feb 1806 in , Fauquier, Va..
2. Lazarus Hitt was born 1747/1749.
3. Charles Hitt was born 1750 in , , Va., and died ABT 1821 in ,Fleming,Ky..
4. Mary Anne Hitt was born 23 Jul 1755 in Germantown,Stafford,Va., and died ABT 1810 in ,Harrison,Va..
5. James Hitt was born ABT 1756.
6. Elias Hitt was born ABT 1762 in ,Fauquier,Va., and died ABT 1833 in , Jessamine, Ky. .

Children of John Hitt Sr. and Mary are:

1. Peter Hitt was born 1756/1763 in , Essex, Va., and died 31 Aug 1802 in , Fauquier, Va..
2. Leanor Hitt was born 1762 in , , , Va., and died 1829 in , , Va..
3. Susannah Hitt was born ABT 1763 in , Fauquier, Va., and died 1847 in ,Fauquier,Va..
4. Martin Hitt was born ABT 1764 in ,Fauquier,Va., and died BEF 1831 in , Fauquier, Va..
5. Aaron Hitt was born ABT 1765/1770 in Germantown, Fauquier, Va., and died 1 Sep 1854 in , Mason, Ky

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Origins

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Hitt_%284%29 Named in his fathers will. Clerk's Copy of Will of Peter Hitt, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States. Will Book 1, p 200. [dated 23 Mar 1772] “ ... Item: I give to my son, John Hitt, my Negro woman Judy and My Negro boy George. ... Item: My will and desier is that after the deceas of my wife that all my estate that is not hearin mentioned be sold to the highest bidder and the money arising therefrom be equally divided amongst all my Children hearafter Named That is to say, John / Joseph / Harman / Peter & Mary ...”

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References

1. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/LY4K-M7D
2. http://germannafamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I021890&tree=tree1

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John Hitt
Male 1715 - 1782 (67 years)
Name John Hitt [1, 2]
Born 1715 Fort Germanna, Essex (now Orange) County, Virginia [3, 4]
Gender Male
Died 1782 Fauquier County, Virginia [5]
Person ID I021890 Germanna Genealogy
Last Modified 24 May 2023

Father Peter Heide or Heite, b. Between 1680 and 1683, Rehbach, Nassau-Siegen (now Germany), d. Between 23 Mar and 27 Jul 1772, Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia
Mother Ellsbeth Otterbach, b. 1689, Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen (now Westphalia, Germany), d. 1774 (Age 85 years)

Married Aft 1714 [6]
Family ID F09901 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 1 Sarah Pace
Children
1. Elias Hitt
2. John Hitt, Jr., b. Between 1740 and 1743, d. 1805, Fauquier County, Virginia (Age ~ 65 years)
3. Charles Hitt, b. Abt 1750
Last Modified 24 May 2023
Family ID F31599 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Mary (_____), b. 1736, d. Aft 1802 (Age > 67 years)
Married Abt 1755 [7]
Children
1. Peter Hitt, b. 1 Feb 1755, d. 31 Aug 1802, Fauquier County, Virginia (Age 47 years)
2. Mary Ann Hitt, b. 23 Jul 1756
3. Susannah Hitt
4. Aaron Hitt, b. Abt 1766, Virginia, d. 1854, Mason County, Kentucky (Age ~ 88 years)
5. Martin Hitt, d. Bef 31 Mar 1831, Fauquier County, Virginia
6. James Hitt
7. William Hitt
Last Modified 24 May 2023
Family ID F31610 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes
Need to verify: 21 March 1745 [O.S.] Joseph Hitt deeded 217 acres, half of land from Nathaniel Hillery, to John Hitt (Prince William County Deed Book I: 31) 13 November 1762 John Hitt granted 53 acres (Northern Neck Grant Book I: 91) October Court 1782 John Hitt appointed administrator of John Hitt, decd (Fauquier County, Virginia Minute Book 1781-1784: 78) 14 November 1782 Inventory of John Hitt, decd (Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book 1: 459) March Court 1783 Inventory and appraisement of John Hitt returned to Court (Fauquier County, Virginia Minute Book 1781-1784: 91)

Sources

1. [S0040229] Genealogy of the Holtzclaw Family 1540-1935, B.C. Holtzclaw, (Richmond, VA: Old Dominion Press, 1936), 38. mentioned in his father's will
2. [S0040000] Peter Hitt of Germanna and Germantown, Charles Herbert Huffman, (Germanna Record #1 (Harrisonburg, VA: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc., July 1961)), 9. mentioned in his father's will
3. [S0040553] Hitt, Col. Parker Hitt, (Name: Annual Journal for the Society of Germanna Colonies, 1, no. 4 &5, (June 1953);), 39. date only
4. [S0040222] Genealogy of Peter Hitt, Moultrie Hitt and Agnes L. Kemper, (Journal of the Society of the Germanna Colonies, 1, no. 3), 79.
5. [S0041945] Peter Hitt of Germanna and Germantown, Charles Herbert Huffman, (Name: Germanna Record #1 (Harrisonburg, VA: Memorial Foundation of theGermanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc., July 1961);), 10.
6. [S0040278] Germanna Record No. 5: Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750, B. C. Holtzclaw, (Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1964, Sixth Printing 2002), 187-188.
7. [S0040000] Peter Hitt of Germanna and Germantown, Charles Herbert Huffman, (Germanna Record #1 (Harrisonburg, VA: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc., July 1961)), 14.

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