Peter Wittum1

#11167, (circa 1626 - between January 1698 and January 1706)

Family

Redigon Clarke b. c 1631
Children 1.Mary Wittum5 (1653 - )
 2.Elizabeth Wittum5 (1654 - 1654)
 3.Peter Wittum Jr.+5 (1656 - )
 4.Ichabod Wittum6 (s 1658 - )
 5.Sarah Wittum5 (c 1664 - )
 6.Hannah Wittum+7 (s 1668 - )
 7.Elizabeth Wittum5 (c 1670 - )
 8.Abigail Wittum5 (c 1674 - )
 9.Ruth Wittum+5 (s 1679 - )
Birth*circa 1626He was born circa 1626.2 
Marriage*17 June 1652He married Redigon Clarke on 17 June 1652 at Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts ColonyG.3 
Death*between January 1698 and January 1706He died between January 1698 and January 1706.4 

Citations

  1. [S1064] Everett Schermhorn Stackpole, Old Kittery Families (Lewiston, Maine: Press of Leiston Journal Company, unknown publish date), 804.
    This name appears also as Witham and in other forms. Peter Wittum and his wife Redicum (also Redigoe and Reddigon) are first mentioned in 1660. He had a grant in 1665. He lived a little north of Sturgeon Creek. Both are mentioned in 1698. He had wife Eunice in 1723. His family appears to have been:
    Hannah m. Constant Rankin of York?
    Peter b. 1657; m- (1) 1684 Agnes , (2) 3 Aug. 1713 Judith, dau. of Moses Gattensby and granddau. of John Gattensby.
    Ruth m. Moses Bowdey 26 Nov. 1697.
    Sarah m. William Saunders Dec. 1687; (2) George Brawn.
    Ichabod, mentioned in 1675.
    William, perhaps m. Mary Nason and lived in Dover. A William Wittum m. in Newington, N. H., 12 March 1717 Elizabeth Crockett and signed a petition there.
    John, had a grant in 1703; m. Elizabeth Tidy 8 Jan. 1707-8

    It is impossible to determine the family of Peter Wittum 2d. He had a son Ichabod, named in 1730. Other sons may have been James who m. Elizabeth Drown 12 March 1720, and Daniel who is mentioned with wife Hannah in 1729, and Samuel who witnessed a deed in 1723, and Eunice who m. about 1725, Richard Brawn and lived in York.
    The children of John and Elizabeth (Tidy) Wittum were:
    Elizabeth b. 13 Sept. 1708; John b. 25 May 1711 ; Zebulon b. 8 Aug. 1713; Eleazar b. 8 Dec. 1715; Gideon b. 21 Sept. 1717; James b. 16 June 1719; Nathaniel b. 23 Dec. 1721 and Katherine b. 10 Nov. 1723.
    . Hereinafter cited as Old Kittery Families.
  2. [S520] VWH, no record found where his age is given.
  3. [S960] David Pulsifer and William B. Trask, "Early Records of Boston", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2–11 (1848–1857): XI:199. "Peter Wittom" and Redgon Clarke" marr. 17: 4: 52 [17 Jun 1652] by Mr. William Hibbins.
  4. [S341] Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin, editor, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, ME: Southward Press, 1928–1939), p. 767. "Living 15 Jan. 1696-7, his son called 'Sr.' in Jan. 1705-6."
  5. [S341] Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 767.
  6. [S341] Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 767, first mentioned in records 1675.
  7. [S378] Lester Mackenzie Bragdon and John Eldridge Frost, "Vital Records of York, Maine", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 109 etc. (1955 etc.): 110:174, children of Constant Rankin and Hannah Wittam, dau. of Peter Wittam.