Person:James Pitts (16)

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  1. John Pitts1700 - 1727
  2. Elizabeth Pitts1703 - 1747
  3. Sarah Pitts1705 - 1743
  4. Thomas Pitts1707 - 1726
  5. James Pitts1712 - 1776
  1. Elizabeth Pitts1734 - 1810
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Name James Pitts
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1712 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Degree[1] 1731 Harvard
Marriage to Elizabeth Bowdoin
Death[1] 1776
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 [1], in American Aristocracy website.

    James Pitts (1712-1776)
    Merchant of Boston, Massachusetts & Member of the King's Council

    He was born at Boston and graduated from Harvard (1731). He a merchant who traded between Boston and the Bermudas. He was also a Member of the King's Council from 1766 until his death but he was also a leading Patriot. In 1732, he married Elizabeth, daughter of James Bowdoin, and they had seven children (listed).