Daniel Pittenger

Other Events:

• Baptism: 8 Jan 1709, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; Address:
  Dutch Reformed Church
• Property: 1745; purchased Royenton Plains from Henry Munday
• Property: 30 Mar 1745; leased Lot # 3 of Monocacy Manor
• Will: 24 May 1794, Frederick County, Maryland, United States
• Probate: 3 Feb 1796, Frederick County, Maryland, United States

Notes:

Property:

—Lot # 3 was next to his father-in-law John Biggs. The Monocacy Manor consisted of 8,983 acres, a large land grant issued to Daniel Dulaney. In March of 1732 the proprietor of the Provence of Maryland desired to attract settlers to the Northern and the Western areas of his territory. Any person having a family to come to the land within three years of the proclamation and actually settle on the land could have two hundred acres without payment for 3 years. After 3 years the settler had to pay to the proprietor four shillings sterling for every hundred acres.
—The colonies induced the French and Indian War which began in 1755. All settlements of the western parts of Frederick County eventually came under attack. They were killed, tortured and buried out by the French and Iroquois Indians.

Will:

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF DANIEL PITTINGER
(Edited for easier reading)

—In the Name of God Amen I Daniel Pittenger of Frederick County and State of Maryland being week in Body but in perfect memory and understanding considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby to be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence. Do therefore make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and from following. That is to say first and Principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors herein after named and after my debts and funeral charges are paid.
— I Devise and bequeath as follows--- Inprimis all the Land I died possessed of I give and bequeath to my four sons John, Daniel, William and Benjamin to be laid off into four Equal Shares or parts in the following manner--- One fourth part to be laid off for my son John so as to Include the Plantation or farm together with the buildings and improvements thereon which my son John now lives which I give and bequeath to my said son John during his natural life, and at his decease to my grandson William, son of John in fee simple hereby directing that when my grandson William shall or may receive or obtain the said Land he shall pay unto his Sister Elizabeth my granddaughter the Sum of Fifty Pounds current money.
— Item - I give and bequeath to my son Daniel one of the fourth part of the Land I died possessed of in fee simple to laid off so as to include the farm together with the buildings and improvements on which my said son Daniel now lives.
— Item - I give and bequeath to my two Sons William and Benjamin the remaining two fourths of the lands I die possessed of in fee simple to be laid off so as to Include the farm together with the buildings and improvements on which they the said William and Benjamin now lives hereby positively directing and enjoying that they neither he one nor the other shall assign transfer sell or in any manner dispose of his share or part without the consent and approbation of the other.
—Item - I will desire and direct that my executors shall out of my estate pay or cause to be paid to my daughter Elizabeth Devose as soon as possible after my decease the sum of twenty pounds but if she dies before me or before the payment is made to her then, in that case the sum of twenty pounds to be equally Divided among my four sons John, Daniel, William and Benjamin their representatives.
—Item - I give and bequeath to my grandsons John Brown and Joseph Brown and to my granddaughter Catharine Brown the sum of twenty pounds current money to be equally divided among the three and my granddaughter Elizabeth Olar the sum of twenty pounds current money and my granddaughter Mary Albaugh the sum of fifteen pounds each to be paid them by my executors each as they may arrive of age.
—Item - I give and bequeath to my daughter Hannah Brown the Sum of twenty pounds current money to paid to her or her representatives as soon as may be after my Decease.
—Item - I will and direct in order to raise the money hereby devised and bequeathed to my two daughters Elizabeth and Hannah to my Grandsons John Brown & Joseph Brown to my granddaughters Catherine Brown, Elisabeth Olar and Mary Albaugh that each of my sons John, Daniel, William & Benjamin shall each of them pay an equal part or proportion of the money required to discharge the said legacies and thereby Burthen the lands I die possessed of for the payment thereof.
—Item - All the residue of my estate real and personal I desire and bequeath to be equally divided among my four sons John, Daniel, William and Benjamin. And Lastly I do hereby constitute & appoint my sons Daniel, William and Benjamin to be my Joint executors of this my last Will and Testament revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last Will and Testament. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty fourth day of May one thousand seven hundred and ninety four.
Daniel (his x Mark) Pittinger

Signed sealed published and
declared by the said Daniel Pittinger the above named testator as and for his Last Will and Testament in presence of us who at his request & in his presence have subscribed our names as witness hereto.
Jno. Carmack, Henry Crise
John Plumer

Daniel married Elizabeth Amy Biggs in 1732/3 in Somerset County, Colony of New Jersey, British Colonial America. Elizabeth (daughter of John Biggs and Eva Lambertse) was born before 6 Dec 1713 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York Colony, British Colonial America; died in Mar 1794 in Detour, Frederick County, Maryland, United States; was buried in Mar 1794 in Rocky Ridge, Federick County, Maryland, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Pittenger was born about 1734 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died after May 1794.
2. Maria Catharina Pittenger was born about 1736 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died in 1802 in Carroll County, Ohio, United States.
3. Daniel Pittenger was born between 1740 and 1749; died after May 1794.
4. Prudence Pittenger was born between 1740 and 1753; and died.
5. John Pittenger was born in 1740/1; and died.
6. Hannah Pittenger was born about 1736 in Somerset County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died in Oct 1794 in Foxville, Frederick County, Maryland, United States; was buried in Oct 1794 in Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
7. William Pittenger was born on 4 Jul 1749 in Frederick County, Maryland, British Colonial America; died in 1819 in Ohio, United States; was buried in 1819 in Eckmansville, Adams County, Ohio, United States.
8. Benjamin Pittenger was born in 1751 in Frederick County, Maryland, British Colonial America; died on 28 Nov 1815 in Frederick County, Maryland, United States; was buried in Nov 1815 in Rocky Ridge, Federick County, Maryland, United States.

Notes:

...On 29 November 1708, Richard Putinger of Middletown, Monmouth County gave his ear mark to be recorded thus, "The earmark that was formerly Adrian Lowes, that is a crop of the near ear and a hole in the right. Entered per me Elisha Lawrence".
...On 20 June 1710, "John Morford of Middletown of late, now of Middlesex, yeoman and his wife Margaret", conveyed to "Richard Putinger of Middletown, Monmouth County, weaver", for 240 Pounds a tract of 130 acres boundedon the west by Romenesin Brook. A few months later on 5 January 1711, Richard Putinger of Middletown, weaver, and his wife Sytche conveyed this same property to John Tyssen of Freehold, Monmouth County, yeoman, for 255 pounds.
...At the end of the deed is the standard phrase, "In witness whereof he the said "Richard Putinger and Sytche his wife have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written 1711." This if followed by the words "Richard Putinger" and a seal symbol followed by "signed sealed and delivered in the presence of John Cox, Elizabeth Lawrence, William Lawrence Junr." There is no signature for either Richard or Sytche and no seal for Sytche.
...On 23 August 1712, Richard Putinger of Freehold gave the note payable to Anthony Pintar of Shrewsbury, a merchant, referred to above, for which Pintar sued John as adminstrator of Richard's estate.
...On 16 October 1715, John Pittenger was appointed administrator of the estate of Richard Pittenger. At p 114, Liber A, Middlesex Wills, is the notation, "Letters of administration was granted by his excellency Brigadeere Hunter to John Pittenger on ye estate of Richard Peitinger Deceased dated October ye sixteenth, 1715. At page 193 is the following entry, "John Pittenger administrator on ye goods, chatties and credits of Richard Pittenger late of Piscataway deed, having rendered acct of the estate which is file in ye Secretaries office according to law, and having made application to his Honor the foresaid writ of Huis Quietus Est which he was pleased to grant be ordered the Purogative Seal to be affixed to ye same it (illegible) August ye 26 1720 (illegible) Registrar."
...In between those entries John and Sycha filed a petition with the General Assembly for
permission to sell Richard's land to pay his debts, one of which was a note to Anthony Pinter and another was probably the money owing to the estate of Peter Watson a merchant of Freehold in Monmouth County.
...Although the file in the New Jersey State Archives does not provide any year in which it was filed, but obviously after October 1715, Anthony Pinter filed an action in the Supreme Court of New Jersey in Middlesex County against John Pettinger as administrator of the estate of Richard Putinger to collect on a note executed by Richard on 2 August 1712, for 21 pounds 8 shillings and 9 pence with the provision that if it was not paid when due on 2 November the amount owing would be 42 pounds 17 shillings and 6 pence. Unfortunately the only papers in the Archives files were the note, or copy of it, and the complaint. The note gives the residence of Richard as Freehold. It is clear that Pinter was a merchant in Shrewsbury (which is in Monmouth County and not far from Freehold) and supports the fact that Richard II and Syche were living in Monmouth County at least as late as 1712.
...The following entry was made by the Council held at Chesterfield 11 January 1716: "A Bill to Enable John Pittenger & Sycha Pittenger of Piscataqua In the County of Middlesex & Province of New Jersey to sell & Dispose of the Real Estate of Richard Pittenger Late of Piscataqua Aforesaid Deceased for the payment of Debts sent up by the House of Representatives for the Concurrence of this Board was Read the first time, and ordered A Second Reading."
...This was followed at the Council held at Chesterfield five days later on the 16th at which the following entry was made: "John Reading Esq. Reported from the Committee to whom the Bill to Enable John Pittenger & Syche Pittenger of Piscataqua In the County of Middlesex & Province of New Jersey to sell & dispose of the Reall Estate of Richard Pittenger Late of Piscataqua Aforesd Deceased, for the payment of Debts was Referr'd, that they had Agreed to severall Amendments which he was directed to Report to this Board when they were ready to receive the same. Ordered that ye sd Report be made Immediately. Then the said John Reading reported the Amendments In his place and laid them Afterwards on the Table. And the said Amendments being severally read were Agreed to by this Board, ordered that the sd Bill as Amended be Read the third time, which being Read was Agreed to and past by this Board: Ordered that John Reading, Esq. do carry the said Bill with Amendments to the House of Representatives for their Concurrence."
...The House of Representatives took little time to act as on 26 January 1716/17, the following was adopted:
...An Act to Enable John Pittinger & Sycha Pittinger of piscataway in the County of Middlesex & Province of New Jersey To Sill and Dispose of the Reall Estate of Richard Pittinger late of piscataway aforesaid, Deceased, for the payment of Debts.

...Whereas Richard Pittenger, Late of Piscataway In the County of Middlesex, and Province of New Jersey, Dyed Intestate, having at the time of his Decease divers Goods, Chattels and Credits within the said county and Province of New Jersey; Whereupon the said John Pittenger obtained Administration upon the Personal Estate of said Richard Pittenger Deceased, and not finding sufficient Assets of said Estate to answer the debts and demands Due from same, he the said John Pittenger, together with Sycha Pittenger, Widow of said Richard Pittenger, Deceased, have set forth by their Petition to the General Assembly, That the Assets of the Estate of said Richard Pittenger Deceased, will not pay the Debts Due from the same, And Also that the said Richard In his Lifetime purchased A Tract of Land, and took up money at interest to pay for the same, which Interest will Exceed the Value of the Land before the Heir of the said Richard (who is A Minor) will come of Age, and the Principall remain yet unpaid, and therefore they pray. That An Act may pass to Enable them the said John Pittenger and Sycha Pittenger to sell and dispose of the Real Estate of said Richard Pittenger Deceased, for the payment of his Just Debts, And it Appearing That the Allegations In said Petition are True.
...Be It Therefore Enacted by the Goveraour, Councill and General Assembly, and it is hereby Enacted by Authority of the same. That the said John Pittenger and Sycha Pittenger shall be Enabled to sell and dispose of the Real Estate of the said Richard Pittenger Deceased, and the said John and Sycha Pittenger, or the Survivor of Either of them, are hereby Empowered and Authorized to sell and dispose of the said Real Estate of Richard Pittenger Deceased, and to Signe, Seal and execute good and sufficient Deed or Deeds. Conveyance or Conveyances by them the said John and Sycha Pittenger, or the Survivor of Either of them so signed. Sealed and Executed by them, as Aforesaid, shall be Deemed and Esteemed, and are herby declared to be as good and sufficient Conveyances in the Law, to the purchaser or Purchasers thereof, their Heirs and Assigns, As If lawfully Executed by the said Richard Pittenaer In his Lifetime.
...And Be It Further Enacted by the Authority Aforesaid, That All the Sum or Sums of money that the said Real Estate shall be sold for, shall be Accounted Assets In the hands of the said John Pittenger, and for which he the said John Pittenger, shall be Accountable, and account for the same Accordingly, any Law, Custom or Usage to the contrary In any wise Notwithstanding.
...And Be It Further Enacted by the Authority Aforesaid, That A True Copy of this Act, signed by the Secretary of the Province, for the time being, shall and may be given In Evidence by the Purchaser or Purchasers of the said Estate, In any Court of Record in this Province, and any Deed or Conveyance made and Executed In pursuance of this Act, shall be Deemed, Esteemed and taken to be A perpetual Bar in Law against any claim hereafter to be made by the Heirs of the said Richard Pittenger, Deceased, any Law, Custom or usage to the Contrary In any wise notwithstanding.

...Richard II was probably born in that part of Middlesex County which is now Essex County, about 1675, where his father had land and was probably living. He moved to Monmouth County about 1700, where he married Syche and registered his ear mark in 1708. He then bought land there in 1711, which he sold the next year, and probably moved back to Middlesex County shorly thereafter. He was living in Middlesex County in 1714,45 when daughter Sietje was baptized, but had her christened in the Freehold Dutch Reformed Church. From the administrator's petition to sell Richard's property, we know that before he died in 1715, he had bought land in Middlesex County on which there was a mortgage and was probably living there when he died. I believe that after John sold the land to pay the debts of Richard's estate, he and his sister-in-law, Syche and her children, may have moved to land in Somerset County which John had previously purchased. They later moved back to Middlesex County where John also had land and where he was living in 1733. (Reference: Tress E. Pittenger, Jr., "The Pittenger Families of New Jersey - 1665 to 1800", http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/, pg.22-23, 27-28, Richard Pittenger c. 1675-1715)

Richard married Sycha Psyche Hendricksen. Sycha (daughter of Hendrick Willemsz Hendricksen) was born in 1652 in Holland, Netherlands; died after 1732 in New York Colony, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

...Syche Hendricksen was the wife of Richard Pittenger. it is not known when or where they married, but the evidence goes to show that they married in Holland.
...Syche Pittenger married Isaac Selover, Jr. a son of Isaac Selover, Sr. a schoolmaster at Flatlands, N.Y. in 1695 and Judith Waldron. They had a daughter baptized Aug. 15, 1732 at the Harlingen D.R. Church with John Pittenger, son of Richard Pittenger and Syche Hendricksen, the child's grandmother and widow of Richard Pittenger, sponsors.

Other Events:

• Immigration: 29 Jul 1665, New Amsterdam, Colony of New Netherland, Netherlands; now New York City

Notes:

...Richard Pittenger came from Holland to America on the ship "Phillip" and landed in New Amsterdam, now New York City on July 29, 1665. The ship was in charge of Philip Carteret, with 30 passengers aboard, 16 of whom, including Richard Pittenger removed in a few days with Philip Carteret from New York City to New Jersey with the purpose of planting a colony. At that time only 4 families had settled in N.J.; 269 acres of land was allotted Richard Pittenger and each of the other colonists. The tract that Richard Pittenger drew adjoined the tract owned by the governor. The Edison experimental works now occupies the tract drawn by Richard Pittenger.
On March 11, 1678 Richard Pittenger was a witness to the marriage contract of Mrs. Margaret Stuyvesant, half sister of governor Stuyvesant, and Hendrick Droogestadt.
...Richard Pittenger's cattle mark was: A crop in the near ear and a hole in the right, recorded Nov. 29, 1708.

Richard married Annetje Anthony. Annetje was born in 1624; died after 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Although no one has a record of marriage between Richard Pittenger and Annetje Anthony we know from an entry in the New York DRC that Annetje Anthony, widow of Richard Pittenger, was admited into the New York church from Hackensack by attestation 26 February 1700. Goff also believes that she may have been the widow of Gerrit Mannaet (van Haen), a soldier who came to New York 15 April 1660, on the ship Spotted Cow. Annetje came over on 2 September 1662, with their five year old child on the ship Fox. They later had a daughter Marritie baptized in the New York DRC, 15 March 1665, with Laval and Marritie Appels as witnesses. (Source: Tress E. Pittenger, Jr., "The Pittenger Families of New Jersey - 1665 to 1800", http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/, pg. 11-12.)