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The widow Mary Baldwin Pitt of Buckhingham, 1780s
Posted by: Charlie Crook (ID *****7428) Date: May 05, 2002 at 15:53:22
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Anyone recognize this John Pitt? Mary Baldwin, his widow, married the astronomer William Herschel.

                                          
       1        [1] Mary Baldwin       b: 1750              d: January 06, 1832       
..              +John Pitt              m: February 18, 1773 in Upton Cum Chalvey, Buckingham, England       d: 1786       
...       2        Thomas Pitt       b: August 1782 in Buckingham, England              d: Bef. 1788       Christening: August 12, 1782 Olney, Buckingham, England
              *2nd Husband of [1] Mary Baldwin:                            
..              +William Herschel       b: 1737       m: May 08, 1788 in Upton Cum Chalvey, Buckingham, England       d: 1822       
...       2        John Herschel       b: March 07, 1792 in Slough, Buckingham, England              d: May 11, 1871 in Hawkhurst, Kent, England       
.......              +Margaret Brodie              m: 1829       
       
"On May 8, 1788, William Herschel married Mary Pitt, former Baldwin, the widow of the wealthy London merchant John Pitt, who had died in 1786..."

"...A bachelor until this point, Herschel at age 50 married Mary Pitt in May of 1788. She was the wealthy widow of a neighbor and friend, and brought both financial and ..."


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