scuda
18-07-11, 14:29
I'm trying to find the death of Thomas Pitman which, according to a later deed, occurred "on or about November 1732". All I know of him so far is:
24 Jan 1695 Baptised Stow on the Wold, Glos (parents Thomas & Grace Pitman)
Nov 1711 Apprenticed to John Page, Coach & Harness Maker, London
Nov 1724 he was somewhere where it would be difficult/impossible to pay money due in his father's will, which stated that “upon consideration of his present circumstances“ money due to him should be held in trust by the overseers of the will (his father died May 1731, probate May 1734)
So, what had happened to him? I've been thinking he may have been transported, as I've found a Thomas Pitman being convicted at the Old Bailey in 1722 http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?path=sessionsPapers%2F17220228.xml. It was not an uncommon name, so it could be someone completely different, but it would explain the clause in the will. Is there anywhere I can follow up on this, or find his death if he was transported? Or did he just die in England? If so I haven't found him.
scuda
24 Jan 1695 Baptised Stow on the Wold, Glos (parents Thomas & Grace Pitman)
Nov 1711 Apprenticed to John Page, Coach & Harness Maker, London
Nov 1724 he was somewhere where it would be difficult/impossible to pay money due in his father's will, which stated that “upon consideration of his present circumstances“ money due to him should be held in trust by the overseers of the will (his father died May 1731, probate May 1734)
So, what had happened to him? I've been thinking he may have been transported, as I've found a Thomas Pitman being convicted at the Old Bailey in 1722 http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?path=sessionsPapers%2F17220228.xml. It was not an uncommon name, so it could be someone completely different, but it would explain the clause in the will. Is there anywhere I can follow up on this, or find his death if he was transported? Or did he just die in England? If so I haven't found him.
scuda