See also
| Husband: | Nicholas William Prettyjohn PITTS (1834-1915) | |
| Wife: | Mary Jane PEARCE (c. 1832-1891) | |
| Children: | Nicholas Alfred PITTS (c. 1858-1883) | |
| Bertha Elizabeth Harris PITTS (1862-1914) | ||
| Marriage | Q2 1857 | Kingsbridge Registration District, Devon, England1 |
| Name: | Nicholas William Prettyjohn PITTS2 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Nicholas PITTS (c. 1799-1870) | |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Prettejohn HARRIS (1812-1877) | |
| Birth | 30 Apr 1834 | Chivelstone, Devon, England3 |
| Baptism | 28 May 1834 (age 0) | Chivelstone, Devon, England |
| Occupation | Farmer (356 acres, 9 men 2 boys!) in 1871 becomes Magistrate farming 260 acres with 6 men and 3 boys by 1881 | |
| Census | 6 Jun 1841 (age 7) | Chivelstone, Devon, England4 |
| South Allington | ||
| Census | 31 Mar 1901 (age 66) | Modbury, Devon, England5 |
| Whympston House | ||
| Occupation | 31 Mar 1901 (age 66) | Magistrate and farmer; Modbury, Devon, England5 |
| Census | 2 Apr 1911 (age 75) | Modbury, Devon, England |
| Whympston Nicholas was living with single daughter Bertha, both described as of Private Means. Nicholas had been recorded as Richard. They have a housekeeper, a coachman, a cook and a domestic. |
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| Death | 24 Jan 1915 (age 80) | Kingsbridge, Devon, England3 |
| Name: | Mary Jane PEARCE2 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | c. 1832 | Stokenham, Devon, England |
| Death | 18 Feb 1891 (age 58-59)3 | |
| Name: | Nicholas Alfred PITTS2 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | c. 1858 | Churchstow, Devon, England |
| Death | 22 Jun 1883 (age 25) | Modbury, Devon, England3 |
| Whympston | ||
| Burial | 28 Jun 1883 | Modbury, Devon, England |
| Whympston St George's Churchyard Modbury |
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| Probate | 1 Mar 1906 | Exeter, Devon, England |
| Whympston, Modbury, Devon Esquire. Probate to Nicholas William Prettejohn Pitts, Esquire. Effects £200 17s. |
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| Name: | Bertha Elizabeth Harris PITTS2 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 25 Sep 1862 | Modbury, Devon, England3 |
| Census | 31 Mar 1901 (age 38) | Modbury, Devon, England5 |
| Whympston House | ||
| Census | 2 Apr 1911 (age 48) | Modbury, Devon, England |
| Whympston Bertha was unmarried and with her widowed father |
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| Death | 20 May 1914 (age 51)3 | |
In 1851 at school in Lee, Kent. Farming from Whympston House, Modbury,Magistrate
Referred to as Mr N W P Pitts of Modbury in the South Hams Gazette's account of the Queen's Jubilee celebrations, on 24 June 1887.
Reference is also made to the Misses Pitts of Kingsbridge - which ones?
Nicholas leaves most of his property to his nephew Charles Hugh Harris Pitts, and some to his nephew Arthur Edward Seaton.His son Nicholas William Harris Pitts gets his great uncle's organ.
According to his great nephew Peter Pitts, Nicholas lost a lot of money due to investment in Germany before the First World War.By the time the estate was sold and death duty paid there was little left.
| 1 | Free BMD Marriage. Kingsbridge 5b 355. Cit. Date: "Apr-Jun 1857". |
| 2 | www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk. This GEDCOM is predominantly the work of Nick Heard, but it incorporates the collaborated work of many other family historians. You are welcome to use the information herein but please acknowledge the source. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but any use you make of it is entirely at your own risk. (c) Nick Heard 2009 |
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| 4 | Text From Source: Name Age Occupation Where Born Nicholas Pitts 40 Yeoman Elizabeth Prettejohn Pitts 25 Nicholas William Prettyjohn Pitts 7 Scholar Elizabeth Harris Pitts 5 Scholar Thomas Harris Pitts 3 Walter Lamble Prettejohn Pitts 3 mths |
| ED10 HO107/211 Book 8 Folio 6 Page 6. Cit. Date: 6 June 1841. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 5 | Text From Source: Census England 1901 Address: Whympston House Place: Modbury, Devon, England Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Employ Status,At Home,Where Born,Infirmity Nicholas William Prettyjohn Pitts,Head,W,M,66,Magistrate and farmer,,,Chivelstone, Devon, England, Bertha Elizabeth Harris Pitts,Daughter,S,F,38,,,,Modbury, Devon, England, Percival Nicholas Pitts,Nephew,S,M,28,Farmer's nephew,,,Chivelstone, Devon, England, There was a visitor, Francis Tanner from Wiltshire, and three servants. |