John Gittens junior

Year of death is approximate.

With his brother George Duncan Gittens (q.v.), awarded the compensation for seven enslaved people in Barbados in two separate awards.

1. Son and heir of John Hamlet Gittens, R. of St John's, Barbados [q.v.]. Born, St Philip, Barbados.
   Admitted as a 'pensioner' to Pembroke College, Cambridge, 13 February 1830. Re-admitted, 11 June 1833. Probably of Applewhites, Barbados. His 2nd son, the Rev. Forster Clarke Gittens, was admitted to Oxford University in 1871. (Alumni Oxon.) Apart from his time at Cambridge, Gittens appears to have lived his whole life in Barbados.
   He and his wife, Ellen Hinds Clarke (c.1820-1902), had 18 children. For a full list see the Gittens family history website.

Barbados nos. 5312 and 5313. T71/900 Sons of Rev John Hamlet Gittens, who claimed for them thro' atty John Wood. T71/1593 p 193 16/5/1836 letter to John Gittens Esq Pembroke College Cambridge re 5312, 5313 and 4300, timing and process.

1. Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database online]. Gittens family history.