The parents of Magdalen Gitten Lovett 1600-1674) were Roger Gittens (1581-1603) and Elnora Robinson Gittens (1583-1617).
Though Roger was British, being born in Worthen, Shropshire, Eng, his wife Elnora Robinson was Welch, and was born in Llanllugan, Montgomeryshire, Wales.
They married in her Llanllugan, Montgomeryshire, Wales in 1600. I have at least 5 children listed in Ancestry, most of whom used the plural of the surname, Gittens. Some, including Magdalen, seemed to just use Gitten.
I don't have Elnora's parents on my tree at this time. But I welcome the bit of ancestral blood which is Welch.
Elnora died on the 13 July 1617, in her home town (I wish I knew how to say it.) Roger died 16 Aug 1603 in Great Ness, Shropshire, Eng. Below is St. Andrews church in Great Ness, Eng.
He must have had a profession that made him travel, or perhaps he had relatives there, since it's also in Shropshire, where he had been born in Worthen, Shropshire, Eng. Unfortunately I don't know how close Wortham is to Great Ness.
Roger and Magdalen Gittens were my 10 times great grandparents.
And...I'm not finished on the Gittens' family tree. Roger's parents also appeared.
Some church of England parish records have the following baptismal entry:
Father: Ric'i Gyttns
Gender: Male
Child: Rogerus Gyttyns
Ancestry has changed that name of his father to Richard Gittens...who was born in 1540 in Worthen, Shropshire, Eng. He died 25 April 1602.
Richard Gittens' wife was Alice Meritt Gittens, born sometime between 1535-1545 in Shropshire, Eng. She died at an unknown date and place. And once again we don't know anything about her parents.
So I complete todays post with these 11 times great grandparents, the Richard Gittens of Shropshire.
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