Skip to main content
Gift of Jane W. Stone, 1935.10.1  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The Connecticut Histor ...
Jerusha Pitkin
Gift of Jane W. Stone, 1935.10.1 Photograph by David Stansbury. © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Photographs and all rights purchased by the Connecticut Historical Society.

Jerusha Pitkin

American, 1736 - 1800
BiographyJerusha Pitkin was the daughter of Joseph Pitkin (1696-1762) and Mary Lord Pitkin (1702-1740) of Hartford, Connecticut. In 1760, she married John Wells (1730-1801). They had at least one daughter, Mary, who married Captain Lemuel White; their son James married Mary Garner; their daughter was Sarah White Lee Saunders Mortimer. Jerusha's paternal uncle, William Pitkin, was Governor of Connecticut.
Person TypeIndividual