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.
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