Some random thoughts on the July issue of the NEHGR

I thought the article by Martha Lynes on the "Ancestry of William1
Chittenden of Guilford, Connecticut" was quite good, but would have
liked to have seen at least a mention of the Plymouth Colony Chittenden
family (my ancestors)--even if it was only a note stating that they
could not be placed among the Chittendens being treated. See

mjcar...

I haven't seen a copy of this article. Does Ms Lynes state that William
Chittenden of Guilford was from Hawkhurst in Kent? Is he to be equated
with William Chittenden, baptised at Hawkhurst 3 February 1621/2 by any
chance?

mjcar...

Ah, I see from other online material that it is his probable uncle,
born a generation earlier.

John Brandon...

I don't see that she places that William Chittenden at all, though she
does list the baptism in the parish register extracts. So don't know
what to say about that ...

As Thomas1 Chittenden of Scituate had a wife Rebecca, it's evident he
must be the Thomas who married Rebecca Bamfort at Wouldham, Kent, 8
Aug. 1621 (from the extracted IGI). So the Scituate family was also
from Kent; perhaps they weren't mentioned because Wouldham is quite
distant from Hawkhurst (?).