Ozias Pitkin
Ozias Pitkin was born in 1679, the youngest son of William Pitkin, attorney and treasurer of the colony of Connecticut, and Hannah Goodwin. He was named for his mother's father, Ozias Goodwin. His sister Hannah married Timothy Cowles.
His father made his will on 27 September 1694 and died that December. The probate record notes "Ozias Pitkin sixteen years old September next ensuing." The will left him land: "to my son Ozias Pitkin his heirs and assignes forever I devise and give the meadow or swamp Lot I bought of Richard Goodman." One of the witnesses was Daniel Bidwell, whose son William would marry Ozias's daughter.
In 1702 he married Elizabeth Green of Boston. Their first two sons were both named George, born in 1704 and 1705, and both died. Abigail followed in 1707, Samuel in 1708, Ozias in 1710 and Elizabeth in 1711, then Mary, Hannah in 1720, and Martha. Elizabeth died on 8 February 1724, and he married second Esther (Burnham) Cadwell.
He rose through every level of the colony's service. In 1714 he was made captain of the militia company on the east side of the river. From 1725 to 1735 he was an associate judge of the Hartford County court, and after that its chief justice. In 1727 he was chosen to the Council, the upper house of the General Assembly, whose members also sat as the colony's magistrates, and he held the seat until his death. In 1740 and again in 1743 he was a Commissioner of War.
He died on 9 January 1747. His daughter Abigail had married William Bidwell, and their son, born about 1734, was named Ozias for him.
Parents
Hannah Goodwin (b. 1639)
Children
Abigail Pitkin (b. 1707)
Sources
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Cite: Heirology, "Ozias Pitkin (1679-1747)", https://heirology.com/ancestors/ozias-pitkin-1679-1747-5a0c7d.