Eve 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: 13 Apr 1819 - South Carolina
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Lazarus Hitt (Bef 1755 - 2 Aug 1823)
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Henry Hitt (1770/1774-1830)
                2. Jesse Hitt (1774/1780-1816/1826)
                3. Reuben Martin Hitt (1781-1855)
                4. Benjamin B. Hitt (1786-1850)
                5. Sarah Ann Hitt (1785/1790-1849)
                6. John Hitt (1790/1792-1846)
                7. Unknown Hitt (      -      )
Notes
General:
On January 16, 1772 Lazarus Hitt and Eve (her X mark) Hitt were witnesses to a deed. (Fauquier Co., Virginia Deed Records 5/32)

On page 9 of the Minutes of the Bethabara Baptist Church in Laurens Co., SC (LDS microfilm 22728) Eve Hitt is the 2nd entry in the list of female members. This list was probably created in 1805. To the right of her name: "Died April 13th 1819". Lazarus Hitt is the 3rd entry in the list of male members. The surnames in the first part of the male list roughly match the surnames in the first part of the female list.

One is tempted to believe that Eve is Lazarus's wife, although his wife is generally said to have been Agnes Martin and 'Eve' and 'Agnes' are different names.

The evidence for Agnes Martin is U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, accessible online at ancestry.com. It simply gives their names -- no place and no date. The absence of place and date indicates that this information did not come from county marriage records. Ancestry.com says, "Source materials for these marriage records include family group sheets, pedigree charts, family history articles, queries, letters, Bible records, wills, and manuscript genealogies." Family group sheets, pedigree charts, and family history articles are notorious for mistakes. Until someone can produce a reliable primary source, like an entry from a apecific family Bible, I don't regard the claim for Agnes Martin as credible.

Whoever Lazarus's first wife was, his wife at the time of his death was Elizabeth. See the 1840 petition in the notes under Lazarus.

The Eve in the Bethabara Baptist Church list died April 13, 1819. The 1820 census suggests that Lazarus is married. If Eve was his first wife, then he probably married Elizabeth soon after Eve's death.

Note that Lazarus's son Benjamin B. Hitt named his eldest daughter Eve and that Lazarus named his daughter by his second wife Eve.
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