The Petts Family Memorials
The memorial in St. Mary's churchyard at Crich, Derbyshire containing the following inscriptions:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ISAAC PETTS WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AUGUST 22nd 1888 IN HIS 63rd YEAR We cannot Lord Thy purpose see |
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARY WIFE OF ISAAC PETTS WHO DIED JANUARY 25th 1885 IN HER 52nd YEAR |
ALSO of HANNAH ELDEST DAUGHTER of ISAAC and MARY PETTS WHO DIED JANUARY 15th 1883 AGED 30 YEARS ALSO of HENRY HOWITT HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED DECEMBER 21st 1929 AGED 78 YEARS |
ALSO of GEORGE PETTS WHO DIED MAY 6th 1871 AGED 11 MONTHS ALSO of ANN ELLEN PETTS WHO DIED MAY 15th 1872 AGED 3 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS Not Lost But Gone Before |
Here are two other images of the same memorial
As Secretary of the Baptist Church in Crich, I have observed on many occasions the memorial that exists in our church to Hannah and her mother Mary. It is very clear from our old Minute books that the family were Baptists, including Isaac, as there are numerous mentions of the PETTS name in those old church records.
The inscription on this is as follows
IN LOVING MEMORY OF HANNAH HOWITT ELDEST DAUGHTER OF ISAAC and MARY PETTS Born JANUARY 22nd 1852 Died JANUARY 15th 1883 I have done with sorrow ALSO OF MARY PETTS THE ABOVE, WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS JANUARY 25th 1885 IN HER 52nd YEAR |
Isaac Petts was a Monumental Stone Mason of some undoubted skill. He was also the Mason responsible for the monument called Crich Cross. A local historian, Geoffery Dawes, writes "The south-north routes - usually following raised ground - were intersected east-west at Crich Cross, the old focus of communications in the village. In 1857 the cross, listed as a market-cross, was then stated to be ancient. It was described by a local poetess, Ann Perry, of that time, as an old blackened wooden cross. That Cross was taken down and replaced, in 1871, by the present-day stone cross which was designed and masoned by a local man, Isaac Petts - to whom there is a memorial in Crich Churchyard."
DANIEL PETTS - Late of Fritchley
IN REMEMBRANCE OF DANIEL PETTS - ENGRAVER LATE OF FRITCHLEY WHO DIED JULY 13th 1869 - AGED 66 YEARS ___________________________________ ALSO OF MARY PETTS ....? .......................................... |
I need to return to check the transcription for both Daniel and his wife, who I think was called Mary. The word after Daniel's name puzzled me, but having looked at the photograph again, I believe it says 'Engraver', which could be a word partly describing his occupation. I am sure that he was a Stonemason. There were three 'Daniel' Petts on the 1841 Census for Crich Parish. One a farmer, then aged 70, presumably his son, also called Daniel, aged 20, a Stonemason, and the Daniel Petts for whom the above memorial is his last earthly resting place. This Daniel, given on the 1841 Census as a Stonemason, due to the 1841 Census 'rounding' his age was given on the census as 35, I believe he was approximately 38 years old in 1841. There is also a Marriage recorded at Crich on 1st December 1822 for a Daniel Petts (Stonemason) of Chadwick Nick (near Fritchley), who married a Mary Storer of Crich. Hence I believe that the above memorial is theirs. I hope to complete the transcription as soon as possible.
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