_____________________________ | | William PETTEY Thomas PETTUS I Norwich, England b. 10 Feb 1598 | Thomas PETTEY I (PETTIT) b. ? Norwich, England? ca 1608 d. Rapphannock county, VA 20 Sept. 1663 m. Katherine MORRIS | Thomas PETTEY II b. Apr 1664 d. 1720 m. 1685 Rachel WILSON | John Wright PETTEY Sr. | not sure of what transpired above | William PETTEY b. ca 1730 m. Culpeper county, VA 1754 Lettiss (Lettice?) _______ | William PETTEY Jr. b. VA 13 Mar 1764 d. 26 Dec 1834 John WRIGHT III = Anne WILLIAMS m. Surry county, NC 25 Jan 1783 1731-l789 of Surry county, NC Lucretia ("Lucy" "Cresy") Wright____________________| b. 7 Jul 1765 d. 16 Aug 1842 | John Wright PETTEY b. Wilkes county, NC 28 Feb 1791 d. 25 Sept 1876 m. NC 19 Mar 1817 Anna HARRIS b. Montgomery county, NC 18 Jan 1798 d. 13 Jun 1869 | William Howard PETTY b. Madison county, AL 20 Feb 1823 m. (1) 24 Sept 1845 Sarah Elizabeth POWER b. AL 20 Apr 1828 d. Nacogdoches county, TX 24 Dec 1885 buried Dec 1885 Old North Church Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas |____________________________________________________________________ | | William Holloway John Wright b. 16 Jan 1847 Madison county, AL | d. 25 Nov 1933, Grapeland, Houston county, TX Bertha buried Nov 1933 Old North Church Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas *m. (2) Nacogdoches county, Tx, 7 Mar 1882 Eliza Jane WELCH b. Logansport, LA, d. 14 Jun 1946 (Mortuary Warrant #63179) |_____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Ida Mae | William Charles E Eugene R Oliver Jesse E Dewey | Hershell Newton b. 1897 | **Cora Alma b. 31 Aug 1884 TX d. 1980 Houston, TX m. 22 May 1907 George Washington BERRY b. d. |___________________ | | Omie Mary Sue (b. "Sudie") b. b. 13 Sept 1912 Tenaha, Texas d. m. _____ BREWSTER m. Feb 1946 Floyd R. BALCH b. d. 7 Dec 1955
Their Children:
Charles Edward PETTEY
Jesse E. PETTEY
b. March 29, 1897, Nacogdoches, TX
d. November 21, 1983William PETTEY
Charles PETTEY
Eugene PETTEY
Dewey PETTEY
Cora Alma PETTEY
Oliver Newton Petty
d. October 19, ______Source: The Pettey's of East Texas," by Harry Pettey, Doris Medlin, and Vivian Parks.
Source: "Marriage Records of Shelby county, TX, 1882-1936, Vol. 1 and 2," by J. B. Sanders, 1967.
1920 Shelby county, TX, census
Vol. 150, ED 193, Sheet 15, Line 10:
BERRY, Geo. W., white, 67, owned home, shoe repairer, own shop, b. LA, father b. LA, mother b. AL
BERRY, Alma, wife, 32, b. TX, father b. LA, mother b. TX
BERRY, Oma, daughter, 8, b. TX, father b. LA, mother b. TX
BERRY, Sudy, daughter, 6, b. TX, father b. LA, mother b. TX
* Eliza left Wm. Holloway PETTEY 25 May 1910 and never returned.
**Cora Alma PETTY left George Washington BERRY and never returned nor divorced.