The PETTEY Family

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William PETTEY                      Thomas PETTUS I
Norwich, England                    b. 10 Feb 1598
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Thomas PETTEY I (PETTIT)
b. ? Norwich, England? ca 1608 d. Rapphannock county, VA 20 Sept. 1663
m. Katherine MORRIS
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Thomas PETTEY II
b. Apr 1664 d. 1720
m. 1685 Rachel WILSON
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John Wright PETTEY Sr.
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not sure of what transpired above
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William PETTEY
b. ca 1730
m. Culpeper county, VA 1754
Lettiss (Lettice?) _______
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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Ida Mae       |     William   Charles E  Eugene R   Oliver  Jesse E   Dewey
              |     Hershell                        Newton  b. 1897
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              **Cora Alma
              b. 31 Aug 1884 TX
              d. 1980 Houston, TX
              m. 22 May 1907
              George Washington BERRY
              b.
              d.
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              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, 1983

William 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.


G. W. BERRY AND Alma PETTY married 5/22/1907, Ref. #6-309

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.

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