***PETTIT RELATIVES***SECTION

LOYALIST***NATHANIEL PETTIT w Margaret McFarlane

Vital Statistics

All following data is from The Annals Of The Forty
 

Nathaniel Pettit
BORN	June 12, 1724	Sussex Co. New Jersey
MARRIED	Feb. 28, 1747	Margaret McFarlane
DIED:	Mar. 9, 1803	Ancaster.
BURIED		• At the Forty  • " the ex-judge was left sleeping with others in unmarked graves." ; " First burial ground at the Forty Mile Creek (Grimsby). It was abandoned when the present Church of England churchyard was set apart for burials."
FATHER	Nathaniel Pettit
MOTHER	Elizabeth Heath

 
 

Margaret McFarlane
BORN
MARRIED	Feb. 28, 1747	Nathaniel Pettit
DIED:
BURIED
FATHER
MOTHER

 

NOTE: Mary Smith, the dau. of Benjamin Smith & Nancy Gordon, married Francis Jeneroux. Peter Gordon marries Catherine Pettit the dau. of Nathaniel Pettit. This supplies the link between the Jeneroux & Smith & Gordon & Pettit families.
 

Children: Of &
Andrew Pettit
BORN	Feb. 2, 1748
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Elizabeth Pettit
BORN	Dec. 6, 1750
MARRIED		Peter Runnion
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Catherine Pettit
BORN	Apr. 17, 1753
MARRIED		Peter Gordon
DIED
BURIED
OTHER		Nancy Gordon dau. of Catherine & Peter Gordon, marries Benjamin Smith, whose dau. Mary Smith marries Francis Jeneroux.
Mary Pettit
BORN	Feb. 27, 1756
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Rachel Pettit
BORN	June 20, 1758
MARRIED		Lawrence Lawrason
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Abigail Pettit
BORN	May 8, 1764
MARRIED		Thomas Wilson
DIED
BURIED
OTHER

 

History

From the Annals Of The Forty:

• "Loyalist Nathaniel Pettit of Land Board & Legislative Fame.

• Was appointed by Governor Franklin of New Jersey to a county judgeship in the court of Common Pleas.

• Came to Niagara in 1787.

• Continued to live at The Forty until somewhere between 1796 & 1800.

• 1800 he sold part of his land & moved to Ancaster.

NATHANIEL PETTIT w Mary Bayley

Vital Statistics

All following data is from The Annals Of The Forty
 

Nathaniel Pettit
BORN	1645	Exeter, H.H.
MARRIED		Mary Bayley
DIED:
BURIED
FATHER		Thomas Pettit
MOTHER		Christian Mellows

 
 

Mary Bayley
BORN
MARRIED		Nathaniel Pettit
DIED:
BURIED
FATHER		Elias Bayley
MOTHER

 
 

Children: Of Nathaniel Pettit & May Bayley
Moses Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Judith Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Nathaniel Pettit
BORN	~1676	Newton, Long Island
MARRIED	1708	Elizabeth Heath
DIED
BURIED
OTHER		moved to New Jersey with parents
Elias Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Jane Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Jonathan Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Mary Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
John Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER

 

History

Ref. Anals Of The Forty p 31:

"Nathaniel Pettit, son of Thomas & Christian (Mellows) Pettit, was born in Exeter, N.H., in 1645 & came to Newton withhis parents. He married Mary, dau. of Elias Bayley & lived near Newton. When the Dutch captured New York & sent officers to administer the oath of allegiance, Nath. elected to stand by his Quaker faith, refusing to give the oath but he promised fealty to the dutch. He was one of the freeholders mentioned in the confirmtory patent known as the Dongan Charter granted 25 Nov. 1686, to the inhabinants & freeholders of Newton, L.I.

Some time between 1690 & 1696 Nathaniel purchased a large tract of land in New Jersey, where he & his family went to live. This land was near the Falls of Deleware (now Trenton). An old map shows the location of Nath.'s house & "Pettit's Run" a stream emptying into the Assunpink Creek. The state house is now located on this land."

NATHANIEL PETTIT w Elizabeth Heath

Vital Statistics

All following data is from The Annals Of The Forty
 

Nathaniel Pettit
BORN	~ 1676	Newton, Long Island.
MARRIED	1708	Elizabeth Heath
DIED:
BURIED
FATHER		Nathaniel Pettit
MOTHER		Mary Bayley

 
 

Elizabeth Heath
BORN
MARRIED	1708	Nathaniel Pettit
DIED:
BURIED
FATHER		Andrew Heath
MOTHER

NOTE: Mary Smith, the dau. of Benjamin Smith & Nancy Gordon, married Francis Jeneroux. Peter Gordon marries Catherine Pettit the dau. of Nathaniel Pettit. This supplies the link between the Jeneroux & Smith & Gordon & Pettit families.
 

Children: Of Nathaniel Pettit & Elizabeth Heath
Abigail Pettit
BORN	~ 1712
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Elizabeth Pettit
BORN	1714
MARRIED		Dennis, son of Charles & Mary Woolverton
DIED	1785
BURIED
OTHER
Andrew Pettit
BORN	~ 1721
MARRIED		Dinah ???
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Jonathan Pettit
BORN	1721
MARRIED		Deborah Robins
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Amos Pettit
BORN	1722
MARRIED		Esther ??
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Nathaniel Pettit
BORN	1724
MARRIED		Margaret McFarlane
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
John Pettit
BORN	1726
MARRIED		m. dau. of Richard Fisher
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Isaac Pettit
BORN	1728
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER		Loyalist who come to Canada in 1787.
Charles Pettit
BORN	1730
MARRIED		Mary Smith
DIED
BURIED
OTHER

 

History

From the Annals Of The Forty, p 32:

Nathaniel Pettit wife Elizabeth Heath

• born about 1676 in Newton Long Island.

• Went with parents to New Jersey.

• At the time of the Revolutionary war the children was divided in its loyalty.

- Andrew, Amos & John were in sympathy with the Revolutionists and remained in the United States.

- Jonathan died before the war but several of his children were Loyalists, who came with his brothers - Nathaniel, Isaac & Charles to Canada.

THOMAS PETTIT w Christian Mellows

Vital Statistics

All following data is from The Annals Of The Forty
 

Thomas Pettit
BORN	~ 1610	of Saffron Walden, Essex Co. England
MARRIED		Christian Mellows
DIED:	1668	Newton Long Island
BURIED
FATHER	Henri Pettit	of Saffron Walden, Essex Co. England
MOTHER

 

 
 

Christian Mellows
BORN
MARRIED		Thomas Pettit
DIED:
BURIED
FATHER		Oliver Mellows, m. 1620 in Boston Eng.
MOTHER		Marie James (Ref. ?)

NOTE: Mary Smith, the dau. of Benjamin Smith & Nancy Gordon, married Francis Jeneroux. Peter Gordon marries Catherine Pettit the dau. of Nathaniel Pettit. This supplies the link between the Jeneroux & Smith & Gordon & Pettit families.
 

Children: Of Thomas Pettit & Christian Mellows
Thomas Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Hannah Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Elizabeth Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Sarah Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
John Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Moses Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Nathaniel Pettit
BORN		born in Exeter, N.H., in 1645 came to Newton Long Island.
MARRIED		Mary Bayley
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Joseph Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
Mary Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER

 

History

From the Annals Of The Forty: p31

• The history of the English Colonies in America contain numerous references to the Pettit family, the two main branches of which descend from Thomas & John Pettit, who came to America in 1630. They were sons of Henri Pettit of Saffron Walden, Essex Co. England, and came to America with the first Winthrop Fleet, which sailed from England in Mar. 1630.

• Thomas for a time lived in Boston Mass.

• 1637 Thomas went to Exeter, New Hampshire

• 1655 Thomas with family moved to Newton Long Island, where he died in 1668.

HENRI PETTIT w ??

Vital Statistics

All following data is from The Annals Of The Forty
 

Henri Pettit
BORN	~ 1610	of Saffron Walden, Essex Co. England
MARRIED
DIED:
BURIED
FATHER
MOTHER

 
 

??
BORN
MARRIED
DIED:
BURIED
FATHER
MOTHER

 
 

Children: Of Henri Pettit & ??
Thomas Pettit
BORN	~1610
MARRIED		Christian Mellows
DIED
BURIED
OTHER
John  Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER		"It has been stated that John Pettit, younger brother of Thomas, went to Stamford, Conneticut, where he lived & died, leaving five sons & two daughters.
?? Pettit
BORN
MARRIED
DIED
BURIED
OTHER

 

History

From the Annals Of The Forty: p31

" The history of the English colonies in America contains numerous references to the Pettit family, thw two main branches of which descend from Thomas & John Pettit, who came to America in 1630. They were sons of Henri Pettit of Saffron Walden, Essex County, England, & came to America with the first Winthrop Fleet, which sailed from England in March, 1630."