Justice Nathaniel PETTIT

Abt 1676 - Abt 1768  (92 years)

• Name	Nathaniel PETTIT  [1]
  Prefix	Justice
  Born	Abt 1676  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1768  [1]
  Buried	Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Hunterdon County NJ   [1]
  Person ID	I2696	Jay Moore Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel PETTIT, Sr.           b. 1645, Exeter, Rockingham NH           d. 25 Jun 1718, Hopewell, , NJ  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mary BAYLEY           b. Abt 1648           d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F1025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth HEATH           b. Abt 1690           d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Elizabeth PETTIT           b. 1714           d. 2 Jan 1785  (Age 71 years)   2. Abigail PETTIT           b. Abt 1716           d. Yes, date unknown   3. Andrew PETTIT           b. Abt 1717           d. 1748  (Age 31 years)   4. Mary PETTIT           b. Abt 1719           d. Aft 1759  (Age 41 years)   5. Moses PETTIT           b. Abt 1720           d. Yes, date unknown   6. Judge Jonathan PETTIT           b. 1721           d. 1769, Hardwick NJ  (Age 48 years)   7. Amos PETTIT           b. 1722           d. 1790  (Age 68 years)   8. Judge Nathaniel PETTIT, UEL           b. 12 Jun 1724           d. 9 Mar 1803, Ancaster, ON  (Age 78 years)   9. John PETTIT           b. 1726           d. 1797  (Age 71 years)   10. Isaac PETTIT           b. 1728           d. 5 Sep 1805, Washington PA  (Age 77 years)   11. Charles PETTIT, UEL           b. 1730           d. Aft 1809, Saltfleet Twp. ON  (Age 80 years)   12. George PETTIT           b. Abt 1732           d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2014
  Family ID	F1022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was a Justice of Sussex County, N. J. (?) Nathaniel PETTIT was born 1676 in Newtown ( now Elmhurst) Queens Co., Long Island, NY, and died 1768 in Hunterdon, NJ His father had purchased land at Trenton in 1695. By 1723 Nathaniel was listed as a carpenter of Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, which indicates that he made a move from the vicinity of Trenton to Amwell Township between 1719 and 1723. By 1735 and with the purchase of 100 acres the Pettit homestead was probably in Holland Township (Spring Mills) or Alexandria Township of Hunterdon County. By 1749 sons of Nathaniel Pettit began moving north to Sussex County. 30 year old Thomas Pettit died in Newton, Sussex, NJ in 1758. Residences: In 1693 he purchased part of 700 acres on the Delaware at Trenton NJ Unlike his Quaker parents Nathaniel Jr started as a Quaker but about 1724 helped to found St Andrews Episcopal at Ringoes, (which before 1776 moved to Lambertville NJ.) #023; Nathaniel PETTIT of Little Egg Harbour in the County of Burlington, yeoman... [bound to]... Lewis MORRIS, Governour... 500 pounds... 14 Dec 1744. ... Moses PETTIT, son of the abovebound Nathaniel PETTIT... obtained a License of Marriage for himself... and for Ann WAINWRIGHT of Little Egg Harbour, spinster... [w] Isaac DECOW Jr, Jos SCATTERGOOD [affidavit] Nathaniel PETTIT of full age, being sworn... doth depose that he... heard the within named James WAINWRIGHT and Susannah his wife give their full and free consent that Moses PETTIT this deponents son should marry with their daughter Anne WAINWRIGHT which consent was given sometime in November last. Sworn this 14 Dec [1744] before me, Jos SCATTERGOOD, Surrogate Dennison lists two other sons: Amos=Esther Stout and 1726John=Mercy Fisher [and others include Thomas, who died 1758 sp] Nathaniel is buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Alexandria Township in Hunterdon Co. NJ THOMAS2 WOLVERTON (865) (from Charles1) was born on 17 May 1717 at Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. He married Mary Pettit, daughter of Nathaniel Pettit (1738) and Elizabeth Heath (2285). He died circa Jun 1759 at Sussex Co., New Jersey. Children of Thomas2 Wolverton (865) and Mary Pettit (888) were as follows: 14. i. THOMAS3 (890), born circa 1735 at Sussex Co., New Jersey; married Elizabeth Crowell (4885); married Catharine Barton (4884). [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Bingle, Paul gedcom file, compiled by Paul Bingle, Brampton, ON.