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- His name appears on the Dongan Charter of 1686. He was a Quaker. Soon after that date he removed to Hopewell township, then Hunterdon county, and obtained the grant of a tract of land on the Delaware near the mouth of the Assunpink. He died in 1718, leaving a widow Mary, and children: Moses, Judith, Nathaniel, Elias, Jane, Jonathan and John.
His will was dated 13 Mar 1715 new style
Donegan Charter 25 Nov 1686, Newtown, Long Island
In 1695 he purchased 100A at Trenton, NJ
He died Hopewell, NJ in 1718 (Assunpink, Assanpink Creek)
He was a staunch Quaker
Children of Nathaniel Pettit and Mary Bailey are
named in the will of Nathaniel dated 13 Mar 1714/15; (*)
1. (*) Nathaniel died about 1768; married Elizabeth Heath; daughter of Andrew Heath and Elizabeth Barrett. Nathaniel is buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Hunterdon Co. NJ.
2. (*) Moses died 1718; married (1) Lydia Lawrence and (2) Alice (unknown).
3. (*) Mary died 1754 Burlington NJ; married (1) Samuel Moore; married (2) Rev. Paul Watkinson.
4. (*) Judith married (unknown) Neald/Heald.
5. John.
6. (*) Elias married (unknown) Havens.
7. (*) Jonathan; named executor of his father's will.
8. (*) Jane married George Ely born about 1682 Nottinghamshire EN; died 1750 Trenton NJ; son of Joshua Ely and Mary Senior.
9. Christianne who is mentioned in will of Joshua Ely in the context that if George Ely were to marry her, Joshua would be displeased. See the Greens of LI
Nathaniel's name is on the Charter from Governor Dongan, 25 Novermber 1686, with his sons Nathaniel, Moses and John. In 1696 he removed to Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, settled at the Falls of the Delaware, and in 1696 bought 200 acres from John Wilsford, Sr. and Jr., who had bought it in 1685 from Mahlon Stacy and Peter Fretwell. In 1791 Nathaniel Pettit was Collector of Hopewell Township. In 1711 he granted 100 acres in Amwell to his son Elias. In 1718 with his three sons, Elias, Jonathon and Nathaniel(who married Elizabeth Heath) he purchased a plantation, in all 1400 acres of land, at Trenton near the Assanpink Creek, including the ground where the New Jersey State Capitol now stands. Petty's Run was named for him. Nathaniel Pettit died before 25 June 1718 in Hopewell Township, New Jersey aged 73. His Will, dated 13 March 1715 was probated at Burlington, NJ 25 June 1718 and filed also in New York 9 July 1719. His son Jonathon was Executor; Inventory dated 24 June 1718.
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1645 - 1718 (73 years)