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- 1737Charles Pettit, 1740Nathaniel Pettit1795, and 1742Elizabeth Pettit were his children and heirs (of Dinah Woolverton, his wife).
Andrew supported Washington (but not this one. His sons, above, however, were key in Washington's admin)
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, etc., Volume II, 1730-1750; Honeyman, A. Van Doren; Somerville NJ 1918.
Page 377: Amos Thatcher and Job Robins performed an inventory, dated 26 Dec 1748,
on the estate of [1717]Andrew Pettit, of Amwell, Hunterdon Co., will date 21 Oct. 1748 (Lib. 6, p. 76)
[Brother 1721Jonathan Pettit married Deborah Robbins]
Andrew Pettit the oldest, Jonathan's bro, lived in Amwell probably Lambertville
Ringoes is 3 miles NE of Lambertville
During the 1760's Charles Pettit concentrated on his iron-mongering business, but in 1767 he was appointed a provincial surrogate, the first step in his long political career. He held a number of minor offices in New Jersey during the next few years. In 1770 he was admitted to the bar. In 1771 Pettit was served as a lieutenant colonel and an aide to Governor William Franklin. When Franklin was arrested as a Loyalist in 1776, Pettit decided to give his efforts to the American cause, rising to the rank of colonel and serving as secretary under William Livingston, the new governor of New Jersey. In 1778 on the recommendation of General Nathaniel Greene, Pettit was assistant Quartermaster-General of the Continental Army. In this capacity he initiated a number of much-needed reforms until he resigned in 1781. [1]
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Abt 1717 - 1748 (31 years)