Notes:

born Saffron-Walden, Essex, England
sailed on the ship "Talbot," which left England in March 1630 and after three months at sea landed at Charlestown (North Boston, MA) 2 July 1630. Also on this ship was Anna Pettit who was probably daughter of Henri Pettit; and John Pettit born about 1608 in England; may be related to Thomas Pettit.
Others say that, "with brother John", Thomas Pettit signed the Donegan Charter in 1688
[should be 1686] whereby the city of New York was passed by the Dutch to Britain
with Thomas Don(e)gan, Earl of Limerick, the Governor of New York State from 1684-1688



1637 moved to Exeter NH

Family/Spouse: Christianne MELLOWES. Christianne was born about 1611; died in 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas Pettit Sr was one of eight of the first RECORDED members (1708) of the Long Island (Elmhurst) church (cf Rev John Moore) before it actually became Presbyterian in 1715

Family/Spouse: Margaret HOWELL. Margaret was christened on 24 Nov 1622; died in 1707. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

With a group of others in March 1676 John Petty signed a constitution for a contemplated community at Burlington, NJ.

Family/Spouse: Margaret OSBORNE. Margaret was born about 1660; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

Family/Spouse: Mary BAYLEY. Mary was born about 1648; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jane married George Ely born about 1682 Nottinghamshire EN; died 1750 Trenton NJ; son of Joshua Ely and Mary Senior.

Family/Spouse: George ELY. George was born about 1682 in Nottingham, England; died in 1750 in Trenton, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1695: John Bryerley, Capt. Moses Petit & Benjamin Clark purchased property in the Hopewell tract...

Of Mansfield Twp, Burlington, NJ
1st wife Lydia Laurence > a son - 1689Nathaniel (of Little Egg Harbour, NJ)
2nd wife Alice (PARENT was her name by a previous marriage)

John Moore was witness to the will of Moses Pettit, 1718

Family/Spouse: Lydia LAWRENCE. Lydia was born about 1670; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A certain 1668Mary Pettit1754 had a Moore husband who died 1735 at Burlington, N. J., childless in 1727 (date of his Will)
She married second Rev. Paul Watkinson (died 1752), Rector of [St Mary's Episcopal,] Burlington (N. J.) Church.

The Moores and the Nelles families never connected south of the 49th parallel. They lived 200 miles apart

[1680Rev Paul1752 witnessed the [1715] Will of his "father-in-law" 1645Nathaniel Pettit.
1645Nathaniel died Jun 1718. Rev Paul MIGHT have witnessed the Probate; Paul's only
connection in 1715 was as the church rector?, BUT Nathaniel was a Quaker, and Paul didn't
become rector until at least 1738. I totally doubt this]

On May 15, 1753 Nathaniel Pettit [Jr.=Eliz Heath], Elias, and Jonathan were brothers named in the will of
Mary (Pettit) Moore Watkinson of the city of Burlington, New Jersey. This will was proved Feb. 2, 1754



From pettit webpage:
72. Mary Pettit, died childless at Burlington, N. J., in 1754, having married first Samuel Moore and second Rev. Paul Watkinson, Rector of the Burlington (N. J.) Church, who witnessed his father-in-law, Nathaniel Pettit's Will.
THIS IS SERIOUSLY MESSED UP

On May 15, 1753 Nathaniel Pettit [Jr.=Eliz Heath] was named in the will of his sister, Mary (Pettit) Moore Watkinson of the city of Burlington, New Jersey. This will was proved Feb. 2, 1754


Who is Mary Reed? (supposedly the right wife, b 1651, but was married to a Samuel born 1645
and who died suddenly 25 Jul 1717, the son of Rev john Moore ) Mary REED is OK

UNRELATED
Who is c1630Samuel MOORE=Mary ilsley (Sam's father was Francis)
son 1672Thomas Moore=Mary White (Tom's brother was 1674John=Hope Robbins/Mary Oliver)
gson 1704Michael
gson 1712Samuel
gson 1718Jonathan

Family/Spouse: John MOORE. John was born in 1668; died in 1735. [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).

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth HEATH. Elizabeth (daughter of Andrew HEATH and Elizabeth BARRETT) was born about 1690; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth BELL. Elizabeth was born about 1681; died before 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and her husband were members of the Kingswood MM

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).

Family/Spouse: Dennis WOOLVERTON. Dennis was born on 26 Jan 1709 in Amwell Twp. NJ; died on 19 Aug 1774 in Rosemont NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

Family/Spouse: Dinah WOOLVERTON. Dinah was born on 26 Mar 1711; died in 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas WOOLVERTON. Thomas was born on 17 May 1717; died in Jul 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

#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 [note: on the back of the above note appears to be a consent signed by the Wainwrights that was not filmed.]

Moses married Anne WAINWRIGHT in Dec 1744. Anne was born about 1723; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Deborah ROBBINS in Easton PA
Will dated Oct 20, 1768 Probated 4 Feb 1769 probably Easton
County courts were established by executive order of the NJ governor
Sussex County was formed on 8 June 1753. Jonathan's tavern/public house
in Hardwick Twp, the "Dark Moon", became the courthouse. Five judges included Jonathan Pettit.

PETTIT, Jonathan of Easton, Northampton Co., PA. 134S - W. 20 Oct 1768; Filed 4 Feb 1769. Wife: Deborah. Sons: Nathaniel, Jonathan, Isaac, Andrew, John and (youngest child) William (a minor). Daughters: Dinah and Elizabeth. Others: Bro, Nathan PETTIT; bro-n-law, William ROBINS. Executors: Wife, Deborah PETTIT, bro, Nathan PETTIT and b-n-l, Willliam ROBINS. Witnesses: William LEDLIE, John GODFREY and Robt. TRAIL.

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 [Robbins] performed an inventory, dated 26 Dec 1748, on the estate of Andrew Pettit, of Amwell, Hunterdon Co., will date 21 Oct. 1748. (Lib. 6, p. 76)


Jonathan Pettit was born in 1721.7 John Reading, a large landholder in
colonial New Jersey, mentioned writing a deed to Jonathan Pettit in his
diary entry of May 26, 1749. The deed was written at the home of Samuel
Green who lived in the area that later became Sussex County14 (63:47).
Jonathan Pettit became a justice of the peace on May 13, 1749 in Morris
County.28 Sussex County was erected from Morris County in 1753 and one
of the first acts recorded in Sussex County was Jonathan's application
for a tavern license on Nov. 20, 1753.18 He was appointed one of the
first justices of Sussex County.29 The first court in Sussex Co. was
held at the house of Jonathan Pettit in Hardwick (now Frelinghuysen)
Township. The next year the county built a jail near Jonathan's tavern
and the place received the name "Log Gaol". It is now called
Johnsonburg and became part of Warren County when that county was
erected in 1824. The family later moved to the southwest corner of
Sussex County where they owned land on both sides of the Delaware River
at Easton, PA and Phillipsburg, NJ.7 Jonathan Pettit wrote his will on
Oct. 20, 1768 and it was proved Feb. 4, 1769. The inventory of his
estate was done on Nov. 15, 17684 (33:327). Jonathan Pettit married
Deborah Robbins.13 She survived him and moved back to Hardwick Twp.,
Sussex County, NJ. She died in March 1791. Her will was written Mar.
21, 1791 and proved Mar. 31, 17914 (37:282). Jonathan and Deborah
Pettit had children including these (my grandparents):

Family/Spouse: Deborah ROBBINS. Deborah (daughter of Daniel ROBINDS, III and Deborah Hope) was born in 1723 in Amwell Twp. NJ; died in 1791 in Hardwick NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Will dated 5 Nov 1790

This guy's property appears on several maps of the 1770s
He had 5 daughters all christened in St Johns', Elizabeth, NJ (high Anglican)

"May 14, 1760. At a meeting of the Justices and Freeholders held at the house of Amos Pettit Sen., Newtown in and for the County of Sussex

Family/Spouse: Ester STOUT. Ester was born about 1726; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A NJ Judge.
Jailed 4 Apr 1777 to 28 May 1778

Rev. William Frazier baptized two children of Nathaniel and Margaret Pettit of Phillipsburg, Sussex Co., on Jan. 15, 1769


Probate: GS 1 Reel 648.

Nathaniel married Margaret MCFARLANE on 26 Feb 1747. Margaret was born on 2 Feb 1726; died on 4 Sep 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The John Pettit who left a Will proved in Accomack County, VA in 1785 had wife Mary and children:
Rachel Wright=Henry, Mary Pettit, George Pettit, and Thomas Pettit

The old stone manse was reportedly built for Reverend Uzal Ogden by John Pettit (1726-1796), a land agent and rent collector employed by Governor John Jay of New York to manage a large tract of land northeast of Newton.

John married Mercy FISHER about 1767 in Hackettstown NJ. Mercy was born about 1749; died in 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A certain Isaac supposedly went to Loudoun Cnty, VA before 1770 BUT NOT THIS ONE
A certain Isaac died 5 Sep 1805, Washington, PA

This Isaac got land at L1, C5 WindhamTwp

THIS IS HIS NEPHEW:
[1753]PETTIT, Isaac of Hardwick. 443S - W. 12 Jan 1787; Filed 23 Jan 1787. Wife: Mary. Sons: John, and youngest son, Jonathan. Daughters: Rachil, Elizabeth and Deborah. NOTE: All children minors. Others: Brother, Jonathan PETTIT [Jr.].
Executors: Wife, Mary PETTIT and bro, Jonathan PETTIT. Witnesses: 1754Abm. SHAVER, John MOOR and 1764Mary M. NIXON.

Seven families in Sussex, under the leadership of Judge Nathaniel Pettit, decided to leave. These included his brothers, Charles and Isaac, his nephews Andrew and John Pettit, his niece Dinah, and her husband John Moore, and the latter's daughter and son-in-law Allan Nixon. In the spring of 1787 they joined a large band of other Loyalists, forty families from New Jersey and Pennsylvania totaling four hundred and ten persons, men, women, and children
genforum.genealogy.com/pettit/messages/2586.html

Family/Spouse: Margaret GOODEN. Margaret was born about 1732; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1798 Moravian missionaries from Bethlehem, PA, visited Charles Pettit and
Charles Anderson on their way to Fairfield, Upper Canada (Bothwell, on the Thames River about four miles east of Thamesville, 40 miles southwest of London)


Saltfleet: L's 13 & 14, C1 &2

In 1769 he helped to organize Christ Church, Newton, a Church of England congregation

Family/Spouse: Mary SMITH. Mary was born on 11 Oct 1746; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Abt 1770 moved with his brother Isaac Pettit to Loudoun County, Virginia