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Henri PETTIT

Male 1584 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Henri PETTIT was born in 1584; and died.

    Notes:

    Family/Spouse: Anna UNKNOWN. Anna was born about 1587; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Thomas PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1610 in Widford, Essex, England; died in 1668.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas PETTIT Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henri1) was born in 1610 in Widford, Essex, England; died in 1668.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 3. Thomas PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jun 1630 in Salem, Essex Co. MA; and died.
    2. 4. John PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1638; died in 1715.
    3. 5. Nathaniel PETTIT, Sr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1645 in Exeter, Rockingham NH; died on 25 Jun 1718 in Hopewell, , NJ.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Thomas PETTIT Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Henri1) was born on 25 Jun 1630 in Salem, Essex Co. MA; and died.

    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]


  2. 4.  John PETTIT Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Henri1) was born in 1638; died in 1715.

    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]


  3. 5.  Nathaniel PETTIT, Sr. Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Henri1) was born in 1645 in Exeter, Rockingham NH; died on 25 Jun 1718 in Hopewell, , NJ.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 6. Jane PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1648; and died.
    2. 7. John PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1665; and died.
    3. 8. Moses PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1666; died on 6 Jul 1718.
    4. 9. Mary PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1668; died in 1754.
    5. 10. Justice Nathaniel PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1676; died about 1768; was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Hunterdon County NJ.
    6. 11. Elias PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1676; died after 1753.
    7. 12. Jonathan PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1680 in Queen's; died in 1768 in Hunterdon County NJ.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Jane PETTIT Descendancy chart to this point (5.Nathaniel3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Henri1) was born about 1648; and died.

    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]


  2. 7.  John PETTIT Descendancy chart to this point (5.Nathaniel3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Henri1) was born about 1665; and died.

  3. 8.  Moses PETTIT Descendancy chart to this point (5.Nathaniel3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Henri1) was born about 1666; died on 6 Jul 1718.

    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]


  4. 9.  Mary PETTIT Descendancy chart to this point (5.Nathaniel3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Henri1) was born in 1668; died in 1754.

    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]


  5. 10.  Justice Nathaniel PETTIT Descendancy chart to this point (5.Nathaniel3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Henri1) was born about 1676; died about 1768; was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Hunterdon County NJ.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 13. Elizabeth PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1714; died on 2 Jan 1785.
    2. 14. Abigail PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1716; and died.
    3. 15. Andrew PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1717; died in 1748.
    4. 16. Mary PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1719; died after 1759.
    5. 17. Moses PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1720; and died.
    6. 18. Judge Jonathan PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1721; died in 1769 in Hardwick NJ.
    7. 19. Amos PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1722; died in 1790.
    8. 20. Judge Nathaniel PETTIT, UEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jun 1724; died on 9 Mar 1803 in Ancaster, ON; was buried in Grimsby ON.
    9. 21. John PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1726; died in 1797.
    10. 22. Isaac PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1728; died on 5 Sep 1805 in Washington PA.
    11. 23. Charles PETTIT, UEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1730; died after 1809 in Saltfleet Twp. ON.
    12. 24. George PETTIT  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1732; and died.

  6. 11.  Elias PETTIT Descendancy chart to this point (5.Nathaniel3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Henri1) was born about 1676; died after 1753.

  7. 12.  Jonathan PETTIT Descendancy chart to this point (5.Nathaniel3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Henri1) was born about 1680 in Queen's; died in 1768 in Hunterdon County NJ.

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