Family Group Sheet
NameMatthias Pettit, 4C6R
Birthabt 1792, Pennsylvania
FatherAzariah Pettit (~1765-~1833)
MotherRebecca [Pettit] (~1774->1850)
Other spouses[first wife of Matthias] [Pettit]
Marriageabt 1847, Henry Co., Indiana
SpouseAnn Bennett
Birthabt 1813, North Carolina
Children
1 MMatthias W. Pettit, 5C5R
Birthabt 1848, Henry Co., Indiana
Notes for Matthias Pettit
This Matthias may be no relationship to my Matthew Pettit, but I want to keep track of his family due to the similarity of names and birthplace. Also note that in 1850 the family of Andrew Pettit (my Matthew’s son) had living with them a Cyntha A. Bright age 27 b. Indiana.
Census
1840 census of Henry Co., Indiana, lists on p. 120 the family:
Matthias Pettitt, males 1 50-60, females 1 5-9, 1 30-39.
1850 census of Henry Co., Indiana, lists:
Matthias Petitt, 57, farmer, b. Penn; Ann, 37, b. N.C.; John Taylor, 8, Ind; Katherine, 5, b. Ind; Matthias W. Petitt, 2; Lucinda, 19, b. Ind.
This is probably a second marriage for both Matthias and Ann, with Lucinda being the female age 5-9 in 1840, and the two Taylor children being Ann’s from her first marriage. Matthias may be older than 57, if his age bracket in the 1840 census is correct, but it might be the 1840 one which is in error.
I cannot find this family in 1860. Perhaps both Matthias Sr. & Jr. had died, and Ann remarried.
Matthias Pettitt, males 1 50-60, females 1 5-9, 1 30-39.
1850 census of Henry Co., Indiana, lists:
Matthias Petitt, 57, farmer, b. Penn; Ann, 37, b. N.C.; John Taylor, 8, Ind; Katherine, 5, b. Ind; Matthias W. Petitt, 2; Lucinda, 19, b. Ind.
This is probably a second marriage for both Matthias and Ann, with Lucinda being the female age 5-9 in 1840, and the two Taylor children being Ann’s from her first marriage. Matthias may be older than 57, if his age bracket in the 1840 census is correct, but it might be the 1840 one which is in error.
I cannot find this family in 1860. Perhaps both Matthias Sr. & Jr. had died, and Ann remarried.
