Family Group Sheet
Name<placeholder> Pettit, 5G Grandfather
Birthabt 1730, Newtown, Long Island, New York
FatherJames Pettit (1700-1771)
MotherPriscilla Darling (~1705-1771)
Children
SpouseRachael [Pettit]
SpouseMary [Pettit]
2 MJeremiah Pettit (Tentative Link), 5G Uncle
Birth1755/1759, northern Virginia or southwest Pennsylvania
Deathbef 1820, prob. Montgomery Co., Kentucky
3 MMatthew Pettit, GGGG Grandfather
Birth1760, northern Virginia or southwest Pennsylvania
Deathabt May 1836, Bath Co., Kentucky
SpouseMrs. Matthew [Pettit]
SpouseMolly [Pettit] , GGGG Grandmother
4 FRebecca Pettit, 5G Aunt
Birthabt 1767, northern Virginia or southwest Pennsylvania
Deathaft Jun 1860, Bath Co., Kentucky
SpouseSamuel Mitchell
Notes for <placeholder> Pettit
This is a placeholder meant to link our ancestor Matthew Pettit with his known sister Rebecca (sworn witness on his pension application) and his probable brother Jeremiah Pettit (enlisted in the same company in the Revolutionary Army), and to connect that group of siblings to their possible parents. (Note that this placeholder has multiple sets of parents, all flagged as tentative links.)
Possibly the Samuel Pettit who married Keziah Gray on 3 Dec 1749 in Newton Presbyterian Church, the same church where James Pettit and Priscilla Darling were married in 1723, and their son James Pettit and Martha McCune were married in 1756.
The geographical proximity of Matthew Pettit to Thomas Darling Pettit in the census of Montgomery Co., Ky, as well as the fact that Matthew named his son by his first wife Matthew Gray Pettit, and his first son by his second wife Samuel, leans towards this interpretation. If not that Samuel, the second most likely possiblity is that this “placeholder” is the James Pettit who married Martha McCune, making Jeremiah, Matthew and Rebecca all siblings of Thomas Darling Pettit. Wheeling, Virginia, where that James Pettit died, is right across the Ohio River from Washington Co., Pennsylvania, where Matthew and Jeremiah were listed as residing when they enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in Capt. James Piggott’s company. I deem the identication of this placeholder with the James Pettit son of James Pettit and Priscilla Darling somewhat less likely than the identification with the Samuel Pettit who married Keziah Gray only because it provides no explanation for Matthew Gray Pettit’s middle name. But that might instead be due to Matthew’s first wife’s maiden name being Gray.
Other possibilities are that this placeholder is the same person as either Isaac Pettit or George Pettit, sons of Nathaniel Pettit & Elizabeth Heath. There are suggestions of an association between Amos Pettit of Mason Co., Ky and our Matthew Pettit, and Amos was probably a son of George. See Matthew’s notes for discussion of the Isaac Pettit speculations.
The most promising avenue for resolving Matthew’s parentage is probably a review of land records from the 1750’s through 1780’s in the area between Pittsburg and Wheeling, to see if Samuel and Keziah were in that area, or to see if any of them list heirs or mention connections to Breesely, Gray or Mitchell families. (See notes for Matthew and Rebecca.) Unfortunately very few land records are online, and they fit so few deeds on a microfilm reel that it gets expensive trying to research them by microfilm rental.
Possibly the Samuel Pettit who married Keziah Gray on 3 Dec 1749 in Newton Presbyterian Church, the same church where James Pettit and Priscilla Darling were married in 1723, and their son James Pettit and Martha McCune were married in 1756.
The geographical proximity of Matthew Pettit to Thomas Darling Pettit in the census of Montgomery Co., Ky, as well as the fact that Matthew named his son by his first wife Matthew Gray Pettit, and his first son by his second wife Samuel, leans towards this interpretation. If not that Samuel, the second most likely possiblity is that this “placeholder” is the James Pettit who married Martha McCune, making Jeremiah, Matthew and Rebecca all siblings of Thomas Darling Pettit. Wheeling, Virginia, where that James Pettit died, is right across the Ohio River from Washington Co., Pennsylvania, where Matthew and Jeremiah were listed as residing when they enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in Capt. James Piggott’s company. I deem the identication of this placeholder with the James Pettit son of James Pettit and Priscilla Darling somewhat less likely than the identification with the Samuel Pettit who married Keziah Gray only because it provides no explanation for Matthew Gray Pettit’s middle name. But that might instead be due to Matthew’s first wife’s maiden name being Gray.
Other possibilities are that this placeholder is the same person as either Isaac Pettit or George Pettit, sons of Nathaniel Pettit & Elizabeth Heath. There are suggestions of an association between Amos Pettit of Mason Co., Ky and our Matthew Pettit, and Amos was probably a son of George. See Matthew’s notes for discussion of the Isaac Pettit speculations.
The most promising avenue for resolving Matthew’s parentage is probably a review of land records from the 1750’s through 1780’s in the area between Pittsburg and Wheeling, to see if Samuel and Keziah were in that area, or to see if any of them list heirs or mention connections to Breesely, Gray or Mitchell families. (See notes for Matthew and Rebecca.) Unfortunately very few land records are online, and they fit so few deeds on a microfilm reel that it gets expensive trying to research them by microfilm rental.
