Family Group Sheet
NameJames Pettit, 6G Uncle
Birth24 Mar 1725, Newtown, Long Island, New York
Death1770, Wheeling, Virginia
FatherJames Pettit (1700-1771)
MotherPriscilla Darling (~1705-1771)
Marriage29 Aug 1756, Newtown Presbyterian Church, Queens Co., Long Island, New York
SpouseMartha McCune
Birthabt 1733, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania
Children
SpouseMargaret Pratt
Notes for James Pettit
Wheeling, where James died, is now located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia that sticks up between Ohio and Pennsylvania, and is the county seat of Ohio Co., WV, but it was in Virginia in the 1770’s. It is about 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the Ohio River.
