Children of Jonathan and Susanna Pettit:
- David Pettit, born abt. 1793 in Sussex, New Jersey; married Levina Roper November 14, 1814 in Randolph County, Illinois. Death date and place unknown.
- Henry Newton Pettit, born March 12, 1795 in Sussex, New Jersey; married Elizabeth Heard on February 5, 1818 in Randolph County, Illinois; died November 19, 1834 in Randolph County.
- Joseph Pettit, born abt. 1797 in New Jersey; married Louvinia Rupert September 19, 1822 in Randolph County, Illinois; died abt. 1825 in Randolph County.
- Miss Pettit, born abt. 1800 in Randolph County, Illinois. Nothing more is known.
- Jonathan Pettit, Jr., born abt. 1802 in Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Illinois; married Isabella Franklin May 1, 1823 in Randolph County; died July 16, 1851 in Perry County, Illinois.
- John D. Pettit, born September 14, 1806 in Randolph County, Illinois; married Henrietta E. Douglas September 21, 1848 in Perry County, Illinois; died September 21, 1852 in Perry County.
- Thomas Pettit, born November 30, 1808 in Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Illinois; married Eliza Franklin February 24, 1831 in Perry County, Illinois; died June 24, 1876 in Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa.
- Samuel Pettit, born abt. 1812 in Randolph County, Illinois, died in Alexandria, Louisiana, date unknown.
- Miss Pettit, born abt 1815 in Randolph County, Illinois. Nothing more is known.
Much of the information I have on the early Pettit families came from Pettit family members. I am grateful to them for sharing their information, which allowed me to further my research.
2 comments:
I am working on a Loree genealogy and I stumbled across the Petit/Pettit family and I am hoping that perhaps you could supply some more informatin about Henry Newton Pettit, Sr. Henry Newton Pettit apparently died in Randolph Co., IL in 1834 and left a will probated in 1835 naming his wife Elizabeth as administratrix.
James B. Rogers, a Methodist minister and school teacher, was born 18 Sept 1818 in Cambria, Niagara Co., NY. The Rev. James Rogers graduated from Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, NY and then Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT in 1847. Ordained a Methodist minister. In 1849, James Rogers traveled to San Francisco and then on to Sacramento. In Sacramento in Sept 1853 he married Sophia Jane Petit who was born about 1833 in Illinois according to the Rogers letters which were published. [Maria Rogers Vail. “Gold Rush Letter of the Reverend James Rogers,” The New-York Historical Society Quarterly, 1960, XLIV (3)]James Roger's mother was Jane Loree. So that is the connection.
Jane Pettit, aged 17, was enumerated with Elizabeth Pettitt her mother in the Randolph Co. Illinois census of 1850. This is the only Jane Pettitt/ Petit/Pettit who fits with Sophia Jane Petit mentioned in the Rogers letters.
This would seem to make Sophia Jane Pettit a daughter of Henry Newton Pettit, Sr. and his wife Elizabeth (?Herd/Hurd?) who was born in VA per the census. I am looking for more proof and additional information and any help is GREATLY appreciated.
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