Nathaniel Pettit1

M, #770, b. 1645, d. 1718
  • Birth*: 1645; Exeter, Massachusetts; "testified in court in December 1667 that he was then 22 years of age and that his brother John was older."2
  • Marriage*: circa 1665; Wurts identifies Nathaniel's wife as Mary Baileyand dates the marriage at "about 1665"; Ely identifies her simply as Mary; Spouse: Mary Bailey2,3
  • Death*: 1718; Hopewell Twp., New Jersey1
Last Edited: 20 Oct 2014
Charts:
Ancestors of Edgar Scuddr Cook
Pedigree of Edgar Scudder Cook

Parents:

Father: Thomas Pettit1 b. c 1609, d. a 1686
Mother: Christian Mellows1 b. c 1611

Family:

Mary Bailey
  • Marriage*: circa 1665; Wurts identifies Nathaniel's wife as Mary Baileyand dates the marriage at "about 1665"; Ely identifies her simply as Mary; Spouse: Mary Bailey2,3

Children:

Elias Pettit3
Mary Pettit3 d. 1754
Judith Pettit3
Jane Pettit+ 3 d. a 1756
Christian Pettit3 d. b 1715
Moses Pettit3 b. c 1655, d. 1718
Jonathan Pettit+2 b. 1680, d. 1768
Nathaniel Pettit+3 b. about 1680-1685, d. a 1768
John Pettit2 b. 1690
Thomas Pettit6 b. c 1718, d. 1758

Notes

  • Note: "His Will, dated 13 March 1714/15, was probated at Burlington, N.J., 25 June 1718 and filed also in New York 9 July 1719.2
  • Note*: Nathaniel was a resident of Long Island in 1673 and in 1686...was a signer of the charter of Newtown...removed from Newtown...to Hopewell Township in 1696...Nathaniel Pettit owned and occupied the plantation on the river directly below that of Joshua Ely, Sr. ...His will dated March 13, 1714-15, proved June 25, 1718.3
  • Note: Received 10 acres in Hempstead, L.I. 1668
    Probably a Friend
    Removed to the Falls of the Delaware in probably 1690.
    Will proved in Burlington N.J. & in N.Y."1
  • Note: See journal article about Nathaniel Pettit and his descendants.4
  • Note: Will: New Jersey Archives 23:363.5

Citations

  1. [S306] Moore, James W., Rev. John Moore of Newtown, Long Island, and Some of His Descendents (Raston, Penn.: Chemical Publ. Co., 1903).   Moore--Rev-John-Moore.pdf
  2. [S553] Wurts, John S. Magna Charta, VII (Philadelphia: Brookfield Publishing Co., 1954).
  3. [S143] Ely, Reuben Pownall, Warren Smedley Ely and Daniel Brittain Ely, compiler, An Historical Narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye Families; who were among the founders of Trenton and Burlington in the Province of West Jersey 1678-1683 with the genealogy of the Ely descendants in America. (New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1910).
  4. [S23] Baldwin, Frank C., "Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Heath) Pettit of Hunterdon County, New Jersey", Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Vol. 88 (Sept 2013):99-112; 89 (2014): 32-41, 82-88; and "Additions and Corrections" 89:130. (2013).
  5. [S23] Baldwin, Frank C., "Baldwin - Nathaniel Pettit", 88:101.
  6. [S23] Baldwin, Frank C., "Baldwin - Nathaniel Pettit", 88:104.