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Hi Marieta,
It sounds like your brother has done an automatism DNA test from ancestry.com or similar company. These can be helpful for getting you in the right ballpark but are kind of limited. In addition to what has already been tested,…
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Hello David. I recommend you contact Viola Jones as this is her line and she has done extensive work on the McDaniel family including the specific people you are researching. Her connection to the Pettit family is through the Hannah Pettit you …
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Thanks Larry. Henry Pettit Sr (b.1763) is my direct ancestor. The Joshua Pettit who married Judah/Judith and left a will is his brother. They are the sons of the older Joshua Pettit who associated with Richard Pearis. To my knowledge no proba…
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Thank you for the info, Larry. Please let us know when your books are available and I will put a link to the purchase location on the main website. I'm very much looking forward to this.
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Larry,
First let me say I want to purchase copies your books at the first available opportunity. Please let me know when and where these can be purchased. If there is a wait list, I want on it.
Though I have no known family connec…
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I recieved the following update on the DNA tests regarding this branch from Janet Wood.
"In the last week we've had two Big Ys come in, both of which are fascinating.
The first is a descendant of Daniel Pettit (1812). Daniel was th…
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Hi Cathie. We're pretty c…
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Good news! This issue has now been settled with genetic testing too. The Pettit Pilgrim Y-DNA project has established that Nathaniel H. Pettit was not a descendant of Joshua Pettit and Judith Poole.
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Hi. Do you have any other info on Asa Pettit and Sarah Ann Johns? Place of residence and children;s names might help make an association for someone.
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Many thanks to Janet Wood who was able to correct and revise the areas of this letter that had stumped me during my initial transcription. It has now been updated and questions about nearly all of the unknown words have been resolved.
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DyanaG, Thanks for the comments. I agree with you completely. These sites encourage replication and propagation of proven errors due the nature of how they are organized. They are basically the modern equivalent of the old family group sheets.…
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Thank you for your comments, Daisy! We look forward to seeing any photos you can supply of the area.
In addition to the locations near you, there was also a significant Pettit presence at Margate, Kent, though I believe this is some dist…
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Thank you Janet. I updated the article to include a picture of the 1850 census showing James' household which, as you note, includes people named in the bible record. This proves James lived on past 1840, (indeed well into the 1880s at least.) …
The information below was part of the original article. It was removed on 9/21/23 after discussion with Janet Wood, another Pettit family researcher, revealed that this James Pettet is probably not the same man mentioned in the Bible record. T…
Hi Denise,
Do I understand you correctly that you inherited the records of J. O. Gibson? I corresponded with him in the 1990s and have a few newsletters he published. One of them includes a water quality report of the old "Healing Springs…
Hi Keturah,
I am not familiar with any of the names you mentioned. If you send me photos of the Bible pages that contain the family record and the inside cover that shows the date of the Bible I'll be more than happy to post it on the main…
Hi John,
I will help you with this if you can supply a little more info. I am very curious about the name Henry Joshua Pettit.
Were all these Pettits from Oklahoma or did they move here from somewhere else?
Today (2023-5-17) I received a phone call from my dear cousin Viola H. Jones who offered another possibility for consideration in regards to the Bible entry showing a mystery son of "Joshua and Hannah Pettit". I should mention that she presente…
Patrick, a descendant of Francis Pettitt contributed the following information:
Francis Pettitt, b1612
Francis Pettitt, b1636
Francis Pettitt, b1663
Captain Francis Pettitt could also have been a Captain in militia. I have…
Thanks for the suggestion Neva. Family search has a great service there with a lot of free records.
I had forgotten about my comment above. I need to put together a brief article to describe what I found in NJ and explain why so many of…
Thanks for the comment! I…
A Find-A-Grave page has been created as a placeholder for Josue Petit. If anyone knows where his grave is, please contact me. If his burial location can be determined it will be properly adjusted.
Update: There are living descendants from this line!
I used to think he may have live beyond 1786 but my current hunch is he died sometime in late 1780. When do you think Joshua Pettit died? What about his wife Rachel? Could she be the older female in the household of Joel Hembree in the 1790 ce…
Hi Willard!
If you have more specific info on Jacob and Lydia go a head and post it here. A time frame in which they lived would be handy and any other clues you might have. I am not personally familiar with them but I bet someone else ha…
Hello Ray,
Being from Spartanburg I would assume your are either a decendant of Joshua Jr., Benjamin or John all born in the 1700's. How far back have you traced your line?
Hi Charity,
Do you know what branch of the SC Pettit's you belong to? Who is your earliest known ancestor?
Thank you Adrian Thierry for providing a grave stone photo for Henry Pettit!
