New York Pettit Family -Archives

1833 Sheriff’s Writ: Benjamin Rushmore Suffolk Co, NY vs Benjamin Pettit of Jamaica

In June of 2025 The Pettit Research Project acquired this 1833 Sheriff’s writ from an antique document dealer in New York. The dealer was unsure of the paper’s origins but believed she had purchased it about 25 years ago from the estate of Tim Green who was a lawyer in Southhold, NY. The document is a legal writ from the Court of Common Pleas in Suffolk County, NY on behalf of Benjamin Rushmore of Riverhead. Rushmore sued Benjamin Pettit of Jamaica, NY for $206.26 1/2.

James Pettit (1725) and Martha McCune Family Record Book

A James Pettit and Martha McCune Family Record Book was recently discovered which gives the names and birth dates of their children.

Joshua Pettit, Increase Pettit and Martha Greene, a Rich English Lady from Barton Regis to Jamaica, NY

This folder contained a well preserved letter dated November 29, 1861, addressed to Mr. L. P. Nostrand in New York from a G. W. Pettit. It begins with a man named Joshua Pettit who was from Springfield, Long Island, NY. According to the letter, Joshua Pettit married a “rich English lady” and was the father of an Increase Pettit. In this paper we will compare this newly discovered letter to a deed found in Bristol England from the Ashton Court estate which may explain the source of some of these forgotten legends.