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Colonel Thomas Pettus 1712–1780 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Dec 1712

Birth Location: Middle Plantation, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 18 Mar 1780

Death Location: ,Lunenburg, Virginia, USA

Father: John Pettus

Mother: Anne Overton

Spouse(s): Amy Walker

Children(s): John Pettus, Annie Shelburn, Mary Brown, Samuel Pettus, Thomas Jr

Colonel Thomas Pettus was born in 1712 in Middle Plantation, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA, the child of John Dabney Pettus And Anne Elizabeth Overton. Colonel Thomas Pettus married Amy Walker, and had children including Annie Shelburn, John Reginald Pettus, Mary Susan Brown, Samuel Overton Pettus, Thomas Pettus Jr. Colonel Thomas Pettus passed away in 1780 in ,Lunenburg, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Colonel Thomas Pettus was born in 1712 in Middle Plantation, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA, the child of John Dabney Pettus And Anne Elizabeth Overton.
  • Colonel Thomas Pettus married Amy Walker, and had children including Annie Shelburn, John Reginald Pettus, Mary Susan Brown, Samuel Overton Pettus, Thomas Pettus Jr.
  • Colonel Thomas Pettus passed away in 1780 in ,Lunenburg, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Colonel Pettus's Ancestors

Self
Colonel Pettus
1712–1780
Birth Place: Middle Plantation, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
Parents
John Dabney Pettus
1672–1730
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Anne (Elizabeth) Overton
1673–1730
Hanover, Louisa, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (Pettus) PSZP-W7T
1634–1720
Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, United States
(Mary) (Elizabeth) Dabney
1660–1688
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia
William (Samuel Overton) I
1638–1690
Easlington, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
Mary (Elizabeth) Waters
1654–1697
St. Sepulchres Parish, London, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
Theodore Pettus
1600–1636
Kaokee 😎
1613–1670
Robert **
1609–1678
Ann *
1613–1665
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas 😎
1552–1620
Cecily Pettus
1561–1641
Kocoum 🦋
1590–1612
Pocahontas line
1595–1617

Colonel Pettus's Descendants

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Colonel (Thomas) Pettus (25 Dec 1712–18 Mar 1780) m. Amy Walker (1717–22 October 1778)
  1. 1. John (Reginald) Pettus 1736–1799
  2. 2. Annie Shelburn 1749–1831
  3. 3. Mary (Susan) Brown 1746–1793 m. Col. (Thomas Branch) Brown 1741–1793
    1. 1. Martha (Pettus) Brown 1789–1856
    2. 2. Thomas Brown 1763–1769
    3. 3. James Brown 1762–1805
    4. 4. Anne (Childs) Brown 1764–1828
    5. 5. Mary Brown 1776–
    6. 6. John (S) Brown 1809–1895
    7. 7. Pettus (G) Brown 1779–1858
    8. 8. Nancy (Anne) Brown 1775–1859
    9. 9. Oliver Brown 1785–1818
    10. 10. Elizabeth Brown 1768–1793
    11. 11. William (A) Brown 1767–1825 m. Sally (C.) Hutcheson 1776–1836
      1. 1. Sarah (C.) Brown 1819–1860 m. Daniel Fowler 1816–1870 m. Thomas (Jefferson) Branson 1817–1852
        1. 1. Sarah (Jane) Branson 1840–1897 m. William (Lafayette. "Billy") FOWLER 1831–1890
    12. 12. Rebecca Brown 1766–1788
    13. 13. Thomas (E) Brown 1780–1855
    14. 14. Olive Brown 1763–1806
    15. 15. Mary 1762–1798
    16. 16. Amy (Brown) Hutcheson 1770–1857
  4. 4. Samuel (Overton) Pettus 1751–1819
  5. 5. Thomas (Pettus) Jr 1741–1796

Colonel Pettus's Timeline

6 Records

1685
1685
Colonel Thomas Pettus was married
None
1712
25 Dec 1712
Birth of Colonel Thomas Pettus in Middle Plantation, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
Middle Plantation, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
1729
1729
Age 17
Colonel Thomas Pettus was married in Hanover, Virginia, United States
Hanover, Virginia, United States
1735
10 Nov 1735
Age 23
Colonel Thomas Pettus was married in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States
Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States
1759
1759
Age 47
Colonel Thomas Pettus was married in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
1780
18 Mar 1780
Age 68
Death of Colonel Thomas Pettus in ,Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
,Lunenburg, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1712
    Event Place: Middle Plantation, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1685

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1729
    Event Place: Hanover, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 10 Nov 1735
    Event Place: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1759
    Event Place: Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Mar 1780
    Event Place: ,Lunenburg, Virginia, USA

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