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Henry Pettit 1808–1872 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1808

Birth Location: Canterbury, Kent, England

Death Date: 9 DEC 1872

Death Location: Sandwich, Dover District, Kent, England

Father: Terry Pettit

Mother: Mary Young

Spouse(s): Mary Pettit

Children(s): Stephen Pettitt, Mary Pettit, Emily Pettit, Thomas Pettit, Terry Pettit, Alfred Pettit, Sophia Pettit, Tony Pettit, Henry Pettit, Sarah Pettit

In 1808, Henry Pettit entered the world in Canterbury, Kent, England, born to Terry Pettit And Mary Young. In 1841, Henry Pettit resided in St Peter, Kent, England. Henry Pettit married Mary Ann Pettit, and had children including Alfred George Pettit, Emily Pettit, Henry Pettit, Mary Ann Pettit, Sarah Pettit, Sophia Pettit, Stephen Pettitt, Terry Pettit, Thomas Pettit, Tony Pettit. Henry Pettit passed away in 1872 in Sandwich, Dover District, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1808, Henry Pettit entered the world in Canterbury, Kent, England, born to Terry Pettit And Mary Young.
  • In 1841, Henry Pettit resided in St Peter, Kent, England.
  • Henry Pettit married Mary Ann Pettit, and had children including Alfred George Pettit, Emily Pettit, Henry Pettit, Mary Ann Pettit, Sarah Pettit, Sophia Pettit, Stephen Pettitt, Terry Pettit, Thomas Pettit, Tony Pettit.
  • Henry Pettit passed away in 1872 in Sandwich, Dover District, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Terry Pettit
1772–1832
Birth Location: –
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Mary Young
1765–1853
Birth Location: Womenswold, Kent, England
MY

Spouses(s)

Mary Pettit
1810–1888
Birth Location: Canterbury, Kent, England
MP

Children(s)

Stephen Pettitt
1843–1905
Birth Location: Sandwich, Kent, England
SP
Mary Pettit
1830–1897
Birth Location: Boughton under Blean, Kent, England
MP
Emily Pettit
1831–1929
Birth Location: Boughton Under Blean, Kent, England
EP
Thomas Pettit
1835–1835
Birth Location: Boughton Under Blean, Kent, England
TP
Terry Pettit
1838–1885
Birth Location: –
TP
Alfred Pettit
1845–1858
Birth Location: St. Peter's, Sandwich, Kent, England
AP
Sophia Pettit
1840–
Birth Location: St. Peter's, Sandwich, Kent, England
SP
Tony Pettit
1839–
Birth Location: Boughton, Kent, England
TP
Henry Pettit
1833–1883
Birth Location: Boughton Under Blean, Kent, England
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Sarah Pettit
1836–1937
Birth Location: Boughton Under Blean, Kent, England
SP

Henry Pettit's Ancestors

Self
Henry Pettit
1808–1872
Birth Place: Canterbury, Kent, England
Parents
Terry Pettit
1772–1832
Mary Young
1765–1853
Womenswold, Kent, England
Grandparents
Thomas Pettit
1732–1811
Kent, England
Anne Pettit
–1787
Wingham, Kent, England
Elizabeth Maxstead
1782–
Etton, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thos Petit
1700–1777
Elizabeth Pettit
1710–1787
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Pettit
1672–1704
Mary Pettit
1672–1752
Terry Matthews
1680–
Anna Saffery
1688–

Henry Pettit's Descendants

1.
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Henry Pettit (1808–9 DEC 1872) m. Mary (Ann) Pettit (20 JUN 1810–13 OCT 1888)
  1. 1. Stephen Pettitt 1843–1905 m. Eliza (Ann) Pettit 1843–1940
    1. 1. Charles (Thomas) Pettit 1878–1972 m. Isabel (Frances) Pettit 1862–1910 m. Maud (Eleanor) Pettit 1880–1945
    2. 2. Florence (Catherine) Colverson 1872–1959 m. John (William) Colverson 1865–1949
      1. 1. Reginald (Charles) Colverson 1896–1896
      2. 2. Percy (John) Colverson 1894–1936 m. Ada (Winifred) Cleverly 1900–1992
        1. 1. Joyce (Winifred) Colverson 1924– m. Roy (Beaumont Charles) Copsey 1921–
      3. 3. Horace (Walter) Colverson 1897–1988 m. Eva (Mary) Simons 1899–
        1. 1. Frank (W.) Colverson 1930–1931
      4. 4. Sidney (Ernest) Colverson 1899–1995 m. Lily (Elizabeth) Honeyball 1895–1974
        1. 1. Audrey (Elizabeth) Colverson 1928–2008
      5. 5. Wilfred (Joseph) Colverson 1910–1993 m. Eileen (Amelia) Colbourne 1912–2003
      6. 6. Margaret (Florence Mary) Colverson 1908–1990 m. Sidney (John) Martin 1904–1995
      7. 7. Leonard (Samuel) Colverson 1901–2000 m. Elisie (Victoria) Ayshford 1904–1989
        1. 1. Jennifer Colverson 1943–1991
      8. 8. Cyril (Harry) Colverson 1904–1983 m. Gwendolyn (Lillie) Macey 1905–1965 m. Doreen (Mary) Cordery 1921–1991
    3. 3. Margaret Pettit 1882–1971 m. Robert (Swan) Brewis 1878–1962
      1. 1. Nancy (Robina) Brewis 1910–2003 m. John (Davenport Jack) Bailey 1901–1970
      2. 2. Gwendolyne (Margaret) Brewis 1914–1987 m. Willem (Jacobus Van der) Reyden 1915–1981 m. Willem (Jacobus Van der) Reyder 1915–
      3. 3. Robert (Oswald) Brewis 1904–
    4. 4. Jessie James 1885–1971 m. Reginald ((Jimmy)) James 1892– m. Frederick (Lawrence) Jeffcoate 1886–1918
      1. 1. Barbara (Joan) Jeffcoate 1912–2005
      2. 2. Gladys (Muriel) Jeffcoate 1915–1984
      3. 3. Eleanora (M) James 1925–
      4. 4. Lawrence (Stephen F.) Jeffcoate 1910–1967
        1. 1. Phyllis Jeffcoate 1926–
    5. 5. Harry (Edward) Pettit 1876–1947
    6. 6. Ernest (Henry Terry) Pettit 1874–1941 m. Mabel (Minnie) Pettit 1877–1963
      1. 1. Edith Pettit 1901–
      2. 2. Brian (Percy) Pettit 1911–1981 m. Freda (Constance) Twidale 1919–1984
      3. 3. Norman (Terry) Pettit 1908–1941
      4. 4. Doris (Mabel) Pettit 1902–
    7. 7. Alice (Mary) Richardson 1880–1962 m. George (Thomas) Stevenson 1877–1921
      1. 1. Alan (G A) Stevenson 1911–
    8. 8. Percy (W A) Pettit 1870–1947 m. Clara (Edith) Pettit 1871–1951
      1. 1. George (Harold) Rogers 1895–1980 m. George (Harold (Hal)) Rogers 1895–1986
        1. 1. Joann Ashe 1921–1973
        2. 2. Barbara Paszat 1923–2013 m. Leslie (Walter) Paszat 1923–1985
        3. 3. George (Harold) Rogers 1926–1943
        4. 4. Helen (Elizabeth) Rogers 1924–2002 m. Emile (deFonteny) Jenner 1922–1988
      2. 2. Cecil (Percy) Pettit 1892–1927 m. Ida Pettit 1893–1982
        1. 1. Irene (Mary) Pettit 1922–2009 m. Kenneth (Arthur) Main 1926–2003
        2. 2. Christine Pettit 1924–
      3. 3. Leslie (Ernest) Pettit 1896–1965 m. Amy Pettit 1896–1970 m. Hilda (Bertha) Healey 1903–
      4. 4. Gladys (Mary) Pettit 1895–1977 m. Ethel (Gertrude) Rully 1882–
      5. 5. Margery (Edith) Richardson 1895–1986 m. Geoffrey (Bower) Richardson 1889–1961
      6. 6. Phyllis (Muriel) Pettit 1904–1971 m. George (Phillips) Driver 1900–1982
  2. 2. Mary (Ann) Pettit 1830–1897 m. Henry Boorman 1838–1868
  3. 3. Emily Pettit 1831–1929 m. William Allam 1829–1887
    1. 1. Alice (Mary) Allam 1863–1938
    2. 2. Eleanor Allam 1860–
    3. 3. Alexander (Arthur) Allam 1855–1928 m. Moyer Allam 1854–1941 m. Moyer Jesson 1854–
      1. 1. Alice (Mary) Allam 1888–1938
      2. 2. Rether (S) Allam 1882–
      3. 3. Hilda (Moyer) Allam 1885–1965
    4. 4. Alfred (William) Allam 1866–1923 m. Agnes (Mary) Astle 1863–
  4. 4. Thomas Pettit 1835–1835
  5. 5. Terry Pettit 1838–1885 m. Emma Findlay 1838–1865 m. Isabella 1843–1875
    1. 1. Henry Pettit 1860–1899
    2. 2. John (Alfred) Pettit 1862–1925 m. Mary (Anne Marian) Davin 1870–1917
      1. 1. Edith (Marion) Pettit 1898–1954 m. Ernest (Patrick) McGrade 1879–1938
        1. 1. Gerald (Ernest) McGrade 1928–1977
        2. 2. Patricia (Theresa) McGrade 1926–
        3. 3. Ita (Mary) McGrade 1924–2001 m. James ((Jim)) Pead 1924–
      2. 2. John (Davin Jack) Pettit 1903–1974
      3. 3. Terry (Patrick Washington Pettit DWI) Unm 1905–1929
      4. 4. Jaqueline (Annie) Pettit 1901–1967 m. Eric (Palmer) Eaglestone 1903–1974
    3. 3. George Pettit 1865–1951
      1. 1. Gladys Pettit –1940
  6. 6. Alfred (George) Pettit 1845–1858
  7. 7. Sophia Pettit 1840–
  8. 8. Tony Pettit 1839–
  9. 9. Henry Pettit 1833–1883
  10. 10. Sarah Pettit 1836–1937

Henry Pettit's Timeline

7 Records

1808
1808
Birth of Henry Pettit in Canterbury, Kent, England
Canterbury, Kent, England
1811
2 Feb 1811
Age 3
Henry Pettit was baptized in St Mary Magdalene Canterbury, Kent
St Mary Magdalene Canterbury, Kent
1841
1841
Age 33
Henry Pettit resided here in St Peter, Kent, England
St Peter, Kent, England
1851
1851
Age 43
Henry Pettit resided here in Sandwich, Kent, England
Sandwich, Kent, England
1861
1861
Age 53
Henry Pettit resided here in Sandwich, Kent, England
Sandwich, Kent, England
1871
1871
Age 63
Henry Pettit resided here in Deal, Kent, England
Deal, Kent, England
1872
9 DEC 1872
Age 64
Death of Henry Pettit in At sea, Buried Sandwich, Kent, England
At sea, Buried Sandwich, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1808
    Event Place: Canterbury, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1861 England Census, Class: RG 9; Piece: 540; Folio: 87; Page: 32; GSU roll: 542658
    [2] 1871 England Census, Class: RG10; Piece: 1003; Folio: 18; Page: 27; GSU roll: 827257
    [3] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1631; Folio: 132; Page: 41; GSU roll: 193532-193533
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [5] 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 494; Book: 16; Civil Parish: St Peter; County: Kent; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 19; Page: 30; Line: 18; GSU roll: 306885

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: St Peter, Kent, England
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 494; Book: 16; Civil Parish: St Peter; County: Kent; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 19; Page: 30; Line: 18; GSU roll: 306885

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 DEC 1872
    Event Place: At sea, Buried Sandwich, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations)
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sandwich, Dover District, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Sandwich, Kent, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1631; Folio: 132; Page: 41; GSU roll: 193532-193533

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 12 Oct 1874
    Event Place: Canterbury
    Record Source: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations)

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Deal, Kent, England
    Record Source: 1871 England Census, Class: RG10; Piece: 1003; Folio: 18; Page: 27; GSU roll: 827257

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Sandwich, Kent, England
    Record Source: 1861 England Census, Class: RG 9; Piece: 540; Folio: 87; Page: 32; GSU roll: 542658

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 2 Feb 1811
    Event Place: St Mary Magdalene Canterbury, Kent
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