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William Pettit 1722 – 1801 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Nov 1722

Birth Location: Newtown, Long Island, New York, USA

Death Date: 15 Oct 1801

Death Location: Sadsbury, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: John Pettit

Mother: Mary Hallett

Spouse(s): Charity Stevenson

Children(s): William Pettit, Sarah Pettit

William Pettit Sr was born in 1722 in Newtown, Long Island, New York, USA, the child of John Pettit and Mary Hallett. William Pettit Sr married Charity Stevenson, and had children including William Pettit, Sarah Pettit. William Pettit Sr passed away in 1801 in Sadsbury, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • William Pettit Sr was born in 1722 in Newtown, Long Island, New York, USA, the child of John Pettit and Mary Hallett.
  • William Pettit Sr married Charity Stevenson, and had children including William Pettit, Sarah Pettit.
  • William Pettit Sr passed away in 1801 in Sadsbury, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Pettit
1700 –
Birth Location: Newtown, Long Island, New York, USA
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Mary Hallett
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Charity Stevenson
1723 – 1780
Birth Location: Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA
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Children(s)

William Pettit
1748 – 1804
Birth Location: Coryell's Ferry, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sarah Pettit
1758 – 1838
Birth Location: Solebury, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
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William Pettit's Ancestors

Self
William Pettit
1722 – 1801
Birth Place: Newtown, Long Island, New York, USA
Parents
John Pettit
1700 –
Newtown, Long Island, New York, USA
Mary Hallett
Grandparents
Samuel Hallett
1678 – 1756
Newtown, Queens, New York, USA
Bridget Blackwell
1677 – 1749
Blackwell's Island, Queens, New York, USA
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Hallett
1651 – 1724
Robert Blackwell
1650 – 1717
Mary Manningham
1670 – 1760
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Hallett
1616 – 1705
Elizabeth Fones
1609 – 1672
Walter Manningham
1621 – 1658

William Pettit's Descendants

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William Pettit (22 Nov 1722 – 15 Oct 1801) m. Charity Stevenson (21 Nov 1723 – 28 Oct 1780)
  1. 1. William Pettit (7 Nov 1748 – 28 Jul 1804) m. Sarah Birdsall (25 Nov 1748 – 28 Jul 1804)
  2. 2. Sarah Pettit (4 Oct 1758 – 8 Sep 1838) m. Hezekiah Bye (27 Mar 1754 – 20 Jun 1827)
    1. 1. Charity Bye (10 Nov 1780 – 24 Apr 1839) m. James Packer (1773 – 3 Jun 1814)
      1. 1. Hezekiah (Bye) Packer (23 Sep 1804 – 25 Jul 1869) m. Catherine (J) Schnabel ( – 19 Dec 1891)
        1. 1. Juliet (Lewis) Packer (2 Oct 1853 – 15 Jan 1923) m. David (Jayne) Hill (19 Jun 1850 – 2 Mar 1932)
      2. 2. William (Fisher) Packer (2 Apr 1807 – 27 Sep 1870) m. Mary (Wyckoff) Vanderbelt (16 Mar 1812 – 14 Apr 1894)
        1. 1. Sarah (Bye) Packer (18 Dec 1836 – 25 Mar 1919) m. Elisha Allis (8 Dec 1832 – 30 Nov 1893)
        2. 2. Boyd (Cummings) Packer (1 May 1843 – 14 Nov 1908) m. Annie White (1850 – 6 Nov 1887) m. Katherine Wilson (5 Aug 1868 – 1939)
      3. 3. John (Pettit) Packer (4 Jun 1809 – 17 Jan 1881) m. Sarah Harrison (19 Jan 1815 – 13 Aug 1873)
        1. 1. Virginia (Llewellyn) Packer (2 Mar 1848 – 5 Jan 1929) m. John (Geary) Harrison (23 May 1838 – 1 Apr 1907)
        2. 2. Charity (Bye) Packer (18 Oct 1850 – 21 May 1920) m. James (Collin) Dewees (16 Sep 1845 – 22 Jan 1910)
        3. 3. John (Pettit) Packer (18 Oct 1850 – 9 Nov 1914) m. Caroline (Matilda) Appleton (10 Jan 1862 – 5 Jan 1895)
        4. 4. Alice (Cone) Packer (3 Dec 1852 – 12 Jun 1904) m. James Guyer (1847 – )
        5. 5. Eugene (Lewellyn) Packer (12 Sep 1857 – 30 Dec 1915) m. Mary Meacham (18 May 1857 – )
      4. 4. Sarah (Bye) Packer (18 Dec 1811 – 30 Dec 1874) m. Nathan (Johns) Mitchell (2 Mar 1808 – 10 Dec 1886)
        1. 1. Ira (Canfield) Mitchell (16 Apr 1833 – 25 Jul 1897) m. Melissa Edgar (19 Jan 1834 – 7 Aug 1865)
        2. 2. William (Packer) Mitchell (22 Jan 1841 – 4 Jun 1924) m. Susan (Frances) Rothrock (Apr 1844 – 1928)
        3. 3. John (P) Mitchell (2 May 1843 – 21 Jun 1874)
    2. 2. Mary Bye (31 Oct 1782 – 7 Jul 1842) m. Levi Pennington (20 Jun 1784 – 26 May 1868)
      1. 1. Mary (Ann) Pennington (23 Jun 1820 – 24 Jan 1903) m. John (Carl) Malone (26 Mar 1813 – 17 Jan 1888)
        1. 1. Hezekiah (Pennington) Malone (13 Sep 1841 – 20 Jan 1913) m. Emily (Elizabeth) Hart (Jan 1844 – Nov 1907)
    3. 3. Rachel (A) Bye (6 Oct 1784 – 7 Feb 1843) m. Edward (Stacy Jr) Whitacre (19 Apr 1796 – 21 Sep 1845)
      1. 1. Harmon (Fagin) Whitacre (31 Aug 1824 – 28 Nov 1907) m. Mary (Ann) Deming (9 Jul 1824 – 21 Dec 1908)
        1. 1. Orlando (Bye) Whitacre (17 Oct 1844 – 4 Apr 1908)
        2. 2. Cyrus (Deming) Whitacre (29 Dec 1852 – 25 Jan 1918)
        3. 3. Cinderella (Ann) Whitacre (5 Sep 1856 – 27 Mar 1910) m. John (T) Roberts (28 Mar 1855 – 31 Aug 1931)
        4. 4. Nettie (E) Whitacre (1 Oct 1865 – 5 Oct 1942) m. Steven (Sylvester) Chamness (2 Mar 1860 – 10 Mar 1953)
      2. 2. Edward (J) Whitacre (14 Oct 1826 – 14 Jul 1910)
      3. 3. William (Bye) Whitacre (6 Jun 1829 – 25 Apr 1910)
    4. 4. Sarah Bye (18 Mar 1787 – 24 Jul 1830) m. James Malone (8 Nov 1780 – 29 Jan 1835)
      1. 1. John (Carl) Malone (26 Mar 1813 – 17 Jan 1888) m. Mary (Ann) Pennington (23 Jun 1820 – 24 Jan 1903)
      2. 2. Sarah (Ann) Malone (2 Apr 1815 – 3 Feb 1842) m. Thomas Kirk (25 Jul 1814 – 12 Jul 1894)
    5. 5. Euphemia Bye (27 May 1789 – 29 Oct 1827) m. Joseph Fagen (11 Nov 1784 – )
      1. 1. Hezekiah (Pierce) Fagen (1 Nov 1811 – 8 Nov 1865) m. Hannah (Elizabeth) Neill (17 Feb 1814 – Dec 1842) m. Sarah Neill (17 Nov 1818 – 17 Oct 1902)
        1. 1. Harmon (Enochs) Fagen (5 Feb 1832 – 16 Mar 1899) m. Ellen (Malind) Likes (19 Nov 1832 – 25 Sep 1916)
        2. 2. Euphemia Fagen (10 Nov 1836 – 28 May 1896) m. Runey Campbell (26 Dec 1829 – 12 Jan 1908)
        3. 3. Margaret (Lillian) Fagen (10 Aug 1838 – 1909) m. Peter (Augustus) Mowrer (30 Oct 1830 – 8 Sep 1909)
        4. 4. Joseph (Elderkin) Fagen (12 Dec 1840 – 8 Mar 1901)
        5. 5. Ezra (Baylis) Fagen (20 Sep 1845 – 26 Jul 1913) m. Ella Perkins (17 Jan 1856 – 15 Jun 1945)
        6. 6. Victoria (Tryphenia) Fagen (30 Sep 1847 – 26 Sep 1903) m. Henry (Hillhouse) Robinson (Jun 1842 – )
        7. 7. William (Pierce) Fagen (26 Feb 1850 – 14 May 1914) m. Lottie (Belle) Horning (13 Mar 1859 – 2 Sep 1941)
        8. 8. Monroe (Edmund) Fagen (26 Jun 1852 – 6 Jul 1934) m. Margaret (Saloma) Bennett (14 May 1862 – 19 Jul 1957)
        9. 9. Morton (Allison) Fagen (11 Apr 1857 – 16 Feb 1926) m. Toinda (A Van) Loan (24 Apr 1860 – 15 Apr 1935)
      2. 2. Pierce (Bye) Fagen (22 Nov 1818 – 21 Feb 1901) m. Melissa Hoxie (30 Mar 1833 – 30 Jan 1856)
        1. 1. Clarence (Eugene) Fagen (26 Jan 1850 – 27 Jan 1911) m. Alice (Stafford) Thompson (5 Oct 1863 – 15 Aug 1904)
      3. 3. Edmund (H) Fagen (9 Jun 1825 – 27 Apr 1885) m. Mary Ray (Jul 1823 – )
        1. 1. Sarah (Alice) Fagen (22 Feb 1852 – 21 Jan 1917) m. Sylvester (K) Thomas (1829 – 10 Aug 1878) m. William (T) Cartwright (4 Oct 1837 – 28 Apr 1917)
        2. 2. Andrew (P) Fagen (1855 – 1911) m. Alice (Cora) McCormick (1855 – 5 Oct 1942)
    6. 6. William (Pettit) Bye (21 Feb 1791 – 14 May 1831) m. Frances (Hunt) Smith (1800 – 10 Sep 1879)
      1. 1. Emily (Cornelia) Bye (20 Jun 1823 – 13 Mar 1856) m. James Aten (4 Sep 1807 – 27 Mar 1864)
        1. 1. Anna (Louisa) Aten (21 Sep 1848 – 16 Oct 1892) m. Peter (Cleaver) Young (19 May 1848 – 25 Jul 1899)
        2. 2. Shewell (Lorrain) Aten (4 May 1854 – 12 Apr 1886) m. Mary Schroder (19 Oct 1859 – 6 Nov 1927)
    7. 7. Samuel Bye (23 Jun 1791 – 17 Feb 1850) m. Ruth (Ann) Moreland (6 Jan 1807 – 1880)
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Ann) Bye (16 Mar 1843 – 1925) m. Oliver (D) Whiteleather (1850 – 25 Mar 1928)
        1. 1. Winfield (Bye) Whiteleather (17 Jun 1877 – 19 Nov 1957) m. Catherine King (19 Apr 1874 – 30 May 1964)
        2. 2. Sarah (Emily) Whiteleather (21 Jul 1879 – 29 Jul 1936) m. John (Lamar) Slack (9 Aug 1873 – )
    8. 8. Hezekiah Bye (19 Aug 1793 – 8 Mar 1826) m. Ann Jackson (1797 – )
      1. 1. Adaline (M) Bye (12 Jan 1827 – 14 Aug 1897) m. Charles (W) Satterthwait (31 Dec 1833 – 13 Jul 1922)
        1. 1. William (D) Satterthwait (8 Nov 1866 – 1942) m. Ida (A) Newlin (10 Apr 1868 – 23 Feb 1908) m. Mabel (H) Cameron (23 Dec 1880 – 23 Dec 1956)
        2. 2. Isaac (H) Satterthwait (8 Nov 1866 – 13 Jan 1940) m. Emily (S) Hall (17 Jun 1870 – 30 Nov 1963)
        3. 3. Ruth (C) Satterthwait (25 Apr 1871 – 23 Apr 1951) m. Harry (E) Cooper (28 Oct 1866 – 18 Jan 1963)
    9. 9. Lydia Bye (23 Jul 1795 – 16 May 1857) m. John Whitacre (19 Feb 1790 – 26 Nov 1866)
      1. 1. Thomas (Hughes) Whitacre (15 Jul 1822 – 25 Jul 1890) m. Catherine (Elizabeth) Elson (29 Jan 1828 – 5 Dec 1895)
        1. 1. Charity (Margaret) Whitacre (21 Jan 1851 – 3 Feb 1873) m. Wallon (Miller) Beatty (19 Sep 1846 – 3 Mar 1910)
        2. 2. Sarah (Ida) Whitacre (22 Oct 1857 – 4 Apr 1906) m. Samuel (Semple) Robertson (1 Dec 1840 – 8 Jun 1911)
        3. 3. John (Jefferson) Whitacre (28 Dec 1860 – 2 Dec 1938) m. Cora Brothers (Apr 1860 – 22 Mar 1934)
        4. 4. Richard (Elson) Whitacre (Jul 1861 – 3 Jul 1920)
        5. 5. Corwin (Clay) Whitacre (28 Mar 1863 – 13 Sep 1933) m. Clara (Rebecca) Miller (8 Aug 1868 – 4 Mar 1948)
        6. 6. Mary (Katherine) Whitacre (6 Jan 1870 – ) m. William Hull (6 Nov 1862 – 9 Nov 1932)
    10. 10. Elizabeth Bye (7 Jan 1802 – 16 Feb 1890) m. Ezra Baily (18 Aug 1802 – 24 Dec 1878)
      1. 1. Hezekiah (Bye) Baily (9 Dec 1830 – 15 Aug 1912) m. Elizabeth (Baker) Griffith (25 Dec 1831 – 25 Jan 1906)
        1. 1. Mary (Ella) Baily (1 Sep 1857 – 19 Sep 1927) m. William (Ellis) Coale (14 Oct 1856 – 30 Aug 1897)
        2. 2. Caroline (Gamall) Baily (2 Jun 1859 – 14 Nov 1904)
        3. 3. Ephemia Baily (7 Jun 1861 – ) m. Henry (Haydock) Lawrence (30 Mar 1861 – )
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Griffith) Baily (10 Mar 1867 – 10 Sep 1928) m. Thomas (James) Creaghead (5 Feb 1867 – 4 Mar 1950)
        5. 5. Harriet (Ellis) Baily (14 Nov 1871 – 6 Nov 1937) m. Albert (Coulson) Buckley (6 Aug 1873 – 17 Aug 1939)
        6. 6. Edith Baily (20 Apr 1876 – 14 Mar 1937) m. William (Dickson) Forster (13 Aug 1877 – 20 Jul 1929)

William Pettit's Timeline

2 Records

1722
22 Nov 1722
Birth of William Pettit Sr in Newtown, Long Island, New York, USA
Newtown, Long Island, New York, USA
1801
15 Oct 1801
Age 79
Death of William Pettit Sr in Sadsbury, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Sadsbury, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Nov 1722
    Event Place: Newtown, Long Island, New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1801
    Event Place: Sadsbury, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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