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Obediah Pettit |
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abt 1730, Virginia |
| Death |
aft 1820, Scott Co., Kentucky |
| Father |
Elias Pettit (~1673-) |
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Jane Furman |
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Samuel Pettit |
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abt 1760/1764, Virginia |
| Death |
1814, Scott Co., Kentucky |
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Thomas Pettit |
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abt 1760/1765, Virginia |
| Death |
1834, Washington Co., Kentucky |
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William Pettit |
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abt 1775, Virginia |
| Death |
bef 1820, Scott Co., Kentucky |
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| Notes for Obediah Pettit |
A letter from Sylvia Pettit Welch, of 511 Townsend St., Lansing, Michigan, on file at the Kentucky Historical Society Library, and dated Aug 1st 1832, but obviously intending 1932 as it mentions many marriage and death dates after 1832 and even into the 1900's, says "Obediah and Zedacia Pettit brothers of near Lynchburg, Va., came to Fayette Co. Ky about the beginning of the last century (1800). Obediah married Ann (surname unknown). Their children: Keturiah; Nathaniel married Rebecca Owens; William married Betsey Davis; Samuel married Elizabeth Bragg; Mary married Richard Roberts; Elizabeth married Francis Walden; John H. married Catherine M. a sister of Sarah Campbell; Thomas married Behethelon Owens."
I do not think any of the Lynchburg VA Pettits are very closely related to our Pettits. They may stem from a different immigrant, as there were a number of Pettits who immigrated directly from England to Virginia in the early-to-mid 1700's, whereas the Pennsylvania and Ohio Pettits of that period, which Matthew seems to be related to, mostly originated in the pilgrim-era Long Island and New Jersey Pettits. But since they seem to be the largest group of Kentucky Pettits, tracking Obediah's descendents is helpful to separate kin from non-kin. |
| Census |
1820 census of Scott Co., KY, p. 122, line 21:
Obadiah Pettitt, 1 male over 45. (The widows of Samuel and William were also in the same census.) |
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