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From: Ruth Satterthwaite <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] New Jersey Pettits
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 14:45:48 -0800
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Mike, thanks for your posting to NJHUNTER regarding the New Jersey
Pettits. I would be most interested in learning more about your
sources for information about the family of Thomas Pettit & Christian
Mellowes.

I am especially interested in this line of PETTITs, as I descend from
their son Nathaniel (1646-1718, #7 on your list, who died in
Hopewell, NJ), and Nathaniel's daughter Jane (#15 on your list) who
married George Ely (ca. 1682 - 1750).

According to the published Ely genealogy, and to both New Jersey
marriage and will records, I believe that this George Ely remained in
New Jersey for most or all of his life. It was his son, George Ely
(ca. 1706-1793), who was of Bucks County, PA. More specifics on this
if you are interested.

I am also intrigued by your entries for Jane's brothers Nathaniel
(#13) and Jonathan (#16), as I have several other connections in that
time period to both HEATHs and BELLs which I would like to pursue.

One of the more interesting connections in terms of your message is
that the grandfather of George Ely who married Jane Pettit was
another George Ely who married Sarah Heath in England. I am still
trying to determine if (and probably how) this Sarah Heath is related
to the other direct line HEATH ancestry which my husband and I share
in Bucks County.

One of the sons of George Ely and Jane Pettit, Joshua Ely (1704-1783)
married Elizabeth Bell, daughter of Henry & Elizabeth Bell. I am
also looking for further information on this BELL family
(Chesterfield Friends Meeting, Hopewell Township, then Burlington
County, NJ). Henry Bell's widow, Elizabeth (widowed ca. 1713),
married "a Pettit" that I am still trying to identify.

Feel free to contact me directly if you would like to pursue any of
this further.

Ruth

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Ruth Satterthwaite <>



At 6:33 PM -0500 11/7/01, wrote:
>The Pettit line I have found in NJ hail from New York Thomas Pettit,son of
>Henry, b.1609(England) to 1668 (NY) married Christian Mellowes. She was a
>descendent of King Edward I and 8 signersof the Magna Charta.
>
>Thomas sided with Anne Hutchinson and was exhiled from NY and founded Exeter,
>New Hampshire (future founding place of the GOP.)
>His 9 children are
>
>1.Thomas 1630-1715 d. Rochelle, NY
>2. Sarah 1634-1705 Queens NY
>3. Joseph 1636 Boston
>4.Elizabeth 1637Exeter- 1678 Queens
>5. Mary abt 1638 Exeter m. Nicholas Edes and John Furman
>6. John abt 1641-1715
>7.Nathaniel 1646-1718 Hopewell, NJ
>8. Hannah 1646-aft 1678
>9. Moses 1650 Queens- 1718 Mansfield, Burlington, NJ
>
>(7) Nathaniel married Mary Bayley 1665 daughter of Elias and Rebecca Bayley
>listed as from Hopewell, New York
>
>Nathaniel was known as "the Quaker of Newtown"
>In 1696 moved to Hopewll, NJ
>
>children:
>10. Moses 1665 to 8-7-1718
>11. Mary 1668-1754 m. Paul Watkinson, John Moore. Burlington Co.
>12. Judith 1669-? married Mr. Neald
>13. Nathaniel 1676-1768 m. Elizabeth Heath, Hunterdon Co.
>14. Elias abt 1678-? m. Jane Furman
>15 Jane 1683-1750 m. George Ealy (Bucks Co., Pa.)
>16 Johnathan 1680-1768
>17. Joshua abt 1682
>
>9 or 10) Moses married an Alice
>children are: Sarah, Lynda, Mary, Judith(m. John Adams 1737 Burlington Co.)
>Hannah, Nathaniel, and Adam.
>His second wife was Lydia Lawrence. They had a son Nathaniel in 1689.
>Sources list this Moses as both the one born in 1650 and 1665. I lean to the
>1650 Moses. More research is needed in this area.
>
>16) Johnathan Pettit married Mary Marshall (Queens) and second Elizabeth Bell.
>children by first wife:1. Anna Marie -abt 1735-1818 m. Godfrey Greenzweig
>moved to Monroe Co. Pa.
>2.Aaron 1732 to 3-18-1824 m. Margaret ?? He was supposedly the river boat
>captain who ferried George Washington across the Delaware River. He had a son
>Thomas 1771-1846 m. Elizabeth Burket and moved to Richland Co. Ohio.
>3.Jonas d. abt 1787 Hunterdon Co. ( I assume he is Anna Marie's brother as G.
>Greenzweig aquired his land in Pa. upon his death.)
>
>16) Johnathan married second Elizabeth Bell and had a son Johnathan in 1702.
>He married Mary Hallet. He had a son John- dates unknown and William b.
>1-1-1725/26 and died 1801. He married Christy Stevenson and Lydia Pettit.
>
>Mike Ledo
>
>
>
>
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