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From: John Keilch <>
Subject: [PIATT] Jacob Piat (Pyeatt)
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:45:27 -0700
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SUZIE --

As you probably realize, the Denegal Presbytery record of Jacob Piat
(below) is important. I don't believe it has been noticed previously by
any Piatt researcher.

The record presumably refers to Jacob Piat II (Piatt, Pyatt, or Pyeatt, as
he eventually spelled his name) who was born 1703 in Piscataway, NJ, and
who became a Pennsylvania Indian Trader, first recorded at Lancaster, PA,
in 1734. His first child was Jacob Pyeatt III, born 1725, whose mother was
said to be Jean Paul; she may have been the first wife referred to in this
record. The next child, John Pyeatt, was born in 1735, after Jacob married
again to Jane Young in 1734. The second marriage took place at Christ
Church in Philadelphia, which does not really seem "clandestine." However,
Christ Church was Anglican, so maybe the Donegal Presbyterians took
exception to the marriage for that reason.

Further search in the Donegal Presbytery records for any references to
Jacob Piat (or to the Young, or Jung(?), family) would definitely be a good
idea. Good luck.

-- JOHN


>Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 19:32:23 -0400
>Subject: Re: [PIATT] [Fwd: {not a subscriber} Jacob Piat]
>From: "Suzanne M. Johnston" <>
>To:
>
>Hi:
>
>I've contacted this person for microfilm # or book title. I'll be in SLC in
>August and will check more of the document to see if Piatt is mentioned
>elsewhere.
>
>Suzie

>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: {not a subscriber} Jacob Piat
>Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 15:41:09 -0600
>From: "Hansen" <>
>To: <>
>
>I am not a Piat/Pyeatt descendant but in my travels in the SL Family
>History Library I came across an interesting document in the Donegal
>Presbytery records referring to Jacob Piat. It may be helpful to note
>that most of the people in this area were Scotch-Irish:
>
>"1736 - Jacob Piat appeared before ye pby desiring admission to church
>priviledges having been debarred heretofore on acct of the rumor of his
>former wifes being still alive, or at lest not certainly dead, and also
>because of his Clandestine marriage with his present wife. Ye pby upon
>inquiry found that so far as we can discover his former wife was guilty
>of wilful disertion and therefore yet he doth not appar to be guilty of
>bigamy; ordered that upon his apparing in publick with his wife to
>acknowledge their sin of Disobedience to hr parents they may be admitted
>to priviledges."
>
>Donegal Pby took in much of Pennsylvania at that time.
>
>Linda Hansen
>
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