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From: John Keilch <>
Subject: Re: [PIATT] First Piatts
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 18:10:10 -0700
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Robin --

I received the Kearney charts yesterday. So much information!
Thanks for sending them.

Below is what I have on the first Piatts. The reason you are "dazed
and confused" is because no one has really figured out all of the
relationships among the first Piatts. In my list below, I have
eliminated a few supposed Piatt progeny who appear on some lists, but
for whom I have never found any evidence that indicates relationship
to Rene Piatt and Elizabeth Sheffield.

Cautions: Most Piatt researchers now consider John, the sheriff and
father of the 5 Revolutionary brothers, to have been a son of Jacob
(A), but I don't think there is any firm evidence, and instead John
might have been a son of James (D). Likewise, most Piatt researchers
consider John Pyatt, the weaver of Chester Co. PA, who was about the
same age as sheriff John, to have been English in background and
unrelated to the New Jersey Piatts; but again there is no firm
evidence, and depending which family (Jacob's or James's) sheriff John
came from, weaver John might have come from the other. Orra Monnette
guessed that Samuel was a posthumous son of Thomas (C), but it cannot
be ruled out that Samuel was a son of James (D), or even of Jacob (A).
My list suggests that the Francis Piatt named in a deed with James (D)
in 1701 was actually a sister, Frances, and that she was the Frances
who married Isaac Doty, but this is only my guess. The list also
suggests that the female Piatt, whom John Doty married as his second
wife, was either Rachel d/o Jacob, or Susannah d/o James, based on
their ages, but no evidence has surfaced to determine whether either
of these possibilities is correct.

Hopefully, more digging by Piatt researchers will disclose information
to resolve some of these maybes.

-- John F. Keilch, Berkeley, California


PIATT
I. Rene bc1650, d1705, m= Elizabeth Sheffield
A. Jacob b1678, d??, m= Mary Hull
1. Dinah b1703/4, d1789, m= Jonathan Martin
2. Jacob b1705, d after 1784, m1= Jean Paul, m2= Jane Young
3. Pierre (Peter) b 1707/8
4. Rachel b1709, ?m= John Doty (See also D2)
5. MAYBE John bc1712, will1787, m= Deborah Brunson (See also D4)
6. or MAYBE John bc1711, d1760 m= Frances Vliet (See also D5)
7. and MAYBE Mary bc1717, d1776 m= Peter Soullard (See also D6)
B. Rene b1679/80,?d1680
C. Thomas b1681, d1705/6 m= Mercy Hull
1. Mercy b1700, dc1754, m1= Ephraim Drake, ?m2= John Dunham
2. Mary b1702/3, m= Eliphalet Jones
3. James b1704, d1779, m= Ruth FitzRandolph
4. MAYBE Samuel bc1705/06, m= Alice Perigo (See also D1)
D. James bc1683
1. MAYBE Samuel bc1705/06, m= Alice Perigo (See also C4)
2. Susannah b1709, ?m= John Doty (See also A4)
3. MAYBE Benjamin, b1710, d after 1780 Hunterdon NJ
4. MAYBE John bc1712, will1787, m= Deborah Brunson (See also A5)
5. or MAYBE John bc1711, d1760 m= Frances Vliet (See also A6)
6. and MAYBE Mary bc1717, d1776 m= Peter Soullard (See also A7)
E. Frances fem (or Francis male), ?m= Isaac Doty, 7 children
F. Jane/Joan b1695, d1779, m= Rev. Jno. Dunham, 8 children
II. MAYBE Sarah Peatt Alias LeFlure, m= Josias MERLETTE, + children
[?Rene's sister?]

END


At 04:39 PM 9/25/2002 -0400,
Robin Pyatt Bellamy wrote:
>Ok I have about 22,000 Piatts and related persons in my head and have
>found myself with a circular database. Can someone give me an
>abbreviated list of the first three or so generations?
>
>They 'start' with Rene/Thomas in 1649 who married Elizabeth Sheffield.
>I show 8 children. Which of these children was the father of the 5
>revolutionary brothers?
>
>Robin, dazed and confused....
>
>--
>Robin Pyatt Bellamy
>Toronto, Canada
>www.triedit.com
>Chasing Dead Relatives

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