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Subject: Re: [PIATT] Other John PYATT's
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 20:57:53 EST


Here's a vote for you to continue!!! Beth Lauer

In a message dated 11/6/04 11:30:04 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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> Subj: [PIATT] Other John PYATT's
> Date: 11/6/04 11:30:04 AM Pacific Standard Time
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> Thanks to you, Dick. That does help. According to a number of sources,
> John PYATT, b. 1750, the son of John PYATT and Hannah LABRUCE married
> three times and his 3rd wife was Charlotte WITHERS. I haven't gotten
> around to collating the information I've gathered about him yet. I
> spent over 2 hours writing yesterday's 2 e-mails, and have quite a bit
> yet to present. I just haven't known whether to continue to post what
> I've found to the list.
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> I know that information has been published about the PYATT-PYEATT
> families in North and South Carolina. In the end, I may come to the
> same conclusion as other researchers. But, for now at least, it seems
> that at least two different family lines surface in the Carolina's.
> What we've gathered from the participants in the DNA study seems to
> support the assumption that not all PIATT-PYATT-PYEATT families in the
> U.S. can be traced back to Rene. Past publications have intermingled
> these Caolina families, in some cases trying to tie all to Rene in New
> Jersey and Pennsylvania. In other cases, Rene and the New
> Jersey-Pennsylvania PIATT's have been ignored, coupled with the
> assumption that the Carolina PYATT lines go straight back to England.
> My hope in presenting my short-term research findings is that, perhaps
> by looking at the evidence with new eyes or with the evidence presented
> in a single forum, as researchers we can sort some of these early
> PYATT's into their appropriate family groups. It's looking to me like
> the surname follows both patterns, i.e. to Rene &New Jersey and
> directly to England. John PIGHT of Hilton Head Island and Georgetown,
> SC may be the immigrant ancestor for some PYATT's, just as Rene is the
> immigrant ancestor for others.
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> One option that I forgot to mention regarding the disappearance of John
> PYATT from church and land records between 1719 and 1737 is that he may
> have returned to England to inhabit his property at North
> Pastures-perhaps, to claim his inheritance and establish himself as the
> owner of those properties. It could also be that I just haven't
> searched enough for other sources that kept him in South Carolina during
> those years.
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> So, my question is... do I keep presenting what I have found? Are
> others finding this boring? Should I assume that I'm the last one to
> research all of this and just research it for my own benefit and
> discontinue my posts?
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> What do others think? Do I continue to post or do I cease and desist?
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> Thanks for all of your patience!!
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> Sharolynn
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