updated and maintained by Deborah Glover, UE (Jonathan is my 7th GGF.)
JONATHAN PETTIT born in 1724.
BACKGROUND:
John Reading, a large landholder in colonial New Jersey, mentioned writing a deed to Jonathan Pettit in his diary entry of May 26, 1749. The deed was written at the home of Samuel Green who lived in the area that later became Sussex Co., New Jersey.
Jonathan Pettit became a Justice of the Peace on May 13, 1749 in Morris County.
Sussex Co. was erected from Morris Co. in 1753 and one of the first acts recorded in Sussex Co. was Jonathan's application for a Tavern License on Nov. 20, 1753.
Jonathan was appointed one of the first Justices of Sussex Co. The first Court in Sussex Co. was held at the house of Jonathan Pettit in Hardwick (now Frelinghuysen) Township.
The next year the county built a jail near Jonathan's tavern and the place received the name "Log Gaol". It is now called Johnsonburg and became part of Warren Co. when that county was erected in 1824.
The family later moved to the southwest corner of Sussex Co. where they owned land on both sides of the Delaware River at Easton, PA, and Phillipsburg, NJ.
Jonathan Pettit wrote his will on Oct. 20, 1768, and it was proved Feb. 4, 1769. The inventory of his estate was done on Nov. 15, 17684 (33:327).
Jonathan Pettit married Deborah NEE: Robbins. She survived him and moved back to Hardwick Twp., Sussex County, New Jersey. She died in March 1791. Her Will was written Mar. 21, 1791 and Proved Mar. 31, 17914 (37:282).
CHILDREN:
Nathaniel Pettit 1744–1779
Dinah Robbins Pettit 1746–1804
Jonathan Pettit 1749–1791
Isaac Pettit 1753–1787
Andrew Robbins Pettit 1756–1819
Mary Pettit 1757–ONGOING RESEARCH
Elizabeth Pettit 1758–1835
John Pettit 1761–1851
William Pettit 1763–1769
updated and maintained by Deborah Glover, UE (Jonathan is my 7th GGF.)
JONATHAN PETTIT born in 1724.
BACKGROUND:
John Reading, a large landholder in colonial New Jersey, mentioned writing a deed to Jonathan Pettit in his diary entry of May 26, 1749. The deed was written at the home of Samuel Green who lived in the area that later became Sussex Co., New Jersey.
Jonathan Pettit became a Justice of the Peace on May 13, 1749 in Morris County.
Sussex Co. was erected from Morris Co. in 1753 and one of the first acts recorded in Sussex Co. was Jonathan's application for a Tavern License on Nov. 20, 1753.
Jonathan was appointed one of the first Justices of Sussex Co. The first Court in Sussex Co. was held at the house of Jonathan Pettit in Hardwick (now Frelinghuysen) Township.
The next year the county built a jail near Jonathan's tavern and the place received the name "Log Gaol". It is now called Johnsonburg and became part of Warren Co. when that county was erected in 1824.
The family later moved to the southwest corner of Sussex Co. where they owned land on both sides of the Delaware River at Easton, PA, and Phillipsburg, NJ.
Jonathan Pettit wrote his will on Oct. 20, 1768, and it was proved Feb. 4, 1769. The inventory of his estate was done on Nov. 15, 17684 (33:327).
Jonathan Pettit married Deborah NEE: Robbins. She survived him and moved back to Hardwick Twp., Sussex County, New Jersey. She died in March 1791. Her Will was written Mar. 21, 1791 and Proved Mar. 31, 17914 (37:282).
CHILDREN:
Nathaniel Pettit 1744–1779
Dinah Robbins Pettit 1746–1804
Jonathan Pettit 1749–1791
Isaac Pettit 1753–1787
Andrew Robbins Pettit 1756–1819
Mary Pettit 1757–ONGOING RESEARCH
Elizabeth Pettit 1758–1835
John Pettit 1761–1851
William Pettit 1763–1769
