FAMILY MATTERS

PETTUS/PETTIT

Edward Diggs, Esq. Governour

Mr. Andrew Gilson Mr. George Taylor

Coll. Wm. Clayborne, Secretary and next in Council.

Rec. 23 June 1656

** Land left to Dorothy her father’s will dated 23 September 1663

• Capt. John West,

VIRGINIANS ALONG AND NEAR THE LOWER RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER 1607-1799

• Coll. Bridges ffreeman,

John Otto Yurecho

• Coll. Sam. Mathewes,

pg 59 Clark

• Coll. Edward Hill,

1658 James Clerke transported, re a grant to Colonel Thomas Pettus of 1,000 acres northerly upon Patomeck Creek in

• Coll. Argoll Yardly,

Westmoreland (Stafford or King George Co.) 15 Mar 1658 [6/389]

• Coll. Wm. Taylor,

pg 154 Moore

• Coll. Thomas Pettus,

1652 James Moore transported, re a grant of 1,000 acres to Colonel Thomas Pettus in Westmoreland Co. northerly upon

• Coll. Tho. Dew,

Patomeck Creek [King George Co.,?] 15 March 1658 [6/389]

• Coll. Humphrey Higgison,

• L’t. Coll. Obed Robins,

• Coll. George Ludlow,

• Leift. Coll. Mathews,

• Coll, Will’m. Bernard,

• Capt. Henry Perry,

• Capt. Wm. Gooch.

pg. 411, (March, 1654-5—6th of Commonwealth)

BE it enacted … That all Irish servants that from the first of September, 1653, have bin brought into this collony without indenture …

shall serve as followeth, (vizt.) all above sixteen eares old to serve six years, and all under to serve till they be twenty-four years old …

pg. 414, At a Grand Assembly, Held at James Citty by Prorogation from the 10th of March, 1655 to this Instant, First of December, 1656, Wherein was Inacted as followeth.

WILL

FIRST in respect of divers member being some dead, some chosen sherriffs, these underwritten were elected, admitted and Recorded in the Wills of Rappahannock County, Virginia, 1656 - 1692

according to order have subscribed.

page 157 - 158

LAND

Pettit, Thomas* - 23 September 1663; 7 June 1665

VIRGINIA COLONIAL ABSTRACTS Vol. 1