Col. Charles Pettit

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Husband Col. Charles Pettit ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1736
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           Died: 4 Sep 1806 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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Wife

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Pettit ²

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         Spouse: Charles Jared Ingersoll (      -      ) 2

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2 M Andrew Pettit ^{2 3}

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           Born: 22 Feb 1762 4
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           Died: 6 Mar 1837 5
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         Spouse: Elizabeth McKean (1767-1811) 2 3
           Marr: 8 Dec 1791 4

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3 F Sarah Pettit ²

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         Spouse: Andrew Bayard (1761-1830) 2 6
           Marr: 15 Mar 1792 6

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4 F Theodosia Pettit ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: Alexander Graydon (1752-1818) 2 7

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5 M James Pettit ²

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           Died:  - Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV
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General Notes: Husband - Col. Charles Pettit

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The Pettit family is of Huguenot origin, and numbers among its members many who have been prominent in the state and nation, and also, through marriage into other celebrated families is identified with the history of the country.
Other branches of the Pettit family were well known in Connecticut and New York state, and many of their descendants have been prominent in different sections of the country.

He was a patriot, a revolutionary statesman, and a member of the continental congress from 1785 to 1787. He was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, a member of the American Philosophical Society, and president of the Insurance Company of North America, the oldest insurance company in the United States.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 497.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 521.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1185.

4 Roberdeau Buchanan, Genealogy of the McKean Family of Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: Inquirer Printing Co., 1890), Pg 127.

5 Roberdeau Buchanan, Genealogy of the McKean Family of Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: Inquirer Printing Co., 1890), Pg 128.

6 Roberdeau Buchanan, Genealogy of the McKean Family of Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: Inquirer Printing Co., 1890), Pg 142.

7 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 496.