The Pettit Correspondent, Vol. 1, No. 1, page 6
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                              William and Beulah
              A Brief Sketch of Some Morgan County, Ohio Pettits

       The following is intended  only  to  be  an  introduction  to the
       Pettit  families  of  Morgan County, Ohio.  It  is  intentionally
       incomplete. All marriages, unless otherwise stated were performed
       in Morgan County and are recorded in  the court house there. Most
       of the information about William and Beulah and their descendants
       was acquired from a 1961 Samuel Pettit genealogy compiled by A.D.
       May sent to me in 1985 by Marilyn Kromrey of San Jose, CA.
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       William Pettit was born  in  PA,  ca.  1756.  The identity of his
       parents is still very much disputed. He married Beulah _____, ca.
       1772  (NJ?)  and  died in Burlington Co., NJ in 1798. Beulah died
       there in 1825 having  left  a  will. Their children are listed in
       William's ledger for the tavern he once owned.  I understand this
       is now in the possession of a cousin of Ellie Nowels of Columbus,
       OH.: John; Mahlon; Benjamin;  Joseph;  Thomas,  believed  to have
       died at sea 27 February 1821 - source not noted;  Simon, believed
       to  have  moved  to  Cuba  -  source  not noted; Hannah Pangburd;
       Samuel. Only Samuel, Benjamin,  Joseph,  Mahlon  and  Hannah  are
       mentioned in Beulah's will (1819). The 1830 census for Burlington
       Co. name,  among other Pettits, Joseph, Mahlon and Benjamin.  The
       supposed brothers, John  and  Samuel  Pettit  went to Zanesville,
       Ohio from Burlington County, NJ ca. 1810.

       John  was born 1-1-1773 in NJ and married  1.  Sarah  Morris,  16
       January  1800  (NJ?); 2. Elizabeth Riley, 1834. He died in Morgan
       Co. ca. 1860. CHILDREN: 1.  Ann  (1801-1893)  m. Silas Saylor; 2.
       William  (1802-1873)  m. Laura J.  Benjamin;  3.  Allen  (1804- )
       probably  m.  Betsy Smith,  Washington Co.; 4.  Mary (1807- )  m.
       David  Newman;  5.  Job  (1809- ) m.  Mirriam  Sergent;  6.  John
       (1812- ); 7. Samuel (1814-?1837); 8. Beulah (1815-1852)  m. Jesse
       Appleman; 9. Sarah  (1818-1895)  m.  Daniel  McNeely;  10.  Susan
       (1821-1821); 11.  David (1823- ) m. Sophia  McCoy, Muskingum  Co.
       In addition there  is evidence to suggest a son named Thomas.  He
       may  the same that married Mary  Ann  Dugan, 1818,  Muskingum Co.
       and the one that bought and sold so much land near John.

       Samuel was born 17 June  1786 in NJ and married Margaret Sniff in
       1807 (Bordertown, NJ). He died in Morgan Co.  8-29-1823. His wife
       died  in  Muskingum  Co., 12-29-1871. CHILDREN: 1. Eleazor (1808-
       1814); 2. Elizabeth  (1810-1890)  m.  Lewis  Remsen;  3.  Emanuel
       (1813-1904) m.  Susannah  Minshall;  4.  Mahlon  (1815-1886)   m.
       Elizabeth  Bankes;  5.  John  (1817-1887)  m. Amanda Brewster; 6.
       William (1819-1809) m.  Martha  Pettet;  7. Samuel (1822-1892) m.
       Martha Blackstone.

       There were other Pettits in the area, most  notably the family of
       Thomas  Pettit  of  Mercer Co., PA (see Lovey Hearing and Plummer
       Pettit articles in this issue). Other Pettits probably associated
       with his family were Thomas B. (1795-1873), the shoemaker; Joseph
       Sr. (d. 1855); Thomas of Perry Co.,  OH (1807-1888);  and  Joseph
       (m. Elizabeth Moler). The above mentioned Martha Pettet, wife  of
       William, was a daughter of Mrs. Nancy  Riley  whose  2nd husband,
       Hugh Riley had m. 2. Ann Pettit, widow of Plummer.  Nancy Riley's
       first husband (Pettet) is unknown.

       Other  unplaced  Pettits  are:  William,  m.  Mary  Booth,  1828,
       Muskingum Co. He is found on the 1850 census  living  near Thomas
       (1807-1888) in  Perry  County, OH (pg. 281). They were born about
       two  years   apart   in  PA.;  Michael   S.   (1824-1910),   born
       McConnelsville  and  likely a grandson of John and Sarah (Morris)
       Pettit.  There  is  strong evidence to suggest  the following may
       have been siblings: 1. Joseph (ca. 1828-1903) m. Catharine McGee,
       1850,  Muskingum Co.;  2. Alva, born 1834,  died after  1910.  He
       married Jane Haren, died Muskingum Co. 1923; Mary Ann (1825-1888)
       m. Thomas Suten.