Thomas Pettus

Aft 1651 - 1691  (< 38 years)

• Name	Thomas Pettus  [1]
  Birth	Aft 1651	Littleton, James City County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Oct 1691	York County, Virginia - Inventory
  Person ID	I85490	Tree1
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Pettus,   b. 1610, Norwich, England d. 1660, Littleton, James City County, Virginia (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F41632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mourning Glenn,   b. Aft 1654   d. 6 Jan 1711, Bruton parish, York County, Virginia (Age < 55 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1671	York County, Virginia
  Children	1. Thomas Pettus,   b. Aft 1672, York County, Virginia d. Aft 1699, King & Queen County, Virginia (Age > 27 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F41630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  === 1656-1692 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Will Book; [William Montgomery Sweeny] Will of Thomas Button, (who married by 18 March, 1662, the widow of John Gillett.) Will dated 1 March, 1669, names wife Jane as executrix. To brother, Robert Button, he devised the greater part of "Button's Range," in Rappahannock County. To Thomas Pettus he bequeathed 100 acres of land in Old Rappahannock County. To godson Henry Creighton, son of Henry Creighton, Sr., he bequeathed 100 acres, part of "Button's Range." Orders &c., 1692, pages 97, 347; Deeds No. 8, page 215. He died prior to 9 August, 1670. Jane, the widow of Thomas Button, married before 24 January, 1671, Watts. Deeds No. 4, 1668-1672, page 526. Shortly after his death, true to the tradition of Virginia widows, we find that in 1674 Mrs. Jane Watts had been wed to her fourth husband, Thomas Gordon. Book No. 5, 1672-1676, page 364. === 1689-1692 Old Rappahannock County Virginia Deed Book 8; [Antient Press] Pages 178-179 KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I THO: PETTUS in County of Rappa in Virginia, Planter, for divers good causes but more especially for One thousand pounds of sweet sented Tobb and caske already received have sold unto JOHN BAKER Gent. of GLOCESTER COUNTY in Virginia, Plantr., his heirs One hundred acres of land being in the aforesd County of Rappa it being part of a tract of land formerly belonging to Mr. THO: BUTTON of aforesd County and by sd BUTTONs last Will & Testament bequeathed to me sd THO: PETTUS as by the Will may appeare which saw One hundred acres of land I sd THO: PETTUS do warrant unto sd BAKER his heirs from me my heirs In Witness whereof I have fixed my hand and Seale this Sixth day of August One thousand Six hundred and ninty Signed Sealed and delivered in the presents of us GERARD LOUTHER, THOMAS PETTUS AUGU. WINGFIELD Recognitr in Cur Comt Rappa 6 die Augt 1690

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Scott, Paul H, Genealogies of Virginia Families Vol. II, from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, (Name: he William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, 1939, pp. 485-509;), 839.