Pettit family

Note the spelling! This family name is spelt with one concluding T, and is therefore to be distinguished from that of former mayor and now MLC, Brad Pettitt.

PETTIT, John, b. 1786 (Eng), d. 6.1845 (Perth), arr. 15.12.1829 per [[../ships/gilmore.html|Gilmore]] with 7 chd. m. Rebecca LONG b. c.1793 d. 9.7.1879. Chd. John George b. 1810 d. 1837, Elizabeth b. 1814 d. 1846, Richard Thomas b. 1816, Sarah b. 1820 d. 1893, Mary Ann b. 1820, David b. 1822/4 d. 1862, Edward b. 1826 d. 1867, James b. 1827, John Henry Gilmore bp. 1830 at [[../places/clarence.html|Clarence]], Frederick b. 1832 (Perth). Rebecca Emily b. 1838 d. 1919. Land granted 22.2.1832 because passage was pd. by friends.

PETTIT, John, b. 1810/1811, d. 8.7.1837, son of John & Rebecca, arr. 15.12.1829. Whaling hand - lost with rest of crew near Fremantle.

PETTIT, Elizabeth, b. 1814, dtr. of John & Rebecca, m. 1832 Thomas THURKLE.

PETTIT, Richard. b. 1816, arr. 15.12.1829 per Gilmore with parents John & Rebecca. In 1834 signed Welcome to Stirling. Dep. 12.1846 per Albino for SA.

PETTIT, Sarah, b. 1818/20, dtr. of John & Rebecca, m. 1840 James NAIRN.

PETTIT, Mary Ann, dtr. of John & Rebecca, m. (1st) 1841 Abraham MYERS,
m. (2nd) 1875 (Singapore) Frederick Hart POLLOCK of London.

PETTIT, David Henry, b . 1822/1824, d. 3.1862, son of John & Rebecca, arr. 15.12.1829 with parents. m. 7.1849 (York) Mary Ann WHITE b. 1831, she m. 2nd 1865 Michael CONWAY. Chd. William John b. 1852 d. 1930, Ellen Louisa b. 1855, David Henry b.1858 d. 1935, Elizabeth Rebecca b. 1860 d. 1952. ?Emma b. 1862 d. 1932 (dtr. of William on m. Certif). Labourer in Swan & York districts. To Eastern colonies & returned 26.11.1853 per Hamlet. In 1861 enquired after land at Augusta. To Blackwood district as farmer & grazier.

PETTIT, Edward. b. 1826, son of John & Rebecca, arr. 15.12.1829 per GiImore with parents, m. Mary Ann GREEN, she m. 2nd George Westlake LUND. Chd. ?Ame1ia b. 1850 d. 1853, Laura Agnes, Clara Mary Ann, John (blind), Edward. Master of Wild Wave coastal vessel serving the south west outports & Fremantle. Busselton, boatman. Town lots 1854 & 1854 [?].

PETTIT, James, b. 1827, son of John & Rebecca, arr. 15.12.1829 per Gi1more with parents, m. 6.7.1853 (Busselton) Mary MURPHY b. 1834. she arr. 13.6.1853 per Sabrina. Busselton Town Lot 1854. To SA 2.7.1857 per Lochinvar (SA Reg). To SA 26.11.1866 per Emily Smith & other voyages to Eastern colonies 1870 &1880s. Employed 1 or 2 T/L men 1851 &1859 from Perth Depot.

References and Links

[[../books/erickson.html|Erickson]].

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This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 18 August, 2019 and hosted at freotopia.org/people/pettit.html (it was last updated on 15 March, 2024), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.