From <em>The Pettit Correspondent</em>, Volume 2, Number 1, page 45
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<h2>Biographical Information on Isaac Pettit of New Jersey, Virginia &
Pennsylvania</h2>

<em>Compiled and Submitted by Frank C. Baldwin</em>

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<tr><td>ca. 1730       </td><td>born, probably in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.<sup>1</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>Mar. 13, 1752  </td><td>witnessed will of Samuel Hunt Sr. of Hardwick Tp., Morris (later Sussex,
                 now Warren) Co., NJ.<sup>2</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>1752           </td><td>did inventory on same estate with George Pettit,  probably  his brother.<sup>2</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>Apr. 19, 1766  </td><td>fellowbondsman for Solomon Willits and Solomon Willits Jr. administrators
                 of the intestate estate of David Willits of Sussex Co., NJ.<sup>2</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>Sep. 14, 1769  </td><td> mentioned with wife, Margaret, and a son, John, in will of John Goodin of
                 Loudoun Co., VA.<sup>3</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>1771           </td><td>listed in Loudoun Co. tithables list, Virginia.<sup>4</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>1773 or later  </td><td>listed on second Loudoun Co. tithable list, undated, but thought to have
                 been between 1773 and 1779.<sup>4</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>1781           </td><td>listed on Pennsylvania state tax list for Washington County.<sup>5</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>1784           </td><td>listed on Washington County tax list, Amwell Township.<sup>6 9</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>1786, `87, `89 </td><td>listed on Amwell Tp. tax list.<sup>7</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>1790           </td><td>listed in first U.S.  census, Washington Co.</td></tr>
<tr><td>1791           </td><td>listed on Amwell Tp. tax list.<sup>8</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>1792           </td><td>listed on Amwell Tp. tax list.<sup>7</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>1793           </td><td>listed on Amwell Tp. tax list.<sup>9</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>Nov. 15, 1793  </td><td>bought land from Christopher Slusher on Ten Mile Creek - part of the tract
                 known as "Hocking", recorded 6/23/1807.<sup>11</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>1796           </td><td>listed on Amwell Tp. tax list with 193 A., 30 A. cleared, house & barn, 2
                 horses, 2 cows.<sup>7</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>1800           </td><td>listed in second U.S. census, Amwell Tp., Washington Co. and in Washington
                 Co. census with notation, "old man".<sup>10</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>Jan. 12, 1801  </td><td>wrote will, "of Amwell Tp., Washington Co."<sup>12</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>Sep. 5, 1807   </td><td>will proved.<sup>12</sup></td></tr>
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<strong>Sources</strong>

<sup>1</sup>Notes of Jack Poland of Wana, West Virginia.
<sup>2</sup>Abstracts of New Jersey wills in New Jersey Archives.
<sup>3</sup>Loudoun Co., VA wills A:256. <sup>4</sup>County Clerk's Office,
Leesburg, VA. <sup>5</sup>Pennsylvania Archives. <sup>6</sup>Howard Leckey:
The Ten Mile Country. <sup>7</sup>Washington Co. courthouse records.
<sup>8</sup>Rural Reflections on Amwell Tp., 1978. <sup>9</sup>R.M. Bell: Tax
Lists of Washington Co., PA, 1784-85, 1793. <sup>10</sup>R.M. Bell: Lists of
Inhabitants in Washington Co., PA. <sup>11</sup>Washington Co. Deeds T:719.
<sup>12</sup>Washington Co. Wills 2:128.

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