Obadiah Pettit (Will Book 6, page 55, Fauquier Co., Va.) was from Somerset Co., NJ; his mother was Jane Furman Pettit. Her will, filed under her maiden name, is in the Somerset Co., NJ records (Vol. 5 NJ, Wills, 193-4, NJ Archives). The will dated 12 Dec. 1770, proved 1773, names sons, Obadiah and Zedekiah. These brothers migrated to Culpepper Co., Va. about 1770; Obadiah sold his land there in 1776 and bought land in Fauquier Co., Va.
Francis Waldron (sometimes misspelled Walden) married 12 Oct. 1795, Fauquier Co., Va. Nancy Ann, daughter of Obadiah Pettit and his spouse, Ann H. (probably Hedges). Shortly after their marriage Nancy and Francis Waldron moved to Brooke Co., Va. (now W. Va.) with two sisters of Nancy and their families: Mary Pettit Roberts and Spouse Richard; Elizabeth Pettit McDaniels, spouse, Joseph. In 1811 Francis and Nancy Pettit Waldron moved to Jefferson County, Ohio; she died there prior to 1833 and he in October 1835, in Bloomfield, Jefferson Co., where they were buried.
The following information is from Abstracts of Wills, Administrations & Marriages of Fauquier Co., VA. (1759-1800) compiled by Junie E. S. King:
Settlement of estate of Obadiah Pettit listed heirs and distributees: Keturah Pettit; Nathaniel Pettit; William Pettit; Samuel Pettit; Joseph McDowell; Francis Walden; Richard Roberts; John H. Pettit; Thomas Pettit. Administrators of the Estate of Obadiah Pettit, 9 July 1808 to 23 January 1812 were John H. Pettit and Thomas Pettit. (Note: Joseph McDowell should be McDaniels and Francis Walden should be Waldron.)
Other sources indicate children of Obadiah and Ann. H. Pettit as Nancy Ann (who married Francis Waldron); John H. and Thomas; Elizabeth who married Joseph McDaniels; Mary who married Richard Roberts.
The will of John H. Pettit, dated 24 July 1830, proved 28 Feb. 1831, named wife, Catey and nephew John, son of Obadiah and Nancy A. Waldron (this will probably in Bloomfield Station, Jefferson Co., Ohio, is filed in Will Book 12, page 21, Fauquier Co., Va.)