John PETTY

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JAMES, 2,  PETTY  (John, 1),  son of John Petty & Ann (Canning) Petty,husbandman of Springfield, Brookfield, and Freetown, Mass., was born inWindsor, Conn. ( according to Springfield, Mass. records , p.11,' Petty ,James , s. of John and Anna , at  Winsor , 25 May 1662 ' ) , 25 March1663. He died at Freetown, Mass., before 13 March 1712-1 3 when theinventory of  his estate was taken. James Petty married at Springfi eld,Mass. 15 June 1683, Mary Lawton, daughter of John and Benedick (  __  )Lawton. Mary (Lawton) Petty was born at Suffield, Conn. 15 April 1662;she died  prob. at Freetown, Mass. after 1 June 1713.  James, 2, Pettywas a soldier in King William's War , ( 1689 - 1697,  exact  dates ofservice unknown ) .  Chronological Dates of Record Relating to James, 2,Petty: 25 March 1662-3: H e was born in Windsor, Conn, but his birth wasrecorded  on the Springfield, M ass. vital records. (7:#2).  His parentswere  married at Boston Mass. 30 May 1662, but his birth was  recorded on25  March 1662. Due to the use of double dating from the fourteenthcentury  to 1 Jan.1753 [rrp note: Julian Calendar v s. GregorianCalendar], this  birth date was doubtless 25 March 1662-3 which m eansthat he was born in wedlock. This appears the only possible explanationof what appears to be a discrepancy between the marriage of the parentsand t he date of birth of their first child. Burt says the child was bornMarch 25 and Warren says May 25. The explanation given favors March 25which has been accepted here. The original records of Springfield, Mass.have never been published as verbatim copies of the record so we mustrely on Burt , Warren (page 8) and the Register (7:#2) for the dates. Nocourt record has ever been fo und concerning the birth of this childbefore the marriage of the parents. They would probably have beensummoned to court if such had been the case. This is further evidencefavoring the conclusions adopted here. ((Birth before the  marriage ofthe parents was certainly not common ... the parents usually ma naged toget married at least before the birth of their first child except in aclear case of bastardy. Of course, this was a perfectly legitimate births ince the parents of the child did marry after this birth. Effort isbeing made now to locate the actual record of the birth of this child tosee if an error in the date has been made. It appears to have been aSpringfield record although the birth could have actually occurred inWindsor because it is list ed in the "Register" under the records ofSpringfield.)) 15 June 1683: He was married at Springfield, Mass.  5 Jan.1684: His son, John was born at Springfie ld, Mass. This may also  beanother instance of the double date so that the da te may be 5 Jan.1684-5. Of course this date could be correct and the child b orn somewhatless than seven months after the marriage of his parents.  25 Ma rch1684:   He was called "of Suffield" on this date when he was  sued in anA ction of Case, a civil action. 12 Sept. 1686: His daughter Mary wasborn at Sp ringfield, Mass.  31 July 1688: His son James was born atSpringfield, Mass.  3 Oct. 1691: His son William was born at Springfield,Mass. 5 Feb. 1694: His name was mentioned in a petition with the requestthat  he be allowed his poll tax for services to his country. To  wit : 'Petition submitted  to  the  general court by  Thomas Stebbins andothers requesting  that  the  court  intervene  in  demands  made  onconstables  Bliss  and  Bedortha by  the   treasurer , they  havingprovided   much  of  what  was  collected  in  agricultral  goods  forthe  benefit  of  the  local  military  bound  for  the  proposedexpedition   to Albany  , New  York . No action  taken .' From  Vol. 113, page  # 102 . series  # 230 , dated  5  Feb. 1694 . "James Petty  5  sh[rrp note: shillings]  ...  fetching the people from Quanbaug."  23 June1694: His daughter Anna was born at Springfield, Mass. 30 Sept. 1698:  Hejoined with John & Ebenezer Petty, all of Springfield,  in a deed sellinga tract of 53 acres of land. This is the sole deed found to which he wasa party. ((John & Ebenez
er were doubtless his brothers as only thesethree men of those names are known this early.) 24 Nov. 1698: He was on apetition of Brookfield inhabitants requesting aid in supporting theministry. ( He is the single 'J ' ) . WJD .
                  

                   #3. JOHN, 2, PETTY (John, 1),  son of John Petty & Ann (Canning) Petty,was born 9 November 1666 at Springfield, Mass; he died at Springfield,Mass. before 11 March 1723-4, when administration on his estate wasgranted; married at Springfield, Mass. 13 April 1693, Mary Taylor. MARYTAYLOR, born 28 Dec.1671 at Springfield, Mass. was the daughter of  JamesTaylor who married Mary Taylor, daughter of Jonathan & Mary, on 17Jan.1667. M ary (Taylor) Taylor died l8 March 1700. James Taylor died 27
Oct. 1720. Savage says he had been a servant of John Pynchon, whichprobably means that John Pynchon paid his passage, and that he lived withhim untill the amount was pa id. ( source: "The First entury of theHistory of Springfield," by Henry M. Burt - 1899; page 643, Vol.2 ) Dateand place of death  of Mary (Taylor) Petty unknown. Chronological Datesof Record Relating to John, 2, Petty:
7 April 1707: Under "Early Settlers of West Springfield," dated 7 April1707 was the name of "John Petey." ((29:285)). Note: Son of JohnPetty,Sr. 11 March 1723-4 : "lettrs. of Administration of ye Estate ofJno.Petty of  Springfield...Deceased was granted unto Mary Petty, JohnPetty & Ebenr. Petty of Springfield" etc. The inventory totalled 209(pounds)-01-00, which the real estate consisted of the following: "To yehousing & lands at home" at 136 (pounds); "To Ten acres of 1and at yeDeep Swamp" at 15 (pounds); "To Ten Acres of land at ye Great plain onPocketuckbrook" at  6 (pounds);  and "To part of a Saw Mill" at 5(pounds). An "Accompt of what we have paid as Adminstre. on our fatherJno. Petty's
Estate" was signed by both John Petty & Ebenezer Petty." (( OriginalProbate Files, Hampshire County, Mass.))  "Estate of John Petty,Springfield, 1723, Box No.113,No. 2." NOTE: This is the intestate estateof John,2,Petty ( John,l) CHILDREN OF JOHN, 2,  PETTY & MARY (TAYLOR)PETTY:
(Proof Source: New Eng. Hist. & Gen, Reg. Vol.2, page 620)  #18.  MaryPetty, born 26 Oct.1695; d . date unknown; m, Robert Emmons ofBrookfield, Mass. #19.  John Petty, born 6 April 1701; died about 1748;m. Margaret (maiden  name unknown). #20.  Joseph Petty, born dateunknown; died 29 Aug.1710 at Springfield  #21.  Abigail Petty, born 3April 1713; d. 25 Feb. 1792; m. date unknown; to Pedijah Field.
#22.  Ebenezer Petty, born 1721; d. 1748; m.  Rebecca (maiden nameunknown) . John  Petty  signed  a
petition , ( with  his  brother  James ) , to  the  general  court  on  5Feb. 1694 .    WJD .
                  

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#5. MARY, 2,  PETTY, (John, 1), daughter of John, 1,  Petty & Ann
(Canning) Petty was born at Springfield, Mass. on 27 March,16 70; she died
probably between 1716 and 1731; married (1) 29 Dec. 1687, Thomas Taylor,
son of Jonathan & Mary (    ) Taylor. He was born 9 August 1660 and died
at Springfield, Mass. in April 1691; married (2) 6 April,1697 at
Sprin gfield, Mass, Thomas Rich, alias La Rich.( He was probably a second
generatio n from some Rich who came in the Winthrop Fleet - Ref: "New
Eng.Hist.& Gen. S oc." Vol.19, page 62.) They went to Brookfield, Mass.,
where Thomas Rich died in 1702;  married (3) in 1703, Joseph Jennings.
THOMAS RICH: (From "History o f North   Brookfield, Mass," by J. H.
Temple, 1887 - page 156.):  "Thomas Ric h, who had a grant of the home-lot
"at the east end of the Old Plantation," d ied 1702; his widow, Mary,
married Joseph Jennings; the children wrote the na me LaRich. ((This
notation under the heading "The new comers this year were . ..
Nov.23,1698.))
JOSEPH JENNINGS: ("From History of North Brookfield, Mass. " by J. H.
Temple, 1887 - page 650.)  "Joseph, son of Stephen and Hannah (Dic kinson)
Gillett Jennings, deacon, esquire, held his father's homestead; he wa s
born 23 August 1682, and died after 1751; he bought the Coy, Parsons,
War ner, Kent, and Younglove homelots on Foster's Hill; received grants of
971 ac res, his real estate in all amounting to 1350 acres. He married (1)
Mary Rich , widow of Thomas;     married (2) Sarah (maiden name unknown).
Children: see list below.
From page # 649 -  same source: "Re: Stephen, 1, Jennings (father of
Joseph Jennings, husband  of Mary (Petty) Taylor, Rich, Jennings) was of
Hatfield 1677; freeman 1690; bought 15 April 1693 of Hezekiah Dickinson,
th e William Pritchard home lot and rights in Brookfield 104 acres, but
did not come to reside until 1695 or 1696; sold this place 25 March 1707
to his sons Stephen and Joseph, and lived near Woolcott's; had grant
of land 60 acres ; date of death unknown, but before 1720. He married 15
May,1677, Hannah (Dic kinson) Gillett,  daughter of John Dickinson (died
1676 - son of Nathaniel Di ckinson) and Frances (Foote) Dickinson - she
was widow of Samuel Gillett ((ac cording to "Jennings Family in America"
by W. H.     Jennings, 1899 - Vol. 2, Part 2.)) This family was from
Hadley. Hannah (Dickinson) Gillett Jennings w ith two of her Gillett
children was taken captive by the Indians 19 Sept.same year, and carried
to Canada. 24 October, her husband and Benjamin Wait (whos e wife and 3
children were captives) started for Canada on the attempt to red eem their
families and friends. After a perilous journey via Albany, they rea ched
Sorrell in January. Negotiations lingered; and they left Sorrell not til l
2 May, having redeemed all the captives. The party returned to Albany 22
May; reached Kinderhook 27 May where "they found men and horses sent from
Hat field; rode through the woods to Westfield, and all arrived safely at
Hatfiel d, after an absense of eight months." The cost of redemption was
over two hun dred pounds, which was collected by contribution in the
towns. The date of he r death is unknown."
CHILDREN OF: MARY (PETTY) TAYLOR & THOMAS TAYLOR:
a. Han nah Taylor, born 18 August,1690 at Springfield, Mass.
b. Thomas Rich, born 17 Nov.1697 at Brookfield, Mass,  married (1) Ruth
Nichols; married (2) at Mendo n, Mass. on 18 Aug. 1742, Hulda Wheelock,
widow of John Sanford. (( Will prov ed 5 Dec. 1781.))
** c. John Rich, born 31 May,1699; married 18 March,1724, Sa rah Walker
d. Ebenezer Rich, born 12 Dec. 1700
e. Experience Rich, born 23 Oc t. 1702; married 27 May 1723, Hannah Godd
CHILDREN OF: MARY (PETTY) TAYLOR RIC H JENNINGS & JOSEPH JENNINGS
f. Joseph Jennings, born 27 April 1704
g. Mary J ennings, born 4 May 1707
h. Hannah Jennings,  born 14 April 1709; died 16 Marc h, 1716
i.  Anna Jennings, born 22 Sept. 1711
                  

                   <_FA#> 1704Captured by Indians in King William's War . "History ofDeerfield, Mass." by George Sheldon, 1892, Vol. 2: "Joseph, son of John,born 1672; the man for whom Petty's Plain was
named; a soldier at Northfield in King William's War; at Deerfield 1688and in the Pomroy pursuit; settled in Deerfield; self and wife capturedby the French and Indians 29 Feb. 1704; carried to Canada; he escaped thenext summer with Baker, Nims and Kellogg. He removed to Northfield at the
permanent settlement and died about 1746." ** See transcript of hisletter below  :
King William's War, first of four North American wars, waged by theEnglish and French from 1689 to 1697, and part of a larger European warfought by the Grand Alliance again st France over the succession to thethrone of England. The French and Englis h colonists, aided by Native
Americans, raided each other's settlements. Following a series of Englishraids in Canada, the French governor of Canada, Com te de Frontenac,planned counterattacks on New York City and Boston in 1690. As initialsteps in his campaign, the French and their Native American allies burnedSchenectady, New York, laid waste Salmon Falls, New Hampshire, anddestroyed Fort Loyal, Maine, while French privateers based in Nova Scotiaharried New England shipping. The New England colonists raised an
expeditionary force and placed it under the command of the new governorof Massachusetts, Sir William Phips. This force captured Port Royal inNova Scotia and unsuccess fully attacked Québec. For the rest of the warthe French and their Native Am erican allies ravaged the northernfrontiers of the English colonies. The Pea ce of Ryswick in 1697 restoredPort Royal to the French but left the colonial problem unresolved.Warfare resumed in 1702 in Queen Anne's War. - Encarta .
Letter to the Rev'd Mr. Stephen Williams , Att Springfield, Longmeadow ,From Joseph Petty
(procured at an auction sale in Philadelphia in 1892 and published in thebook, "History of Deerfield" by George Sheldon, Vol. #1 (1893), pages352-354)  "Upon your desire, I now pres ent you with a Narrative of myescape from Canada. tho it is now so long Sinc e y'r I may possiblyforget some
particulars. But the acc't as near as I can remember is as follows VIZ.About thirteen months after I was taken from Deer field (w'you wellremember) four of us consulted  methods to make our escape. Sometime inMay upon ye great procession day we had Liberty to go in and about yecity of Mont Real & there we happened all to meet together & John Nyms &I informed ye other two of our design to make our escape. This was on athirsday (May 10) & we agreed y y other three were come down to where I
lived w was about 9 miles from ye city & w was something remarkable yeguns & Provis ions we I had designed to bring with us was in another roomfrom where I lodg ed w exercised my mind very much how I should come atye  since I Lodged in an other room with ye people of yr house & was still
oppressed my spirits more w as, y coming in from work at noon I found abed & sick person placed in y roo m where yr guns & Provisions were: & Ithot now it was impossible to escape b ut upon my return at night I foundye sick person removed & my bed brought in to y room w much revived me.
"On ye Sabbath (May 13) following I was to go to ye city again toconclude further about our escape & having confirmed all mat ters, Ireturned at night & found my Landlords son there w was designed to Lo dgewith me w again dashed my spirits much for now I thot it impossible forme to Escape from him.
"But while I sat passing w  to do I remembered y   I w as to set up asign  by ye River for ye other three to know where y house was & I thot Iwould  go & do y    w   I had done u . From  the  ' History  ofNorthfield , Mass. ', by. Temple  and  Sheldon , 1875 , p. 514 , ' Petty, Joseph , son of  John , b. 1672 ,
soldier  in  the  garrison  at  Northfield ,  1688 , then  atSpringfield , soldier  at  Deerfield , 1698 , and
in  the  Pomroy  Pursuit , of  Deerfield , 1704 , where  he  with  wifewas  taken  captive , both  were
redeemed  , probably  by  John  Sheldon  on  his  first  expedition  toCanada  in  1705 . removed to  Coventry , Conn.  about  1708 , was  atNorthfield  as  early   as  1718  , where  he  died  about  1746 .
He  married  14  Feb. 1701  Elizabeth  Edwards  , who  died  18  Feb.1702 .  He  m. ( 2 ) 2 June  1703
Sarah  Edwards  who  d. 4 Oct. 1754 . child :
Elizabeth , b. 11 Feb. 1702 .
Sarah , b. 14 Apr. 1707 , m. 1727  Asahel  Stebbins .
Joseph .'
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