Stephen PETTIS

Birth:
1 Nov 1751
Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island
Marriage:
Abt 1770
of Connecticut
Notes:
                   Ancestral File Number: 1PT5-9VN . Apparently he had three children,but names not found .
The 1774 census showed him in Hopkinton, R.I., with a male above 16, amale under 16 and a female under 16. WJD .
Amy BUTTON
Birth:
26 Jan 1747/48
Voluntown, New London Co ., Connecticut
Death:
Aft 1788
OH
Burial:
OH
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
Stephen M . PETTIS
Birth:
23 Jul 1777
CT
Death:
6 Jan 1855
Newburg Township, Pike, Ill.
Catherine HOSFORD 
Marr:
31 Mar 1831
Johnstown, Ohio 
Notes:
                   Stephen Pettis  was  in  the  U.S.  Army , he fought  in  the '' War of1812 '' and also in the Black Hawk
War. He rose to the rank of Colonel. From Rhode Island, he went to NewHampshire, to Alburgh, Vermont and, in  the middle 1820s, to FrenchMills, Canada, where he built a mill. From  Canada, he went to MeccaTownship, Trumbull County, Ohio. He left Ohio in  1835 and moved toNewburg Township, Pike County, Ill., where he was a surveyor and farmer.He owned 1,000 acres. He and his family were members  of the PresbyterianChurch. He died of " lung fever " Jan 6, 1855 at 7 p.m. In the War of1812, he was a captain and served in 4 th Regiment ( Williams ) VermontMilitia.  He was married four times and had 21 children - 9 by his firstwife, 2 by  his second, 4 by his third and 6 by his fourth.
Two daughters by his first wife, Sarah and Polly, drowned in a shipwreckon Lake Erie Oct. 18, 1829. Sarah was 26, Polly was 19. Both lefthusbands. The  1880  U.S.  census  report  for  his  son  Solomon
says  that  his  father , ( Stephen  Pettis  ) , was  born  in  Vermont .WJD .
2
William Button PETTIS
Birth:
1778
CT
Death:
1839
IN
3
Nathan PETTIS
Birth:
1780
CT
Death:
Aft 1810
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   According  to  the  1810  U.S.  census  ,  Nathan  Pettis  is  at  home ,married  to  ?? ,  one  male  child
at  home  , reel  M # 252 - 30 , page # 398 , line  # 1  ,  Bolton ,Washington , N.Y.  WJD .
4
Sally PETTIS
Birth:
1782
CT
Death:
1786
 
Marr:
 
5
Amy PETTIS
Birth:
23 Dec 1788
Hartford, Connecticut
Death:
22 Dec 1864
Newburg, Pike, Illinois
Joseph WING 
Marr:
24 Jun 1804
Danby, Rutland Co ., Vermont 
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Stephen Pettis - Amy Button

Stephen Pettis was born at Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island 1 Nov 1751. His parents were William C. Pettis and Mary Kinion.

He married Amy Button Abt 1770 at of Connecticut . Amy Button was born at Voluntown, New London Co ., Connecticut 26 Jan 1747/48 .

They were the parents of 5 children:
Stephen M . Pettis born 23 Jul 1777.
William Button Pettis born 1778.
Nathan Pettis born 1780.
Sally Pettis born 1782.
Amy Pettis born 23 Dec 1788.

Amy Button died Aft 1788 at OH .