'Pettus1'
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Families covered: Pettus of Norwich, Pettus of Rackheath
| Thomas Pettus of Norwich | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Pettus of Norwich | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? (widow of Simon Dethick) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Pettus of Rackheath, Mayor of Norwich b 1519, d 07.01.1597) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.10.1548) Christian Dethick (bur 25.06.1578, dau of Simon Dethick of Norfolk by Rose, dau of Christopher Crowe of Mileham (son of Richard of Longham) by Christian) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Pettus, Mayor of Norwich (d 09.04.1613-4, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bridget Curtis (dau of Augustine Curtis of Honnington) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Augustine Pettus (dvp 1612-3) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Vylett (d 1611-2, dau of Henry Vylett or Violett of Lynn) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Thomas Pettus, Sheriff of Norfolk, 1st Bart of Rackheath (d 21.11.1654) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Knyvet (d 1653, dau of Sir Thomas Knyvet of Ashwellthorpe) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Thomas Pettus, Sheriff of Norfolk, 2nd Bart of Rackheath (d 1671) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1640) Elizabeth Overbury (dau of Walter or William Overbury of Barton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Elizabeth Pettus (d 10.1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rowland Okeover of Okeover, Sheriff (b 21.09.1651, d 1730) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Augustine Pettus (dsp before 01.07.1661) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Sir John Pettus, 3rd Bart of Rackheath (b c1640/3, d 25-9.10.1698) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c05.1670) Mary Burwell (b c1650, d 24.02.1728, dau/coheir of Nicholas Burwell of Gray''s Inn, niece of Sir John (sb Jeffery?) of Rougham) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Horatio Pettus, 4th Bart of Rackheath (b c1672, d 09.03.1730/1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c05.1701) Elizabeth Meers (d before 17.08.1746, dau of Sir Thomas Meers of Kirton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Pettus, 5th Bart of Rackheath (dspm 05.1743!!, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.12.1744!!) Rebecca Prideaux (b c1730, d 17.11.1780, dau of Edmund Prideaux of Prideaux Place by Hannah, dau of Sir Benjamin Wrench of Norwich) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sir Horatio Pettus, Sheriff of Norfolk, 6th Bart of Rackheath (dsp 31.07.1772) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Mary Pettus | ||||||||||||||
| m. Leonard Batchelor of Norwich | |||||||||||||||
| (d)+ | other issue - Thomas (b c1703, d unm 1723), Anna Maria | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Frances Pettus (d 1700) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Faucett (rector of Castor) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - John, Robert, Charles, Mary (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Everard (d 14.01.1662, dau of Arthur Everard of Stow Park, m2. Francis Warner of Parham) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Abigail Heveningham (b c1592, d 1673, dau of Sir Arthur Heveningham of Heveningham) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Pettus (2nd) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1614) Anne Walpole (dau of Calibut Walpole of Houghton) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Sir John Pettus of Chediston (d 1690) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1637) Elizabeth Gurnay (dau of Sir Richard Gurnay of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Pettus | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elizabeth Pettus | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Sandys of Ombersley (d 04.08.1701) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Anne Pettus | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Knightly of Offchurch | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Christian Pettus | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Peter Saltingstall of Barkway | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Bridget Pettus | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martin Sidley of Morley | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Elizabeth Pettus (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Pettus, Mayor of Norwich (bpt 1552, d 1620) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cecily King (dau of William King of Hempstead) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Pettus of London "had a numerous progeny" | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Gleane (dau of Sir Peter Gleane of Norwich) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | William Pettus | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 reports that William dsp but 'The Pedigree Register' reports that he was "ancestor of the Rolfes of Kelvedon" by ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Rolfe (dau of Henry Rolfe of Kelvedon) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Alexander Pettus (a 1591) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Elizabeth Pettus | ||||||||||||||
| m. Augustine Whale (or Whaley) of Norwich | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Cicely Pettus | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.09.1581) Humphrey Camden of London | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Camden (a 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Susan Camden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Pendleton of Norwich | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - George. John, Henry, Ciecely, Susanna | ||||||||||||||
| vii. | Anne Pettus | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Debny (alderman of Norwich) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BEB1841 (Pettus of Rackheath), Visitation (Norfolk, 1664, Pettus), TCB (vol 2, Pettus of Rackheath) with a little input/support from 'The Pedigree Register' (edited by George Sherwood, vol 3, No. 30 (September 1914), p188+)
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