PETTIGREW
GENEALOGY
LINE
Martha
Moore
Pettigrew
(1734 - 1796)
James
Pettigrew II
(1713 - 1784)
James
Pettigrew I
(1659 - 1753)
James
Petigru
(1613 - ????)
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FAMILY
NAMES
LOFTIN:
Beatty
Corzine
Cranford
Fisher
Givens
Harwell
Kaiser
Lanier
Lomax
McCorkle
Rudisill
Sherrill
Upright
Washington
Work
SETZER:
Aderholdt
Barringer
Bovey
Bushart
Deal
Heavner
Herman
Ikert
Miller
Motz
Rankin
Witherspoon
GOBLE:
Babst/Bobst
Douglas
Faber
Fink
Fulbright
Hefner
Meinhert
Miller
Muller
Pabst/Bobst
Robinson
JOHNSON:
Corzine
Fink
Hamilton
Kaiser
Leslie
Lewis
Moore
Sherrill
Upright
Wilkinson
Additional
Family
SURNAMES
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James "The
Immigrant" Pettigrew
II |
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Born: 13 Apr 1713, Crilly House, Aughnacloy,
Tyrone, Ulster, IRELAND
Died:24 Dec 1784, Abbeville County, Sough Carolina |
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James Pettigrew II was born 13 Apr 1713 in Tyrone,
IRELAND to James Pettigrew I (1659 - 1753) and Martha
Moore (1690 - 1786). |
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Counties in Ireland |
Tyrone, Ulster, IRELAND |
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James had a classical
education which embraced the study of literature, poetry, drama,
philosophy, history, art, and languages - but never went to college. |
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At the age of 18, James Pettigrew II married Mary
Cochran, the daughter of Capt. George Cochran
and Rachel Higginbotham who lived at a place called
"the Grange". Martha was born Oct 1713 in Tyrone,
IRELAND. |
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After the birth of their first four children, James II
and Mary left family and friends and immigrated to
American in 1740 where they landed at New Castle, PA. They left
their oldest daughter Rachel with her grandmother in
Ireland. Sometime later they sent for Rachel but she died
on shipboard while crossing the ocean. [The Pettigrew family
migrated through Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and
finally settled in Abbeville District of South Carolina.] |
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After his arrival in Pennsylvania, a Dr. Franklin
wanted him to study physics but he declined. James II got
a tract of 300 acres on March Creek where he lived until the War
of 1755 (The French & Indian Wars). Braddock's Defeat, was
a failed British military expedition which attempted to capture
the French Fort Duquesne (modern-day downtown Pittsburgh) in the
summer of 1755. The expedition takes its name from General
Edward Braddock, who led the British forces and died in the
effort. Braddock's defeat was a major setback for the British in
the early stages of the war with France and has been described
as one of the most disastrous defeats for the British in the
18th century. |
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Shortly after General Braddock's defeat,
James Pettigrew II sold his land for 80 pounds
and moved to Virginia to the Lunenburg Old Court House area, and
rented a piece of land. After staying there three or four years,
the family moved to Granville Co, NC where James II and
bought 300 acres of land from Howell Lewis. |
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When James II and Mary moved the family moved to
North Carolina, they brought the eight youngest children with
them: James, Charles, George, Ebenezer,
William, Jane, Elizabeth and Nancy.
By that time Mary, Martha and John were
married and out on their own. Daughter Martha Moore Pettigrew
and her husband
John Witherspoon came to North Carolina about
the same time as the rest of her family. Daughter Mary
Cochran Pettigrew married John Verner, Sr. who had
come with the Pettigrew family from Ireland in 1940. [He
would have been about 15 when he immigrated to the US.] |
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James II and Mary Cochran
had at least thirteen children. |
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Children of James Pettigrew and Mary
Cochran |
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Spouse |
Rachel Pettigrew |
1732
Tyrone, Ulster, IRELAND |
1754
At Sea - Voyage to America |
(Never Married) |
Mary Cochran
Pettigrew |
29 Sep 1733
Tyrone, Ulster, IRELAND |
1827
Anderson, Anderson Co, SC |
John Verner, Sr.
m. 1757 |
Martha Moore
Pettigrew |
1734
Tyrone, Ulster, IRELAND |
10 Apr 1796
Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co, NC |
John Witherspoon
m. 1747 |
John Pettigrew |
1736
Tyrone, Ulster, IRELAND |
09 Nov 1806
Abbeville, Abbeville Co, SC |
Sarah Matthews
m. 1753 |
James Pettigrew |
17 Dec 1738 |
07 Oct 1789
Abbeville, Abbeville Co, SC |
(Never Married) |
Rev. Charles
Pettigrew |
20 Mar 1742
Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA |
08 Apr 1807
Tyrell Co, NC |
(1) Mary "Polly"
Blout
m. 29 Oct 1778
(2) Mary Lockhart
m. 12 Jul 1794 |
George Pettigrew |
14 Apr 1746
Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA |
07 Mar 1818
Jackson Co, GA |
Elizabeth Jane Long
m. 1775, Abbeville, SC |
Jean Jane
Pettigrew |
1750
Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA |
1838
Gwynette Co, GA |
Stephen Tilley Sr.
m. 1768, Granville, NC |
Elizabeth
Pettigrew |
1751
Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA |
15 Sep 1779
Abbeville, Abbeville Co, SC |
(Never Married) |
Ebenezer
Pettigrew |
1752
Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA |
25 Mar 1795
Abbeville, Abbeville Co, SC |
Sarah McLean
m. 30 Jul 1782, SC |
"Infant
Daughter" Pettigrew |
1754
Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA |
1755
Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA |
(Died in Infancy) |
Nancy Pettigrew |
Jul 1756
Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA |
11 Aug 1779
Abbeville, Abbeville Co, SC |
(Never Married) |
William
Pettigrew |
26 Feb 1758
Lunenburg Co, Virginia |
23 Jan 1837
Badwell, Abbeville Co, SC |
Louise Guy Gilbert
m. 1788, Abbeville Co, SC |
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After hearing a good report about
Long Cane, Abbeville District, SC, James II sold
everything and set
out at end of October 1768 for South Carolina. The family
arrived three weeks later traveling by covered wagon. The
Pettigrew family settled on what was at the time called "Jews'
land", about six or seven miles above Abbeville Court House.
James II and his family lived there until 1775 when we
removed to land bought from John Du on Little River. |
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James Pettigrew II was a strong Whig,
and with several of his sons, sons-in-law and grandsons, served
as a Private with the Colonial Troops in the South Carolina
militia during the Revolutionary War. He also provided supplies
for the troops. James II was somewhat skilled in medicine
and there being few practitioners in the country he was often
called upon to give medical aid, which he did impartially to
Whig and Tory alike, and for this reason, in the turbulent days
that followed the fall of Charleston, when the life of no man
was safe in the country, James Pettigrew II's
family was little disturbed. ["Leaves From the Family Tree",
Penelope Johnson Allen] |
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Last Will &
Testament of James Pettigrew - Transcript |
In the
name of God amen. I James Pettigrew of the
District of Ninety six, South Carolina, being weak in
body, but of perfect mind & memory, thanks be given unto
God, calling to mind the mortality of my body, and
knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die, do
make & ordain this my last Will and Testament; |
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is to day, principally & first of all, I give &
recommend my Soul into the hand of the Almighty Redeemer
that gave it, and my body I recommend it to earth to be
buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of
my executors, nothing doubting but at the Resurrection,
I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of
God. |
And as
touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased
God to bless me in this life, I give, demise & dispose
of the same in the following manner and form |
Imprim |
I give & bequeath
to Mary my dearly beloved wife & companion in all
my tribulations for & during her life, the one half of
the Tract of Land on which I now live dividing line,
beginning at the corner Northeast & running to the South
West, with all the improvements thereon; likewise my
Negro man named Jack, & Negro woman named
Phillis, likewise two horse & two cows, to be chosen
by her out of my stock as also all the sheep, hogs and
_______. |
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I give & bequeath
to my daughter Martha Witherspoon, to my
son John Pettigrew, to my daughter Mary
Verner & to my daughter Jean Tilly,
to each, one dollar if demanded, likewise to my sons
James & George Pettigrew each one
dollar. |
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I give & bequeath
to my son Ebenezer, the one half of the Tract of
Land on which I now live, the part which we now possess,
together with all the improvements thereon, to be his
for ever together with what ever I have given them
heretofore. |
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I give & bequeath
to my son William the one half of the Track of
land on which I live, the partupon which I dwell, to be
possessed by him peacably at his Mother's death, and to
be his forever; likewise my Negro man Jack,
together with all the stock left to my wife her lifetime
& other stock I possess to be, at her death his forever;
except, on milk cow, which I give & bequeath to my
daughter Jean Tilly to be put into her
possession at her mothers death. |
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I will & bequeath
that my Negro woman named Phillis shall at my
wife's death be valued by two judicious men & that one
half of her value shall be paid to my son Ebenezer
by my son William & that said Phillis
remain with her husband & be my son William's
forever |
and I
do hereby revoke and utterly disanull all and every
other former Will or Testament do ratify & confirm this
to be my last Will & Testament, in witness whereof I
have hereunto set my Hand & Seal, this the eighteenth
day of December, one thousand seven hundred & eighty
four --- |
Signed
Sealed Delivered in presence of Us
James
Pettigrew (S.S.)
Handy Harris
Jas. Pettigrew
Wm. Pettigrew |
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Recorded in Will Book 1, Page 14, Box
76, Pkg 1847,
Proven August 14, 1789, Recorded Oct. 6, 1789 |
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Last Will & Testament of James Pettigrew -
Original |
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The Crilly House In Ireland |
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The Crilly House is located in County
Tyrone, Ireland, 3 miles from Aughnacloy. It is about an hour
for the Belfast International airport.
King William III granted James Pettigrew (1659-1753) a
tract of 300 acres where he built his home in 1690 and named it
“The Crilly House.” The stone and slate house still stands. It
has three stories that were originally covered by a thatched
roof that was removed in 1814 by Robert Pettigrew, a grandson of
James. The house was remodeled again in 1850 by Vaughn
Montgomery who had married Robert Pettigrew's granddaughter
Margaret Pettigrew. Ownership remained in the Pettigrew family
until 1909. |
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SOURCES |
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"Leaves From the Pettigrew
Family Tree", by Penelope Johnson Allen,
CLICK HERE |
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Pettigrew Family Shetch |
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