This is the same line I am researching. ella ----- Original Message ----- From: <jdpiatt@aol.com> To: <PIATT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 7:37 PM Subject: [PIATT] Re: PIATTS IN ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Z.2ACBAEB/193.197.199.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I also come from the Adams County Piatts. My father was Lester Piatt going back to Mark Piatt to Jackson Pierce Piatt to Benjamin Piatt, Jr to Benjamin Piatt, Sr to Jacob Piatt III to Jacob Piatt II to Jacob Piatt to Rene Piatt. I am real interested in any Piatts that may be in this line, especially any that are living today. I have a second cousin some where down there, William Piatt. That was also his father's name. E-mail me at jdpiatt@aol.com. My greatgrandfather, Jackson, is buried in Fenton Cemetery in Adams County. > > > ==== PIATT Mailing List ==== > Thought for the day: Any ancestor you identify today is > just two more you have to identify tomorrow... > Keep up the good work! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Piatt Price Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Z.2ACBAEB/148.194.197.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Hi all-- I'm also researching this line. Jackson Pierce Piatt is my husband's gg-grandfather (through Jackson's daughter Nora Ann Piatt Price). I do have a copy of Jackson's death certificate that I can email upon request. I'd be interested in corresponding with family or others researching these Piatts. Cheers, Julie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Z.2ACBAEB/148.194.197.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I really don't know what p.a.f.5 is. Sorry. Kind of new at this now after an eight-year layoff. E-mail me at jdpiatt@aol.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Piatt Jones Baldwin Black Cordrey Sheffield Hull Paul Dunham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Z.2ACBAEB/148.194.197.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi John, Sorry I haven't responded to your earlier e-mail. I have been so busy lately. I have a get together this morning. So I was wondering do you use the p.a.f. 5 . If so I will update my records and send what I have. My aunt Barb has the Piatt Family bible. So I have a bunch of info that I still need to add to my file. I'll be in touch some time tomorrow. Thanks for responding Rob and Sally Lambert jars@qn.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Z.2ACBAEB/53.54.59.186 Message Board Post: Jackson Piatt is my ggrandfather. I would be interested in any info you have. Thanks!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Z.2ACBAEB/148.194.197.1 Message Board Post: I am part of the Adams County Piatt line. Would be interested in talking to you over e-mail. My line includes Benjamin Piatt, Sr, son of Jacob Piatt III and on to Benjamin Piatt, Jr. Drop me a line.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Z.2ACBAEB/193.197.199.1 Message Board Post: I also come from the Adams County Piatts. My father was Lester Piatt going back to Mark Piatt to Jackson Pierce Piatt to Benjamin Piatt, Jr to Benjamin Piatt, Sr to Jacob Piatt III to Jacob Piatt II to Jacob Piatt to Rene Piatt. I am real interested in any Piatts that may be in this line, especially any that are living today. I have a second cousin some where down there, William Piatt. That was also his father's name. E-mail me at jdpiatt@aol.com. My greatgrandfather, Jackson, is buried in Fenton Cemetery in Adams County.

Hi Rudy, Do you have any idea of the date when they hold the reunion in Charleston, SC? If not, could you get a date and post it to the list? Thanks. Richard O. Piatt, PA.

Sharolynn, You are so right with your data on Rene Piatt and the early records. I am sure all of this is referring to one person, but with one additional reference I wish to make. There are records showing that Rene had a son Rene. In all my research, I cannot find another Rene, but in some instances a son Thomas is noted as Rene. I think this is where some researchers get confused, as well as myself. Research on this matter must go on, and even though I did most of this back in the very early 1960s, not all material was available back then as it is now. I hope this gives one something to look out for in their research on son Thomas. Richard O. Piatt, West Chester, PA.

Hi! I'm from one of those Southern branches of the family: Charleston, South Carolina, though I grew up in Maryland. I've lived in Brooklyn, NY since '91, and had no idea how much the family was tied to this part of the country, let alone in the West and Midwest. Although I haven't been able to attend, I understand that there's an annual reunion near Georgetown, SC. Talk to you soon, Rudolph "Rudy" Pyatt

>In many respects, those of us who are Piatt/Pyeatt researchers owe a debt >of gratitude to Orra Eugene Monnette and his extensive research on the >early settlers of Piscataway, N.J.. In the 1930's, he published an >8-volume work entitled "First settlers of ye plantations of Piscataway and >Woodbridge, Olde East New Jersey 1664-1714." He was particularly >interested in the French settlers of the area because he descended from >them, as do we. Based upon his research and supported by what I have come across in the early New Jersey records, Rene Piatt went by several names, including Rene la Fleur and Rene Piatt and was frequently referred in the records as "Fleurry (renepiat)." In the records, it seems fairly evident that regardless of the many different names and the variant spellings, they were generally referring to a single individual. The only confusion may be that along with all of his other sons (John, Thomas, Jacob, etc.), Rene the patriarch (or original ancestor) also seems to have had a son named Rene. Since I have only been researching the New Jersey records for a short time, I'm not sure what work has already been done to distinguish between the two. It is also possible that there is only one person and that the "Fleurisson" refers to Rene himself and not to a son to whom he passed on his own given name. According to the French dictionary, "piat" means a young magpie. It is entirely possible, that young Rene was quite talkative and earned himself the nickname, "Rene the magpie." As I wrote previously, based upon his denization (i.e., naturalization) papers, which also referred to him as "Fleurry (renepiat)," I would assume that his actual surname was Fleurry and that Rene was his given name. But that is merely my assumption, at this point, more research would need to be required to verify what his name really was. Regardless, his children all seem to have adopted "Piatt" as their surname. That is the name which has been passed on through the generations to us. For the most part, the northern branches of the family use Piatt or Pyatt. The main southern branch of the family, who descend from Rene's son & grandson, both named Jacob, use the Pyeatt or Pyeatte spellings, although there seem to be a few who also use Pyatt. Post-Civil War Missouri seems to have acquired strains from both the northern and southern branches of the family and it is difficult to distinguish between the branches based upon how they chose to spell their name. Again, I may not be the best person to respond, primarily because I don't really know all that much about the northern branch of the family, although I feel fairly knowledgeable about the southern branch. I had no idea that there were researchers like Dick Piatt, who knows so much about the Piatt's in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and Laverne Piatt who has researched so many of the northern branches of the family. Hope this helps! Sharolynn Pyeatt 6730 HBLL Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602

Jpettit2accs.net posted the following to the PYATT surname list and the posting was also then linked to appear on the PIATT-L list, appearing on 30 Dec 2001. <<Message Board Post: In the list of Children of Jackson Pyatt and Jane Reynolds there is a Sarah D. or Sarah E. But Her real Name is Sarah Isobel Pyatt born 9 Oct 1856 in Medaryville, Indiana, My Great GrandMother. She Married James Thomas Benge 21 Jul 1876 and had eight Children, one was Goldie May Benge b 9 May 1884, d 22 Nov 1973, my GrandMother. Sarah I. Pyatt passed away 15 Apr 1940 in Her Daughter's Home in Frankfort, Clinton Co., Indiana after living here for 55 years. Also Jane Reynolds Full name is Martha Jane Reynolds. Hope this is of help to someone!>> Those researchers who have the Piatt Family Newsletter can add this information to the family listing in Volume 6, page 97. Thank you, jpettit. -- Laverne Ingram Piatt Ontario, OH -- Laverne Ingram Piatt Ontario, OH

Can anyone on the list verify for me the children of Thomas H. Piatt (1841-1916) and Millie Ann Boldman (1847-1916)? Previously I had 7 children on my file (Lavina, Frank, Henry Clinton, Margaret, William, Lewis and August). Yesterday it was brought to my attention that the following records existed.... John H. Piatt and Mary F. Shaw; 3, November 1889. Consent given by Thomas H. Piatt, f/o John H. Piatt and William Shaw, f/o Mary F. Shaw. Alice Belle Piatt and Thomas A. Swords*; 14, February 1892. Consent given by Millie Ann Piatt, m/o Alice Belle Piatt 17yr. Wilimina Piatt and Henry Clay Shaw; 13, November 1892. Consent given by Thomas H. Piatt, f/o Wilimina Piatt. CORRECTION; Henry Clinton Piatt; born November 15, 1881 at Pond Creek, Scioto Co., Ohio, Union Twp.; father, Thomas Homer Piatt; 40yr.; born Adams Co., Ohio; mother, Milly Ann Boldman; 33yr.; born Adams Co., Ohio; eight children born/eight children living; none dead; Filed; 9, October 1942 by Henry Clinton Piatt; 421 3rd St. Portsmouth, Ohio. Affidavits signed by; William Swords; 86 yr.; Rt.#1 Portsmouth, Ohio. Mrs. George Adkins; 64yr.; Rt. #1 Portsmouth, Ohio. The bottom record mentions that there were 8 children, so that leads me to believe that all the children listed above plus John H., Alice, and Wilimina were not the children of Thomas and Millie. John H. is buried in the same cemetery (Swords/Mershon) as his siblings so I would tend to believe that he is the natural child of Thomas & Millie. Does anyone know where Alice and Wilimina fit in? Was Thomas married previously? Thanks for your help! Amanda Kemen Cincinnati, OH

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Z.2ACBAEB/42.102.2 Message Board Post: I am also a descendent of Benjamin Piatt, Sr down to Benjamin, Jr to Jackson Pierce to Mark F. to Lester. We must be fourth cousins. Would be glad to hear from you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PIATT, STOUT, RACKHAM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Z.2ACBAEB/237 Message Board Post: Seeking any information on a Charlotte (Lottie) Piatt. She lived in Chicago in the mid 1900s, and spent her final years in an Episcopalian Home for the Elderly. She is connected to my family (Stout, Rackham) somehow.

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Concerning BENJAMIN PIATT JR I have his death date as 22 March 1899 and that of his wife, ELMIRA LAVINIA "MYRA" BAYLESS, as 23 Jan 1902. Both are buried in the Nixon Christian Union Church Cemetery on Ellison's Ridge in Adams Co OH. Source: Piatt Family Newsletter, Volume 6, 1991. Everton's Handy Book for Genealogists states that the Adams County OH Courthouse burned in 1910 with some records saved. The Piatt Family Newsletter does not give a source for the death dates but a contributing editor for that issue was David D Piatt of Stout, Adams Co OH. PFN also mentions an obituary for Benjamin Piatt Jr so perhaps that newspaper can be found on microfilm. -- Laverne Ingram Piatt Ontario, OH

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Z.2ACBAEB/1.6.13.20.78.80 Message Board Post: Benjamin Piatt, Jr was born in 1814, death unknown since county records were destoyed in a courthouse fire in 1913. He was married to Elmira Lavina Bayless, date unknown once again. Jackson Pierce Piatt was one of his children who married Barbara Ellen Chamblin. Junior,s father was Benjamin , Sr, born 1763, died 1851. He was a Lieutenant under McCollough. He had two wives, Mary Polly Waddell and Mary Phillips. His Father was Jacob Piatt III. Going further back was Jacob Piatt II and Jacob Piatt, Sr. Senior was a son of Rene who was an immigrant to this country. I have lots more. Contact me at jdpiatt@aol.com. By the way, this is your nephew.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PIATT, DRAKE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Z.2ACBAEB/236 Message Board Post: I am looking for any descendants of Harry Clayton Piatt who was born 17 Dec.1902 in Monroe Co.,OH. His parents were: Alfred Comer Piatt & Catherine Drake. They were married in Monroe Co.,OH. on 20 July 1901. He had at least one brother Denver George Piatt born 8 Oct.1906 in Woodsfield,Monroe Co.,OH. For awhile the family lived in OK. Harry Clayton Piatt died on 12 Feb.1986 in Los Angeles, CA. His grandparents were:George Washington Drake & Nancy Jane Eddington & John Milton Piatt & Nancy Ellen Williams. His father died 18 Sept.1940 in Neptune,Woods Co.,WV. I don't know where or when his mother died yet. My grandmother,Mary Elizabeth Drake,was a sister to Catherine Drake Piatt. George & Nancy Drake had 12 children. Any help would be appreciated! Sincerely, Linda Andreasen

Sharolynn, Thanks so much for your reply. We are very lucky to have people like yourself and Laverne to do this kind of research for us. I too believe the origins to be of French descent, this is why I wanted to disqualify anything about the Italian lineage. Of coarse we never know for sure but it is good to see that there is lots and lots of documentation. I do have one question though, where again did the Fleurry name come from? I have not done extensive research yet, I've only been at it on an on and off again basis for about 2 years, but I have not come across this name yet. Is it interchangeable with the Piatt name or is it another branch of the family? Thanks for your help, Amanda ----- Original Message ----- From: <sharolynn_pyeatt@byu.edu> To: <PIATT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 3:42 PM Subject: [PIATT] re: Origins of the Piatt/Pyatt/Pyeatt surname > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Z.2ACBAEB/235 > > Message Board Post: > > I'm not sure that I'm the best person to respond to Amanda Kemen's query regarding the origins of the Piatt/Pyatt/Pyeatt surname, but I will attempt to respond. I'll ask in advance for your indulgence because I'm writing some of this from memory and don't have all of the documentation in front of me. > > In the past there has been some controversy among researchers regarding the origins of the surname. Ravenscroft, in her book, claimed that the surname was not French, but was originally of Scots origin and was spelled PYOT. Orra Eugene Monnette, in his book, First settlers of ye plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, olde East New Jersey, 1664-1714 (actually an 8-vol. set of books), states rather emphatically that the family is not of Scots or English descent, but was French. Dick Piatt has written in the past that he always believed that the family originated from Dauphine Province in France (Grenoble was the provincial capital)-- which is in the Alps near the Italian border between France and Italy. Larry Piatt published an article in the Piatt newsletter indicating that "Rene" as a given name appeared very little in Dauphine Province and postulated that Rene may have originated from one of the northern provinces nearer to Belgium where the given name was more commo! > n. > > At this point, in my research, I believe that we are of French origin, but that branches of the family do appear in the British Isles. As a researcher, however, I try to be open-minded-- because I would hate to have to eat crow when the truth finally surfaces. Here are some of the clues I've come across: > > 1. Most of the Piatt/Pyatt/Pyeatt families in the U.S. tend to descend from Rene Piatt/Pyatt. What his name truly was is somewhat a matter of speculation, because it appears with so many variations in the records. In some records, his name appears something like as "Fleurry (Renipiat)" with the "Renepiat" or "Renipiat" always appears in parentheses. Among the various aliases which Monnette lists are Rene Piatt, Rene Pyat, Rene Le Fleur, Rene La Flower, Thomas Le Fleur, Thomas Piatt. There are also some references in the early records to "Rene Fleurison," i.e., Fleury's son-- which may refer to either the original Rene or to his son Rene [Jr.]. > > 2. According to the denization, i.e., naturalization, records, we know that Rene was "alien borne" and granted British citizenship in London in 1685. His name appears in the document as Rene Fleury, and shortly thereafter, there appear a Peter Fleurison (i.e., Fleury's son) and a Daniel Fleurian (relatives perhaps?). It also appears that he acquired the land he settled on in New Jersey while still in London. Based on what I know (others may have more information), we don't know where or when he was born. > > 2. Among the surnames listed in the master index for the proceedings of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain & Ireland are: Pyot, Pygett, Fleury, Fleurie, Flory, Floreay, Florison, La Fleur. Huguenot was the name associated with the French Protestant movement-- which would lead me to believe that the family was definitely of French origin. Even so, there may be descendents of these French families living in the British Isles today who may have forgotten their French origins. > > 3. Rene's son, John, is sometimes referred to in the early New Jersey records as "John of France," which has lead some to believe that John was born in France, but Laverne Piatt this summer postulated that it may have been because the Piatt sons and their families were living in a Dutch community in New Jersey-- and the early settlers wanted to clarify that John was of French and not Dutch descent. In the 6-Mile Run (now Franklin Park, NJ) church records that I researched, the surname appeared with any number of creative spellings, e.g. PIJATT, PEYATT, PJAT, etc. because the minister was Dutch-- hence the Dutch/Germanic variant spellings which were phonetically based. > > 4. This fall I looked around a bit for the Piatt/Fleury surnames in books about the Huguenots. I was able to document both surnames in books about the Huguenots in Dauphine Province. Antoine Piat was listed among the individuals who protested a decision made by the king in 1561. David & Daniel Du Piotay (which may or may not have relation with the Piat surname) were listed as natives of Lyon & were protestant ministers. Sebastien Fleury also appears in the mid-16th century records, also as a minister in Dauphine Province. This information came from a 3-vol. work by E. Arnaud, entitled "Histoire des protestants du Dauphine aux XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles." > > There was a lot of religious and political strife in the mid-1500's and the protestants were sometimes promised royal tolerance and at other times, they were severely persecuted. One of the books I consulted indicated that the Fleury's left Dauphine Province for the Netherlands somewhere around the 1560's where there was greater religious tolerance. > > 5. G. Elmore Reaman's book, The trail of the Huguenots in Europe, the United States, South Africa, and Canada (originally published Toronto, 1963; reprinted by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, in 1986), has this to about the Fleury surname: > > "The Fleury's were descended from the French nobility shortly before the Revocation. Louis Fleury, the Protestant pastor of Tours, fled with his wife Esther, his son born 1671, and his two daughters to England where they were naturalized in 1679. He came to Ireland as one of the private chaplains of William of Orange and was present at the battle of the Boyne." (p. 99). This same book indicates that the Fleury family also settled in New Jersey (p. 134), but it's just a listing of surnames. > > There appear to have been several Fleury descendents who were pastors or ministers, and I remember coming across a reference to one minister who migrated in Scotland and had children there-- but again, was of French descent by way of the Netherlands. > > I think you can see why I still believe that the family was French. The proximity of Dauphine Province to the Italian border is about as close to an Italian link as I can come at this point in time. Seeds from the original French family tree appear to have been planted, however temporarily in both the Netherlands and the British Isles; some may have stuck around long enough to take root. Other's may have stayed for a generation or so and then moved on. There are lots of interesting avenues yet to be thoroughly researched and documented. > > I hope this helps! > > Sharolynn Pyeatt > > > > ==== PIATT Mailing List ==== > Thought for the day: Any ancestor you identify today is > just two more you have to identify tomorrow... > Keep up the good work! > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >