Kelly Selzle wrote: > > V CORE wrote: > > > > Dear Group, > > This is what I have found: > > > > Dinah Wolverton (2) daughter of Charles > > and Mary Wolverton b. 26 Mar 1711 in > > Hunterdon Co., NJ She married twice: > > First (I think) she married: Andrew > > Pettit, perhaps the son of Nathaniel > > Pettit and Elizabeth Heath. He was born > > 1716 probably in Sussex NJ. Dinah had > > two children: 1. Nathaniel Pettit b > > 1740 Amwell, NJ and 2. Elizabeth Pettit > > b abt 1742 Amwell. > > > > Len Campbell suggested that the Mary > > Pettit that married Thomas (2) Wolverton > > could be the fourth generation daughter > > of Nathaniel Pettit and Elizabeth Heath > > and the Aunt of both Elizabeth Pettit > > Wolverton (married Dennis (2) and Andrew > > Pettit. > > > > This may be clear as mud. I found the > > missing Andrew in Van Wolvertons family > > tree...so Van if you are out there, talk > > to us! > > > > We sure need a relative of Thomas, > > Dinah, or Dennis Wolverton to see if it > > agrees with information that they may > > have. > > > > These aren't in my line so I don't have > > much. > > HELP someone! > > Ginny Core vcore@trib.com > > Hi Group, > > I am a direct descendant of Charles (1) and Thomas (2). The research > that I have, however, was compiled by David McDonald in Pennsylvania, > John E. Wolverton of Chicago and Kilburn Stoner of California. All of > the information that I have has pretty much been corroborated by census > reports, land deeds, wills, etc. I won't say it's error proof, though. > > David McDonald was very thorough in his research. He has theorized the > Mary Petit m. Thomas Woolverton as being accurate due to several > instances. He lists Thomas' sister Dinah married Andrew Pettit and his > brother Dennis married Andrew's sister Elizabeth Pettit, both being > children of Nathaniel Pettit and Elizabeth Heath. In 1758, Thomas > Woolverton administered the estate of Thomas Pettit, who would be a > brother of his wife Mary; and two years later Nathaniel Pettit, Jr., who > would also be Mary's brother, was co-administrator of Thomas > Woolverton's estate along with Mary herself. There is an unrecorded > deed dated 29 September 1762 by which Mary Woolverton of Newton, Sussex > County, conveyed 65 acres of land on the Pequest River to Amos Pettit, > of the same place, innholder. The deed was witnessed by Nathaneal > Pettit and was executed only three days before a license was issued for > Mary's marriage to Samuel Crowell. It is clear this was a family > transaction in which she was selling the land to an uncle in view of her > impending second marriage, that it was witnessed by her father and > another uncle, and that Mary is a child of Nathaniel Pettit and > Elizabeth Heath. > > Hope this made sense. > > There's more, if you want, I can snail mail a copy to anyone. > > Kelly