Chat
|
Daily Search
|
My GenForum
|
Community Standards
|
Terms of Service
|
|
|
Refer to message #1401, "James Joshua Pettigrew b. 1832, m. Alcinda M. Anderson 1850s", for part 1 of this discussion, and #1402, "Ezekiel Pettegrew m. Emeline Beach 1827 Dearborn Co. IN," for part 2. Ezekiel was the son of Daniel Pettegrew of VT.
My conclusions in the following summary are speculative. You need to find documentation to confirm or disprove my conclusions, before incorporating this info into your family tree. Because these conclusions are speculative, no one has my permission to disseminate this info by means of the internet or by other media, especially on Worldconnect, gencircles, familysearch.org or any other such internet database. My research and my conclusions can contain errors and probably do. They are given only as an aid to further your own research.
My research notes follow the summary. They contain additional, important information, so study them also.
Daniel, David, and Nathan Pettegrew, brothers from Weathersfield, Windsor Co. VT, moved first to Hamilton Co. OH then to Dearborn Co. IN. One brother, David, became a Mormon bishop. His autobiographical account begins with their origins and migration; an excerpt of that account is in Note #1. David and Nathan left VT first, possibly as early as 1817; records show they purchased Dearborn Co. IN land in 1818. See Note #2.
Daniel probably left VT later than his brothers, as David mentions traveling west with brother Nathan only and their wives. By 1820, however, Daniel was in Hamilton Co. OH, and in Dearborn Co. IN by 1830. See the census records in Note #3. In David's account Daniel is listed first of William's sons, and in the 1830 census he is older than David and Nathan. Possibly, as oldest brother, Daniel stayed behind in VT to settle his father's affairs after the death of William in late 1816, while David and Nathan went west ahead of him.
I found an interesting 1815 newspaper ad that shows William was well aware of the opportunities awaiting in the west. See Note #4. William's interest shows that the brothers' westward move, soon upon the death of their father, was probably no sudden impulse, but may have been long-anticipated.
David embraced Mormonism in 1832. That year, against his eldest brother's objections, David sold his Indiana farm and removed his family to near Independence, Jackson County MO, a crude village proclaimed Zion by Joseph Smith. The family suffered all the persecutions and hardships of the Mormons there, moving on to (now) Nauvoo IL when the Mormons were expelled from MO in 1839. After the death of Joseph Smith in 1844, David and his family moved again, to Utah territory with Brigham Young . Much can be found about David through Google searches.
Daniel married in VT to Phebe. I now can confirm that Daniel was the father of Ezekiel, also of John and Sarah, thanks to finding an abstract of Daniel's 1835 Dearborn Co. will. See Note #5. The will was witnessed by Ezekiel's father-in-law, Job Beach.
Daniel and family were in the Cincinnati OH area in the 1820 census, but had moved to Dearborn Co IN by the 1830 census. Ezekiel, however, remained in OH at least long enough for his first two sons to be born there, John H. in 1831 and James in 1832-4. In Oct. 1835, Ezekiel bought government land in Dearborn Co. IN, 40 acres in the same section as his father's 160 acres. See Note #2, part 2. His next son, named after his father Daniel, was b. there 4 Jan 1836.
It appears Ezekiel did not stay in Dearborn Co. long after his father's death. By 1837 he was in Coles County IL and is listed as officiating at several marriages there. See Note #6. Thus, the following Pettegrew in the same county is likely Ezekiel:
1840 census: E Pettegrew Coles Co, Illinois (just west of Edgar Co)
1m/1835-40, 2m/1830-35, 1m/1800-10; 1f/1835-40, 1f/1830-35, 1f/1820-25, 1f/1800-10, 1f/1780-90
Here the oldest female is likely his widowed mother Phebe. The sons are John H., James, and Daniel.
Ezekiel, and possibly his brother John also, bought government land in Coles County IL. See Note #2, part 3. Possibly their mother Phebe remarried there, but I don't know that for sure. I just have this marriage record:
http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/earpconnections/colescountymarriages.html
Nov. 12, 1843 Williams, James Pettigrew, Phebe Dunbar, Henry C. , JP
See further info about Ezekiel in Genforum message #1402.
Return now to Nathan Pettegrew, the last of the VT brothers who settled in Dearborn Co. IN. He bought land in Dearborn Co. in 1818, and again in '25, '32, and '37. See Note #2, parts 1 and 2. Nathan supposedly married twice: Mary (Polly) Roberts and Mary Chandler. I haven't found marriage records for either. He appears in the 1850 census, age 57, so his birthyear was likely 1792-93. With him was wife Mary and several children. Also living with them was Rachel Chandler, so I conjecture that wife Mary was Mary Chandler. See census, Note #3. After 1850, Nathan moved from Dearborn Co. IN to IL. There is an 1855 land record for him in McLean Co. IL. See Note #2. Some researchers have said Nathan died in Princeton, Bureau Co., IL, 10 August 1855, but I have no proof of that. Several of his children lived in Bureau Co. IL for many years. See census, Note #3.
For an obit of one of Nathan's sons, see Genforum message #1331: "Obit: Darius E. Pettegrew, 1833-1902; IN & IL."
The VT Pettegrew brothers had a half-sister who also moved west, Mary. She married Rev. N.A. Keyes. In 1855 they settled in Bureau Co. IL. See Genforum message #1331: "Obit: Mary Pettigrew Keyes, 1813-1913; VT, Syria & IL."
I will put some bits of info about the patriarch William in a later post.
Bev
******************** Research Notes ***************************************
Note #1:
Ancestry.com:
"An Enduring Legacy, Volume Three"
David Pettegrew
Early Convert to the Church
Member of the Mormon Battalion
Captain of the Silver Greys, S.L. City
Major of the Utah Militia
Chaplain, House of Representatives, Utah Territory
Bishop of the Tenth Ward, SLC
p 663-5:
"In the year of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, eighteen hundred and forty, I, David Pettegrew, commenced to write somewhat of a history of my life.
I was born in the town of Weatherfield, Windsor County, state of Vermont, in the year 1791. My father, William Pettegrew, was born in the town of Woodbury, Connecticut, in the year 1752. My grandfather, Alexander Pettegrew, emigrated from Scotland to New England; all I know of him is what I remember hearing my father say of him. He was a soldier in the old French War. He had two sons, William and Stephen. My father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. I heard him say much of the suffering and hardships during the war, such as the Indian expedition from West Point to the Conasee Country, and the Battle of Monmouth, and many other of the mighty excursions which were made in the Revolutionary War under the great Washington.
My father had four sons: Daniel, Nathaniel, David and Nathan; and three daughters: Betsy, Lydia and Sally. My mother died and my father married again and had by his second wife four sons: John, Thomas, Alden and William; and one daughter, Mary.
My father was a very strict professor of the Methodist Church and a traveling preacher. I remember that he spoke much about the prophets and the fulfillments of the prophecies. He died in October 1816.
I married Elizabeth Alden, daughter of John Alden of Clarement County, New Hampshire, and myself and wife with my brother Nathan and wife started for the West. We arrived at Olyann and purchased a boat, and descended the river Ohio to Cincinnati, state of Ohio, where we lived four years, and then I removed to the state of Indiana, where I lived until the year 1832...."
A shorter account appears here, available on Google:
"The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine "- Google Books Result
by Genealogical Society of Utah, Church of Jesus ... - 1913 - Genealogy
pg 175ff
-----------------------
Note #2: Land records:
1) "History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana : ..."
Chicago: F.E. Weakley & Co., 1885, 980 pgs.
Government land sales with purchaser's name and year of purchase:
p. 538-39:
Manchester Twp., Dearborn Co.:
T6/R2W: 1818, a portion of S27 to Nathan Pettigrew, Job Sylvester and Davis Woodward.
T5/R2W: 1824 and 1836, a portion of S4 sold to Nathan Pettigrew.
p. 594:
Jackson Twp., Dearborn Co.:
T8/R3W: 1818, a portion of S23 to David Pettigrew, to Daniel Pettigrew in 1830; to Ezekiel Pettigrew in 1833.
T8/R3W: 1831, a portion of S24 to Daniel Pettigrew in 1831.
2) Ancestry.com: U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907:
Name State of Record Issue Date Meridian County Township/Range/Section
Ezekiel Pettigrew Illinois 20 May 1841 3rd PM Coles 12-N 10-E 3
Ezekiel Pettegrew Illinois 20 May 1841 3rd PM Coles 13-N 10-E 21
Nathan Pettegrew Illinois 1 Mar 1855 3rd PM McLean 26-N 5-E 15
Nathan Pettegrew Ohio 14 Mar 1825 1st PM Dearborn 75Ac 5-N 2-W 4
Nathan Pettegrew Ohio 10 Jul 1832 1st PM Dearborn 75Ac 5-N 2-W 4
Nathan Pettegrew Ohio 7 Nov 1837 1st PM Dearborn 37Ac 5-N 2-W 4
Daniel Pettegrew Ohio 2 Sep 1830 1st PM Dearborn 80Ac 8-N 3-W 23 Daniel Pettegrew Ohio 5 Mar 1832 1st PM Dearborn 80Ac 8-N 3-W 23
Ezekiel Pettegrew Ohio 16 Oct 1835 1st PM Dearborn 40Ac 8-N 3-W 23
Above also at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/in/dearborn/land/land-rec.txt
3) http://genealogytrails.com/ill/coles/patents-p.html
Coles County Land Patents
These Coles County land patent records can be found at the Bureau of Land Management website
"Land patents document the transfer of land ownership from the federal government to individuals. These land patent records include the information recorded when ownership was transferred."
Patentee Name State Issue Date Doc. # Accession or Serial Number
PETTEGREW, EZEKIEL IL 05/20/1841 12693 IL2990__.011
PETTIGREW, EZEKIEL IL 05/20/1841 11306 IL2960__.195
PETTIGREW, JOHN IL 10/10/1839 9541 IL2920__.409
PETTIGREW, JOHN IL 10/10/1839 9542 IL2920__.410
----------------------
Note #3: Census, from ancestry.com:
1820:
Daniel Petigrew Columbia Twp,Hamilton Co.,OH m110010; f00010
1male/b. 1810-20, 1m/1804-10, 1m/1775-1794; 1female/1775-1794
(Elder son Ezekiel b. VT ~1808. Younger son John b. VT, date unknown.)
1830:
Daniel Ptegrew/Petigrew Kelso, Dearborn, Indiana m0001001; f0000001
oldest male b. 1780-90
David Ptigren/Petegrew Kelso, Dearborn, Indiana m012001; f111001
oldest male b. 1790-1800 (In 1850 census he is 59 & in 1860 census he is 68.)
Nathan Ptigrew/Petigrew Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana m220001; f011001
oldest male b. 1790-1800 (By 1850 census, Nathan b. 1792-93.)
1830:
Ezekiel Pettigrew Whitewater Twp, Hamilton Co, Ohio
1male/b. 1800-10; 1female/1825-30, 1f/1820-25, 1f/1800-10
Note: Whitewater Township marks the southwest corner of Hamilton County and the state of Ohio; NE of Lawrenceburg IN; east of stateline from Dearborn Co. IN.
1840:
Nathan Pettigrew Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana m0220001; f0000001
1850: Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana (taken 2 Nov 1850)
(all were indexed as Pettingrew, but clearly were Pettigrew in the census image)
Nathan Pettigrew 57 b. VT, carpenter
Mary Pettigrew 54 b. PA
William Pettigrew 25 b. IN, carpenter
Swithen Pettigrew 1 b. IN (indexed as Surthen. This is William's son.)
Elias Pettigrew 21 b. IN, carpenter
Edward Pettigrew 18 b. IN, farmer (Darius Edward)
Jonathan Pettigrew 16 b. IN, farmer
Rachel Chandler 78 b. PA
1860: Tiskilwa, Bureau, Illinois
Elias N Pettigrew 30 b. IN
Atlanta Pettigrew 22
Eddie Pettigrew 1
1870: Indiantown, Bureau, Illinois
Elias Pettigrew 39
Atlanta Pettigrew 33
Edward Pettigrew 11
Charles Pettigrew 9
Jesse Pettigrew 8
Harry Pettigrew 6
Minnie Pettigrew 4
Jasper Pettigrew 1
1860: Milo, Bureau, Illinois
Jonathan Petzren 30 b. IL (surname hard to decipher)
Elizabeth Petzren 21 b. OH (probably written as Petigrew, but hard to decipher)
Frederick Petzren 2 mo. b. IL
1870: Milo, Bureau, IL
John Pettegrew 34 b. IN
Elisabeth Pettegrew 30
Willis Pettegrew 10
Laevis Pettegrew 5
Lily Pettegrew 3
John Pettegrew 6/12
1880: Milo, Bureau, Illinois
Johathan Pettegrew 46 b. IN, fa b. CT, mo b. PA
Diana Pettegrew 42
Willis Pettegrew 20
Lewis Pettegrew 16
Laura Pettegrew 13
Benjamin Pettegrew 9
1870: Milo, Bureau, Illinois
Morris Pettegrew 36 (this is Darius Edward, s/o Nathan)
Maria Pettegrew 35
Ida Pettegrew 12
Samuel Pettegrew 11
Lyman Pettegrew 9
Edward Pettegrew 6
Mary Pettegrew 4
Fred Pettegrew 2
Albert Pettegrew 1/12
1880: Milo, Bureau, Illinois
D. E. Pettigrew 48 b. IN, fa b. CT, mo b. PA
Maria Pettigrew 48
Samuel Pettigrew 21
Swithen Pettigrew 18
Edward Pettigrew 16
Myrtie Pettigrew 14
Fred Pettigrew 12
Robert Pettigrew 10
Mary Pettigrew 8
Maria Pettigrew 6
Florence Pettigrew 4
Fanny Pettigrew 2
Note: all ch b. IL
--------------------
Note #4:
Date: 1815-05-22; Paper: Vermont Republican, published as: Vermont_Republican
pg 4, advertisement:
Emigration Westward!
Those persons who may wish to purchase lands on the west side of the Allegheny Mountains in the state of Ohio, the Territories of Indiana or Illinois and to become actual Settlers, are respectfully solicited to meet at Patrick's Tavern in Windsor on Wednesday the 24th day of May next, at 12(?) o/clock M. to make such arrangements as may be thought necessary.
Joseph Winslow,
Erastus Otis
Caleb Dustin,
William Pettegrew,
Jona. Davis,
Abishai Hoisington,
Ebenr. Shead,
Joel Lull,
West Windsor, April 28th, 1815.
( It is unclear whether William was acting as an emigration agent, or was a party interested in emigrating.)
----------------
Note #5: Will abstract for Daniel:
"Early Dearborn County, Indiana Wills: Abstracted from Will Books I and II (including Ohio County)" by Chris McHenry.
On pg 8:
Will Book I, pg 201:
Will of Daniel Pettegrew. Wife Phebe. Elder son Ezekiel; son John; daughter Sarah. Witnesses Isaac Alden, Job Beach, William Vanzile. Dated 7 Jul 1835; Prob. 22 Jan 1836.
About Phebe:
This webpage puts forth that Phebe was dau/o John and Sally Hardy, and that she m. Daniel Pettegrew in 1807:
http://www.bjhughes.org/dehardy2a.html
Hardy family tree:
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/HARDY/1999-09/0937969244
This webpage puts forth that Phebe was Daniel's first cousin, the niece of his mother, also Phebe Hardy.
I don't know if the info given in these two webpages is correct.
---------------
Note #6: Marriages performed by Ezekiel Pettegrew.
http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/earpconnections/colescountymarriages.html
Jan 19, 1837 Dudey, Moses Henry, Jane Pettegrew, Ezekiel PG
Jan 10, 1837 Hughbanks, James Hughbanks, Elizabeth Pettegrew, Ezekiel PG
May 10, 1839 Evans, Robert K. Evinger, Matilda Pettegrew, E. MG
May 2, 1839 Galbreath, James Mitchell, Martha Pettegrew, E. MG
Oct 24, 1839 Goss, Peyton I. Dukes, Mary Ann Pettegrew, E. MG
July 4, 1839 Preston, Edward Ames, Clarissa M. Pettegrew, E. MG
Oct 24, 1839 Roberts, Nathan H. Dukes, Jane E. Pettegrew, E. PG
----------------
Note #7: Pettegrew marriages in Dearborn Co. IN:
PETTIGREW EZEKIEL BEACH EMMELINE Dearborn 11-18-1827
PETTIGREW JOHN LAWRENCE ELIZABETH Dearborn 10-2-1834
PETTIGREW JOHN ROBERTS BARBARA JANE Dearborn 9-9-1837
PETTIGREW BARBARA J HAZIN DANIEL Dearborn 4-11-1841
PETTIGREW MARY JANE WILLIAM FRANCIS Dearborn 6-8-1837
PETTIGREW JAMES LAYBOURN SARAH JANE Dearborn 3-3-1847
PETTIGREW WILLIAM STEVENSON EMILY Dearborn 12-24-1850
Notify Administrator about this message?
Followups:
|
| http://genforum.genealogy.com/pettigrew/messages/1407.html | ||
 |
Link to GenForum Add Forum |
|