Thomas Pettus Bt (abt. 1606 - 1654)

Born about 1606 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Knyvett) Pettus — married 27 Mar 1627 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

Husband of Anne (Everard) Warner — married 10 Aug 1654 in Caistor Saint Edmunds, Norfolk, England

Descendants

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Research notes

1st Baronet of Rackheath, so created September 23, 1641. Baptized at St. Margaret's, King's Lynn, February 21, 1606. Married Anne Everard at Caistor St. Edmund, August 10, 1654.^[1]

Son and heir of Sir Augustine Pettus, by his 1st wife, and heir of his grandfather, Sir John Pettus MP.

Created baronet 23 Sep 1641 by a grateful King Charles I.

Thomas married Elizabeth Knyvett, daughter of Sir Thomas Knyvett of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk at Ashwellthorpe on 27 March 1627. ^[2]

Anno Dom[ini] 1627. Mr Thomas Pettus Esq: and M^is Elizabeth Knyvett Gentlewoman were marryed the 27th day of March an[n]o pr[e]dicto

A Knyvett of Ashwellthorpe pedigree is given in Le Neve's Pedigrees of the Knights, p. 21-23. Elizabeth is not shown, but was presumably the daughter of the Sir Thomas who died v.p in 1605.

In which case, her mother was presumably Elizabeth Bacon. (Note Sir Thomas's uncle Thomas also had a mother-in-law called Elizabeth Bacon, but not the same person. In Wotton's version, apparently not correct, the two brothers Thomas have the two mothers-in-law of the same name.)

(A "Mr Thomas Knivett" was buried at St. Simon and St. Jude, 5th Dec 1634. Don't know where he comes in)

Thomas and Elizabeth Knyvett had the following children according to the Pettus history compiled by William Walker Pettus IV ^[3]

1. John Pettus baptised, died and buried 6 January 1630/1^[4]
2. Thomas Pettus born about 1635, probably at Rackheath, Norfolk, England, died 30 October 1671 at Rackheath Norfolk. Succeeded his father as Baronet. Married 1656 Elizabeth Overbury.
3. Augustine born about 1637. Will (PCC) proved 1 July 1661
4. John Pettus born 3 April 1640, died 25 October 1698. Married Mary Burwell 1670. He was the sixth son according to his memorial.

Thomas' wife Elizabeth died in 1653 and he quickly remarried to Anne Everard. His will written on 5 November 1654 describes her as his "now wife" and the daughter of Arthur Everard and sister of Charles and John.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial # 122420861
2. ↑ Thomas Pettus and Elizabeth Knyvett marriage in: Parish register of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England. Norfork County Record Office, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Image viewed and transcribed from FindMyPast.co.uk 22 November 2020 requires subscription
3. ↑ page 187 of "Thomas Petyous of Norwich, England and His Pettus Descendants in England and Virginia, Volume 1" William Walker Pettus IV, pub. 2011 Otter Bay Books, Baltimore. MD
4. ↑ "Rackheath Parish Register" FreeReg https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818bef2e93790eca3c0a405/john-pettus-baptism-norfolk-rackheath-1631-01-06?locale=en
5. ↑ "Will registers for the Archdeaconry of Norwich, 1538-1857" https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39F-KCXS?i=220 Transcribed here.

• Cokayne, G.E: Complete Baronetage, Vol. 2, p. 145, I.

• Wotton, Thomas: English Baronets (1741), Vol. 2, p. 270.