James Pattillo Sr (abt. 1690 - abt. 1754)

Born about 1690 in Scotland

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Died about 1754 at about age 64 in Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie, Virginia

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Biography

James Pattillo/Patillo/Pittillo was born between 1690 and 1700 in Scotland. He was a Scots laborer and Jacobite rebel, who became a major landowner after being deported in 1716 to the Colony of Virginia. After completing service of his indenture, in 1726 Pittillo was granted 242 acres (1.0 km2) on Wagua Creek in Brunswick County, Virginia.

Appointed as a tobacco inspector in Bristol Parish in 1728, that year he was also selected for the major expedition of William Byrd II to survey the border between Virginia and North Carolina. Through grants of headrights and purchases, Pittillo eventually acquired more than 4,000 acres (16 km2) in the area of what developed as Prince George, Brunswick, and Dinwiddie counties in Southside Virginia. He passed away in 1754.

James was born about 1690. He passed away about 1754.

Research Notes

Profile was created as John, but souces state it was James that was born abt 1690, married Mary Littleton and had son John, b 1722

Sources

• Hart, Craig. A Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents and Their First Two Generations of Descent. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. 2004.
• Source number: 24062.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 3. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Yates Publishing. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2004.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Vol 2. Ship Elizabeth & Ann. Contributed by William R. Williams, Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC, 15 September 1999. [1]
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:349R-WKV : accessed 24 July 2019), entry for James /Pattillo/, cites sources; "Adam and Elizabeth ( Oakley ) Miller Family" file (2:2:2:MMDF-1MK), submitted 3 June 2015 by Margery Varner [identity withheld for privacy].

• Wikipedia article for James Pittillo
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pittillo

"James Pittillo was born between 1690 and 1698 in Scotland, likely in Perthshire. According to records in the British Archives of persons captured in the Jacobite rising of 1715 and deported to the colonies, James Pittillo was a laborer from the parish of Logierait in the ancient county of Perthshire (or Perth). Pittillo was captured at the Battle of Preston, tried, and transported on the ship Elizabeth and Anne to Virginia in June/July 1716." Multiple references cited.

Source Date - 1690

Web Page (Link to the Record)

"Miscellaneous records of families, Bibles, cemeteries," database with images, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Image : accessed 1 January 2023); citing Pittillo Family record.

Note - the ancestry page has James not John, b 1690 married to Mary Littleton, son John b 1722

James Pittillo b. between 1690 and 1700 d Dinwiddie County, Va., ca 1760, m Mary (Littleton?)

Children:

John Pittillo b.1722

James Pittillo b. 1725

Ann Pittillo b. 1728