Elizabeth Pettit (abt. 1630 - 1679)

I'm confused by your first statement that Eliz was not the daughter of THos Petit but of Jessup....a few paragraphs later, you call her Eliz Pettit. It is confusing. And, yes, I've read/copied the Rev. Moore book (compiled 1844). Since Jessup was from Stanford, CT...maybe church records there may have information. Thos Reed's grandson William, John Burroughs Jr, the Moores, Jessups, Pettits, etc all wound up in Maidenhead, NJ and neighboring Hopewell in the 1690s. I lived about 2 miles from William Reed's stone house build prior to 1708. It still stands and is a residence!

Nathaniel Pettit went to Burlington New Jersey in 1691 and was the only son to have a Will so his children can be identified. These Thomas Pettit's in the records cannot be identified. Thomas Pettit m. Mary Way, Thomas Pettit m. Avis, Thomas Pettit m. Ann Hazzard.

Thomas Pettit III (first) wife Ann Hazzard? (second) Catherine Branch has been identified as the son of Thomas Pettit II & Sarah Perry.

In the record John Pettit was the neighbour of John Firman, after his death James Way purchased his property, so I assume that Thomas Pettit who married May Way and second Avis? was the son of John Pettit and Sarah Bailey who were Quakers. We know James Way had a son in law Thomas Pettit and a grandson Thomas Pettit named in his 1685 Will.

Elizabeth Burroughs made out her Will a few months after her husband death, she named her son in law Samuel Moore her executor and gave a bequest to her sister "Hannah Pettit" who is likely Hannah the widow of John Moore II the brother of Samuel & Gershom Moore the wife of Thomas Pettit is mentioned in her husbands Will as a good friend.

Thomas & Christian Pettit had a daughter Hannah Pettit born the beginning of Feb 1636/37 in Exeter but the History of Newfield New Hampshire 1638-1911 says that she died December 1647. I am currently looking for this record. Sarah who married Thomas Skillman is identified to be a daughter of Thomas & Christian Pettit through connection and a Hannah who married Thomas Morrell is connected to the Bailey's & the Skillman's is possibly daughter Hannah Pettit mentioned above.

The History John Jessup is interesting I've been reading several books and going through records he did not die in 1637 and did not have a wife, Joanna. He was a merchant adventurer businessman and attorney. He was one of the founders of Hartford Connecticut. (Great Migration letter Vol. 9) He could be a relative of William Jessop 1603-1675 confidential man of business to Robert Rich Earl of Warwick and clerk to the council of State and House of Commons

The Pettit's Hunt's Burroughs & Moore families were related and intermarried in New Jersey. "The History of Newton New Jersey" Newton was first called Newtown and carried there by the Hunts and Pettit's. These Pettit's must be the descendants of Thomas Pettit who married Hannah Jessup widow of John Moore the sister of Ann Jessup who married Ralph Hunt.

With your Reade family there may be a connection in Salem John Burroughs & John Moore are recorded there.

Paragraph 5: "Elizabeth Burroughs mentioned her sister 'Hannah Pettit' whose maiden name was Jessup.

If you know of a source of primary information for this surname, please put it on her profile and that of her first husband John Moore. Right now, the profiles indicate that her maiden surname is unknown.

Paragraph 6: "The America Genealogist mentions tht John Burroughs had a daughter Joanna that must have been named after the grandmother "Joanna Whitmore" ... and then from your comment on Johannah's page: "American Geneaologist claims are based without any fact or record but just by the suggestion that " Johanna" was named after the grandmother Joannah Whitemore, but the History of Families of Old Fairfield states that Elizabeth Jessup the widow of Thomas Reed was the daughter of John Jessup and Joannah Kerrich and married John Burroughs ..."

I presume you are referencing volume 1 Families of Old Fairfield, pages 336-7, but tell me if it is some other part instead. That just says that Elizabeth was Elizabeth Reed, widow. It does *not* say that she was "Elizabeth Jessup the widow of Thomas Reed [and] the dauhter of John Jessup and Joannah Kerrich..." as you stated. And indeed, it doesn't even given a first name to the daughter who married John Burroughs.

It is that same part of Families of Old Fairfield that states, “note that the child Johanna was named after her grandmother," not an article in The American Genealogist as you indicated. The article in The American Genealogist vol. 20 (1943) page 215 (which is by the exact same author as Families of Old Fairfield, i.e., Jacobus) then for some reason states that John's first wife was Joanna Jessup. It is noted on Joanna's profile that it is not clear how Jacobus could have made this determination, and that it is suspect.

So it still appears there are no sources of *primary* information that give direct evidence either for the maiden surname of John Burrough's second wife Elizabeth nor for the first name *or* surname of his first wife. And later articles in The American Genealogist, such as the recent one by Gale Ion Harris on the chronologies of John^1 Jessup and son John^2 Jessup have the modern carefulness, indicating little confidence in the first name "Joanna" for the first wife of John Burroughs and providing no maiden surname for Elizabeth.

As you note, Edward Jessup called John Burroughs his brother-in-law. So unless he was using an extended notion of this relationship, which is possible, either Edward had married a sister of John Burroughs or John had married a sister of Edward. And indeed, at least one source, Frost, states that it was a wife of Edward who was a Burroughs not not a wife of John who was a Jessup.

Why do so many sources, including careful, modern sources say that it was the first wife of John who was a Jessup? That's a good question. As you note, when Edward made his will, John had already married again and had son John Jr. with his second wife. But that observation is not dispositive: if my brother dies, I will still call his wife my sister-in-law. That that would likely have been the case several centuries ago as well.

But your other points are well-taken. There seems to be no primary evidence making any sort of strong support for one of the possibilities: 1. Edward Jessup's wife was a Burroughs 2. John Burrough's first wife was a Jessup 3. John Burrough's second wife Elizabeth was born a Jessup 4. Or even, Edward Jessup's and John Burrough's wives were sisters, with unknown surname. In this situation, it often happened that the men would refer to each other as "brother-in-law."

Please indicate if I am missing something, but it seems the *only* evidence that has led to people landing on possibility #2 is onomastic: that John and his first wife named a daughter Joannah. But as you note, that needn't be because she was named in honor of her grandmother. All other evidence that is cited, like John Burroughs being an attorney for the widow Whitmore, seems to be just reinforcing the connection between John Burroughs and the Jessups, as already indicated in the will of Edward Jessup, without indicating the particular connection(s) between the families. Right now, my feeling is that there is not enough evidence known at this point to assign surnames to either of John Burrough's wives nor to Edward Jessup's wife. All that we can be reasonably confident in is that one of those men likely married a sister of the other, or if not then their wives were sisters.

To summarize, I agree that the identification of the first wife of John Burroughs as a Jessup is problematic, but I do *not* agree that the rest of your claims are settled. You quote some sources for some things, but give no sources for other things, such as Hannah Pettit being born a Jessup. And many of the sources you cite are derivative, so are not credible enough for a pre-1700 profile without corroboration from original records with primary information.

May I suggest that you move this conversation into G2G?

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/

You have put several comments on several profiles, but very few people will be actively monitoring all of those profiles. On G2G, you can get a much broader viewership for the comments.

Edward Hunt had sisters.. Elizabeth the widow Thomas Reed and second wife of John Burroughs. Hannah Jessup (mentioned in her sisters will) widow of John Moore and second wife of Thomas Pettit II. Anne Jessup married to Ralph Hunt and Margaret Jessup married to John Reeder Joanna Burroughs is mentioned as cousin (niece) in Edward Will and was married to son John Reeder. Margaret Jessup the widow of John Reeder married Samuel Toe. Thomas Pettit II first wife’s sister Sarah Perry had a sister Mary Toe married to Joseph Toe son of Samuel.

From the book Edward Jessup of West Farms

Of the names mentioned in the will of Edward JESSUP, Elisabeth Hunt was the wife of Thomas HUNT, Jr., and Mary HUNT was their daughter. Johannah BURROUGHS, Jessup's cousin (or niece as the word was then used), was the daughter of John BURROUGHS of Newtown, who married a REEDER. Derrick GASSON appears to have been a man in his employ. Mr. Richard CORNHILL (or CORNELL) came to Westchester Co. between 1655-1660. Mrs. Sarah BRIDGES was Sarah, daughter of Thomas CORNELL of Cornell's Neck in Westchester, patented to him July 26, 1646, by the Dutch governor, William KIEFT. Her first husband was Thomas WILLETT of Bristol, England, while her second husband was Charles BRIDGES. Ralph HUNT was a prominent Newtown man closely associated with JESSUP in the various conflicts between the town and the Dutch. Jesup, Rev. Henry Griswold, EDWARD JESSUP of WEST FARMS, WESTCHESTER CO., NEW YORK (1887).