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PETTY FAMILY
*** Contributed by
Donald Petty
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The Petty (Pettie) Family of
Clones
John Petty and Susanna Armstrong
were united in marriage on the 20th of October at the parsonage of Reverend
Mr.Golding in an unnamed village in Ireland. They left Ireland in 1850 aboard
the ship "SARAH' accompanied by their sons, Thomas and John, and they
arrived in Saint John in a period between June and August of the same year.
John Petty received a grant of land from the
Crown for 100 acres in Clones, Parish of Petersville, Queens County on April
11th 1854 (Grant #6133). This land plus other acreage acquired in later years
remained in the Petty family until sold to the federal government for a military
base in September 1953.
John and Susanna had seven children listed below:
- Thomas
(13 Oct 1845 - 15 Jan 1915) m. 19 Jan 1875, Mary Jane Currie
- John (02
Feb 1850 - 04 Mar 1937) m. 17 Jan 1879, Elizabeth Barnett
- Elizabeth C.
(09 Dec 1855 - ....) m. 28 Aug 1871, Agustus Kennedy (SEE: Kennedy-1.html)
- Mary Ann
(09 Mar 1857 - 19 Dec 1865)
- George S.
(31 Aug 1859 - 26 Dec 1965)
- Arthur
(15 Apr 1861 - 27 Dec 1865)
- Sarah J.
(20 Oct 1866 - ....) m.1) 08 Feb 1887, James Morrison; m.2) 01 Oct 1894,
Isaih J. Baizley
John, Susanna and three of their children are
buried in a lot at the Church of England cemetery at Headline, Queens County,
New Brunswick. John died March 11th 1903 at the age of 87 years and his wife
Susanna died May 29th, 1920 at the age of 96 years. Their sons John and
Thomas are buried close by.
Thomas and Mary Jane (Currie)'s children were
John Sammy, Susanna, Thomas, Jennie, George, Sarah, Mary and Charlotte. They
also had twins who were stillborn and were buried on the farm on a knoll near
their barn by a stone fence.
On January 7th, 1879 in Saint John New
Brunswick, the Reverend G. M. Armstrong, Rector of the Parish of St. Marks
united in marriage John Petty of Petersville, Queens County and
Elizabeth Barnett, second daughter of John Barnett, of the same place. They
resided on the family farm in South Clones until their deaths. Elizabeth was
born May 10, 1858 and died March 6, 1951. The 11 children of John and Elizabeth
(Barnett) Petty:
- Elizabeth Ann
(19 Nov 1879 - 27 Mar 1959) m. Nov 01, 1905, Benjamin McCracken
Elizabeth and Benjamin McCracken had two children: Elizabeth, Howard.
- Thomas Arthur
( 17 Jul 1882 - 26 Oct 1979) m. 15 Jan 1913, Minnie Blanch Cooper Thomas
and Minnie Cooper had seven children: Hazel, Muriel, Myrtle, Gordon, John,
Thomas, Helen
- Margaret Ellen
(10 Jul 1885 - 26 Apr 1971) m. May 11, 1910, William McLaughlin Margaret
Ellen (Ella) and William McLaughlin had three children: Harold, John, Maxine
- George Samuel M.
(05 Jun 1888 - 31 Aug 1994) m. 01 Dec 1920, Margaret Susan Woods. George
and Margaret (Woods) Petty had nine children
See below.
- Mary Letitia
(08 Oct 1890 - 04 July 1892)
- Mary Myrtle
(12 Sep 1892 - 17 Dec 1893)
- Charles Edward
(14 Jul 1894 - 17 Mar 1969) m. 20 Oct 1926 Florence Parsons Charles and
Florence Parsons had two children: Robert, Ralph.
- Florence Mabel
(29 Oct 1896 - 07 Nov 1950) m. 10 Sep 1919, Charles Cooper Florence and
Charles Cooper had four children: Eldon, John, Kenneth, Margaret.
- Infant
(08 Feb 1899 - 08 Feb 1899)
- William Ellsworth
(08 Jun 1901 - 15 Jun 1977) m. 22 July 1940, Ada Procter. Ellsworth and Ada
Proctor had no children.
- John Delbert
(23 Apr 1903 - 11 Jul 1905)
George and Margaret (Woods) Petty had nine children:
- Raymond Herbert
(01 Aug 1920 - 26 Jul 1998)
- Margaret
(11 Jun 1923 - 11 Jun 1923)
- Harold Arthur
(04 May 1924 - 25 Aug 2000)
- Mldred Blanche
(23 Apr 1925 - 07 Mar 1987)
- Charles Melvin
(15 May 1926 - 15 Aug 1976)
- George Wellington
Sep 18, 1927- ....) m. 08 Apr 1972, Mildred Lindsay
- Helen Isabel
(16 Aug 1929 - 05 Apr 1957)