As usual, very well researched and presented to the reader. Love it!!
John Pettit (b.1771) Forgotten Son of Joshua and Rachel Pettit of Spartanburg Co. SC
John was born on September 2, 1771, to Joshua and Rachel Pettit. His birth is recorded in the family Bible of his older brother, Henry Pettit Sr. He was likely the father of 5 boys and 4 girls. Elijah, Solomon, Benjamin, Nathaniel H, Daniel and Ruth...
Also of note on the YDNA front is the possibility of properly placing Ashford Pettit in this family. Ashford (1814-1894) b. in Spartanburg, SC lived most of his adult life in Calhoun County, Alabama. Strong paper research suggests he was the oldest son of Nathan Pettit and subsequently grandson of Joshua Pettit/Judith Poole. A YDNA test has been completed on a male descendant of Ashford's and if the YDNA SNP gods smile upon us we may get a genetic match between Ashford and the Joshua/Judith test taker. That would cinch it!!
I recieved the following update on the DNA tests regarding this branch from Janet Wood.
"In the last week we've had two Big Ys come in, both of which are fascinating.
The first is a descendant of Daniel Pettit (1812). Daniel was the brother of Elijah Pettit (1790-) and Nathaniel H Pettit (1813-1885) and they were sons of John Pettit (1771-c1845) and grandsons of Joshua Pettit (1734-1786). What I like, as an enthusiast of the genetic side of this, is that their shared haplogroup, FT187589, had to have been inherited from their father. And because none of John's brothers had it, John's father lacked it and, therefore, it first emerged at John's birth. (This is what we call an anchor SNP.) In other words, John Pettit and all his direct progeny had and still have the FT187589 marker. Indeed, anyone born with the marker descends from John."