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Pettus 1: Pettus of Norwich, Pettus of Rackheath
Thomas Pettus of Norwich
1. John Pettus of Norwich b 1496 in Norwich, d 28 Aug 1558
m Joan b 1500 widow of Simon Dethick in 1522 qt St Simon & Jude, Norfolk, England
A. Thomas Pettus, Mayor of Norwich b 1523 d 7 Jan 1596/7 in Norwicha 1591
m Christian Dethick dau of Simon Dethick of Norfolk born 1503 in Norfolk, England; died Abt. 1545. and his wife Rose Crowe 1526 in Norfolk, England. Rose Crowe, born 1506 in Norfolk, England; died 1566 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. She was the daughter of Christopher Crowe and Christian Crowe.
i Alexander Pettus had issue,
ii. Sir John Pettus b about 1545 d 09.04.1613
m Bridget Curtis dau of Augustine Curtis of Honnington
a. Sir Augustine Pettus b about 1565 dvp 1612-3
m1 Mary Vylett b about1565 d 1611-2, dau of Henry Vylett or Violett of Lynn
1 Sir Thomas Pettus, Sheriff of Norfolk, 1st Bart of Rackheath b about 1590 d 21.11.1654
m1 Elizabeth Knyvet dau of Sir Thomas Knyvet of Ashwellthorpe
A Sir Thomas Pettus, Sheriff of Norfolk, 2nd Bart of Rackheath d 1671
m Elizabeth Overbury dau of Walter Overbury of Barton
i Elizabeth Pettus d 10.1705
m Rowland Okeover of Okeover, Sheriff b 21.09.1651, d 1730
B Augustine Pettus dsp before 01.07.1661
C Sir John Pettus, 3rd Bart of Rackheath b c1643, d 25/8.10.1698
m Mary Burwell b c1650, d 24.02.1728, dau of Nicholas Burwell of Gray''s Inn, niece of Sir John of Rougham
i Sir Horatio Pettus, 4th Bart of Rackheath d 09.03.1731
m Elizabeth Meers dau of Sir Thomas Meers of Kirton
a Sir John Pettus, 5th Bart of Rackheath dspm 05.1743, 2nd son
m Rebecca Prideaux dau of Edmund Prideaux of Prideaux Place
b Sir Horatio Pettus, 6th Bart of Rackheath dsp 31.07.1772
c Mary Pettus
m Leonard Batchelor of Norwich
d+ other issue - Thomas b c1703, d unm 1723, Anna Maria
ii Frances Pettus d 1700
m _ Faucett rector of Castor
iii+ other issue - John, Robert, Charles, Mary dsp
m2 Anne Everard d 14.01.1662, dau of Arthur Everard of Stow Park
m2 Abigail Heveningham b c1592, d 1673, dau of Sir Arthur Heveningham of Heveningham
2 Thomas Pettus 2nd b about 1595 if there was a divorce he was possibly the same Col. Thomas Pettus who came to America in 1638-1641, after serving on the Continent in the Thirty Years War, for the Virginia Company in command of forty men to assist the colonists in their struggles with the Powhatan Indians at Jamestowne.
m 1614 Anne Walpole dau of Calibut Walpole of Houghton She remarried in1619 Sir Henry Hungate of Bradenham
?m2m Elizabeth widow of. Richard DURRANT, added substantial holdings to the estate which eventually encompassed 1280 acres. The PETTUS plantation left a lasting imprint on the Jamestowne and Williamsburg landscape.
3 Sir John Pettus of Chediston b about 1600, d 1690
m 1637 Elizabeth Gurnay dau of Sir Richard Gurnay of London
A Thomas Pettus b about 620
B Elizabeth Pettus
m Samuel Sandys of Ombersley d 04.08.1701
?4 y/Theodore Pettus possibly of this family and branch or a son of William Pettus and Elizabeth Rolfe, see below, b about 1600, who came to Virginia in 1623 and was still in Virginia near the end of 1626, when he made a testimony in court.
m possibly Ka-Okee. daughter of Pocahontas by Kocoum
?5 William Pettus had a son
Thomas Pettus who emigrated with uncle Thomas to Virginia and had a
daughter Pettus who married y Fugate
Josiah Fugate married Mary Matin
b. Anne Pettus
m Robert Knightly of Offchurch
c. Christian Pettus
m Sir Peter Saltingstall of Barkway
d. Bridget Pettus
m Martin Sidley of Morley
e. Elizabeth Pettus dsp
iii. Thomas Pettus, Mayor of Norwich b about 1551 d 1620
m Cecily King dau of William King of Hempstead
a. William Pettus of London "b about 1575, had a numerous progeny"
m Mary Gleane dau of Sir Peter Gleane of Norwich
iv. Elizabeth Pettus
m Augustine Whale or Whaley of Norwich on August 29, 1573
v. Cicely Pettus
m Humphrey Camden of London on September 13, 1581 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.
v. Anne Pettus
m Robert Debny alderman of Norwich
vi. Isabel
m
vii William Pettus b about 1575 dsp
?m Elizabeth Rolfe
B Agnes Pettus, born Abt. 1525 in Norwich, Norfolk, England; died October 01, 1544.
C Joan Pettus, born Abt. 1525; died 1548.
D Anne Pettus, born Abt. 1527

Main sources: BEB1841 Pettus of Rackheath, Visitation Norfolk, 1664, Pettus
Additions from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~janet/Camden.html
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