There is no such person "Mary Sutton" my information is from Town Minutes of Newtown, History of Exeter N. Hampshire & Annuals of Newtown and several other books.
Thomas Pettit Jr. b. 1636 was the son of Thomas & Christian Pettit. He was 16 when he was granted 30 acres of land in Exeter N.H. The age 16 was considered of age as it was a age requirement to join the town militia.
In 1656 he immigrated with his family to Middleburg New Amsterdam. The Dutch colony was seized by the English in 1664 and renamed the Providence of New York.. Thomas Pettit married Sarah Perry in Middleburg abt. 1659/60 Thomas Pettit Jr. was & Planter & Slave Owner in West Riding Yorkshire in the Providence of New York. He was a Lawyer & Assessor of the Court of Newtown 1687, 1691 & 1693. Thomas Pettit divorced Sarah Perry on Oct. 1672 record Court of Assizes in Gravesend L.I.
Sarah Perry abt.1640 New Haven Ct. was the daughter of John Perry & Mary Spinning. Her parents immigrated with Rev John Davenport a former Vicar of St. Stephens Church on Coleman St in London.
The thought of establishing a Puritan Colony began in 1625 when Charles I ascended to the throne with a Catholic Queen and began to restrict the recusancy laws. St. Stephens Church on Colman St. in London became a refuge for Puritans. The Parishioners of St Stephens on Coleman St. in London established Massachusetts Company a stock share company that financed a Puritan colony in New England. Rev Isaac Johnson of Lincolnshire was one of the biggest contributors began writing other Puritan ministers of this plan.. Matthew Cradock a member of St. Stephens Parish was elected governor of Massachusetts Company. Cradock was also the director of the East India Company, the treasurer was John Massingberd his wife was Cecilia Pettit,and her brother was Thomas Pettit, of Gray's Inn a merchant for the company.
In April 1630 four ships began their departure for New England returning and bringing other Puritan settlers In 1631 Rev. John Cotton of St. Botolph Church in Lincolnshire was facing arrest and escaped to London. He was taken in by Rev. John Davenport and hidden in the Puritan underground until he could escape to New England. Rev. John Davenport asked him to exile with him to Leiden Amsterdam but refused and decided to go to New England. While in exile Rev. John Davenport established the New Haven Company and returned hiring two ships that took a group of merchants former parishioners of St Stephens Church to Boston. When they landed in Boston they were greeted by friends and relatives that had arrived before them.
Sarah Perry was the daughter of John Perry & Mary Spinning. Richard & John Perry were the sons of Richard Perry Sr & Dune Hicks, they immigrated from London in 1637 to New England with Rev. John Davenport. The Perry's come from a long line of sea merchants involved in Colonial trade before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Richard Perry Sr a merchant and ship owner of London was elected assistant in 1628 of Massachusetts Company.
Mary Spinning was the daughter of Humphrey Spinning 1598-1598 a wealthy merchant adventurer and former parish member of St. Stephens Church on Coleman St. After her husband John Perry died she married Peter Meacocke in New Haven Colony. Peter Meacock was a lawyer and managed the business of Jonathan Brewster a Merchant adventurer and resident agent in Windsor Ct for the governor of Plymouth Colony. Brewster's brother in law was John Oldham who was murdered in 1636 during a trade exposition. John Jessup was a representative of Mathew Cradock and presented a claim against Oldman's estate in 1637 he was was a lawyer hired by Edward Howell, Gent. to take care of his business interests after he was given the authority to plant a colony in Southampton L. I. and returned with him to Hartford Ct. from 1647-1653 during his time in the Connecticut Legislature. Peter Meacocke died in Middleburg New Amsterdam in 1660 and left a will mentioning his children of his first marriage and all of his step children Hummie (Humphrey) Perry, Isabell Perry, Mary Perry & Sarah Perry. Widow Meacock married a third time to Thomas Case a Quaker minister.
Thomas Pettit Jr. may have divorced his wife because she embraced the Quaker principles her stepfather was ministering. He seemed to have had his own interpretation of the religion and many were attached to his style of ministering that they would neglect their household duties. This caused a suit against him filed in the court of Assizes.
After his divorce from Sarah Perry in 1672, it was not long after as he was recorded in 1678 married to Hannah Jessup the widow of John Moore Jr. Elizabeth Burroughs 1678 Will mentions her sister "Hannah Pettit" who was married to Thomas Pettit a good friend and the executor of her husband John Burroughs Will. Edward Jessup the son of John Jessup, left a Will that mentions John Burroughs & Ralph Hunt as brother in laws. Rev. John Moore of Southampton L.I. married Margaret Howell the daughter of Edward Howell, the lawyer who took care of his business affairs was John Jessup his daughter Eleanor married Ralph Hunt in Southampton L.I. they all moved to Merrick, Hempstead L. I and arrived in 1652 to Middleburg New Amsterdam later known as Newtown N.Y.
The Massachusetts Company was formed as a share-stock trading company by a group of puritans who were predominantly of landed status. They also shared experience with other colonizing projects with a variety of ventures. Some of these landed gentry remained in London and sent agents who were often relatives to take care of their business in New England.
Thomas Pettit Sr. was a Lawyer source; Courts and Lawyers of New York; A History, 1609-1925 page 279 The Schouts of Municipal Courts outside New Amsterdam during the Dutch period in Middleburg/ Newton were Thomas Newton, Elias Bayley & Thomas Pettit "Magistrates relied to make clear points of law. The Schouts were more acquainted with professional practice some were Doctors in law... History of Fairfield Ct, Elias Bailey was Mr. Dentons attorney for the settlement of his accounts here.
Thomas Pettit Sr. a lawyer came to New England in 1634 as a indentured servant to Oliver Mellows a shareholder of Massachusetts Company; Oliver Mellows was the cousin of Oliver St. John a London Judge and member of the House of Lords and a member of the Providence Island Company established by William Fiennes 1st Viscount of Say & Sele who devoted time and money to schemes of colonisation and bought land to establish a colony in Connecticut and also bought a colony already established in Dover NH. Bridget the daughter of William Fiennes 1st Viscount married Theophilus Clinton the 4th Earl of Lincoln his sister was Arabella the wife of Rev. Issac Johnson the biggest contributor of Massachusetts Company. The first Governor of the Company was Mathew Cradock treasurer John Massingberd his wife Cecilia Pettit and brother Thomas Pettit merchant of the company.. many of the families mentioned above sent family members to act as their representative in New England.. Christian's maiden name was most likely Johnson as "Christian" is a name often used and pasted down in this family and Thomas Pettit who she married after his arrival to New England is a descendant of Cyriak Petyt 1517-1591 attorney who is mentioned in the History Parliament the second son of Thomas Pettyt of Shalmsford Bridge Manor and Margaret daughter of William Sampson of Canterbury. The Pettit's of Shalmesford are an ancient family the Harleian Society has a pedigree of this family that is recorded back to the eleventh century.
