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Francis Jett

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Richmond County, VA
Death: 1724 (40-41)
King George County, VA
Immediate Family:

Son of William Jett and Elizabeth Jett
Husband of Sarah Jett and Elizabeth Jett
Father of William Jett; Peter Jett and Sarah Jett
Brother of Mary Jett; John Jett, Sr. and Peter Jett

Managed by: Marie Cecelia Eck-Rockhold
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Immediate Family

About Francis Jett

From http://www.angelfire.com/wv2/vabullard/william_jett.htm

William and Elizabeth Hoskins Jett's children were;

Francis, date of birth unknown, married Sarah Claxton or Saxton first, and Elizabeth Underwood Thatcher, widow of Sylvester Thatcher, who died in 1718. Francis died intestate, ca 1722 as indicated by the granting of administration papers on 8 Feb, 1723. (Francis is my line, and it continues through his son PETER JETT, and only known child, who is on another page. )

https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I0258...

Lists children by 1st wife : William, Francis, Anne, Peter


GEDCOM Note

Per William A. Deyo, a Jett and Porch descendant: "...In fact, Francis Jett, who traditionally married Sarah Claxton or Saxton, lived on land in the same vicinity as the land of Chief Wahanganoche, last chief of the tribe. I strongly believe that Sarah was actually from the family of John Axton, a close neighbor of Francis Jett, and a man who lived on adjoining property to the old chief. The Axtons apparently were blood-related to the chief. Their name was often interchanged with Ashton and the old chief was very fond of one Peter Ashton (name sometimes written Axton), a man of the legislature, and gave him land and a gift (the identity of which has been lost due to the loss of the original books, but the abstract survived). Many of the Curtis family descends from the tribe, as well..."

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Francis Jett's Timeline

1683
1683
Richmond County, VA
1715
1715
1717
1717
Mattox Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Colonial America
1724
1724
Age 41
King George County, VA
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