Pettingill, Matthew

Birth Name Pettingill, Matthew
Gender male
Age at Death 69 years, 2 months, 4 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1735-10-28 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   1a 2a 3a
Military Service 1755-02-25 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   1b 2a
Note

"as a private soldier to serve his majesty King George ye 2nd in a regiment of foot, to be employed for the removal of the French encroachments upon his majesties territories in North America to the eastward and northward and in Pennsylvania, whereof his excellency Gov. Shirley is Col. for the term of one year."

Returned in Capt. Gage's co., Lancaster, on roll dated Boston, March 2, 1756. Allowed for travel home from Albany ; in Capt. Anthony Towle's co. , in the defense of Fort Edward, Aug. 24 to Dec. 10, 1757. In Capt. Francis Peabody's co., Crown Point Expedition, in 1759.

He represented the town of Salisbury in the Fourth Continental Congress at Exeter, N.H., May 17, 1775 also in N. H. House, which met there Dec. 18, 1776; was in Col. Stickney's regt., raised for the relief of Ticonderoga in 1777; joined the Continental army at Bennington and Stillwater in 1777. Matthew Pettingell was first lieutenant at Winter Hill in 1775 on the alarm list in 1776 called captain.

Move 1764 Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire   1c
Move about 1780 Springfield, Sullivan, New Hampshire   1c
Death 1805 Enfield, Grafton, New Hampshire   2a 3a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Pettingill, Benjamin1707-05-151756-05-30
Mother Stickney, Elizabeth1762-10-16
    Sister     Pettingill, Rebecca 1730-12-21
    Brother     Pettingill, Benjamin S. 1734-07-06 1805-03-15
         Pettingill, Matthew 1735-10-28 1805
    Brother     Pettingill, David 1738/9-03-01 (Julian) 1810-09-30
    Brother     Pettingill, Andrew 1741/2-02-25 (Julian) 1777-12-12
    Sister     Pettingill, Elizabeth 1744-06-06 1818-07-18
    Sister     Pettingill, Joanna 1745-08-17 1745/6-01-14 (Julian)
    Sister     Pettingill, Joanna 1747-01-17 1793-12-05
    Brother     Pettingill, James 1750-05-03

Families

Family of Pettingill, Matthew and Carlton, Sarah
Married Wife Carlton, Sarah ( * + 1767 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1759-12-07     1b 2a
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Pettingill, Sarah1759-12-01
Pettingill, Susannah1761-10-16
Pettingill, Elizabeth1763-08-17
Pettingill, Phebe1765-04-02
Pettingill, Jonathan Carlton1767-02-18

Family of Pettingill, Matthew and Colby, Sarah
Married Wife Colby, Sarah ( * after 1805 + ... )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1770-01-04     1b 2a 3a
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Pettingill, Molly1769-02-19
Pettingill, Matthew1770-12-03
Pettingill, Mary1772-09-18
Pettingill, Zaccheus1774-04-241810
Pettingill, Hannah1776-04-07
Pettingill, Andrew1778-04-06
Pettingill, Sarah1780-06-05
Pettingill, James1782-11-10

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
Identification Number A089767
Note

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) ancestor number

 2a

Source References

  1. Pettengell, Charles I.: A Pettengell Genealogy: Notes Concerning Those of the Name Compiled by the Late John Mason Pettengell
      • Page: p. 26
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  2. Daughters of the American Revolution, “Ancestor Database”
      • Page: PETTENGILL, MATTHEW Ancestor #: A089767
  3. Daughters of the American Revolution, “Descendants Database”
      • Page: Member: Audrey Pettengill Miles Nat'l #: 571584 Ancestor #: A089767