Pettingill, Matthew
| Birth Name | Pettingill, Matthew |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | more than 31 years, 9 months, 2 days |
Notes
Event Note
Was in the expedition to Fort Oswego in 1756, to build vessels for the government; in the attack on the fort by the French, Aug. 14, was taken prisoner and carried to Quebec, afterward to France, where he died, probably at Dijon, where a fatal sickness raged among the prisoners.
Events
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| Birth | 1724-11-11 | Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts | 1a 1b | |
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| Baptism | 1724-11-19 | 1a | ||
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| Military Service | 1744-02 | |||
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He was in Capt. Moses Titcomb's co. enlisted "in the intended expedition for his majesty's service against Cape Breton, Feb. 26, 1744; age 21, bom and resided at Newbury." |
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| Death | after 1756-08-14 | France | 1b | |
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Was in the expedition to Fort Oswego in 1756, to build vessels for the government; in the attack on the fort by the French, Aug. 14, was taken prisoner and carried to Quebec, afterward to France, where he died, probably at Dijon, where a fatal sickness raged among the prisoners. |
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| Probate | 1761-04-13 | 1b | ||
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Note
As no mention is made of any children in the division of property after his death, it is to be assumed that they had died before this time. |
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| Occupation | shipwright | 1a | ||
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Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Pettingill, Nicholas | 1685-11-15 | ||
| Mother | March, Tabitha | 1696-06-20 | 1776-02-27 | |
| Brother | Pettingill, James | 1719/20-01-25 (Julian) | before 1773-02-10 | |
| Brother | Pettingill, Nicholas | 1721-10-09 | 1790-08-11 | |
| Brother | Pettingill, John | 1723-04-17 | before 1757-11-14 | |
| Pettingill, Matthew | 1724-11-11 | after 1756-08-14 | ||
| Brother | Pettingill, Nathaniel | 1726-12-03 | 1753-04 | |
| Sister | Pettingill, Tabitha | 1728-08-22 |
Families
Family of Pettingill, Matthew and Coates, Martha |
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| Married | Wife | Coates, Martha ( * + ... ) | |||||||||||||
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| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Pettingill, Jacob | 1753-03-02 | before 1761-04-13 |
| Pettingill, Ann | before 1761-04-13 | |
| Pettingill, Martha | 1756-02-16 | before 1761-04-13 |