Pett Family of Sevenoaks (and Brighton)

[MattB]

Hi all

Am looking for help in clearing up a mystery in this family.

There are two men both named Charles Pett, both born in Sevenoaks in the late 1780s.

One dies in Sevenoaks in 1857, the other in Brighton in 1861.

I can’t find the baptism of either, despite the parish records being online and searchable and reasonably comprehensive for other Pett births in Sevenoaks.

I am *assuming* that they were cousins, and one may have been the son of Jeffrey Pett.

Is anyone related to them or can help solve this one please?

Thank you

[bearkat]

Could they have been non-conformists?  There are a few later Petts from Sevenoaks listed on https://bmdregisters.co.uk/

[bearkat]

There are also some listed on The Weald website

https://theweald.org/a22.asp?QId=160520200&astart=0&aend=180000000

[MattB]

Thank you, they cover some of the ones who remained in Sevenoaks but the baptisms of both Charles are still elusive

[bearkat]

Perhaps wills might help.  I think Sevenoaks came under the Peculiar of Shoreham.

There is one Pett will extract here

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/genealogy/extr11.html

[trish1120]

You may already have this;

Bapts to CHARLES/MARY Pett,
St Nicholas of Myra, Brighton, Sussex
Charles Thomas 11 Apr 1830
George Frederic 29 Apr 1832
Susannah Earl 31 Jan 1836*****
John Richard 22 Jul 1838 died same year
(Father a Gardener)

Charles married Esther GOORICH 19 Sep 1819 (she was buried as Hester 10 Dec 1824 age 39)
And then Mary LUCAS 07 Jul 1825

1851 Susannah is the Neice of Susannah Earls;
Susannah Earls   58 Head Widow born Horsleydown, Surrey
Elizabeth Suans   32
Susannah Pelto   15***

I was hoping that Susanah Earls would be related to Charles but given her pob likely a sister of Mary Lucas.

1841 no help either;
John Lander 40 Gardener
Ann Wadey 15
Thomas Hudson 75
Susan Pett   5***
Mary Lander 7

Trish

[MattB]

An update, or at least another mystery. Elizabeth Pett, daughter of Geoffrey, married a William Mitten, descendants of whom emigrated to America. In a library in Indiana is a dress reputedly belonging to Elizabeth’s mother and this card, which suggests that Geoffrey Pett had married Elizabeth (possibly Kipps) who had connections to ‘royalty’. I know that royalty in this instance could just mean wealthy family etc but again grateful for any help or if anyone hs come across this link before in the Pett family?

Hi all

Am looking for help in clearing up a mystery in this family.

There are two men both named Charles Pett, both born in Sevenoaks in the late 1780s.

One dies in Sevenoaks in 1857, the other in Brighton in 1861.

I can’t find the baptism of either, despite the parish records being online and searchable and reasonably comprehensive for other Pett births in Sevenoaks.

I am *assuming* that they were cousins, and one may have been the son of Jeffrey Pett.

Is anyone related to them or can help solve this one please?

Thank you

[trish1120]

Confused.

Written info has her as the Daug of GODFREY not JEFFREY.

[RobertHauteville]

There also seem to have been two Pett spinsters who made Wills at Sevenoaks:

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D395989
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D895324