1679 "Joseph pettitt" was on a list of names above the words: "Att A Generall Towne Meetting helld att hempsted y'e 24 of June : 1679 itt was Voatted and Agreed apon tthatt those persons above named shall have libertty". [1]
1682 On May 24, Joseph Pettet was on a list of those who agreed to live under the ministry of Jeremy Hubard and to pay [taxes] in "corn or cattell". [2]
Joseph Pettit was town clerk for Hempstead and his name appears many times in the Hempstead town records. [3] [4] Several deeds were witnessed by Joseph and Margaret Pettit, suggesting that she was a convenient witness when Joseph was present.
[1] Benjamin D. Hicks, Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead Long Island N.Y., Vol. 1 (1896), 324, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[2] Benjamin D. Hicks, Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead Long Island N.Y., Vol. 1 (1896), 381, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[3] Benjamin D. Hicks, Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead Long Island N.Y., Vol. 2 (1897), 556, [InternetArchive].
[4] Benjamin D. Hicks, Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead Long Island N.Y., Vol. 1 (1896), 540, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].