Research Notes:
There was a Thomas Pettit in Saffron Walden, Essex, of about the right age to have been the New England immigrant.
1627 "Thomas Pettit & Elizabeth Pumpherit" were married on December 2 at All Saints, Wimbish, Essex. [1]
1628 "Elizabeth the daughter of Thomas Pettit and of Elizabeth his wife" was baptized on August 31 in Saffron Walden, Essex. [2]
1630 "Franncis the Sonne of Thomas Pettit, and of Elizabeth his wife" was baptized on July 18 in Saffron Walden, Essex. [3]
The following notes are about family of the above Thomas Pettit in Saffron Walden:
1600 "Thomas Pettit and Marie Cornell" were married "the 13 day of June" at All Saints, Wimbish, Essex. [4]
1602 "Thomas the sonne of Thomas Pettit" was baptized on September 29 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. [5]
1604 "Anthonye the sonn of Thomas Pettit" was baptized on December 16 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. [6]
1607 "Edward the S. of Thomas Pettit" was baptized on April 12 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. [7]
1608 "Edward the S. of Thomas Pettitt" was buried on March 25 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. [8]
1613 "Phillip the sonne of Thomas Pettit of little Walden" was baptized on December 27 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. [9]
1616 "Susan the daughter of Thomas Pettit" was baptized on May 20 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. [10]
1626 Thomas Pettit, the elder, of Little Saffron Walden, yeoman, wrote his will on September 2. He bequeathed to wife Mary, his sons Thomas, Anthony, and Phillip, and his daughter Susan. (Phillip and Susan were under age 21). Signed by Thomas Pettit. Red Subscribed sealed & published in the pnce of William Cole, Richerd Rooberde. [11]
1626/27 "Thomas Pettit" was buried on January 25 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. [12]
1626/27 The will of Thomas Pettit, the elder, of Little Saffron Walden, yeoman, was proved on February 16. [13]
The following may be children of another Thomas Pettit:
1609 "Marie the daughter of Thomas Pettit ye younger" was baptized on April 2 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. [14]
1611 "Francis the daugh: of Thomas Pettit Ju." was baptized on June 16 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. [15]
1614 "Frances the daughter of Thomas Pettit" was buried on July 5 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. [16]
[1] All Saints, Wimbish with Thunderley, Essex, England, Register of Baptism (1572-1660), Marriages (1582-1653), and Burials (1572-1666), D/P 313/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 90, [Essex Archives].
[2] All Saints, Wimbish with Thunderley, Essex, England, Register of Baptism (1572-1660), Marriages (1582-1653), and Burials (1572-1666), D/P 313/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 69, [Essex Archives].
[3] St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1630-1653, D/P 192/1/2, Essex Record Office, image 4, [Essex Archives].
[4] All Saints, Wimbish with Thunderley, Essex, England, Register of Baptism (1572-1660), Marriages (1582-1653), and Burials (1572-1666), D/P 313/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 5, [Essex Archives].
[5] St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1630, D/P 192/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 41, [Essex Archives].
[6] St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1630, D/P 192/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 44, [Essex Archives].
[7] St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1630, D/P 192/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 46, [Essex Archives].
[8] St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1630, D/P 192/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 118, [Essex Archives].
[9] St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1630, D/P 192/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 52, [Essex Archives].
[10] St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1630, D/P 192/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 54, [Essex Archives].
[11] Essex Record Office, Archdeaconry of Colchester, D/ACW 10/178. The image includes the original seal but is not clear enough to describe the seal, [Essex Archives].
[12] St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1630, D/P 192/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 134, [Essex Archives].
[13] Essex Record Office, Archdeaconry of Colchester, D/ACW 10/178, [Essex Archives].
[14] St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1630, D/P 192/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 48, [Essex Archives].
[15] St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1630, D/P 192/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 50, [Essex Archives].
[16] St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1630, D/P 192/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 123, [Essex Archives].