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THOMAS PETTUS, Mayor of Norwich, 1590
HAD SONS:
1.) Sir John Pettus, Mayor of Norwich, 1608
2.) Thomas Pettus, Mayor of Norwich, 1614
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NORWICH, ENGLAND
Thomas Pettus, Mayor of Norwich, 1614
b.
m.
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Children: Had 17 children, all baptized in Church of St. Simon & St. Jude, Norwich, England.
Child #12: Col. Thomas Pettus, of “Littleton”, James City, Co. Va.
b. 1598
m. (1) ?
m. (2) widow of Richard Durant
((Two of his brothers came to America before Col. Thomas Pettus.)
Child # ? Theodore Pettus, Gent.of Norwich, came on the “Bonny Bess” in 1623. Stayed at least 3 years.
Child # ? George Pettus, died in America in 1631
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((2 Nephews,seemingly, (Henry Pettus, died 1673)
(Thomas Pettus, died 1663 who bought in Rappahannock Co. in 1656, but Thomas Pettus
had come in 1643 “Thomas Pettus, Jr.”, transported by Col. Pettus.
The two Thomas Pettuses, uncle and nephew, left England about the same time,1637 & 1638, and Norfolk
(Va.) records, usually full and clear, are vague as to which came to Virginia and which went to “parts
unknown.” Reason: one seemingly had killed a man ..... Pettuses (in England)....arranged the flight and
obscured the records.....This was easy by the fact that the uncle, then Capt.Thomas Pettus, had been out
of England from time to time, serving in the Low Countries during the Thirty Years' War. It is not known
where he went in 1637. Evident that it was the nephew who went into hiding. He was the oldest son of
the oldest son, and oldest sons did not leave England, except for urgent reasons. ....After 6 years, it was
safe for him to come quietly into Virginia because England was busy with the Cromwells. DID HE COME
ALONE? Possibly a wife, left in England (he was born in 1608) died by 1656.