Pettits In Grimsby Township

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Jonathan and Deborah Pettit lived in the State of Pennsylvania.  Part of their land was in New Jersey.  There were two sons Andrew and Nathaniel. Andrew married Sarah Smith in 1780, and in 1787, with wife and four children, started for British territory. They crossed the Niagara in July, and within two weeks erected their log house on lot 15, Grimsby township. Andrew Pettit died 12th March 1819. He is the ancestor of the Pettits of that section. His brother Nathaniel lived on a farm between Grimsby and Beamsville. He owned the land on which Grimsby now stands. Nathaniel Pettit owned lot No 9 in the first and lot No 9 in the second concession; Andrew Pettit owned lot No 15 in the first and second concessions and the broken front; and John Pettit owned lot 12 on the front and in the first and second concessions. Grimsby village is situated on lot 9 in the first concession and lots 9 and 10 in the second concession. [Source]