Relationship 32: Thomas Pettit & Leah Brown

Relationship Record 32

Male/Husband} Pettit, Thomas

Family History} Olson

Female/Wife} Brown, Leah

Relationship Type} Marriage

Marriage: Date} Exa 07 Nov 1846

Place} Essex, New Jersey

Ended: On Date}
By}

Source 1}	1274=Marriage rec
Source 2}	1272=Birth record
Source 3}	1294=1860 USA cen
Source 4}	2232=1870 USA cen
Source 5}	1894=Cemetery rec
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1st Household No.}

Photographs} None

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 28 Mar 2026
Date Created} 15 Jun 2012

Notes: Thomas Pettit and Leah Brown were married on 7 Nov 1846 in Essex County, New Jersey. They are not found in the 1850 U.S. census. In the 1860 U.S. census, Thomas Pettit (transcribed as Bennet), 36, and his wife Leah, 34, were living in Newark Ward 5, Essex, New Jersey. Thomas was the captain of a schooner and his personal estate was $200. Their children were Stephen, 12, George, 10, and Mary, 6.

In the 1870 U.S. census, Thomas Pettit, 46, and his wife Leah, 45, were living in Newark Ward 5, Essex, New Jersey. Thomas was a boatman. His parents were both of foreign birth. Their children were Stephen, 23, George, 20, Mary, 16, and Elizabeth, 5. Thomas and his two sons were all boatmen. Also in the household was Kesiah Brown, 74, probably Leah's mother.

Thomas and Leah are not found in any further census records. He died 30 Mar 1896 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, and was buried 2 Apr 1896 in the Woodland Cemetery, Essex, New Jersey. Leah's death date and burial place are unknown.

Children:

Total # of Children} 5

Seq. # of Primary} 2

1st Child}	Pettit, Stephen
2nd Child}	Pettit, George
3rd Child}	Pettit, Mary Francis
4th Child}	Pettit, Elizabeth
5th Child}	Pettit, Robert

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