Family of Henrietta^7 A. Smith

Henrietta^7 A. Smith (Jane^6 Eliza, Garret^5, Garret^4, Garret^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1840, Newtown, Queens, NY

Married:  

(first to) Townsend D. Pettit (b. 1838, NY) in 1859, NY 

(second to): Willam A. Morrell in 1865

Children:
(by first marriage to Townsend D. Pettit)

1. Augustus Baldwin Pettit, b. 7 Oct 1860, Maspeth, NY

(by second marriage to William A. Morrell)

2. Susan E. Morrell, b. 26 Jan 1866, NY

Parents:
Henrietta's parents are John and Jane Eliza (Van Wicklen) Smith
Townsend's parents are Baldwin and Susan Pettit.

Background information:

Henrietta^7 A. Smith (Jane^6 Eliza, Garret^5, Garret^4, Garret^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), was b. 30 December 1840, Newtown, Queens, NY. She married first to Townsend D. Pettit (b. 1838, NY; son of Baldwin and Susan Pettit) in 1859. She married second to William A. Morrell in 1865. Henrietta died at the birth of a daughter, Susan, on 26 Jan 1866. She was buried in Lot 186, Sec. K, Mt. Olivet Cem. Baby Susan died 11 August 1866 at age 6 months, 16 days.

Townsend Pettit was a member of the South 3rd St. ME Church and was at communion on Sunday 5 May 1861. He took sick at work on Monday 6 May 1861 and died 10 May 1861. He was buried on Sunday 12 May 1861 in Grave No. 3, Plot 82, Section K of Mt. Olivet Cem., Maspeth, NY. (The cemetery was across the street from the frame house where A. B. Pettit was born. The house was later moved to 57 Perry Avenue, Maspeth, in the rear of its original site.)

Children: (by first marriage to Townsend D. Pettit) Augustus Baldwin Pettit, b. 7 Oct 1860, Maspeth, NY and d. 23 August 1935 in Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama; (by second marriage to William A. Morrell) Susan E. Morrell, b. 26 Jan 1866, NY, and d. 11 Aug 1866 at age 6 months and 16 days.

Augustus Baldwin Pettit became an orphan at 5 years, 3 months and 19 days upon his mother's death and was reared by his grandparents, Baldwin and Susan Pettit. Baldwin was a house carpenter and taught his grandson the trade. About 1880 he married Isabel Lacey, b. 1860, NY (d/o John and Emma Everett Lacey). Isabel d. about 1920, NY. Augustus was bur. in the Owens Family Cemetery, Gadsden, Alabama. Children of Augustus Baldwin Pettit and Isabel Lacey are Isabel Lacey Pettit (b. 1887, NY; d. abt 1965, Bangalore, India where she had worked as a missionary most of her life from 1936 forward); Edgar Augustus Pettit (b. 1892, Baldwin, NY), and Evangeline Pettit (b. 1902, NY). The generous provider of this information on Henrietta and Townsend Pettit and families, Paul Eugene Pettit is a son of Edgar Augustus Pettit. For more information on the descendents of Henrietta and Townsend Pettit, please contact Paul via the email address listed in the source section below. 

Source:
Harry Macy, Jr. The Van Wicklen/Van Wickle Family: Including its Frisian Origin and Connections to Minnerly and Kranchheyt; The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 128, No. 4 (October 1997); p. 242.

Harry Macy, Jr. research notes on Jane Eliza Van Wicklen of Newtown, NY
> 1850 Census - Garret Van Wicklen 76 farmer; John Smith 40, Jane, 35, Adeline 17, Sarah, 14, Elizabeth, 15, Garret, 12, Henrietta, 10, Phoebe, 8, William, 6, John, 3, Walter, 1

IGI, familysearch.com

Information on family of Jane^6 Eliza Van Wicklen supplied by KellyJane Moon O'Hara (email dated 22 June 2000), the great great granddaughter of Jane Eliza VW and the great granddaughter of Wells^7 Lott Smith.

Personal email correspondence (14 June 2000) with Michael^10 Wolfe.