Family:Thomas Petty and Catherine Garton (1)

Parents: Hubert Petty and Rebecca Unknown Thomas Petty b. Abt 1674 Lancaster County, Virginia d. Bef 24 May 1750 Orange, Virginia, United States	Parents: John Garton and Martha Unknown Catherine Garton b. Bet 1675 and 1680 (estimated) Richmond (county), Virginia, United States d. Bef 3 Jan 1748/49 Orange, Virginia, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]

Bef 3 Apr 1700

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	John Petty	1702 Virginia	Bef 27 Sep 1770 St. Thomas Parish, Orange County, Virginia
2.	Thomas Petty, IV	Abt 1704 prob. Richmond County, Virginia	1770 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
3.	Rebecca Petty	Est 1705	Bet 1784 and 1787 Culpeper County, Virginia
4.	Christopher Petty	Abt 1706 Prob. Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
5.	William Petty	1708 Richmond, Henrico, VA, USA	1770 Orange, , VA, USA
6.	Mary Petty	Abt 1714 prob. Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia	Aft 1760 poss. Cumberland County, North Carolina
7.	James Petty	1719	27 Sep 1806 Union, South Carolina, United States
8.	George Petty	1723 Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia	Bef 28 May 1752 Orange County, Virginia

References

↑ McGee, Barbara Petty; Jim Petty; and C. Diane Baxter. The Petty papers : a genealogical research quarterly newsletter. (Salt Lake City, UT: J.W. Petty)
Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 23.

Thomas and "Kat." Petty appeared in court 3 Apr 1700 regarding the estate of Hubert Patey. On 6 Mar 1700/01, Thomas and Katerine Petty joined lawsuit with mother Martha Garton over estate of father John Garton. On 6 Apr 1721, Thomas and Catherine Petty and Ruth (Garton) Boyd applied for administration of estate of their brother John Garton, and on 5 Apr 1722, these same parties initiated a lawsuit over their father John Garton's estate
Many websites show a "E. P. Petty" in this family. There is no such person listed in Thomas' will even though E. P. was alleged to have lived until 1804. All such websites appear to have gotten their data from a single AFN GC6J-MB which contains significant amounts of self-contradictory data, such as overlapping marriages, assigning E.P. the same wife as his brother James, and a second wife name Elijah (a man's name)! Of course, no useful sources are found on the websites showing E. P. Petty in this family, and so he appears to be a completely erroneous personage.