| William Pettigrew, the son of James
Petigru II, was an officer in King William III's army and participated in the
Battle of the Boyne fought July 1-12th, 1690, against France's James II.
England's William the Third won. After the war, William Pettigrew was
rewarded a 300 acre tract of land in County Tyrone, Ireland. Here he married
Martha Moore and lived at his Irish home called "Crilly House," where he
reared 9 children and died at a ripe old age. His Offspring |
James Pettigrew, son of William and Martha Moore Pettigrew,
born April 1713, at "Crilly House". He is the first American ancestor
of the family traced to US.
Married--James Pettigrew was said to have been wild in his youth ad of a
forward and daring disposition. While preparing for Trinity College
at Dublin, he eloped in 1731, at the age of 18 and married 18 year old
Mary Cochran, the daughter of Captain George and Rachel (Higginbotham)
Cochran of "The Grange," a beuatiful Irish Estate. Mary was a famous beauty
of her time. The couple had 13 children, twelve
(6 boys and 6 girls) who reached the age of maturity.
America--After a few years, James Pettigrew sailed for America
and with his wife, two sons and a daughter, leaving behind his eldest daughter
in Ireland with her grandmother. In 1740, they landed in New Castle, Delaware
and pushed on to Pennsylvania where he secured 300 acres of land on Marsh
Creek near today's Chambersburg.
Pennsylvania--In Pennsylvania, James knew the prmoinent men of
the day including Benjamin Franklin who advised him to study medcine.
But James was born to adventure and he moved south but not before his fifth child
Charles Pettigrew was born on January 26, 1758.
North Carolina--James then moved to Granville County, North
Carolina where he remained for 10 years and while residing there, he gave\
the land for the establishment of a Presbyterian church.
South Carolina--In 1768, James moved to "Long Cane Settlement"
located about seven miles above Abbeville, South Carolina courthouse.
Here he stayed four years.
South Carolina Relocation--In 1773, James bought a farm in what is known
as the "flat section" of Abbeville district, situated in Little River. In 1776, as the conflict with the Cherokee
Indians broke out and all who escaped massacre were forced to abandon
their plantations and seek safety in the Hugegnot Fort of James Noble
which was commanded by Patrick Calhoun the father of James C. Calhoun.
Death--December 24, 1784
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