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Personal data John Pettus 

  • He was born in the year 1496 in Rackheath Manor, Norwich, Norfolk, England.
  • He was christened in the year 1496 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.
  • He died on July 25, 1558 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, he was 62 years old.
  • He is buried on August 28, 1558 in Norwich St Simon and St Jude, Norfolk, England.
  • A child of Thomas Pettus and Anne Dabney
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of John Pettus

(1) He is married to Joan DeThick.

They got married on February 1, 1542, he was 46 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Thomas Pettus  ± 1519-1598 
  2. Agnes Pettus  1521-1544
  3. Maud Pettus  1522-1577
  4. Anne Pettus  1524-1580
  5. Jone Pettus  ± 1528-1548
  6. Joan Pettus  1536-1542


(2) He had a relationship with Beatrice Ducket.


(3) He had a relationship with Rose Beatrice Crowe.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Pettus

Thomas Petyous
± 1428-± 1488
Elizabeth Alleyne
1430-????
Thomas Pettus
1475-1520
Anne Dabney
1479-1501

John Pettus
1496-1558

(1) 1542

Joan DeThick
1500-1558

Thomas Pettus
± 1519-1598
Agnes Pettus
1521-1544
Maud Pettus
1522-1577
Anne Pettus
1524-1580
Jone Pettus
± 1528-1548
Joan Pettus
1536-1542
Freesmith Pettus
John Pettus
(2) 

Beatrice Ducket
± 1506-????

(3) 

Rose Beatrice Crowe
1506-1567


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Historical events

Day of marriage February 1, 1542

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1542: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 13 » Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.
    • May 19 » The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Myanmar.
    • August 28 » Turkish–Portuguese War: Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
    • September 28 » Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California.
    • November 24 » Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway.
    • December 14 » Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots at the age of one week on the death of her father, James V of Scotland.

Day of death July 25, 1558

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1558: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.
    • April 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
    • July 13 » Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
    • October 17 » Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.
    • November 17 » Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.

Day of burial August 28, 1558

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1558: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.
    • April 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
    • July 13 » Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
    • October 17 » Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.
    • November 17 » Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.


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