Individual Details

Lemuel Petts

(24 Sep 1741 - 20 Apr 1815)



Married Hannah Butterfield, 11 Jan 1769, Townsend.
His will named his widow Hannah, a son John, and daughter Hannah.
Children:
Hannah was b. 23 Oct 1769, married Nathan Conant
Lemuel, son, b. 1 Apr 1771
John, b. 2 Mar 1774.

Old Burying Ground, Highland St, Townsend.
Not in the records of the cemetery, this stone has been placed next to his wife's.
Erected
To the memory of
Lieut. Lemuel Petts
Who died
April 20th 1815
in the 74 year
of his age.
Weep not my friends, dry up your tears,
Here I must lie till Christ appears
Death is a debt by Nature due
which I have paid and so must you.
SAR 1775 marker

Events

Birth24 Sep 1741Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Death20 Apr 1815Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Families

FatherJohn PETTS (1713 - 1767)
MotherAbigail Harrington (1718 - 1761)
SiblingWilliam PETTS (1737 - )
SiblingCaleb PETTS (1743 - )
SiblingElisabeth PETTS (1746 - )
SiblingMary PETTS (1749 - )
SiblingAbigail PETTS (1751 - )
SiblingEbenezer Petts (1753 - 1766)
SiblingRachel PETTS (1755 - )
SiblingRhoda PETTS (1758 - 1844)
SiblingLois PETTS (1761 - )