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The Pett DynastyThe Pett Dynasty were a family of shipwrights who prospered in England from between the 15th and 17th centuries. It has often been said of this great family that they were so knit together that the Devil himself could not discover them. A complete history of the Pett Dynasty would be a monumental undertaking, but here are a few pointers... Peter Pett Master Shipwright of Deptford, was in 1583 granted a Crest of Arms. By his first wife, whose name is uncertain, there was a Joseph of Limehouse, who succeeded his father as Master Shipwright at Deptford (d 1605, buried at Stepney.) whose son, also Joseph was the master carpenter employed at Chatham in 1643 by the then Earl of Warwick. This Joseph surveyed the timber for the construction of the ‘Sovereign of the Seas’, he died in 1652, aged about 60. He was married to an Elizabeth (nee Hoborn), daughter of Richard, Shipwright and churchwarden at Chatham.
Their was also master carpenter Joseph's son, Peter Pett, who carried on the private family business of shipbuilding at Wapping. Another son of Sir Peter Pett was Richard who also naturally enough, raised his son, Peter of Deptford (b.1593 d.1652), to be a shipwright. The sons of this Peter Pett were Phineas (captain, RN) and the Peter who was baptised in St Nicholas's Church in 1630, who was later to be educated in the St Paul's School and then at the Sidney Sussex College of Cambridge, where he was admitted in 1645. Then graduating to Pembroke College, Oxford, and in 1648 elected to a fellowship at All Soul's, this Peter Pett became bachelor of civil law to Greys Inn, 1657-8, knighted after the Restoration, 1661, by the Duke of Ormond, after which he sat as an MP for Askaeton, in the Irish Parliament. He was called to the bar from the Middle Temple in 1664, as a barrister in law of the Middle Temple, and one of the original Fellows of the Royal Society in 1663, from which he was later expelled in 1675 for "not performing his obligations to the society". He also became Advocate-General in Ireland. This Peter Pett died in 1699. He was a learned author and many of his manuscripts have survived him.
Phineas Pett, (designer of the Sovereign of the Seas.) At about the time Phineas Pett succeeded the shipwright John Holding, to the post of keeper of the plank yard. His income was meagre by the standards set by his family. Struggling from the ravages of his former destitution he records in his diary how it became his duty, for which he considered himself unfit, to take charge of the affairs of his "poor sisters and brother", over which he felt more attention ought have been lavished by his kinsman Joseph who "cared not what became of them".
NB A privately printed copy of the Pett pedigree is held at the British Museum. Joseph Pett of Limehouse ASM: (Assistant Master Shipwright). {Joseph of Limehouse, (father of Joseph of Chatham) d1605. bur. Stepney}: this Joseph was a brother of Lydia. He had a daughter, also named Lydia, who took up the trade of her father and is a rare example of a woman master tradesman of the era. He succeeded his father Peter as master shipwright in 1589, upon his father's death. He was married twice: - Wed 1): Margaret (nee) Curtis d. 1594 (dau. of Wm. Curtis of Ipswich.)
- Wed 2): Margaret (nee) Humprey, d (w) 1612.) (Mother of Joseph and William) Margaret was the daughter of John (the elder) of Ipswich, a Clothier.
- Joseph and William Pett, sons of Margaret (nee Humprey):
- Joseph Pett of Chatham St. Mary. AMS (assistant to the master Shipwright 1643-52) Wed Eliz Hoborn, b./Bapt. 5th Dec., 1615: St. Mary, Gillingham Green, a Dau. of Richard, shipwright, Chatham. & Margaret (d. 23rd July 1667).
- Joseph (son of Joseph): Born c 1592?, (d.1652??)
- Children of Joseph Pett of Chatham, shipwright.
- Bapt. Peter son of Joseph and Elizabeth (nee Hoborn) 1632.(18th Nov.)
- Bapt. Joseph son of Joseph and Elizabeth (nee Hoborn) 1630.(4th April)
- Bapt. Rose dau of Joseph and Elizabeth (nee Hoborn) 1639.(8th Mar.)/BUR. 1640/8?
- Bapt. Margaret dau of Joseph and Elizabeth (nee Hoborn) 1641 (19th Dec.)
- Bapt. Elizabeth dau of Joseph and Elizabeth (nee Hoborn) 1645.(5th Aug.)
- Bapt. Samuel son of Joseph and Elizabeth (nee Hoborn) 1647.(14th Nov.)
- Bapt. Thomas son of Joseph and Elizabeth (nee Hoborn) 1650.(16th April)
A brother of Joseph Pett of Chatham was:
William Pett, a son of Margaret (nee Humprey).
Brothers of Joseph Pett of Limehouse (d1605): by his father's first wife: 1) William of Limehouse: (ASM 1584/Master Shipwright.) Born/Bapt. 23rd Dec. 1627 (d1587). Wed: Eliz March: Whose children were:
Elizabeth.(b?/d?)
Lucy. (b?/d?)
James. (b?/d?) Wed. Frances. (nee)? Children: Phineas. b.1644? (d?)
2) Peter of Wapping (b?/d?), Purveyor 1594, Shipbuilder 1631, Keeper of the Plank Yard 1615~1638
Wed. :1) Ann Tusam.(b?/d?)
Wed. :2) Elizabeth.(b?/d?)
Children: 1) Peter of Deptford (who inherited his father's shipyard at Ratcliffe) b1592 (d1652). Master Shipwright at Woolwich and Deptford 1629~52. (Wed. Eliz. Johnson {whose children were):
1) Phineas C. b.1635 (d.1694), 3rd Commissioner at Chatham/Shipwright. (whose son Phineas b? (d.1680) Wed Eliz. and was 2nd ASM at Chatham)
2) William, Clerk in Holy Orders at (Cuxton) b? (d1651, Devon).
3) Elizabeth (b?/d?) Wed. Thomas Barwick. 4) Ann (b?/d?)
5) Mary.b? (d1668?)
6) Richard of London (b?/d?) Wed. ? (b?/d?)
Children: Peter b1593 (d.1652) Shipwright, Deptford. Wed. Alice (ne)? The children of this Peter were: 1) Sir Peter Pett, b. Oct. 31st 1630. Bapt. Deptford (Judge Advocate to Ireland, MP, Author) Wed. Alice (nee) Newman of Chatham in 1658.
2) Alice b1666.
3) Sir Phineas Pett. b? (d.?). Comptroller of HM Store Accounts. (Knighted 1680)
(Son of Sir Peter Pett by Alice (ne) Newman of Chatham:
Phineas b? (d.1674) who Wed. Rabsah (ne) ?, b? (d.1662).
whose children were: Charles b? (d. 1662), Mary and James).
Sister of Joseph Pett of Limehouse: by his father's first wife: Lydia (Ne) Pett, b.? / (d. 1610), (Wed.?)
Half Brothers & Sisters of Joseph: by his father's second wife: (Elizabeth Thornton) Jane Susannah b? (d. 1567). Phineas b.1570 at Deptford Stronde (d.1647), Shipwright, First HMD. Commissioner ~ Chatham.1630~47. Wed three times: 1) 1598 (at Stepney) Ann Nicholls of Middlesex (d.1627) {Children of ~see below, marked as :*} 2) Susan Yardley (ne Eaglefield) of Stratford le bow, 1627 (wid. of Rbt. Yardley, by whom she had three children),(d.1637) 3) Mildred Byland (ne Etherington 1638 (d.1638)) Noah b.? (d.1595) Peter b.? (the younger) (d.1600) Rachel b.? (d1591?) wed Rev. W. Newman. Abigale b? (d.1599). Elizabeth b? (d.1599). Mary. b? (d1626).Wed Cooper.
Children of Phineas Pett (b.1570) (*) Born b.1601/2 (d.1628) John Capt. RN (Lost in ‘Whelp’ Kent.) Wed. Katherine (Ne) Yardley: (3rd dau. Rbt Yardley.): Children: Phineas : Master Shipwright, Chatham b.1628 (d.1678). Henry b. 27th Mar.1603 (d.1613) Richard b. 1606 (d.1629 age 23) Richard, Shipwright at H.M. Chatham. Joseph b. 1608 (d.1627 age 21) Joseph Shipwright at H.M. Chatham Wed.? Children:? Peter Pett b. b1610 (d.1672) Shipwright. 2nd Commissioner at Chatham (1647~1668). Wed. 1) Katherine Cole b? (d?) 2) Mary Smith of Greenwich. b? (d.?). Children : Ann b. 1612 (d.?) Phineas b. 1615 (d.1617) Mary b. 1617 (d 1617) (Bapt.) 22nd April (Twin sister of Martha) Martha b. 1617 (d. 1637 aged 20) (Twin sister of Mary) Wed: John Hoderne. Phineas b. 1610 (d.1665) Capt. R N (Killed in ‘Tiger’) Wed Frances Carre.: Children: Phineas b. 1646, Bapt (c) 1670, (d.1694). Shipwright. Christopher b. 1620 (d.1668) (Sir) (Master Shipwright; 1652~1668, Woolwich & Deptford) Wed. Ann (ne?), b? (d1679): Children, Ann (ne Pett) who wed (1674) Daniel Furzer: MS, Chatham: 1698, Surveyor of the Navy 1699. (d.1714); (a child : Elizabeth Furzer (d.1751). This list is not complete...
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