Petry, Pettry, Petrey, Pettrey, and Allied Families
Description:... Martin Petry (1757-ca. 1839/1840) was born in Orange County, Virginia, and was a son of Matthew Peatross. Martin married Ann Raines, and served in the Revolutionary War. They moved to Rockingham County, Virginia in 1785, and then made several other moves, finally moving after 1798 over the mountains to Summers County, West Vir- ginia. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and elsewhere. Includes probable ancestry and genealogical data in Virginia to the mid-1600s.
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