Family: John JETT, Jr. / Mary "Polly" WATSON (F5622)
m. 1836-
Father | Male
John JETT, Jr.
Born 1813 Died Buried Spring Creek Cemetery, Roane Co, WV 
Married 1836 [1, 2, 3, 4] Harrison Co, (W)VA [1, 2, 3, 4] Father John JETT | F5623 Group Sheet Mother Sarah "Sally" SMITH | F5623 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Mary "Polly" WATSON
Born CA 1816 Harrison Co, (W)VA Died 17 Oct 1890 Roane Co, WV Buried Spring Creek Cemetery, Roane Co, WV Father Jacob WATSON | F5741 Group Sheet Mother Sarah PRITCHARD | F5741 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
+ William M. JETT
Born 18 Jan 1840 Barbour Co, (W)VA Died 5 Feb 1922 Ritchie Co, WV Buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Spouse Sophronia Ellen LOWTHER | F11028 Married 11 Oct 1866 Ritchie Co, WV
Child 2 | Male
Jacob JETT
Born CA 1842 Barbour Co, (W)VA Died Buried Spouse Latatia Jane ROWH | F11671 Married 10 May 1866 Doddridge Co, WV
Child 4 | Male
+ Sylvester JETT
Born 29 Jul 1846 Barbour Co, (W)VA Died 22 Jul 1923 Doddridge Co, WV Buried South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Julia Ann Ermina GRAY | F5620 Married 28 Dec 1871 Doddridge Co, WV
Child 7 | Male
+ John M. JETT
Born CA 1853 Ritchie Co, (W)VA Died Buried Spouse Deliah NORMAN | F12964 Married 27 Apr 1871 Doddridge Co, WV
Child 8 | Male
+ Wilson Flavius JETT
Born 19 May 1855 Ritchie Co, (W)VA Died Buried Spouse Mary Ann DYE | F35282 Married 5 Dec 1880 Roane Co, WV
Child 11 | Female
Mary K. JETT
Born CA 1861 Died Buried Spouse Lewis N. ABBOTT | F24240 Married 6 Nov 1884 Roane Co, WV
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Notes - At the age of seven, John Jett Jr. moved with his parents to Barbour County, where they purchased a farm. In 1849, he and his wife moved to Ritchie County, where they lived until 1875, moving then to Roane County, WV. They had ten children, three of whom died in childhood.
1850 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 6 1850:
John Jett, 37, farmer; Mary, 34; Wesley, 13; William, 10; Jacob, 8; Eliz, 6; Sylvester, 4; Alvin, 2.
1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 21 1860:
John Jett, 48, farmer; Mary, 44; William, 20; Jacob, 18; Sylvester, 14; Alvin, 11; Otha, 9; John M, 7; Wilson F, 5; Wesley, 23. [5]
- At the age of seven, John Jett Jr. moved with his parents to Barbour County, where they purchased a farm. In 1849, he and his wife moved to Ritchie County, where they lived until 1875, moving then to Roane County, WV. They had ten children, three of whom died in childhood.
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Sources - [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 100.
Marriage record consists of a list, submitted by the minister on Apr 1 1837, of all the couples that he had married in the preceding year. Among them were John Jett and Mary Watson, not further identified, married on an unspecified date in 1836. - [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 362.
Marriage date erroneously reported as Apr 1 1837. - [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).
- [S1863] The Pritchard Family History, Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ
- [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 362.
- [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 100.