Ancestral Histories- Thomas Pettit

Thomas Pettit (son of Henri Pettit) was born in Widford England around 1609.  He was one of the Puritan emigrants that came over in 1630 on The Talbot one of seventeen ships lead here by John Winthrop for religious freedom.  He was granted a plot of land in Boston at the exact area were the capitol of Massechucetts now stands.  Thomas came to America for religious freedom but when the Puritan way of life grew stricter and laws where made that you pretty much could only be puritan and not another religion Thomas didn't agree.  He was a sympathizer with Anne Hutchenson and soon after her banishment from Massechussetts his family was as well with a group of others who thought the same way.

I think it is cool that I have a anscester who wasn't afraid to stand up for what he believed in.  My younger brothers middle name is Thomas after this Thomas.  I hope that he will be just as courageous and full of integrity.