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                        Peter KIVETT (and wife Anna)

                        Henry KIVET (and wife Sarah)

                        Jacob KIVET (and wife Mary)

 

Name:                   Peter KIVETT

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Birth:                     Jul 1726                Germany

Death:                    28 Sep 1794          Randolph Co., NC

Burial:                                                 Old McMasters Burying Ground

 

(1) Peter KIVETT (1726 - 1794) & Anna Barbary (Staehli) STALEY (1729 - 1797)

    (2) Henry KIVET (~1760 - 1806) & Sarah ALDRIDGE (~1763 - 1817)

        (3) Jacob KIVET (1782 - 1819) & Mary (Polly) BROWER (~1794 - 1823)

            (4) Mary “Polly” KIVET (1815 - 1867) & Moody ROBINSON (1811 - 1881)

                (5) Moody ROBINSON (1850 - 1938) & Ellen Arminda ATEN (1849 - 1919)

                    (6) Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973) & Newton COFFEY (1875 - 1969)

                        (7) Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)

                            (8) Leo Frederick COFFEY (1942 - )

 

(This shows on the left and right the original grave markers in the McMasters Cemetery, Randolph County, NC. Behind them is a more modern marker, presumably placed by the Peter Kivett Family Association. See:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=149575845

 

Misc. Notes

 

Note by Timothy E. Peterman (2015)

Peter Kivett:  Peter Kivett (or Küwit) was born Jul. 1726 in Germany.  Passenger lists show that in Sep. 1749, he arrived in Philadelphia, PA, having embarked from Rotterdam in the Netherlands.  Many Palatinate Germans traveled to Pennsylvania through the port of Rotterdam.  On Sep. 22, 1763, Peter Kivett was naturalized at the Salisbury, NC District Court.  He was described as a native of Germany.  A large group of Pennsylvania Germans settled in Randolph Co., NC during the 1750s and afterwards.  Service:  Patriot, furnished supplies for the militia.  He died Sep. 28, 1794 in Randolph Co., NC.  In about 1749, he married Anna Barbara _____.  She was born Oct. 28, 1729 and died Jul. 26, 1797.  Anna Barbara's surname may have been Staley or Rausch.  If Staley (or Stähli), she would have been the daughter of Ulrich Johannes Jakob Stähli (1700-1776), who moved to Pennsylvania from Switzerland in 1732.  Staley descendants moved to Randolph Co., NC.  If Rausch, she would have been the daughter of Peter Rausch, and sister of Eva Margaretha (Rausch) Emich/ Amick of Randolph Co., NC.  Peter Kivett had 8 children:  Charity (ca 1750-1835), Henry (ca 1753-1806), John (ca 1755-1843), Jacob (ca 1759-1810, Barbary (ca 1761-1837), Elizabeth (ca 1762-ca 1835), Peter Jr. (1765-1835), and Ann Margaret (ca 1765-1837).

 

 

FIND-A-GRAVE MEMORIALS

MCMASTERS CEMETERY,  RANDOLPH COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA:

This cemetery is maintained by the “Peter Kivett Family Association”. It includes a number of Memorials dedicated to the Family. Most of the following is extracted from those memorials:

 

“Peter (Küwit) KIVETT I German Immigrant came to America arriving at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1749. The following ships' lists of eighteenth century "Kivett" arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia, cited in Pennsylvania German Pioneers:

 

"On the 15th Sep 1749, in the Ship Edinburgh, from Rotterdam but last from Portsmouth in England...from the Palatinate: Peter Küwit."

 

“There are many variations of this surname: Kivet, Kevet, Kevit, Kivette, Kevett, Kiviet, Civit, Cieviet, Ciewits, Cavat, Gevell, Gubrit, Küwit and Kibit.

 

“Peter (Küwit) KIVETT I age twenty three married on 1749 Anna Barbary (Staehli) STALEY age twenty in Bern, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is believed that they soon moved into the German community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. By 1755 or perhaps as early as 1753 Peter (Küwit) KIVETT I and Anna Barbary (Staehli) STALEY with their first daughter migrated south to Colonial North Carolina with numerous other German families.

 

“Anna Barbary (Staehli) STALEY is the daughter of Ulrich Johannes Jacob (Stehle) Staehli STALEY and his wife Anna Maria GERMANN.

 

“The tombstone (Photo above) in the McMasters Cemetery near Liberty, North Carolina, states that Peter was born in July, 1726, and died September 28, 1794. It is positive he was an immigrant from Germany. The record of Peter's naturalization has been preserved in colonial Rowan County, North Carolina documents. On September 22, 1763, Peter, along with 33 others, appeared in Salisbury District Court of Colonial Rowan County, North Carolina to swear their allegiance to the British Crown:

 

"This day came into Open Court the following persons Natives of Germany and were Naturalized according to Law by the Oaths appointed for that purpose...to wit...Peter Kevett."

 

“This evidence is extremely convincing that Peter was, in fact, a "native of Germany."

 

“The earliest records place Peter Kivett in Colonial Rowan and Orange County (now Randolph County, North Carolina). The recorded history reveals that the central Piedmont area of North Carolina, which includes Randolph County, was largely settled by those whose first home had been Pennsylvania, where they disembarked from their sailing ships. They migrated south, using the Great Wagon Road* established from old Indian trails from eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia through Lancaster, York and western Maryland to across the Potomac River at a ford leading into Old Colonial Fredrick County, Virginia. Then these migrants turned south down the Shenandoah Valley, across Natural Bridge, through the Appalachian Mountain range at Roanoke Virginia to take up new lands in central North Carolina. According to North Carolina land grants these migrations primarily began in the mid 1750's. The primary four groups were the Quakers, the Scots-Irish, English and the Germans.

 

*For a map, see:

www.coffey.ws/FamilyTree/FamilyNotes/MoravianRoads.htm

 

“The eight children of Peter (Küwit) KIVETT I and Anna Barbary (Staehli) STALEY are:

 

1. Charity KIVETT, b. 1750 PA; d. 1835 NC

2. Peter KIVETT II, b. 1755 NC; m. 1785 NC Sarah YORK; d. 1835 NC

3. Barbara Elizabeth KIVETT, b. 1756 NC; m. 1773 NC John SCOTTEN; d. 1835 NC

4. John Matthew KIVETT Sr., b. 1757 NC; m. 1788 Rosannah ALDRIDGE; d. 1843 NC

5. Jacob KIVETT I, b. 1759 NC; m. 1783 Barbara YORK; d. 1810 NC

6. Henry KIVETT, b. 1760 NC; m. 1784 Sarah ALDRIDGE; d. 1806 NC

7. Mary Barbara KIVETT, b. 1761 NC; m. 1778 George FOUST; d. 1837 NC

8. Anna Margaret KIVETT, b. 1763 NC; m. 1791 William WOLFE, d. 1835

 

Will: Various sources:

In the name of God Amen, I Peter Kivett Senior of the county of Randolph and state of North Carolina, Being weak in body but of sound Memmory (Blessed be god) Do this third day of October and in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Ninety three Do Make and Publish this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and form following (That is to say)

 

First, I give and Devise unto My son Henry Kivett ,Two hundred acres of Land to be laid of to him where he now Dwelleth one hundred acres to be laid of the North side of the Tract I now dwell on, which was granted unto me by the Earl of Granville, the other hundred acres of Land was Given and granted unto me by the state of North Carolina which I give and devise unto my said son Henry Kivett in Fee simple for Ever, Also I give and Devise unto My son Peter Kivett Two Two Hundred acres of Land in fee simple for Ever To be Laid of to him where he now dwelleth, Seventy five acres to

taken of the East side of the Tract I Purchased of Henry Linderman, and one hundred which was Granted unto me by the state of North Carolina and Twenty Five acres of Land on the south East End of a Tract of Land Granted unto me by the state of North Carolina, Item I give and devise unto my son John Kivett Two Hundred Acres of Land to be laid out him where he now dwelleth (in manner following) seventy five acres of Land to be Taken of the West side of the Tract I Purchased of Henry Linderman, and one hundred acres granted unto me by the state of North Carolina, lying Joining Henry Kivett line on the North East side and Joining Henry Linderman Jure Line on the North side and Twenty five more to be laid of to him on the south side of the said Tract I Purchased of The said Henry Lindorman, In fee simple for Ever, Also I give and Devise unto my son Jacob Kivett one Hundred and Fifty Acres of Land in fee simple for Ever,

 

Turn over To be laid out to him (In Manner and form following) One hundred Acres of Land to be laid of on the West Side of the Tract I now dwell on on which was granted unto me by the State of North Carolina And fifty Acres more to be laid off to him on the South side of the said Tract, Item I give and Devise unto my beloved wife Anna Barbery Kivett one hundred and fifty Two acres of Land the remaining part, during her Natril Life and after her Decease, I give and devise the same to my son Jacob Kivett in fee simple for Ever, Also I Give and Devise unto my daughter Charrity Foust five pounds to be paid out of my Movable Properties, after the decease of my beloved wife Anna Barbery Kivitt, Item I give and bequeathe unto my Daughter Elizabeth Hatton the sum of five pounds To be paid to her as afore said also I give and Devise unto My Daughter barbery Foust five pounds to be paid unto her as afore said, Item I give and Bequeath unto my daughter Ann Margaret Wolfe the sum of five pounds as above mentioned; Item I give and devise to my said Dear and beloved wife Anna Barbery Kivitt All my Personal Estate of movable Properties Dureing her natril life and after her decease The same to be Divided Among all my Children above Mentioned; And I make and ordain my said sons Henry Kivitt and John Kivitt my Executors this my will, In trust for the Intents and Purposes, in this my will Contained, In witness whereof I the said Peter Kivitt have Hereunto set my hand and Afixed my seal the day and year first above written

Peter Kivitt

 

Signed sealed and delivered by the said Peter Kivitt as and for his last will and Testament; In the Presents of us, who were Present at The signing and sealling Thereof

Thomas Hamilton (Junior?)

Thomas Savage

Samuel (his mark ) Stout

 

1790 CENSUS, NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH CO., PAGE 6:

At that time, according to the census, there were three Kivetts listed as householders in Randolph Co., North Carolina, -namely, Peter, Peter jr. and Henry.

Peter Kivett was credited with three males, one female and two slaves.

Peter, Jr had one male over sixteen years of age,two males under sixteen and two females.

Henry had one male over sixteen,four males under sixteen and one female.

 

 

 

Marriage:               28 Oct 1749

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Spouse:                Anna Barbary (Staehli) STALEY

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Birth:                     28 Oct 1729          Bern, Switzerland

Death:                    26 Jul 1797           Randolph Co., NC

Burial:                                                 McMasters Burying Ground, Next to Husband

Father:                   Ulrich Johannes Jacob (Stehle) STALEY (1700-1766)

Mother:                 Anna Maria GERMANN (1705-1766)

 

Misc. Notes

 

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(1) Peter KIVETT (Jul 1726 - 28 Sep 1794) & Anna Barbary (Staehli) STALEY (28 Oct 1729 - 26 Jul 1797)

    (2) Charity KIVETT (abt 1750 - 1835)

    (2) Peter KIVETT (1755 - 22 Aug 1835) & Sarah YORK

    (2) Barbara Elizabeth KIVETT (1756 - 1835) & John SCOTTEN

    (2) John Matthew KIVETT (1757 - 1843) & Rosannah (Rosa) ALDRIDGE (abt 1769 - )

    (2) Jacob KIVETT (1759 - Feb 1810) & Barbara YORK

    (2) Henry KIVET (abt 1760 - 5 Aug 1806) & Sarah ALDRIDGE (abt 1763 - 1817)

    (2) Mary Barbara KIVETT (4 Sep 1761 - 7 Jun 1837) & George FOUST

    (2) Anna Margaret KIVETT (1763 - 1835) & William WOLFE

Name: Henry KIVET

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Birth:                      abt 1760

Death:                     5 Aug 1806              Randolph County, North Carolina

Father:                     Peter KIVETT (~1730-1794)

Mother:                   Anna BARBARY (~1730-1793)

 

(1) Peter KIVETT (1726 - 1794) & Anna Barbary (Staehli) STALEY (1729 - 1797)

    (2) Henry KIVET (~1760 - 1806) & Sarah ALDRIDGE (~1763 - 1817)

        (3) Jacob KIVET (1782 - 1819) & Mary (Polly) BROWER (~1794 - 1823)

            (4) Mary “Polly” KIVET (1815 - 1867) & Moody ROBINSON (1811 - 1881)

                (5) Moody ROBINSON (1850 - 1938) & Ellen Arminda ATEN (1849 - 1919)

                    (6) Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973) & Newton COFFEY (1875 - 1969)

                        (7) Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)

                            (8) Leo Frederick COFFEY (1942 - )

Misc. Notes

Note from Timothy E. Peterman:

Approved application to the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) for recognition as a descendant says “Henry Kivett...assisted in extablishing American Independence while acting in the capacity of North Carolina Militia.”

 

Event: Military Service Board of war 1780 Spelled (Cavet)

Event: Military Service 1871 served under Capt. John Hines

 

LFC NOTE: 1800 CENSUS, NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH CO., HILLSBORO TWP:

Henry Kivett is found with the requisite number of children - - Jacob, John, Henry, Peter and Aaron are all living at home. Living in the same county are his brothers, Peter, Jacob and John.

 

Note: on 5 Aug 1806, "Sary" relinquished her "rite and title of the administration of Henry Kivett as widow of said Henry to John Scotten and Peter Kivett my son."

Event: EstateRecd BETWEEN 1806 AND 1823 Randolph Co., NC 6

* Note:

"...John Scotton appointed guardian for the heirs of Henry Kivett Decd...." When Henry died in 1806, his minor children were Aaron, Henry, Anna Barbary and James. In Feb 1819, John Scotton is listed as guardian for Henry,

Barbara and James; Aaron has reached his majority. Finally in 1823, John Scotton is listed as guardian for only one heir, James. (Barbary married in 1822.)

 

Spouse:                   Sarah ALDRIDGE

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Birth:                      abt 1763                  Orange (now Randolph) Co., NC

Death:                     1817                       Randolph Co., NC

Father:                     William Ezekial ALDRIDGE (1729-1789)

Mother:                   Elizabeth

 

Children:

Henry KIVET (abt 1760 - 5 Aug 1806) & Sarah ALDRIDGE (abt 1763 - 1817)

    Jacob KIVET (1782 - 1819) & Mary (Polly) BROWER (abt 1794 - bef 14 Feb 1824)

    John KIVET (30 May 1786 - 1 Sep 1875)

    Henry M KIVET (1790 - )

    Peter KIVET (1793 - 21 Jan 1837)

    Aaron KIVET (1796 - 20 Jun 1850)

    Anna Barbary KIVET (30 Jun 1800 - 30 Mar 1893)

    James KIVET (1807 - 26 Jul 1832)

Name: Jacob KIVET

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Birth:                      1782

Death:                     1819                       Posey Co., IN

Father:                     Henry KIVET (~1760-1806)

Mother:                   Sarah ALDRIDGE (~1763-1817)

 

(1) Peter KIVETT (1726 - 1794) & Anna Barbary (Staehli) STALEY (1729 - 1797)

    (2) Henry KIVET (~1760 - 1806) & Sarah ALDRIDGE (~1763 - 1817)

        (3) Jacob KIVET (1782 - 1819) & Mary (Polly) BROWER (~1794 - 1823)

            (4) Mary “Polly” KIVET (1815 - 1867) & Moody ROBINSON (1811 - 1881)

                (5) Moody ROBINSON (1850 - 1938) & Ellen Arminda ATEN (1849 - 1919)

                    (6) Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973) & Newton COFFEY (1875 - 1969)

                        (7) Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)

                            (8) Leo Frederick COFFEY (1942 - )

 

Misc. Notes

NORTH CAROLINA MARRIAGE RECORDS:

Jacob Kivett and Mary Brower were married 21 Apr 1809, bondsman Philip Amick, witness J Brower.

 

1810 CENSUS, RANDOLPH COUNTY, NC:

Household of Jacob Kivet, has 1 male 16-25, 1 female under 10, and 1 female 16-25. (That would be Jacob, wife Mary, and daughter Sarah)

 

LFC NOTE: After his early death, Jacob’s wife Polly married a cousin of Jacob’s. A few years later Polly died, and Jacob’s uncle Samuel was appointed guardian of the four youngest children (see below). Samuel is authorized to “bind out as apprentices” these children. The two oldest children of Jacob chose other guardians.

 

See also notes with “Mary (Polly) BROWER”

 

Probate: 1824 Posey Co., IN

* Note:

 

"Ordered that Samuel Aldridge be appointed gardian for Polly Kivett, Lucindia Kivett, John Kivett & Peggy Kivett minor heirs of Jacob Kivett Deceased Polly aged ten year and Eleven months, Lusinda, aged Eight year and Eleven months, John aged Seven year and three months and Peggy aged four years and eleven months and that he be authorised to Bind out as apprintaces the said minors to the Best advantage."

 

"...Sarah Kivett a minor heir of Jacob Kivett Deceased aged 13 years and 11 months and chose Phillip Amick for her gardian."

 

"...Hannah Kivett a minor Heir of Jacob Kivett Deceased aged Eleven year and four months and chose John Welborn for her gardean."

 

Spouses

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1:                           Mary (Polly) BROWER

Birth:                      abt 1794                  NC?

Death:                     bef 14 Feb 1824        Posey Co., IN

Father:                     John BROWER (-1814)

Mother:                   Catherine AMICK

Marriage:                 21 Apr 1809             Randolph Co., NC

 

Misc. Notes

LFC NOTE: After the early death of her first husband, Jacob Kivett, Polly married Isaac Aldridge, who would have been a first cousin of her deceased husband.

 

It then appears that Polly herself died shortly thereafter (from the dates, I would speculate that she died in childbirth). At that time, Samuel Aldredge, an uncle of Jacob (his mother’s brother) was appointed guardian of Jacob and Polly’s minor children. See notes with Jacob Kivett for more.

 

FROM ANCESTRY.COM, WRIGHT & KIVETT CONNECTIONS:

Event: EstateRecd 13 AUG 1818 Posey Co., IN

* Note:

"Widow Polly Kivett who married an Aldredge, estate entered in several different books. Ruben Alldridge went back to Randolph Co, NC to settle property there. Heirs Sally, Hannah, Sue, Margaret, Mary Kivett. In 1831 Mary was 18 and two of the other heirs were dead."

 

LFC NOTES: 1820 CENSUS, INDIANA, POSEY COUNTY, BLACK TWP:

The widow “Polly Kivet” is head of household. She has one male child under 10 (John), one female age 10-16 (Sarah), and four females under 10 (Hannah, Mary, Lucinda, and Margaret). She lives next door to Moses Roberson (Robinson), whose son Moody is 9 -- Moody will eventually marry Polly’s daughter Mary. Also close by is Joseph Roberson, Moses’ oldest son. Her uncle Samuel Aldridge and brother-in-law Peter Kivit are living next to each other in same township.

 

 

Jacob KIVET (1782 - 1819) & Mary (Polly) BROWER (abt 1794 - bef 14 Feb 1824)

    Sarah KIVET (Mar 1810 - abt 1845)

    Hannah KIVET (abt Oct 1812 - )

    Mary “Polly” KIVET (26 Nov 1815  - 1 Nov 1867) & Moody ROBINSON (2 May 1811 - 10 Mar 1881)

    Lucinda KIVET (Mar 1815 - )

    John KIVET (Nov 1816 - )

    Margaret KIVET (27 Mar 1819 - )

Isaac ALDRIDGE (20 Oct 1792 - ) & Mary (Polly) BROWER (abt 1794 - bef 14 Feb 1824)

    Twins ALDRIDGE (1822 - )

    Elizabeth ALDRIDGE (19 Dec 1823 - 1901)

 

 

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