To ascertain if all males with the surname PETTEE share a common ancestor. Researchers currently believe there may be four distinct lines:

-the family of William PITTY/PITTEE/PETTEE who arrived in Weymouth, Masachusettt during the Great Migration, circa 1635;

-the family of Samuel PETTEE from England to Massachusetts prior to 1880;

-the family of Barnard/Patrick PETTEE from Ireland to Massachusetts prior to 1880;

-the family of Edward PETTEE from Ireland to Massachusetts via Canada;