Notes for Timothy Rhodes Pettit: From internet:newsummer.com/pettit/2-3-09 there is a listing of volunteers for the Army duing the War of 1812. Many of the volunteers from New York were in "2nd Reg (Bedells). Increase is listed first as a Private and then as a Sargent. The information on the site refers to entries found at the San Bruno CA branch of the National Archives from microfilm series M602 entitled"Index to Compilied Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812". Timothy Pettit is listed a Sargent in this unit.
Additionally, Ancestory.com under New York Military Equipment Claims of War of 1812 list 10 Pettit's from, with 6 of those coming from Hempstead, New York. They are Barabas, Charles L, Lewis, Increase, Increase and William
More About Timothy Rhodes Pettit and Elizabeth Smith: Marriage: 30 Jun 1818, Christ's Presbyterian Church, S Hempstead, NY.91