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BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 71.
32. Brian-4 Pendleton (Caleb-3), was baptized 15 Jun 1701, at theFirst Church, Stonington, Conn. We have no record of his death and fewfacts about him appear upon the Westerly records. He lived there and atStonington until about 1750, when he removed to Dutchess Co., NY, thusbecoming the first Pendleton to settle west of Connecticut.
On the 18th of October, 1727, he convayed to James Pendleton threeacres of land in Westerly, "Situated on the northwest corner of land Inow live on" (WlL.E., v, 211), and on 6th April 1730, he sold land to hisbrother Caleb (Ibid., v, 182).
Brian-4 Pendleton was admitted fireeman at Westerly, RI, 4 May 1731.On the 29th February 1747/8, he gave Benoni Smith receipt for legacy lefthim by his father, Caleb-3 Pendleton. This receipt was witnessed by JohnPendleton (Westerly C & P. Rec, iii, 330).
According to the schedule of Capt. James-2 Pendleton's will Brian-4was to receive certain lands at Watch Hill if his brother Caleb-4, Jr.,died before their father, Caleb-3. As this event cames to pass, Brian-4fell heir to this property which he disposed of by an interesting deeddated 17 Feb 1752 (WLE, vii, 388), of which the following is an abstract:
"I, Brian Pendleton, Late of Westerly . . . RI . . . But now ofBatoman's Precinet, Dutchess County . . . NY, yoeman . . . for . . . 60pounds paid by Benajah Pendleton of Stonington . . . Conn. . . . yeoman(son of Caleb Pendleton, late of Colchester Deed) . . . have given,granted . . . a certain Tract or Parcell of Land Lying in the Town ofWesterly aforesd, as a place known by ye name of Watch Hill, containingabout three hundred acres . . . it being all ye land which my honeredgrandfather James Pendleton Late of Westerly Deed. gave in his last will& Testament to his wife during her natural life & after her Decease to myfather Caleb Pendleton Late Deed. . . .& in a schedual anexed to saidwill ye said land was given (after my said Father's decease) to my abovesaid Deceased Brother Caleb Pendleton, and that if he should die beforemy above said Father Then the said Land was given to me which bothhappened that my said brother Caleb Pendleton did die before our fatherCaleb leaving ye aforesd Benajah to be his heir."
No record of Brian-4 Pendleton married at Stonington, Conn., 11March 1725, Anna Wilcox (First Ch. Rec.). She was probably the daughterof William and Dorothy (Palmer) Wilcox, born at Stonington, 14 June 1700,as is indicated by deed of gift given by William Wilcox of Stonington, tohis grandson, John Pendleton of Colchester, on the 2nd December, 1754(Stonington Deeds).

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1. John PENDLETON b. 26 Sep 1727, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
2. Nathan PENDLETON b. 3 Dec 1729, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
3. Anna PENDLETON b. Mar 1731, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
4. Caleb PENDLETON b. 1 Dec 1734, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
5. Abel PENDLETON d. 1758.
6. Content PENDLETON b. 9 May 1742, Colchester,New London,Connecticut.
7. Hannah PENDLETON b. 1744, Colchester,New London,Connecticut.

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 37, 48 & 49.
He was a farmer and settled upon his father's land at Westerly. Onthe 26th of Jany. 1703, his brothers and sisters agreed "They having agift of land given us by our grandfather Bryan Pendleton to be dividedamongst us at our father's death, as per deed bearing date 31 Aug 1674;and our brother Caleb having built upon said land we mutually agree forourselves with full consent of father James, that our brother Caleb shallhave his part of land where he now is." Is recorded in the Westerly LandEvidence.
He was active in town affairs and repeatedly held office between1698 and 1720, becoming Town Councilman in the latter year. Was admittedto the church at Stonington, 18 Feby., 1693, and was baptized with histwo oldest children the following 23rd of July, 1693. (Rec. First Cong.Ch., Ston., CT) His wife's name was Elizabeth ______. We lack record ofhis marriage but Charles H. Pendleton of Westerly thinks she was a sisterof George Lamphere, who had fenced part of James Pendleton's land.Caleb's Children, as given in the baptismal records of the Stoningtonchurch, and as named in his will.

WESTERLY, RI, TC & PROBATE VOL 3/5 1745-1765., page 310.
PENDLETON, Caleb, of We, yoeman. Will dated 10 Mar 1745, proven 31 Mar1746, pgs 50-51. Mentions: Sons James Pendleton, Brian Pendleton, & CalebPendleton. Daughters Sarah Lamphear, Anna Babcock (wife of Samuel Babcocksee receipts pgs 329-332), Elizabeth Brown (wife of Jonathan Brown seereceipts pgs 329-332), Susannah Willcox wife of Stephen Willcox, RuthSmith wife of Benoni Smith, & Read Saunders (possibly wife of JohnSaunders Jr. see receipts pgs 329-332). Grandson Benajah Pendleton son ofCaleb. Granddaughter Elizabeth Babcock. Granddaughter Anna Babcock.Granddaughter Hannah Smith (daughter of Benoni Smith & wife of AndrewChapman see receipt 20 Aug 1752 pgs 329-332). Granddaughter ElizabethSmith, Granddaughter Mary Saunders (presumably wife of Benjamin Stillmansee receipts pages 329-332), Grandson Nathan Babcock. Grandsons CalebWillcox & Joshua Willcox. Grandson William Smith. Sister Dorothy Cottrell(widow of Nicholas Cottrell late of We dec see receipts pgs 329-332).Thomas Hiscox a teacher of the Gospell. Witn: William Davis, WilliamHiscox, Elisha Clark.

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Sources: Early New England Pendletons; Westerly and Its Witnesses;R.I. Generalogical Register, v4, #4, p355; AF.
Early Pendletons: Caleb Pendleton. Married Elizabeth ___, possibly
Lanphere.
Westerly: Two Caleb Pendletons were named freemen in Westerly in 1727;also a Joseph Pendleton.
RIGR: Caleb Pendleton, named in his father's will.

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PENDLETON GENEALOGY, page 49.
We lack record of his marriage but Charles H. Pendleton of Westerlythinks she was a sister of George Lamphere, who had fenced part ofJames-2 Pendleton's land.

Sources: Early New England Pendletons.
Early: Caleb Pendleton. Married Elizabeth _________, possiblyLanphere..

1. Elizabeth PENDLETON b. 1694, Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island; c. 25 Jun 1699, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
2. James PENDLETON b. 1689, Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island; c. 23 Jul 1693, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 9 Jun 1753, Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island.
3. Sarah PENDLETON b. Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island; c. 23 Jul 1693, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Aft 4 Jun 1746, Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island.
4. Hannah PENDLETON, [child] b. Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island; c. 7 Jul 1693, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
5. Caleb PENDLETON, Jr. b. 1697, Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island; c. 6 Jun 1697, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Bef 10 Jun 1740, Colchester, New London, Connecticut.
6. 1. Brian PENDLETON b. Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island; c. 15 Jun 1701, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. , Dutchess, New York.
7. Anna PENDLETON b. Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island; c. 22 Aug 1703, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
8. Read PENDLETON b. Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island.
9. Susannah PENDLETON b. Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
10. Ruth PENDLETON b. Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 1787, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.

HISTORY OF STONINGTON Ct, by Wheeler, page 532, 533.
Was first at Watertown MA, then at Sudbury MA, and came to WesterlyRI in 1669. He was in the early Colonial wars. He was admitted to theFirst Church of Stonington, CT, Nov 7, 1680.
His will is dated Feb. 9, 1702, but does not mention his son James,by the first wife, nor daughters Sarah or Patience by the second wife.They probably died young or without children.

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 1-77.
Capt. James Pendleton, was born in England about 1627, or 1628, ansindicated by the facts that he was admitted freeman at Watertown, Mass.,10 May 1548, and that on the 26th of July 1672, he testified atPortsmouth, NH, he was forty-four years of age.
On the 21st of Oct 1650, James Pendleton and Mary, his wife, ofWatertown, Mass., sold to George Parkhurst, "Same towne" five or sixacres known as "crocked meadow" (Middlesex Co., Mass., Deeds, I, 17).Shortly afterwards he removed to Sudbury, Mass., where he served on acoroner's jury in May, 1654.
In 1671, James began to dispose of the property he had accumulatedat Portsmouth and vicinity, with his wife, Hannah, he sold land andbuildings at Portsmouth to Thomas Thatcher.
On the 25th Jany. 1688, James Pendleton bought of Nathaniel Lynde1,000 acres on the sea-coast of Westerly, including Watch Hill. He sold asmall part of this land and the rest he willed to his sons, Joseph,Edmund, and Caleb.
His death occurred in Westerly on the 29 Nov, 1709. Like his fatherhe was active in public affairs until the time of his death and like hisfather too, wherever he went he became at once one of the leadingcitizens.
The will of James-2 Pendleton, names wife, Hannah, sons: Joseph,Edmund and Caleb, daughters Ann Borwn, Eleanor Pendleton and DorothyPendleton, "children by my present wife, Hannah," and daughters Mary andHannah "had by my former wife."
No reference is made by Capt. James Pendleton to his sons, James-3and Brian-3, named in his father's will in 1677, or to any heirs of thesesons, and as no mention of any such has elsewhere appeared, it would seemindisputable that James-3 and Brian-3 died without issue. James-3 haddied previous to 1698, but we have nothing to show what became ofBrian-3.

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Sources: History of Stonington by Wheeler, Genealogical andBiographical
Record of New London County, Conn., by Beers; Westerly and Its Witnesses
(974.59, H2d); Early New England Pendletons by Everett Hall Pendleton;Babcock and Allied Families; National Society, Daughters of ColonialWars; AF; R.I. Genealogical Register, v4, #4, p355; NEHGR, v7, p 357;v12, p238, and v17, p255.

Went to Watertown, Mass., with parents from England. They moved toSudbury, and he was given 140 acres of land by his father. Moved toPortsmouth, N.H., where he was in business with his father. There he wasa selectman, 1663 to 1668; town clerk, 1663 and 1664; one of thecommissioners (local magistrates) to determine small actions from 1667 to1671, and captain of the Portsmouth military company from 1666 until1674, his last year in Portsmouth. He owned property on the Great Islandand continued in business after his father moved to Winter Harbor (Saco),Maine, in 1665.
He moved to Stonington, Conn., being granted land, and also had some700
acres of land given him by his father. Those 700 acres are in what is now
Westerly, Rhode Island, but both Connecticut and Rhode Island onceclaimed
the Westerly area. (The land was given him in trust, with instructions itbe
passed on to his children by his second wife.)
James, a staunch Puritan, favored Connecticut over the more liberalRhode
Island, but he eventually lost that fight. He continued his businessactivities and was affluent enough to be referred to as "Esquire" and"Gentleman."
He was a selectman in both Stonington and Westerly, sold intoxicants,
imported sugar from Barbados and had dealings with tobacco planters in
Maryland. Dealing in liquor was not considered reprehensible in thosedays, and a man could engage in that business, as well as in politics,and still be a community leader and a pillar of the church.
About the time he moved to Stonington, the King Philip's War brokeout, and Capt. James took part. He also may have participated in thegreat Narragansett fight. He was awarded land in Voluntown for hisservices during the war. He also obtained captive Indians whom he soldinto slavery.
Eventually, James obtained more property in Rhode Island, buying 1,000acres at Watch Hill in Westerly. His Watch Hill home still stands. It isunclear when he moved from Stonington to Westerly.
There is a great deal more information in Early New EnglandPendletons.
Westerly: Capt. James Pendleton, among Westerly freemen named in 1727.Page 151.
Babcock and Allied Families: James Pendleton, born in England in 1627or
1628. He resided in Watertown and Sudbury, MA; Portsmouth, N.H., andWesterly, RI. Made a captain of the Portsmouth military company 2 Oct.1666. Served in King Phillip's War from Connecticut, receiving land inVoluntown, CT, for his services. [Much more info on pages 81-83.]
Colonial Wars: James Pendleton, born 1627/8 in London, England; died
Westerly, R.I., 29 Nov. 1709. Married (2) Hannah Goodenow 2 April 1656/9in
Sudbury, Mass. "Captain in the Portsmouth (N.H.) Military Company, 10Oct. 1666 by Court." Also saw active service in King Philip's War on 17May 1676; in Cedar Swamp Lot Drawing 1701, Connecticut Colony. [See pages645 and 646 for children and grandson.]
RIGR: Westerly Town Council and Probate, Vol. 2 (1), 1699-1719. Capt.James Pendleton of Westerly, being aged. Will dated 9 Feb. 1702/3 andcodicil, proved 21 Dec. 1709, pgs 104-6, 108. Mentions father BrianPendleton, deceased, testate; Unnamed former wife; present wife Hannah;daughters Mary and Hannah (no surnames) that I had by former wife, 5pounds each, no more because they received land in Wells, Maine, fromtestator's father, Brian Pendleton. [Note: pg 108: Nicholas Mowrey signeda receipt for 5 pounds due me from Capt. James Pendleton's will, datedFreetown 7 Sept. 1716--suggesting that Nichoas Mowrey married one of thetwo daughters, Mary and Hannah.]; sons of present wife Hannah, Joseph,Edmond and Caleb Pendleton; daughters of present wife Hannah, Ann Brown,Eleanor Pendleton and Dorothy, no surnamed. [Note: pg 108: 9 Jan. 1709/10We John Lewis, Nocholas Cottrell Jr. and Caleb Pendleton, husbandmen, andHannah Pendleton, widow, all of We stand bound unto the town council for250 pounds re will of James Pendleton--suggesting that possibly JohnLewis and Nicholas Cottrell Jr. married the daughters Eleanor andDorothy. Further note the will dated 1745 of Caleb Pendleton (the lastson this will, without doubt, since he had the same child as the son...]
Ancestral File records list two other death dates: Nov. 20 and 29,
1709.
NEHGR: Cited in Sudbury, Mass., records as father of Brian and James
Pendleton. From Vol. 7 article, "Early Settlers of Essex and OldNorfolk":
James Pendleton, Portsmouth (New Hampshire), 1668; wife Hannah. Vol. 12,listed as a free inhabitant of Westerly 3 March 1679/80.

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 1-77.
James Pendleton married 2nd, 29 April 1656, also at Sudbury, Mass.,Hannah Goodenow, daughter of Edmund and Hannah ( ) Goodenow. She wasborn in Sudbury MA 28 Nov 1639 and was living in Westerly RI as late as1725. Her father was a native of Dunhead, Wiltshire, EN (N.E. Hist. Gen.Reg. 1x, 357), and was a prominent man in Sudbury which he represented inthe General Court for several years.

HISTORY OF STONINGTON, page 531 & 532, & Genealogies by R.H. Wheeler,page 388,

GENEALOGIST DICTIONARY OF NEW ENGLAND Vol. 3, page 271, Vol. 2.
by James Savage, books in the City library, 220 State St., S. MA.

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Sources: AF; Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors...; Early New England
Pendletons; Pioneers of Massachusetts; Vols 6 and 17, NEHGR.
Three Hundred: Hannah Goodenow, born 28 Nov. 1639; married 29 April1656,
James Pendleton.
She was living in Westerly, R.I., in 1725. An Ancestral File Recordsays she
was born Nov. 28, 1639. But Sudbury, Mass., birth records put date as 25June
1640.
NEHGR: Vol. 6, p378: Hannah, daughter of Edmund Goodnow, born 25 June1640
(Sudbury records cited).
[Vol. 17, p170, (again citing Sudbury records) says she was born 25June
1640. This appears to be an error in transcribing the records. In thebirth
record below, for Mary Goodnow, her cousin, the same birth date islisted.
Apparently the transcriber picked up this date for Hannah by mistake.]
Various sources say she the daughter of Jane Goodenow and HannahGoodenow as
well as of Ann(e) Barry. Latter cited most frequently. And one of thechildren
of Capt. James and Hannah (Goodenow) Pendleton was named Ann. None namedJane
or Hannah.

Name also spelled Goodenowe and Goodenough.

Batch #: 7407803, Sheet #: 29, Source Call #: 934366
Batch #: A184639, Source Call #: 184639, 184640
Batch #: A458808, Source Call #: 458808
Batch #: 7023617, Sheet #: 94, Source Call #: 538623
Batch #: 7519604, Sheet #: 23, Source Call #: 884585

1. Ann PENDLETON b. 12 Nov 1667, Portsmouth,Rockingham Co.,New Hampshire; d. 1727, Stonington,New London,Connecticut,aged 60 years; bur. Brown Cemetery,No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
2. Sarah PENDLETON
3. Dorothy PENDLETON
4. Patience PENDLETON b. 1688, Stonington,New London,Ct.
5. Brian PENDLETON b. 23 Jul 1659, Sudbury,Middlesex Co.,Massachusetts; d. Aft 1677.
6. Joseph PENDLETON b. 29 Dec 1661, Sudbury,Middlesex Co.,Massachusetts; d. 18 Sep 1706, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; bur. 20 Sep 1706, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
7. Edmund PENDLETON b. 24 Jun 1665, Portsmouth,Rockingham Co.,New Hampshire; c. 18 Apr 1674, 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 1750, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
8. 2. Caleb PENDLETON b. 8 Aug 1669, Portsmouth,Rockingham Co.,New Hampshire; c. 23 Jul 1693, 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 19 Mar 1746, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
9. Sarah PENDLETON c. 18 Apr 1675, 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. her youth.
10. Eleanor PENDLETON c. 20 Jul 1679, 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. Abt 1712, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
11. Dorothy PENDLETON c. 3 Oct 1686, 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London,Connecticut.

1. Nicholas COTTRELL, 3rd b. 1658, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 1727, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
2. 3. Elizabeth COTTRELL b. Abt 1664, Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island.

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 531.
He first settled in Watertown, MA and was made freeman there Sept 3,1634, and was Deputy for six years to the General Court. He moved toSudbury and helped settle that town, and was selectman for several years.From Sudbury he went to Ipswich. He was a member of the famous artillerycompany of Boston. He removed to Portsmouth, NH about 1651, and wasDeputy there five years. In 1653 he purchased 200 acres of land nearWinter Harbor, Saco, ME, and after a few years he returned to Portsmouth,where he made his will, which was prov en April 5, 1681. He was aneminent man in his day, and held the office of captain and major for manyyears, besides important civil and military offices.

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 1-77.
Brian Pendleton was married when he came to this country but we havenot found his wife's family name. Her Christian name was Eleanor, asappears in every deed she signed with her husband from 1648 to 1680. Shesurvived the Major for about eight years as on the 28th of July, 1688,Pendleton Fletcher of Saco petitioned Governor Andros for a confirmationof his (Fletcher's) title to lands received from Brian Pendleton, hisgrandfather. "Also 100 acres given yr petition by his Grnadmother, latelydeceased and purchased by her husband of one Jno West, lying upon SacoRiver, on ye Southward side." This was the land which Brian Pendletonbought of West 15 March 1678/9. York Deeds, 1:80.

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Sources: Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County,Conn.,
by Beers; Early New England Pendletons; History of Saco and Biddeford(Maine); Wheeler's History of Stonington; Babcock and Allied Families:IGI; Founders of Early American Families; National Society, Daughters ofColonial Wars, Lineage Book V; NEHGR, v7, p357; v8, pp 239-240, & v3,p258; The Great Migration Begins, v1, pages 302, 496 and 564; v2, pages1015 and 1135; The American Genealogist, Vol. 10, pages 14 and 15;Puritan Village by Sumner Chilton Powell.

Founders: Brian Pendleton. Watertown, MA, 1634. Sudbury 1638. Ipswich.
Portsmouth, NH, 1651. Saco, Maine, 1677. Died Winter Harbor, Maine, by 5April 1681. Captain of Militia. Major. Deputy. President Maine Province.Associate Justice.
IGI names five children, the first two being born in London.
Beers and Wheeler list only two children. Early New England
Pendletons lists five children, with four of them probably being born in
England. Marriage record at St. Martin's Church, Birmingham, England,reads: "Aprell 22, 1619, Bryene Pendleton et Ellinor Prise." Birth offirst child, Nicholas, recorded at same church. He probably died young.Next three probably born in London and the fifth probably in Watertown,Mass. After the birth of Nicholas, the Pendletons are found in 1625 inthe Parish of St. Sepulchre's without Newgate in London. That church'srecords were lost in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
Brian Pendleton was probably among the original settlers of Watertown,Mass. On Aug. 14, 1634, he was chosen one of three men to "order" thecivil affairs of the town--an office which later became known as that ofselectman. On Sept. 3, 1634, he was made a freeman. On March 3, 1636, hewas chosen as deputy from Watertown to the General Court ofMassachusetts. He was several times reelected to both positions. He alsowas one of the original members of the Military Company of Massachusetts.
In 1639 he was one of the first settlers of Sudbury, Mass., and in1640 was appointed to drill the military company there. He also was aselectman and commissioner in Sudsbury. He returned to Watertown in 1646and again to the General Court. Referred to in Watertown as "Lieut.Pendleton."
Moved to Topsfield, Mass., in 1648-49 and to Portsmouth (later N.H.)in 1651 where he was appointed an associate justice by the General Courtof
Massachusetts, serving until 1665, when he moved to Winter Harbor, Maine.
In Portsmouth he was chosen commander of the train band (militia).
selectman, town treasurer, and deputy to the General Court, all for
several terms, as well as serving in other positions. In fact, Everett
Hall Pendleton, in Early New England Pendletons, says he and his son,Capt.
James Pendleton, "ran the affairs of Portsmouth."
In Winter Harbor (Saco), he was a selectman, elected a Burgess toattend
the General Court of the Province of Maine, a "surveyor of highways," a
justice for "small causes," and in 1668 was appointed major of the YorkCounty regiment and also an associate justice of the Province of Mainewhen
Maine once more came under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. He laterwas
town clerk, commissioner, and assessor of taxes at Saco. In 1680 he wasnamed
deputy president of the Province of Maine.
Brian Pendleton died during the winter of 1680-81, either in WinterHarbor
or Wells, Maine, at the home of his granddaughter, Mary. Two Wells menwere
appointed to take the inventory of his estate, indicating he may havedied
there.
During his lifetime, Brian gave son James 140 acres of land in Sudburyand
also 700 acres in Westerly, Rhode Island, that he had obtained in abusiness
transaction. He also apparently turned over business interests inPortsmouth to James. The major's will left land on the Great Island inPortsmouth to grandsons Pendleton Fletcher and Brian Pendleton, Saco areaproperty to his
wife, and housing and land at Wells to Mary and Hannah Pendleton,daughters of James and his first wife. This included "three plantationsor lotts."
The land left to his wife included 640 acres along the Saco River, hishouse and 300 acres at Cape-Porpus (now Kennebunkport), and "all myseveral islands in or near sd. Cape-Porpus."
The trust deed to the 700 acres of land in Westerly stated that James
was to hold it intact during his lifetime. Afterwards it was to bedivided
equally amongst James' children by his second wife, except the oldest
surviving son should have a double share.
Wheeler: Brian Pendleton's will is on pages 722 and 723.
TAG: "Bryene pendelton et Ellinor prise Aprell 22, 1619. (Register ofSt. Martin's, Birmingham, England, 1554-1653, p. 108). Note. BryanPendleton, who came to New England, was born about 1599, by deposition.His son Nicholas, baptized 4 Dec. 1619, at St. Martin's, Birmingham,England, probably died young.
Babcock and Allied Families: Brian Pendleton, born in England about1599.
Will probated 23 April 1681 in York County Court, Maine. First appears inNew
England in Watertown, MA, 24 Aug. 1634; removed to Sudbury as an original
settler in 1639 and returned to Watertown in 1646. He removed to Ipswich,MA,
where he bought land 9 Nov. 1648, and then moved on to Portsmouth, NH,about
1651. In October 1652 he was one of the commissioners sent to Maine toassert
the authority of Massachusetts there, although he remained a resident of
Portsmouth. He served as a major in King Phillp's War, but it isuncertain
whether he served from Portsmouth or Maine. He was a special magistratein
Winter Harbor, Maine, and an associate justice for York County, Maine,and also headed the York County Court of Pleas. "In the course of hisjudgeships he permitted no Quakers to be whipped or witches hanged."[More info on pages
79-81.]
Colonial Wars: Major Brian Pendleton, born about 1599, died 1681;married
Eleanor Price 22 April 1619.
NEHGR--Article, "Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk" (v7): Brian
Pendleton, a witness at York (Maine), 1653. Age about 70 in July 1669.Captain Brian, Portsmouth (New Hampshire), 1647. Vol. 3, in "Memoir ofCharles Frost," says he was one of eight men appointed [about 1678] tothe provincial council of Maine by the the govenor and council ofMassachusetts
Migration: Bryan Pendleton bought Watertown, Mass., land 6 May 1646
from Nicholas Knapp. Brian Pendleton was one of the executors named inthe
8 April 1647 will of "Margaret How of Water=Towne Widow." Mentioned in 26May
1646 land transaction, along with Edmond Goodenow, in Sudbury. Capt.Pendleton mentioned in Kittery, Maine, records, indicating he hadproperty there in 1648. Brian "Pemelton of Saco" (Maine) on 6 June 1667acknowleged he sold to William Dodge and others, about 1653 or 1654, a600 acre farm "formerly belong[ing] unto Old Mr. Thomas Dudley" and "washonestly paid for it."
Puritan Village: Three residents of Watertown, Peter Noyes, BrianPendleton, "a wealthy London man," and the Rev. Edmund Brown petitionedthe General Court of Massachusetts for a town grant below Concord. Noyeswas termed an administrator and Pendleton a land speculator who "hadenjoyed power in the first few years of Watertown and then fallen out offavor." The General Court appointed Pendleton captain of the townmilitary company after Sudbury was formed. By 1647 he had returned toWatertown, but despite that departure he was awarded more Sudbury land in1658, even though he had left Sudbury some 12 years earlier. Others whohad moved away were not awarded new land. [Perhaps Pendleton was favoredbecause he was a town founder.] Also, he threatened to sue the town in1647, reason not specified, but the Middlesex County Court shows norecord of the case, according to Puritan Village author Powell. [Powell'slabel of land speculator for Pendletown appears accurate since he movedon to other areas, accumulating more and more land. See above.]
NEHGR, v8, pp239-240: Indian War Papers. Reports an Indian attack inMaine in 1675, in which Major Pendleton was asked to help by sending 12men.
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[There are two other books, Brian Pendleton and His Massachusetts and
Brian Pendleton and His Descendents, that contain more information but I(LBB) haven't seen them.]
Batch #: M010721, Source Call #: 919764
Batch #: 8676708, Sheet #: 52, Source Call #: 1396239

Researching this line is Nancyann Norman at nancn@exis.net

See Brian Pendleton notes for marriage date. Several sources list heras
Brian's wife. An Ancestral File record says she died in 1681. Also givesnames
of parents and birth date and place.

1. Nicholas PENDLETON
2. Mary PENDLETON b. Abt 1620/1621, London,England; d. 1681/1690.
3. 4. James PENDLETON b. Abt 1627/1628, London,London,England; d. 29 Nov 1709, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
4. Nicholas PENDLETON c. 4 Dec 1619, London,London,England; d. his youth.
5. Joseph PENDLETON b. Abt 1622, London,London,England; d. his youth.
6. Caleb PENDLETON b. Abt 1630, Sudbury,Middlesex,England; d. Bef 9 Aug 1677, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
7. Mary PENDLETON b. Abt 1635, Sudbury,Middlesex Co.,Massachusetts; d. Abt 1690.

1. 6. Nicholas COTTRELL, II

1. Rebecca PEABODY
2. 7. Anna PEABODY