Sources: B.G., v.2, p.266; Stonington vitals, Vol. 3, 1,309,972, It.2, and
1,309,871, Item 2, page 69; Wheeler; CT births and marriages, film 2,897.
Stonington vitals, both films: Birth and death dates.
CT births: Born 17 July 1724. Stonington vitals, v3, p69.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT, Vol. 2, page 2.
Eleazer Brown, son of Eleazer, born 4 May 1698.

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol. II, by Cyrus Henry Brown, pages 266.

Sources: Brown Genealogy, Vol. II; Stonington vitals, film 1,309,871,Item 2; North Stonington Congregational Church records, film 5,080, Item1; and film 2,826; Stonington Church, film 547,548; Barbour Collection ofCT Vitals, film 2897; Brian Pendleton and His Descendants, compiled byEverett Hall Pendleton (Film 1,018,879, Item 18); IGI (Batch #7213008,Sheet #02, Source Call #820,349.

Barbour: Eleazer Brown, son of Eleazer, born 4 May 1698 (Stoningtonvitals, v2, p2).
Vitals, Brown Genealogy and Wheeler's History of Stonington agree onEleazer Junior's birth date and place.
Wheeler: Married Temperance Holmes in 1723.
Film 1,309,871, Item 2, page 69: Names birth dates of children andsays earmarks were entered 26 April 1738. No marriage recorded.
Film 2826: Gives baptismal date. Stonington First Church. Admitted tochurch in what is now North Stonington on May 7, 1727.
Film 547,548, Item 2: Baptized 14 Aug. 1698.
Film 5,080, Item 1: Records from 1727 to 1827. This church opened in1727. Lists baptisms for six of Eleazer's children: Eleazer, Jeremiah,Mary, Rebecca, Temperance, and Peleg. In each case his wife was calledMary.
Brown, p266, cites New London Probate Records, Vol. G, p. 179, 2Dec.1757. Heirs mentioned: Widow Mary Brown (indicating a second wife)Jeremiah Brown, 2nd son (1st son Nathan died at the age of 2); Eleazer,first son; John Butler and wife Mary, eldest daughter; Rebeckah, thirddaughter; Timothy, third son; John, fourth son; Peleg, fifth son; ComfortBrown and wife Temperance, second daughter; Phebe Brown, fourth daughter;Ruth Brown, fifth daughter.
The Brown Cemetery in North Stonington has no grave recorded for thisEleazer or his wives. The Stonington Historical Society reports: "Quiteoften before the 1770's they used only a crude fieldstone to mark agrave. Head-
stones were for the really well-to-do or the well-organized." Thegravestones for Eleazer and Ann Pendleton Brown were erected many yearsafter their deaths by a descendant. This could account for Ann's birthdate info on the
tombstone not jibing with other sources.
Stonington Cemeteries, film 3,096: A Mary Brown died 20 Nov. 1785,Cemetery 47, p353. Stonington Historical Society reports this Mary Brownwas the daughter of Stephen and Hannah Brown. Apparently she nevermarried.
Wheeler in Brown section of his book says Eleazer Brown and TemperanceHolmes, both of Stonington, were married in 1723. In the Holmes section,he says a Temperance Holmes, born 29 Jan. 1707, daughter of Joshua,married (1) 10 May 1727 John Smith and (2) James Treadway. Joshua livedin what is now North Stonington. [Apparently two Temperance Holmes.]Colonial Families of America, Vol. 4, page 467, says a Temperance,daughter of Joshua Holmes, born 29 Jan. 1707, married John Smith ofGroton 10 May 1727. He was born 14 June 1704 and died 22 Dec. 1758. [Seenotes for this Temperance Holmes, RIN 97. She died after 10 Dec. 1761.That was the day she married her second husband--many years after theother Temperance had presumably died.]]
Brown Genealogy has the same info as Wheeler in his Brown section, butformer says info is from Stonington town records. Both say Eleazer andTemperance were married in 1723.
An IGI record gives a 1 June 1728 (typo?) marriage date, married inStonington Township. Everett Hall Pendleton says they were married in1723 and that Temperance was Eleazer's first wife and Mary ________ washis second.
Mary was on the scene 14 Nov. 1736, according to records of the NorthStonington Congregational Church. Rebecca was born 19 Jan. 1735--22months earlier. That date is from two films on Stonington vitals. Browngenealogy and Wheeler say 19 June 1735. Transcribing error? June becameJan or Jan became June. Assuming Mary was Eleazer's second wife, shewould be the mother of Phebe, Timothy, John, Peleg and Ruth (all bornbetween
4 July 1737 and 27 June 1749). Temperance Brown, presumably, would be thedaughter of Temperance (Holmes) Brown. Jeremiah and Rebecca probably werethe children of Temperance also, but one or both could be Mary's, sincewe have found no marriage record for Eleazer and Mary. [I will allot thechildren through Rebecca to Temperance.]

Regardless, it appears Mary was my Peleg's mother.

Records of Rev. Joseph Fish of the Congregational Church of NorthStonington say Eleazer II was a church member before 1 July 1733 and hiswife Mary was received into the church and baptized 24 Oct. 1742. It alsosays Eleazer II and wife Mary "received baptism" 14 Nov. 1736, same dayas five Brown children. Church records state that Eleazer, Jeremiah,Rebecca, Mary and Temperance were baptized 14 Nov. 1736 and werechildren of Eleazer Brown and wife Mary and that Peleg Brown, son ofEleazer and wife Mary, was baptized 16 Dec. 1744.

[North Stonington Church records also say an Eleazer Brown of Westerly,R.I., married Sarah Die, 10 Nov. 1742. This, according to Everett HallPendleton, was Eleazer, son of Jonathan Brown and Elizabeth Pendleton,who probably died in the French and Indian War.]

Wheeler cites New London Probate Records, Vol. G, p. 170, 2 Dec. 1757.(This doesn't jibe with the tombstone death date). Heirs mentioned: WidowMary Brown (indicating a second wife); Jeremiah Brown, second son (firstson Nathan died at the age of 2); Eleazer, first son; John Butler andwife Mary, eldest daughter; Rebeckah, third daughter; Timothy, third son;John, fourth son; Peleg, fifth son; Comfort Brown and wife Temperance,second daughter; Phebe Brown, fourth daughter; Ruth Brown, fifthdaughter.

A Stonington deed, info from John Henderson, says Lt. John Ashcraftsold a
small quantity of Stonington land to Elizor Brown. This was mentioned ina land record dated 15 June 1717 in which Ashcraft sold a tract of land,less the small quantity previously sold to "Elizor" Brown, to PeterBelton of Groton. The Elizor could refer to either Eleazer Brown Jr. orSr.

She is NOT the daughter of Joshua Holmes, Jr. and Fear Sturgis. That Temperance Holmes' marriages were John Smith in 10 May 1727, and JamesTreadway in 10 Dec 1761.

Sources: Brown Genealogy.

Barbour in his Stonington vitals, v2, p68 (film 2,923), has a Temperance
Holmes born 17 Jan. 1727/1728. This would be the daughter of John Holmes,son
of Joshua Jr. and Fear Sturgis.
Don't know how Eleazer's wife ties in with the Holmes family. But
Brown Genealogy could be wrong. Maybe Eleazer was married to Mary all
the time and did not have a first marriage--although he did have adaughter
named Temperance Brown.

1. 1. Nathan BROWN b. 17 Jul 1724, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 26 Apr 1726, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
2. Mary BROWN b. 26 Jan 1726, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; c. 14 Nov 1736, 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
3. Eleazer BROWN b. 1 Jun 1728, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; c. 14 Nov 1736, 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 11 Jul 1795, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; bur. Brown Cemetery,No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
4. Temperance BROWN b. 15 May 1731, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; c. 14 Nov 1736, 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 24 Oct 1805, Leyden,Hampstead Co.,Massachusetts.
5. Jeremiah BROWN b. 12 May 1733, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; c. 14 Nov 1736, 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
6. Rebeckah BROWN b. 19 Jan 1735; c. 14 Nov 1736.

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, by Cyrus Henry Brown, pages 10, 12.
Four of the children of Thomas Browne remained in MA, while three ofthem came to Stonington, CT, before 1688. They purchased and receivedlarge tracts of land most of which was located in the present town ofNorth Stonington, bounded as follows: the western boundary was nearly allon Ossekonk Swamp, the northern bounds of which extended from theOssekonk brook on the west on Shunnock River on the east, joining on thenorth the lands of the late Stephen Avery and lands of the Maine family,to the lands of the Randall family; eaterly on the Randall land to theRichardson's possessions; on the south by the Palmer family land andMiner territory; and on the west by the Wheeler family land up to thesaid Ossekonk Swamp.
Eleazer Brown, b. Lynn MA, Aug 5, 1670; d. Stonington CT, now NorthStonington, Nov 30, 1734. m. Ann Pendleton, Oct. 18, 1693.
His house stood in the eastern part of the lands purchased by theBrown brothers, about twenty-five rods south of the Brown Cemetery, andnorth of the Miner Meeting-house. Headstones were erected to their gravesby the late Daniel Brown (386). Probably these were the first intermentsin these grounds. He was a farmer and stock-raiser.

GRAVE STONE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO.,CT, Copied by Charles R. Hale, 1932, page 64. Brown Cemetery #71.
Brown, Eleazer, son of Thomas of Lynn, Mass. born Aug. 5, 1670, diedNov. 30, 1734.

NEW LONDON COUNTY, CONN. PROBATE RECORDS, 1733-1742 Vol. 1., page 9.
ELEAZER BROWN, of Stonington, page 100
Dated: May 24, 1732
Sons: Jonathan: Eleazer: James.
Daus: Ann: Mary: Patience; Abigail; Ruth
G-dau: Hannah Wilcocks
G-son: David Brown
Exec: James Brown
Wit: Noah Grant; Samuel Holdrideg; Daniel Brown
Prob. Dec. 4, 1734

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Sources: History of Stonington by Wheeler; Brown Genealogy by Cyrus H.Brown,
2 volumes; American Marriage Records; Stonington Cemetery records,1,311,117;
History of 1st Congregational Church of Stonington, film 547,548, Item 2,and
974.65/S1, K2w; Stonington vitals, films 2,897 and 1,309,871, Item 2;Barbour's
Connecticut vitals, film 2897.
[Almost all info in film 1,309,871 pertaining to Eleazer Sr. and hischildren
comes from page 2.]
Wheeler & IGI say Eleazer I was born Aug. 4, 1670. Wheeler in anotherplace
says Aug. 5. Brown Genealogy, Vols. I and II, says Aug. 4.
Another source says Aug. 15. Brown lists the marriage and death datesand
place of birth. Wheeler confirms the Aug. 4 death date. Bible recordscopied
from older records (Found on Film 862,766, Vol. 10, Page 9), confirm the
marriage and death dates. Am. Marriage Records confirm marriage date.

Gravestone, apparently erected well after his death, reads:
Eleazer
Son of
Thomas Brown
of Lynn, Mass.
Born Aug. 5, 1670
Died Nov. 30, 1734

Eleazer and his older brothers, Thomas and John, sold theirposssessions
in Reading, MA, and came to Connecticut "at maturity" sometime after1677. They
purchased adjacent farms near Browne's Mountain in what is now North
Stonington. Their cattle marks were recorded in May 1688. Eleazer waslisted in
B.G. as "engaged in farming and stock-raising." He resided in Westerly,Rhode
Island, as well as Stonington. His wife inherited property in Westerly,
although it was deeded in his name.
Stonington vitals, film 1,309,871, Item 2 (original records): "Themarks
Belonging to ye house of Eleazer Brown for Cattle swine & sheep etc is aCutt
in ye near side of ye Right Ears and a Crop of the Top of yet Left Ears.
Entered April ye 20th 1704."

Thomas and John were mentioned in their father's will, along withJoseph,
Daniel, daughter Norwood and Ebenezer (executor) but not Eleazer or other
siblings.
The area where Eleazer and his brothers lived was called Stoningtonbefore
1807. In 1807, that inland area became known as North Stonington, hencethe
burial site is today in North Stonington. Stonington is a seaport area.
Stonington vitals, film 2,897: Eleazer Brown died November 1734.Stonington
v2, p2. Film 1,309,871, Item 2: Eleazer Brown and Ann Pendleton married18 Oct.
1693. Also has children and earmarks.
1st Congregational Church of Stonington records: Eleazer Brown and wifeAnn
admitted 9 May 1708.
Barbour: Eleazer Brown died November 1734 (Stonington vitals, v2, p2).

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 37, 46 & 47.
A tradition among her descendants says that she was sixty years oldwhen she died.
Eleazer Brown and his wife made their home in Westerly and later inStonington, in the part of that township which was afterward set off toform North Stonington. In the division of their father's property, Annreceived his house as appears in the agreement of the heirs: pg. 46.
After the deaths of Ann and her husband, her surviving childrendeeded to Edmund and Joseph Pendleton of Westerly, for ten pounds alltheir rights in the estate of "our grandfather, James Pendleton late ofWesterly, and of 'Briant' Pendleton". This deed was signed 30 Jul 1734,by Jonathan Brown, "Elezer" Brown, Thomas Main and Ann, his wife,Patience Brown, James Pendleton and Abigail his wife, and Wait Palmer andMary, his wife (Rockingham Co., NH Deeds, xx, 227.)

MARRIAGES BEFORE 1700, page 46,
BROWN, Eleazer and Ann PENDLETON, 18 October 1693, Westerly RI.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT., Vol 2, page 2.
PENDLETON, Ann, m. Ele(a)zer Brown, Oct. 18, 1683.

GRAVE STONE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO.,CT, Copied by Charles R. Hale, 1932, page 64. Brown Cemetery #71.
Brown, Ann, wife of Eleazer, and daughter of Capt. James Pendletonborn 1673, died age 60.

Sources: Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London, Conn;History
of Stonington; National Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars; Early NewEngland
Pendletons; Early New England Marriages Prior to 1700; Brown Genealogy;R.I.
Genealogical Register, v4, #4, 355; AF.

G. and B. Record of New London: Ann Pendleton, born 12 Nov. 1673.
History of Stonington: Ann Pendleton, born 12 Nov. 1673.

Since James Pendleton was in Portsmouth from 1665 to 1670, Annpossibly was
born there, according to this information, but gravestone, erected many
years after her death, says she was born six years later in Westerly,Rhode
Island. Both say she died at age 60.

Tombstone reads:
Ann / Wife of / Eleazer Brown / & Daughter of / Capt. James Pendleton /Born in Westerly RI / 1673 Died aged / 60 years

An AF record says she died Nov. 30, 1734. New England Marriages Prior
to 1700 says she was born in 1667. Back to square one.

"Early New England Pendletons" says Ann's mother was from Sudbury,Mass.
Ann could have gone to her parents' home for births. Births of some ofher
children were recorded in both Sudbury and Portsmouth.

Colonial Wars: Ann Pendleton, born 12 Nov. 1673, died before 1732.Married Eleazer Brown 18 Oct. 1693.

Major Brian Pendleton left 700 acres of Westerly, Rhode Island, land intrust to his son James, which was to be divided among James' children byhis second wife. Each was to receive one share, except for the oldestson, who would receive two shares. An instrument dated April 11, 1711,named Ann's share, one of seven. Typically, it is listed in her husband'sname. "...Elizer brown hath ye third lott & ye house that was Capt.Pendletons stands on itt ye bounds thereof is in ye surveigh & ye s'dElezer brown had s'd lott by a Joynt agreement of the heirs of Capt.James Pendleton & payed sertaine sumes of money therefore unto NicholasCottrill William walker as was inserted in Capt. James Pendletons will &for a confirmation of s'd lott with all ye housing orchards fencingspausters woods timber & all other priveleges & apurtenances whatsoeverbelonging to s'd lott or hereafter shall belong thereunto" (are, ineffect, assigned by the above Cottrill and Walker, as well as by Edmundand Caleb Pendleton) "to ye s'd Elezer brown his heirs Executsadministrators &
assigns to have & to hold in severallity forever to use poses and injoyas his owne proper Estate forever..." From Brown Genealogy, Vol. II.
No wonder Ann and Eleazer lived in Westerly as well as Stonington.

Four generations later, Caroline M. Wood Brown, wife of German S.Brown, bought Broome County property in her own name from German'sbrother. The lot of the wife had improved, if not the size of the lott.

RIGR: Called Ann Brown in her father's will.

Batch #: 7505212, Sheet #: 03, Source Call #: 935364
Batch #: A184641, Source Call #: 184641, 184642
Batch #: 7407803, Sheet #: 28, Source Call #: 934366
Batch #: 7620308, Sheet #: 87, Source Call #: 1058579

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1. Jonathan BROWN b. 12 Jul 1694, Lynn,Essex Co.,Massachusetts; c. 23 Jun 1695, Stonington,New London,Ct.
2. James BROWN b. 1 Jul 1696, Lynn,Essex Co.,Massachusetts; c. 23 Jun 1696, Stonington,New London,Ct; d. 2 Feb 1750, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; bur. Brown Cemetery,No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
3. 2. Eleazer BROWN, Jr. b. 4 May 1698, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; c. 14 Aug 1698, Stonington,New London,Ct; d. 1757, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
4. Annah BROWN b. 1 Feb 1699/1700, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 30 Jun 1700, Stonington,New London,Ct; d. 11 Mar 1766, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Brown Cementery,No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
5. Ebenezer BROWN b. 28 Jun 1702, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 1 Mar 1766, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
6. Mary BROWN b. 28 Nov 1703, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 10 Jun 1793, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
7. Patience BROWN b. 28 Dec 1704, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
8. Hannah BROWN b. 12 Dec 1705, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; c. 26 Jun 1708, Stonington,New London,Ct; d. 4 Jan 1727, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
9. Patience BROWN b. 28 Dec 1707, Stonington,New London,Ct; c. 26 Jun 1708, Stonington,New London,Ct.
10. Abigail BROWN b. 3 Feb 1711/1712, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
11. Ruth BROWN b. 30 Jun 1714, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 20 May 1791, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
12. Daniel BROWN b. Abt 1716, Stonington,New London,Ct.

Descendant of Mayflower passerger John Howland and ElizabethTilley

1. Mary HOLMES b. 19 Mar 1712/1713, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Bef 1759.
2. Joshua HOLMES b. 14 Aug 1700, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 1777, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
3. Abigail HOLMES b. 23 Sep 1703, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 6 Jun 1732, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
4. John HOLMES b. 10 Jun 1702, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 1783, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
5. 3. Temperance HOLMES b. 29 Jan 1706/1707, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Between 1791 and 1792, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
6. Thankful HOLMES b. 12 Nov 1708, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 7 Sep 1742, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
7. Thomas HOLMES b. 1 Jan 1710/1711, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 9 Apr 1796, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
8. Bethia HOLMES b. 29 Jul 1715, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Bef 16 Jun 1744.
9. Marvel HOLMES b. 17 Nov 1717, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Aft 28 Jan 1743/1744, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

1. 4. Eleazer BROWN b. 5 Aug 1670, Lynn,Essex Co.,Massachusetts; d. 30 Nov 1734, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; bur. Brown Cemetery,No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.

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.

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

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. 5. 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. 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. 6. Joshua HOLMES, Jr. b. 20 Aug 1678, Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island; d. 23 Nov 1729, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

Residence: First Yarmouth, then Stonington, CT
Event: Fact Landowner in North Stonington, Conn

Children
Thankful Sturgis b: 20 May 1675 in Yarmouth, Cape Cod Bay, BarnstableCounty, MA
Fear STURGIS b: 1681 in Yarmouth, Cape Cod Bay, Barnstable County, MA

Note: 7 children by Edward (per Crandall)
3 children by Thomas (per Crandall)

1. 7. Fear STURGIS b. 1678, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts; d. 22 Jun 1753, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
2. James STURGIS b. Between 1668 and 1669, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; d. 3 Jan 1717/1718, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; bur. Ancient Cemetery, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
3. Hannah STURGIS b. Abt 1677, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island.
4. Desire STURGIS b. 1665, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; d. 29 Mar 1749, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
5. Joseph STURGIS b. 1664, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; d. 16 Mar 1746/1747, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
6. Thankful STURGIS b. 20 May 1675, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; d. 1 May 1745, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; bur. Old Cemetery, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
7. Edward STURGIS b. 1672, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts; d. 1 Jun 1738, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts; bur. Ancient Cemetery, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
8. Samuel STURGIS b. 1668, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts; d. 12 Jan 1736/1737, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts.