DAR PATROIT INDEX, pp. 525.
PENDLETON, Sr. b 3-23-1704 d 8-23-1786 m. (1) Lydia Burroughs PS RI(2) Mrs. Mary McDonald Cheeseborough DAR NATIONAL NUMBER 725017 A716.
Services during the Revolutionary War were:
President of Westerly, RI Town Council, 1762-1781.
Subscribed L40 to Continental Loan Office in 1779 "to make updeficiency at Westerly. (Town Meetings iv, 135, 5)
Was in charge of local defense.
In July, 1780, Rhode Island Assembly appointed him recruitingofficer. (Rhode Island County Record IX, 126)
"All 9 sons fought in Revolution" - (Brian Pendleton and HisDescendants, page 103).
Outfitted 2 privateers captured by British (Brian Pendleton and HisDescendants, page 56).
Fought in French and Indian War (Rhode Island county Record).

DAR NATIONAL NUMBER 531071
Rhode Island County Record, Vol. IX, page 126.
Town Meetings, Westerly, RI, Vol. IV, page 131.

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 44, 56, 57, 58.
Admitted freeman at Westerly, 4 May 1731, and his long life wasspent in that town as one of the most prominent citizens.
In 1742 he was one of the Council of the First Church of Stoningtonappointed to form a church at Westerly. The records of this church statethat on the 8th of April, 1752, "Decaon William Pendleton desired tocommune with us which was granted." March 22, 1752, "The Revd. Mr. Parkbeing returned from Boston, at the desire of Deacon Pendleton preachedfrom Jeremiah ye 8-2."
In June 1746, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace at Westerlyand served as such for several years thereafter. On the 11th of Nov.,1746, he was directed by the Rhode Island Assembly to repair at cost ofcolony the government's part of the Pawcatuck Bridge; his appointmentrefers to him as "Captain." In 1747 he was a Deputy from Westerly to theAssembly and in May of that year was appointed Major in the thirdregiment of the King's County Militia.
The following year he was re-elected to the Assembly and in June wasappointed Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment. He continued as such during1749 and in 1750 became Colonel of the regiment, as office which he heldfor ten years. In 1757, during the French and Indian War, he wasappointed muster Master, and in 1758, the Assembly voted to pay Col.Pendleton 71 Pounds, 4 shillings for expenses in raising his regiment in1756 (RI Col. Rec.). Among various items in the Westerly records relatingto him we find that on "February 9, 1787, Col. Wm. Pendleton Col. of theRegiment of King's Country Appeared before this Council & pray allowanceof 12 pounds for Numbering the Inhabitants of this town accd to act ofassembly, had an order" (West C & P Rec., iii. 509). It also appears thaton the 30th of August, 1762, it was "Voted that Col. Wm. Pendleton havean order to the town treasurer for the sum of 55 pounds, 1s. old tendorfor his expenses the Last Inferior Court he being Imployed in behalf ofthe town: (West. C & P Rec., iv. 12).
Col. Pendleton was one of the wealthiest men in Westerly. The taxlist for the town in 1757 shows that he was assessed 2,P, 12s-a greatersum than that paid by all the other Pendletons there combined-and theRhode Island census of 1774 says that he owned a slave. There is also atradition to the effect that during the Revolution he fitted out twoprivateers which were captured by the British. However that may be, itcannot be denied he served his country faithfully in that struggle whileacting as President of the Westerly Town Council.
This office Col. Pendleton held continuously from 1762 to 1731, andwhile the war was in progress, the councillors, besides their usualduties raised soldiers for the army, furnished them with clothing, andhad charge of all matters relating to the local defense.
Col. Pendleton further showed his patrictism by subscribing 40P tothe Continental Loan Office in 1779, and 4P more at a later date to helpmake up the deficency at Westerly ("Town Meeting," iv. 131,5). In July,1780, the Rhode Island Assembly appointed his to receive recruits atWesterly. (R.I. Col. Rec., ix, 126).
Another tradition relating to Col. William Pendleton says that hewas a good deal of a sportsman spending much of his time in hunting,accompanied by a negro slave, "Jack," and two dogs, "Prince" and"Granger." He carried two horns of powder with him, which he considered aday's sport to employ. There is much likelihood that there is more than agrain of truth in this tradition, as the Colonel's great-grandson, HadlaiF. Pendleton, of Norwich, NY, who is the authority for this anecdote, aswell as many others relating to the early Pendletons, has Col. William'sold powede-horns, and we have seen that the Rhode Island Census showedthat he was the woner of a slave. We have, however, found no records tothe dogs.
Col. William Pendleton's will, dated at Westerly, RI, 18 August 1785(See Appendix VIII), was probated 30 October 1786.
William-4 Pendleton married (1), at Stonington, Conn., 10 March1725/6, Lydia Burrows, daughter of John, Jr. and Lydia (Hubbard) Burrows.She was born at Groton, Conn., 19 April 1703, and died Westerly, RI 18August 1750. On the 27th of July, 1752, Col. William Pendleton requestedthe Town Council of Westerly to appoint him guardian of his children byhis former wife, so that he could receive the legacies given said wife byher father, John Burrows, late of Groton, dec. (C & P Rec. iii, 323).
William married (2), at Stonington, Conn, 4 April 1751, (25 April inFirst Ch. Stonington Rec.), Mrs. Mary Chesebrough, widow of ZebulonChesebrough, Sr., and daughter of John and Lucia (Stanton) McDowell.(History of Stonington).
Issue data taken from Westerly Records.

Source: National Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars; R.I.Genealogical
Register, v4, #4, p355.
Colonial Wars: Col. William Pendleton, born 23 March 1704, Westerly,R.I.;
died 23 Sept. 1786, Westerly, R.I. Married 10 March 1725/6 in Stonington,
Conn., to Lydia Burrows, born in Groton.
RIGR: William Pendleton, under age, named in his father's will.

1. William PENDLETON, Jr. b. 11 Feb 1726/1727, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 28 Aug 1820, Northport,Maine.
2. Amos PENDLETON b. 21 Jun 1728, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 25 Nov 1821, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island,aged 93 years.
3. Freelove PENDLETON b. 30 Oct 1731, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
4. Peleg PENDLETON b. 9 Jul 1733, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 10 Jul 1810, Searsport,Hancock Co.,Maine.
5. John PENDLETON b. 22 May 1735, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; c. 22 May 1737, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 31 Mar 1812, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island.
6. Benjamin PENDLETON b. 18 Sep 1738, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 29 Dec 1824, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island.
7. Lydia PENDLETON b. 22 Mar 1740, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 6 Jan 1828, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island.
8. Joshua PENDLETON b. 6 May 1744, Hopkinton,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 9 Apr 1824, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island.
9. Ephraim PENDLETON b. 14 Jul 1746, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.

1. Lucy Chesebrough PENDLETON b. 22 Apr 1752, Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island; d. 27 Aug 1839, Cortland, Cortland Co., New York.
2. Nathan PENDLETON b. 9 Apr 1754, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
3. Isaac PENDLETON b. 23 Jun 1757, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
4. Keturah PENDLETON b. 25 Jan 1761, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. page 37, 43 & 44.
On the 17th of September, 1679, JP took the oath of allegiance tothe colony of RI at Westerly, on the same day that his father became acitizen there. In 1697 he was constable of the town and was involved withhis father in 1699 in the trouble with Gov. Cranston. In 1698, 1699, 1704and 1705, he was chosen to apportion the rates (assessor of taxes). 2 Feb1698/9, JP of Faversham, alias Westerly RI, deeds to Nicholas "Moorey"two acres of land in Portsmouth NH "One acre of which was given to mybrother, James Pendleton" (Rockingham Co., NH Deeds, ix. 321).
On the 24th of May, 1702, JP was admitted to the First Church ofStonington (Ch. Rec.). 25th of June, 1701, he was elected Town Clerk ofWesterly, for one year. He was again elected on the 25th of June, 1702,and re-elected the four years following. In 1703 he was styled Ensign. Hewas a grand juryman in 1706 (Westerly Rec.)

Sources: Early New England Pendletons; History of Stonington; NEHGR,v17,
p255; RI Genealogical Register, v4, #4, p355; AF.

Married Deborah Miner/Minor, daughter of Ephraim and Hannah (Avery)Miner.
They had a daughter Deborah. He later married Patience Potts and hadthree
sons.

RIGR: Joseph Pendleton of Westerly, yeoman, mentioned in his father'swill.
Will dated 17 Sept. 1706, proved 17 Oct. 1706. Mentions wife PatiencePendleton
who is to bring up my children until they come of age. [She was hissecond
wife.]; sons Joseph, eldest, William and Joshua, youngest, all under age;
daughter Deborah, under age. Capt. James Babcock and Capt. John Babcockof
Westerly named overseers. Witnesses: Samuel Stanton, Isaac Tamson, JohnHill.
This from Westerly Town Council and Probate, Vol. 2 (1) 1699-1719, pages79-80.
Page 92 apparently identifies one witness: "Voted that Justice IsaacTompson
shall have 6 shillings for Making Irons for the stocks."
NEHGR: Joseph, son of James and Hannah Pendleton, born 29 Dec. 1661.

EARLY NEW ENGLAND PENDLETONS, pages 54 & 84.

BABCOCK & ALLIED FAMILIES. p. 87.
Patience Potts, was baptized August 12, 1683, at the First Church ofLondon, CT. She married on Dec. 11, 1700, at Westerly RI, JosephPendleton, who was born at Sudbury, MA, Dec 29, 1661, and died atWesterly RI, Sept. 18, 1706.
She survived her husband and married at Groton on April 28, 1707,Samuel Rogers. Rogers gave bond on June 8, 1707, for the administraton ofPendleton's estate, and on April 26, 1731, William and Joseph Pendletongave Samuel Rogers and Patience, his wife, their mother, receipt for alltheir legacies. GROTON-AVERY CLAN (1912), pp. 112, 113.
BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS (1910), pp. 43, 44.

Source: Beers' New London County, Conn.
Beers: Patience Potts, daughter of William Potts of New London. Secondwife,
had Joseph, William and Joshua. Married again after Joseph's death andhad a
large family.

1. Joseph PENDLETON b. 3 Mar 1702, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; c. 24 May 1702, 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. Apr 1761, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
2. Joshua PENDLETON
3. Deborah PENDLETON
4. 1. William PENDLETON, Sr. b. 23 Mar 1704, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; c. 28 May 1704, 1st Church,Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 23 Aug 1786, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island.
5. Joshua PENDLETON b. 22 Feb 1705, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 29 Feb 1760, Guilford,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.

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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. 2. 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.

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.