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• Title	Major
  Birth	1599	Birmingham,Lancashire,England
  Gender	Male
  Died	1681	Portsmouth,Rockingham Co.,New Hampshire
  Person ID	I34270	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2000 00:00:00
  Father	Edward PENDLETON, Jr., c. 6 Mar 1569/1570, Eccles,Lancashire,England
  Family ID	F14607	Group Sheet
  Family	Eleanor PRICE, b. 22 Apr 1599, St. Martin's,Birmingham,England
  Married	22 Apr 1619	St. Martin's Ch.,Birmingham,Warwick,England
  Children	1. Nicholas PENDLETON   2. Mary PENDLETON, b. Abt 1620/1621, London,England > 3. James PENDLETON, b. Abt 1627/1628, London,London,England   4. Nicholas PENDLETON, c. 4 Dec 1619, London,London,England   5. Joseph PENDLETON, b. Abt 1622, London,London,England > 6. Caleb PENDLETON, b. Abt 1630, Sudbury,Middlesex,England > 7. Mary PENDLETON, b. Abt 1635, Sudbury,Middlesex Co.,Massachusetts
  Family ID	F14610	Group Sheet

• Notes

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