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• Title	Capt.
  Birth	Abt 1627/1628	London,London,England
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Nov 1709	Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island
  Person ID	I34276	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2000 00:00:00
  Father	Brian PENDLETON, b. 1599, Birmingham,Lancashire,England
  Mother	Eleanor PRICE, b. 22 Apr 1599, St. Martin's,Birmingham,England
  Family ID	F14610	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Mary PALMER
  Married	22 Oct 1647	Sudbury,Middlesex Co.,Mass.
  Children	1. James PENDLETON, Jr., b. 5 Nov 1650, Watertown,Middlesex Co.,Massachusetts > 2. Mary PENDLETON, b. Abt 1653, Watertown,Middlesex Co.,Massachusetts > 3. Hannah PENDLETON, b. Abt 1655, Watertown,Middlesex Co.,Massachusetts
  Family ID	F14615	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Hannah GOODENOW, b. 28 Nov 1639, Sudbury,Middlesex Co.,Massachusetts
  Married	29 Apr 1656	Sudbury,Middlesex,Mass
  Children	> 1. Ann PENDLETON, b. 12 Nov 1667, Portsmouth,Rockingham Co.,New Hampshire   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 > 6. Joseph PENDLETON, b. 29 Dec 1661, Sudbury,Middlesex Co.,Massachusetts > 7. Edmund PENDLETON, b. 24 Jun 1665, Portsmouth,Rockingham Co.,New Hampshire > 8. Caleb PENDLETON, b. 8 Aug 1669, Portsmouth,Rockingham Co.,New Hampshire   9. Sarah PENDLETON, c. 18 Apr 1675, 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 10. Eleanor PENDLETON, c. 20 Jul 1679, 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 11. Dorothy PENDLETON, c. 3 Oct 1686, 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Family ID	F14616	Group Sheet

• Notes

  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. Researching this line is Jean Reid, 106 Beal's Court, Tama, Iowa 52339 Researching this line is Nancyann Norman at exis.net 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.