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• Birth	Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island
  Gender	Female
  Died	1787	Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island
  Person ID	I34335	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	12 Nov 1999 00:00:00
  Father	Caleb PENDLETON, b. 8 Aug 1669, Portsmouth,Rockingham Co.,New Hampshire
  Mother	Elizabeth COTTRELL, b. Abt 1664, Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F6649	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Benoni SMITH
  Married	28 Dec 1726	Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island
  Children	1. Hannah SMITH, b. 19 Nov 1727, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island   2. William SMITH, b. 13 Feb 1729, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island   3. Nathan SMITH, b. 22 Dec 1731, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island > 4. Nathan SMITH, 2nd, b. 11 Feb 1734/1735, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island   5. Mary SMITH, b. 2 Oct 1737, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island > 6. Elizabeth SMITH, b. 22 May 1739, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island   7. Eleanor SMITH, b. 22 Jun 1741, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island > 8. Sarah SMITH, b. 11 Jul 1745, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island   9. Joseph SMITH, b. 4 Apr 1749, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island
  Family ID	F14658	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Benjamin WILBUR, b. 20 Jun 1699, Little Compton,Newport Co.,Rhode Island
  Family ID	F14659	Group Sheet

• Notes

  BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 75. 36. Ruth-4 Pendleton (Caleb-3), was born probably at Westerly, RI,and died there in 1787. She married (1) Dec 1726, at Westerly, RI, BenoniSmith; (2) Benjamin Wilbur. Ruth's second marriage is not upon recard, but her second husbandwas Benjamin Wilbur, who had also been married before. His will, dated 19Mar 1772 (Westerly C & P Rec., iv, 177), give to "wife, Ruth, the use andimprovement of one third part of the money that the land sold for thather former husband, Benoni Smith Esq. died seized of." On the 2d April1772, she gave receipt to Joseph Wilbur, executor to Benjamin Wilbur for27 pounds 12s, 1d," in full of what was given me by my former husaban,Benoni Smith, and also given to me by my late husband Benjamin Wilbur,dec." (Ibid., p. 183). That Ruth had some difficulty with her step-children in thesettlement of this estate is evident from the following: "At a meeting ofBenjamin Wilbur, being cited to appear before the Council to answer thecomplaint of Joseph Wilbur executor to Benjamin Wiolbur [that she hadconcealed some of the personal property of the dec.] appeared and madeoath that she had presented all the personal estate of said deceased tosaid Executor. . . in order that said Executor might make an Inventory ofsame" (Ibid., p. 203). Ruth probably died early in 1787, as on the 19th of March in thatyear inventory of estate of widow Ruth Wilbur was taken by Joshua andNathan Pendleton.