1747 - 1826

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• Birth	20 Feb 1747	Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Feb 1826	Weston,Connecticut
  Person ID	I37577	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	03 Feb 2000 00:00:00
  Father	Edmund PENDLETON, Jr., c. 23 Nov 1735, Second Church,Stonington,New London,Ct
  Mother	Susannah KING
  Family ID	F15712	Group Sheet

• Notes

  BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett Hall,page 61. 68. David, b. 20 Feby., 1747; d. at Weston, Conn., 11 Feby., 1826.David Pendleton settled at Weston when a young man and lived there therest of his life except for the period during which he served in theRevolutionary Army. He was a private in Capt. Wheeler's Co., Col.Whiting's Regt. of Conn. Militia, which marched 5th Oct. 1777, tore-enforce Gen. Putnam on the Hudson. This regiment was at Peckskillduring October 1777. On the 1st of April 1778, David Pendleton enlistedfor the war (in the room of David Jackson), in Capt. Smith's Col., 8thRegt. Conn. Line. This regiment formed part of the Continental Army underWashington and saw much hard service. It would sem that David wasafterwards transferred in the 2nd Regt. Conn. Line, as his name appearson the size-rolls of Capt. Chapman's Co., that regiment, 1st Feby., 1783("Conn. in the Rebolution"). From the publication entitled "AmericanState Papers, Claims, Class 9," it appears that "David Pendleton ofConnecticut, a Private of the 2d regiment, enlisted April 1, 1778, forthe War, was wounded by a musket ball in his thigh and pensioned from May2, 1792." David Pendleton is well remembered by his grand-nephew, EdmundPendleton, of New Haven, Conn., who as a boy often visited the oldRevolutionary. Mr. Pendleton states that David was wounded at the battlenear Ridgefield, Conn. (26th April, 1777), and that he always maintaineda great interest in all matters relating to the War of Independence,collecting quite a library bearing upon that subject. David-5 never married and that he was a confirmed bachelor isimplied in the will of his brother, Solomon Pendleton (1786), whichrefers to him as ". . . My brother David being a single man and from hisdisposition not likely to be otherwise . . ." David's own will, dated 6thJune, 1820, filled 14th Feby., 1826 is of much value as it mentions thebrother, James, whose name does not elsewhere appear of record.