BackGround: London Temple, London, England.
James was born about 1626, in London, Middlesex, England and married first 22 October 1647 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Mary PALMER the daughter of William PALMER. She was born about 1631 and died 7 November 1655 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
He married second 29 April 1656, Hannah GOODENOUGH, the daughter of Edmond GOODENOUGH and Ann or Hannah _______. She was born 28 November 1639 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts and died 5 April 1688 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island.
James died 29 November 1709 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
5. Capt. James PENDLETON2 (Brian1 ) was born about 1627/1628 in London, London, England. He died 29 Nov 1709 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.
Was first at Watertown Massachusetts, then at Sudbury Massachusetts, and came to Westerly Rhode Island in 1669. He was in the early Colonial wars. He was admitted to the First 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.
Capt. James Pendleton, was born in England about 1627, or 1628, and indicated by the facts that he was admitted freeman at Watertown, Mass., 10 May 1548, and that on the 26th of July 1672, he testified at Portsmouth, New Hanpshire, he was forty-four years of age.
On the 21st of Oct 1650, James Pendleton and Mary, his wife, of Watertown, Mass., sold to George Parkhurst, "Same towne" five or six acres known as "crocked meadow" (Middlesex Co., Mass., Deeds, I, 17). Shortly afterwards he removed to Sudbury, Mass., where he served on a coroner's jury in May, 1654.
In 1671, James began to dispose of the property he had accumulated at Portsmouth and vicinity, with his wife, Hannah, he sold land and buildings at Portsmouth to Thomas Thatcher.
On the 25th Jany. 1688, James Pendleton bought of Nathaniel Lynde 1,000 acres on the sea-coast of Westerly, including Watch Hill. He sold a small 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 father he was active in public affairs until the time of his death and like his father too, wherever he went he became at once one of the leading citizens.
The will of James2 Pendleton, names wife, Hannah, sons: Joseph, Edmund and Caleb, daughters Ann Borwn, Eleanor Pendleton and Dorothy Pendleton, "children by my present wife, Hannah," and daughters Mary and Hannah "had by my former wife."
No reference is made by Capt. James Pendleton to his sons, James3 and Brian3, named in his father's will in 1677, or to any heirs of these sons, and as no mention of any such has elsewhere appeared, it would seem indisputable that James3 and Brian3 died without issue. James3 had died previous to 1698, but we have nothing to show what became of Brian3.
Researching this line is Jean Reid, 106 Beal's Court, Tama, Iowa 52339 Researching this line is Nancyann Norman at exis.net
History of Stonington by Wheeler,
Genealogical and Biographical 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 Colonial Wars;
AF;
R.I. Genealogical Register, v4, #4, p355;
NEHGR, v7, p 357; v12, p238, and v17, p255.
Went to Watertown, Massachusetts, with parents from England. They moved to Sudbury, and he was given 140 acres of land by his father. Moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he was in business with his father. There he was a selectman, 1663 to 1668; town clerk, 1663 and 1664; one of the commissioners (local magistrates) to determine small actions from 1667 to 1671, and captain of the Portsmouth military company from 1666 until 1674, his last year in Portsmouth. He owned property on the Great Island and continued in business after his father moved to Winter Harbor (Saco), Maine, in 1665.
He moved to Stonington, Connecticut, being granted land, and also had some 700 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 once claimed the Westerly area. (The land was given him in trust, with instructions it be passed on to his children by his second wife.)
James, a staunch Puritan, favored Connecticut over the more liberal Rhode Island, but he eventually lost that fight. He continued his business activities 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 those days, 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 broke out, and Capt. James took part. He also may have participated in the great Narragansett fight. He was awarded land in Voluntown for his services during the war. He also obtained captive Indians whom he sold into slavery.
Eventually, James obtained more property in Rhode Island, buying 1,000 acres at Watch Hill in Westerly. His Watch Hill home still stands. It is unclear when he moved from Stonington to Westerly.
There is a great deal more information in Early New England Pendletons.
Westerly:
Capt. James Pendleton, among Westerly freemen named in 1727. Page 151.
Babcock and Allied Families:
James Pendleton, born in England in 1627 or
1628. He resided in Watertown and Sudbury, Massachusetts; Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Westerly, Rhode Island. Made a captain of the Portsmouth military company 2 Oct. 1666. Served in King Phillip's War from Connecticut, receiving land in Voluntown, Connecticut, for his services. [Much more info on pages 81-83.]
Colonial Wars:
James Pendleton, born 1627/8 in London, England; died Westerly, Rhode Island, 29 Nov. 1709. Married (2) Hannah Goodenow 2 April 1656 in Sudbury, Mass. "Captain in the Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Military Company, 10 Oct. 1666 by Court." Also saw active service in King Philip's War on 17 May 1676; in Cedar Swamp Lot Drawing 1701, Connecticut Colony. [See pages 645 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 and codicil, proved 21 Dec. 1709, pgs 104-6, 108. Mentions father Brian Pendleton, deceased, testate; Unnamed former wife; present wife Hannah; daughters Mary and Hannah (no surnames) that I had by former wife, 5 pounds each, no more because they received land in Wells, Maine, from testator's father, Brian Pendleton. [Note: pg 108: Nicholas Mowrey signed a receipt for 5 pounds due me from Capt. James Pendleton's will, dated Freetown 7 Sept. 1716--suggesting that Nichoas Mowrey married one of the two 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. 1709/10 We John Lewis, Nocholas Cottrell Jr. and Caleb Pendleton, husbandmen, and Hannah Pendleton, widow, all of... We stand bound unto the town council for 250 pounds re will of James Pendleton--suggesting that possibly John Lewis and Nicholas Cottrell Jr. married the daughters Eleanor and Dorothy. Further note the will dated 1745 of Caleb Pendleton (the last son 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 Old Norfolk": James Pendleton, Portsmouth (New Hampshire), 1668; wife Hannah. Vol. 12, listed as a free inhabitant of Westerly 3 March 1679/80.
James married (1) Mary PALMER, daughter of Walter PALMER, on 22 Oct 1647 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Mary died 7 Nov 1655 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
James Pendleton married 1st at Sudbury, Mass., 22 Oct 1647, Mary Palmer, whos parentage is unknown. She died in Sudbury, 7 Nov 1655.
One distinctly useful addition to the genealogical literature is the inclusion here of facsimile of William Palmer's unprobated will. Although this genealogy does not say so, the original (and a framed tyuped coyp) of this will are found among the treasures of the Tuck Memorial Museum operated by the Hampton Historical Society. A photo-reproduction of the original will, and a transcription of it, are included here. Unknown except to a few of us descendants of William Palmer, this will is now fortunately preserved in the literature.
Of considerable interest in its own right, the will proves that Mr. Palmer had a daughter Mary, who must be the Mary Palmer of Watertown, Massachusetts, who married in Sudbury, on 22 October 1647, Captain James2 (Brian1) Pendleton of that place.
William Palmer had earlier been of Watertown, and his older daughter, Martha, was married to John Sherman and lived there. The will was signed by Mr. Palmer's mark, which resembles a zero, and was witnessed by "Timothie Dalton Seniour" and "John Shearman". It is not known why this will was never submitted for probate, but fortunately it was preserved over the centuries and found its way to a relavively safe place.
James also married (2) Hannah GOODENOW, daughter of Edmund GOODENOW and Anne Hannah BARRY, on 29 Apr 1656 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Mass. Hannah was born 28 Nov 1639 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She died 5 Apr 1688 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.
James Pendleton married 2nd, 29 April 1656, also at Sudbury, Massachusetts, Hannah Goodenow, daughter of Edmund and Hannah (_______) Goodenow. She was born in Sudbury MA 28 Nov 1639 and was living in Westerly RI as late as 1725. Her father was a native of Dunhead, Wiltshire, England (N.E. Hist. Gen. Reg. 1x, 357), and was a prominent man in Sudbury which he represented in the General Court for several years.
History of Stonington, page 531 & 532, & Genealogies by R.H. Wheeler, page 388
Genealogical Dictionary of New England Vol. 3, page 271, Vol. 2. by James Savage, books in the City library, 220 State St., S. MA.
Researching this line is Nancyann Norman at nancn@exis.netAF;
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 April 1656, James Pendleton.
She was living in Westerly, R.I., in 1725. An Ancestral File Record says she
was born Nov. 28, 1639. But Sudbury, Mass., birth records put date as 25 June
1640.
NEHGR: Vol. 6, p378: Hannah, daughter of Edmund Goodnow, born 25 June 1640
(Sudbury records cited).
[Vol. 17, p170, (again citing Sudbury records) says she was born 25 June
1640. This appears to be an error in transcribing the records. In the birth
record below, for Mary Goodnow, her cousin, the same birth date is listed.
Apparently the transcriber picked up this date for Hannah by mistake.]
Various sources say she the daughter of Jane Goodenow and Hannah Goodenow as well as of Ann(e) Barry. Latter cited most frequently. And one of the Children of Capt. James and Hannah (Goodenow) Pendleton was named Ann. None named Jane 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
CHILDREN of James PENDLETON and MARY PALMER:
1. JAMES Jr b: 5 Nov 1650; Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
d: Bef 1698; , , .
2. MARY b: Abt 1653; Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
md: Abt 1678; , , Massachusetts.
Willian BRITTON
md: Abt 1881; , , .
Joseph CROSS
md: Abt 1685; Wells, York, Maine
Nicholas MOREY
d: 1732; Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
3. HANNAH b: Abt 1655; Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
md: 13 Jan 1679; Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
John BUSH
d: Aft 17O9; , , .
CHILDREN of James PENDLETON and Hannah GOODENOUGH:
4. BRIAN b: 23 Jul 1659; Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
d: Aft 1677; Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
5. JOSEPH b: 29 Dec 1661; Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
md: 8 Jul 1696; Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island.
Deborah MINER
md: 11 Dec 1700; Groton, New London, Connecticut.
Patience POTTS
d: 18 Sep 1706; Westerly, Kings. Rhode Island.
6. EDMUND b: 24 Jun 1665; Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
md: Abt 1787; , , .
Mary _______
d: 1750; Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island.
7. CALEB b: 8 Aug 1669; Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
chr: 23 Jul 1693; Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
md: ; , , .
Elizabeth _______
d: 19 Mar 1746; Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island.
+ 8. ANN b: 12 Nov 1667; Portsmouth, Rockinghan, New Hampshire.
md: 28 Oct 1693; Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Thomas MAIN
d: 30 Nov 1734; Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
9. SARAH chr: 18 Apr 1675; Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
d: Died Young ; Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
10. ELEANOR chr: 20 Jul 1679; Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
d: Sbt 1712; Stonington, New London, Connecticut
12. DOROTHY chr: 3 Oct 1686; Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
md: Mar 1706; , , .
Nicholas COTTRELL
¿13. PATIENCE b: ; Stonington, New London, Connecticut?
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