Captain William Pendleton, II

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, county of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 298, 516, 532

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett Hall Pendleton, Privately Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington, DC. Page 84.

   48. (Capt.) William-5 Pendleton (Col. William-4, Joseph-3), was born at Westerly, RI, 11 Feb 1726/7, and died at Northport, Maine, 28 Aug 1820 (Gravestone).

   On the 3rd of March 1751, he received from his father a deed to land at Westerly; this transfer was not recorded until 26 Mar 1760, and is entered on page 354 of Book 9, Westerly Land Evidence. On the 24th of March in the year he transferred this land with "mansion house" to his brother Amos for 2000 pounds. William-5 was then of Stonington, Conn., and this deed was also signed by his wife Judith. William Pendleton had been admitted freeman at Westerly, 1 May 1753 (RI Col. Rec., iv, Sup. 43), but subsequently removed to Stonington, where he began buying land 27 June 1761, making successive purchases until 28 Feby. 1767, when he bought of Joseph Champlin 94 acres for 242 pounds. Some of his property was at Long Point. He was elected surveyor of highways at Stonington, 18 Dec 1760 ("Town Votes," ii, 218).

   Tradition says that William Pendleton owned a schooner and traded to the coast of Maine, and the History of Islesboro [p.10] says he came there in 1769, taking up 600 acres at the extreme southern end of the Island, upon which he soon settled his family. William sold his last tract of land and his house at Stonington to John Hillard, 11 Jan 1769. Previous to this he had sold to William Morgan for 612 pounds, 10s., about 85 acres at Long Point, Stonington, 3 March 1767 (Stonington Deeds).

   Islesboro, then known as Long Island, was claimed by Isaac Winslow of Boston, as a part of his wife's inheritance in the "Waldo Patent," and in 1771 William Pendleton secured from him a lease.

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7 children by Judith 4 children by Lydia none by Priscilla

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William Pendleton (1727 - 1820)

Captain William Pendleton

Born 11 Feb 1727 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island

Son of William Pendleton and Lydia (Burrows) Pendleton

Brother of Amos Pendleton, Freelove (Pendleton) Sheffield, Peleg Pendleton I, John Pendleton, Benjamin Pendleton, Lydia (Pendleton) Chesebrough, Joshua Pendleton, Ephraim Pendleton, Lucy (Pendleton) Randall [half], Nathan Pendleton [half] and Keturah (Pendleton) Gavitt [half]

Husband of Judith (Carr) Pendleton — married 1741 (to 1765) in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island

Husband of Lydia (Palmer) Pendleton — married 22 Sep 1765 (to before 1785) in Stonington

Husband of Priscilla (Cheesboro) Pendleton — married about 1785 (to before 28 Aug 1820) [location unknown]

Father of Peggy Pendleton, Sally Pendleton, Lydia Pendleton, Job Pendleton Sr., Jonathan Pendleton, John Pendleton, Oliver Pendleton, Henry Pendleton, Mary Pendleton, Dorothy Pendleton, Judith Pendleton, Sarah (Pendleton) Pitcher and Bridget Pendleton

Died 28 Aug 1820 in Northport, Waldo, Maine, United States

Biography

William Pendleton and Judith Carr had the following children:[1]

Job, born ca. 1746 Lydia
Jonathan, born 15 Nov. 1752 John, born ca. 1754 Oliver, born 1756 Henry, born ca. 1760 William Pendleton and Lydia Palmer had the following children:[2]

Mary/Polly, born 14 Nov. 1766 Bridget, born 15 Nov. 1769 Judith, possibly twin of Dorothy Dorothy, possibly twin of Judith Birth

Captain William was born in Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1727, the son of William Pendleton and Lydia Burrows.[3][4][5]

Marriage

He married Judith Carr in Westerly.[5][6] William received land from his father in Westerly, RI, in 1751, which he later sold to his brother Amos, along with the "mansion house" on it, in 1760. About that time he began buying land in Stonington, Conn., including 94 acres in 1767. She was elected surveyor of highways in that town. [3]

Military

He was chosen as Captain of the 7th Co., Col. Wheaton's Company of the Massachusetts Militia in 1776. He is unlikely to have seen any active service during the war, however.[3]

Death

In 1789, he was named one of the first selectmen of Islesboro, Maine. By 1814, with increasing age upon him, he sold the remainder of his estate to son Jonathan and removed to Northport, Maine, where he lived with his son Henry until his death at the age of 93 years.[3]

Sources

↑ Esther Littleford Woodsworth-Barnes, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 16, Part 1, The Descendants of John Alden, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002. "The Silver Book" Page 604 ↑ Esther Littleford Woodsworth-Barnes, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 16, Part 1, The Descendants of John Alden, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002. "The Silver Book" Page 604 ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Pendleton, Everett Hall, 1878-1956. Brian Pendleton and his descendants, 1599-1910, with some account of the Pembleton families of Orange County, N. Y., Ostego County, N. Y., and Luzerne County, Pa., and notices of other Pendletons of later origin in the United States. pg 84 ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch [1] : 10 February 2018), William Pendleton, 11 Feb 1726 ↑ 5.0 5.1 Farrow, John Pendleton. "History of Islesborough, Maine." Bangor, T.W. Burr, printer, 1893. pgs 238, 239 ↑ Pendleton, Everett Hall, 1878-1956. Brian Pendleton and his descendants, 1599-1910, with some account of the Pembleton families of Orange County, N. Y., Ostego County, N. Y., and Luzerne County, Pa., and notices of other Pendletons of later origin in the United States. pg 88 History of Stonington etc. (Wheeler, 1900) p. 532, no. 21: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n554/mode/1up Find A Grave: Memorial #31737641 Capt. William Pendleton, Burial unknown Farrow, John Pendleton. History of Islesborough, Maine (Thomas W Burr, Bangor, Maine, 1893) Page 123-4.

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