James Pemberton, of Boston

Disputed Origins

• There is some confusion over this man: Savage does not name Sarah Willey as his wife, as I would think he would, but he does name a John as husband of Sarah Marshall. Obviously, more research is needed.
• “His father was John Pemberton, born 1590 in England. His mother was Elizabeth, born 1595 also in England.” Condensed Version- from http://murraysmithgenealogypage.bravehost.com/PEM.HTM :
• Birth seen as September 1622 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England (United Kingdom). Seen as “Brewer came from Wales in 1680” (this is a mixup).
• The Pembertons of Massachusetts and those of Pennsylvania, as well as Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, are related and related also to the Pembertons of Lancashire, but the exact relationship is now unknown. Some believe that James Pemberton, the immigrant to New England, was a son of John and Catherine (Angell) Pemberton of London, who were married on January 21, 1609, but the evidence is not conclusive.
• James Pemberton (1608-1662) England to Malden, Massachusetts < link > At least two men named James Pemberton immigrated to New England in the early 1630's. [1] They have been confused by some genealogy researchers in the past but their lives have been fairly well documented and luckily they did not live in the same town at the same time. One James lived in Newbury and Boston and the other, our James, lived in Charlestown and Malden. [2] James of Newbury and Boston was said by Walter Watkins to have come originally from Lawford Essex, and he identified Lancashire as the English home of the Quaker Pembertons who immigrated to Pennsylvania. [3] The English origins of our James Pemberton are unknown. [4]
  • Walter K. Watkins, "The Pemberton Family," The New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 46 (1892) :392-396, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 9 November 2015).

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Family

Unproven: Father: John Pemberton , Esq. b: 15 DEC 1583 in St. Peter, St. Albans Abbey (Hertfordshire) England Mother: Catherine (a) Angell b: 1592 in St. Nicholas Olav, Breadstreet, City of London (London) England

Marriage 1 Sarah Marshall SIC Willey (Marshall was her stepfather) b: 1631 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony Married: 1645 in Boston (Suffolk) Massachusetts Bay Colony

1645: There is no record of his marriage which probably occurred about 1645. His wife was Sarah, the daughter of Alice Marshall, but whether she was the daughter of Thomas Marshall or of an earlier husband is not clear (Suffolk Deeds, Lib. iv, pp. 234- 235).

James And Sarah had eleven children. "Effie Belle Randall of Bath, Ohio: her ancestors and descendants" by Theodore N. Woods; p. 13-21; published by T. N. Woods; Phoenix, Arizona; 1991 (CS71.R19 1991 LofC) (Randall Library)

Children

1. John Pemberton b: 26 DEC 1647 in Boston (Suffolk) Massachusetts Bay Colony
2. Sarah Pemberton b: 28 JAN 1648/49 in Boston (Suffolk) Massachusetts Bay Colony
3. James (2-2) Pemberton , Jr. b: 13 APR 1651 in Boston (Suffolk) Massachusetts Bay Colony
4. Thomas (1) Pemberton , MD b: 17 FEB 1652/53 in Boston (Suffolk) Massachusetts Bay Colony
5. Joseph (1)(b) Pemberton b: 2 JUL 1655 in Boston (Suffolk) Massachusetts Bay Colony
6. Elizabeth Pemberton b: 26 DEC 1657 in Boston (Suffolk) Massachusetts Bay Colony
7. Mary Pemberton b: 13 JUL 1662 in Boston (Suffolk) Massachusetts Bay Colony
8. Benjamin (1) Pemberton b: 11 MAR 1665/66 in Boston (Suffolk) Massachusetts Bay Colony
9. Ebenezer (1(a) Pemberton , Rev. b: 11 FEB 1670/71 in Boston (Suffolk) Massachusetts Bay Colony

Biography

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_Pemberton_%281%29

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary

JAMES, Newbury 1646, freem[an]. 1648, had John, b[orn]. 16 Feb. 1648, rem[oved]. to Boston, bec[ame]. one of the found[ers]. of O[ld]. S[outh]. ch[urch]. by w[ife]. Sarah had Thomas, b[orn]. 17 Feb. 1653; Joseph, 2 July 1655; Benjamin, 26 apr. 1660; Mary, 13 July 1662; Benjamin, again, 11 Mar. 1666; Jonathan, 28 Aug. 1668; Elinor, 3 Feb. 1672, prob[ably]. the same as that Ebenezer, bapt[ized]. 11 Feb. 1672, H[arvard]. C[ollege]. 1691, bef[ore]. ment[ioned]. and d[ied]. 10 oct. 1696.

JOHN, Boston, 1632, freem[an]. 1 Apr. 1634, rem[oved]. to Newbury; and Coffin says his w[ife]. d[ied]. 1646. Perhaps he ret[urned]. to Boston, m[arried]. Sarah, d[aughter]. of Thomas Marshall, the shoemaker, and in 1662 liv[ed]. at that part call[ed]. Winnesemet.

From William R. Randall <wrandall@@socal.rr.com>

From "Effie Belle Randall of Bath, Ohio: Her Ancestors and Descendants" by Theodore N. Woods; pp. 15; published by T. N. Woods; Phoenix, Arizona; 1991 (CS71.R19 1991 LofC) (Randall Library)

The name Pemberton is from the Anglo-Saxon language and means "a walled farm field on a hill." As a surname, it is derived from the manor of Pemberton in the Parish of Wigan in the Hundred of West Derby in county Lancaster, England. Its use can be traced in Lancashire records as far back as 1300. Adam de Pemberton lived in the time of Richard I and his son, Alan de Pemberton, succeeded him in the time of King John.

The Pembertons of Massachusetts and those of Pennsylvania, as well as Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, are related and related also to the Pembertons of Lancashire, but the exact relationship is now unknown. Some believe that James Pemberton, the immigrant to New England, was a son of John and Catherine (Angell) Pemberton of London, who were married on January 21, 1609, but the evidence is not conclusive.

James Pemberton came, to New England in 1646. He settled first in Newbury, Massachusetts, but soon removed to Boston, he lived on Pemberton Hill, a spur of Beacon Hill which now marks a level of about eighteen feet below the original hill, it having been cut down in 1835. "It was first called Cotton Hill" (so called as late as 1733) from the residence of Rev. John Cotton, and subsequently Pemberton Ill., from James Pemberton, a later resident at the north end of what is now Pemberton Square. Mr. Pemberton was made freeman in 1648. He was a brewer, and his place of business was probably at the corner of Dock Square and Wing's Lane, as that was called Pemberton's Corner. His name appears in the list of names appended to the New England Merchants' Memorial to the London Board of Trade. He was one of the founders of the Old South Church in Boston. His wife Sarah was also one of the founders. They had eight children, viz.: James; Joseph; Thomas; Benjamin; Mary; Jonathan; Ebenezer; and Elizabeth, who married Dr. Robert, son of Dr. Edward and Sarah (Blott) Ellis of Boston. Mr. Pemberton's will was made February 12, 1695. The following is a copy of a part of it: "Imprimis, I will that all the Debts that I justly owe to any manner of person or persons whatsoever shall he well and truly paid or ordained to ho paid in convenient time next after my decease by my Executrix and Executor hereafter named. "Item After my debts and funeral expenses are satisfied and paid I do hereby give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sarah Pemberton. the use benefit and improvement of my whole Estate both real and personal during the term of her continuing my widow. "Item I do hereby give and bequeath unto my son Ebenezer Pemberton absolutely for his own use and behoof my negro boy, Harry and all such plate bedding, books and other things which he has now in his own custody at Harvard College Cambridge together with one hundred pounds to be paid him out of my Estate within two years next after my Wife's decease. And I do ordain and appoint that my son Ebenezer Pemberton shall have and receive such maintenance out of the improvement of my Estate (as lie now hath) until he shall be in some settled way whereby to procure him a comfortable subsistence. "Item I do freely give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Pemberton for her proper use and behoof the Sum of three score Ibs. to be paid her out of my Estate within, two years next after my wiles decease. And I do ordain and appoint that my daughter, Mary shall have her Living in my house (as she now hath) until division of my estate be made among my Children as hereinafter in and by this my Will is expressed. Item I do hereby give unto my son, John Pemberton, of Maryland, five pounds to be laid out by him in a piece of plate. "Item I do hereby order appoint and enjoin my s* Wife to show kindness out of my estate to my two Grandsons, James and George Pemberton (sons of my son, Thomas Pemberton, deceased) in such a way as to her shall seem meet without control. "Item After my " Wile's decease and the before mentioned Legacies are paid, I do hereby will ordain and appoint that all my housing and lands and other Estate Shall be equally divided to and among my under named Children viz. John, Joseph, Benjamin and Jonathan Pemberton, Elizabeth Ellis and Mary Pemberton part and part alike, to remain to them their heirs and assigns forever in Severalty. "Item my will is that if my son Ebenezer has cause to buy the housing and land I now live in after my wifes decease he have the same before another paying as much for it as any other will. . . .. "Item if it happens that my wife marries again then my will is that she shall only have the use and enjoyment of one third-part of s Estate during her life, the other two thirds being divided among my above mentioned children," etc. His wife and son Ebenezer were appointed executrix and. executor.

1622: James Pemberton was born about 1622, since he was fifty-one in 1673 (Middlesex County Court, July 1673 file 23). 1630: He may have come over in the "Winthrop Fleet" in 1630 (Letter of Thomas Pemberton of Boston to James Pemberton of Philadelphia, dated 20 July 17 Ltg). 1646: He was in Newbury, Massachusetts, but removed to Boston. 1648: He was entered Freeman in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a brewer and became a man of some influence, one of the founders of the Old South Church. October 11, 1695: James Pemberton died. Sarah died on 24 May 1709. T "Effie Belle Randall of Bath, Ohio: Her Ancestors and Descendants" by Theodore N. Woods; pp. 15; published by T. N. Woods; Phoenix, Arizona; 1991 (CS71.R19 1991 LofC) (Randall Library)

November 9, 1711: The following is from the old records at the State House, Boston: "In the house of Representatives Nov" 9th 1711 "Resolved that the sum of Fifteen Pounds be allowed to Mr. James Pemberton in full for his extraordinary service in assisting the Commissary General, in forwarding the late expelled intended to Canada," etc. "Early New England People" by Sarah Elizabeth Titcomb; pp. 38-42; W. B. Clarke Carruth; Boston, Massachusetts; 1882 (929.274 T617) (Pemberton Archives)

1648: James Pemberton was elected Freeman of Newbury. "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of the Farmer's Register" by James Savage, III:387; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1981,1986, 1990 (929.274 S264 LAPL) (NE Sec. SR)

"James, who must have been a lad of about eight years if he came with Winthrop in 1680, as the letter of his great-grandson Thomas would lead us to surmise; his age in 1678, according to his deposition, then being fifty-one years. As to the date of his marriage we are not certain, there being no record extant; the oldest child was baptized on December 26, 1647, and we may thus approximate the date. His wife was Sarah, daughter of Alice Marshall, wife of Thomas Marshall, Sr., of Boston, cordwainer, but whether by him or a previous marriage the statement from which we derive the knowledge leaves uncertain. James Pemberton became a man of some note and influence, being one of the founders of the Old South Church. "The Pemberton Family" by Walter Kendall Watkins; 95:392-7 from the "NEHGS Register" Jane Fletcher Fiske, editor; New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; July 1892 1861 (974.0 NEa SCGS) (974.42 R68Ro LAPL) (974.48 S41 NYSL)

References

• The Pemberton Family by Walter K. Watkins (1892) page 4-5 < Archive.Org >
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_Pemberton_%281%29
• Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints. LDS Ancestral File.
• James Savage, Former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society and Editor of Winthrop's History of New England. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's. (1860-62 and Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1965; Corrected electronic version copyright Robert Kraft, July 1994) 3:387.
• Researcher. William R. Randall
• National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century.
• National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America.
• https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42999/42999-h/42999-h.htm
• "Colonial America, 1607-1789: Massachusetts Census Index" by Pemberton, James - MA - Massachusetts Colony - 1690 - Freeman List
• "Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1630-1699" edited by William S. Appleton; p. 230; Municipal Printing Office; Boston, Massachusetts; 1908 (Gen 974.42 B74BoR-1 LAPL)
• "Pemberton Pedigrees" compiled by Major-General R. C. B. Pemberton, G.B., C.S.I., R.E.; The Sidney Press, Bedford; 1923 (Pemberton Archives)
• "A Report of the Record Commissioners of Boston, Massachusetts, 1630 - 1699" by William H. Whitmore; p. 243; Rockwell and Churchill; Boston, Massachusetts; 1883 (974.42 B74 BoR-1 LAPL) (M183 SR)
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pemberton-428
• Frontispiece from the book, Memorial History of Boston, "View from Cotton or Pemberton Hill, 1816" < link >
• http://goodoldboston.blogspot.com/2011/07/pemberton-square.html
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pemberton-428