Caleb Pendleton (1669 - abt. 1746)

Born 8 Aug 1669 in Portsmouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about Mar 1746 at about age 76 in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island

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Biography

Caleb was active in the town affairs of Westerly. In 1720 he was elected Town Councilman.^[1] In 1727 he is listed on the Roll of Early Freeman.^[2]

Marriage

According to the Early New England Pendletons this info is stated: No record of Caleb Pendleton's marriage has been found. His wife's name was Elizabeth ____, and it was thought at one time she might have been a younger sister of the George Lanphere who had fenced part of Capt. James Pendleton's land, and who, as we now know, had received a benefaction from Caleb himself.^[1] Could Elizabeth have been a sister of George?

Issue:

1. James Pendleton
2. Sarah (Pendleton) Lanphear
3. Elizabeth (Pendleton) Brown
4. Caleb Pendleton Jr.^[3]
5. Brian Pendleton
6. Ann (Pendelton) Babcock
7. Read (Pendleton) Saunders
8. Ruth (Pendleton) Wilbur

Parents

1711 Apr 11 Westerly Deeds 3:60-65, 90: Edmond Pendleton, William Walker, Eleazer Brown, Nicolas Cottrell, Samuel Brown , Eliner Walker, and Dorithy (Pendleton) Cottrell deeded to Caleb Pendelton land that their grandfather, Brian Pendleton assigned them by deed in 1674 "except a part thereof that Mr. Georg Lanfear hath fenct." Also in Rhode Island Land Evidences (ms. at the Rhode Island State Archives). ["George Lanphear of Westerly, Rhode Island",The Register, Vol. 153 (1999), p. 137]

17 November 1714 in Westerly, Rhode Island Town council records, Caleb Pendelton deeded to his eldest son James his land in Westerly.^[4]

Death

His will is dated 10 March 1745/46 and was proved on 31 March 1746 in Westerly, Rhode Island.^[5] His inventory was also taken on 31 March 1746.^[5]

The distribution of his estate is recorded on 26 September 1752 in Westerly, Rhode Island.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Pendleton, Everett Hall, 1878-. 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 49)
2. ↑ Denison, Frederic, 1819-1901. Westerly (Rhode Island) and its witnesses : for two hundred and fifty years, 1626-1876 : including Charlestown, Hopkinton, and Richmond until their separate organization, with the principal points of their subsequent history. 1878. (pg 152)
3. ↑ Wheeler, Richard Anson, 1817. History of the town of Stonington, county of New London, Connecticut, from its frist settlement in 1649 to 1900. (pg 547)
4. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649997_00094). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 2-4, 1699-1736, image 94-95. Westerly, Council Records, Probate Records & Lands, 1699-1719, No. 2, (restored book)Page 79-80. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Free Ancestry.com image Page 1; [https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/27473197?h=f3a185&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url Free Ancestry.com image Page 2
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649998_00040). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], Washington, Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 5-6, 1745-1787, image 40. Westerly, Book 4, page 50, Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Free Ancestry.com image of Will
6. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649998_00202). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], Washington, Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 5-6, 1745-1787, image 202-203. Westerly, Book 4, page 320-323, Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010.
• Entry by Kurt Kneeland.
• Entry by Wilfred Vasile
• Thanks to Mary Welch for starting this profile.