Penelope
Bellingham
formerly Pelham
Born before in Hastings, Sussex, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Herbert Pelham
and Penelope (West) Pelham
Sister of
Herbert Pelham, Katheryn Pelham, John Pelham, William Pelham, Hellen Pelham, John Pelham, Anthony Pelham, Anne Pelham, Nicholas Pelham, Anthonie Pelham, Martha Pelham and Elizabeth Pelham
Wife of
Richard Bellingham Esq
— married
2 Nov 1641 in Boston, Massachusetts
[children unknown]
Died
after age 83
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
Penelope Pelham was the daughter of Herbert Pelham of Hastings, Sussex, England and his wife Penelope West. She was baptised at Hastings St Clements on 11 October 1618: [1]
1618 October the 11 Baptiz: Penelope daugh. of Mr Harbert Pelham
Penelope was the fourth of eight siblings; all the younger four siblings were born in Boston, Lincolnshire where the family moved to between 1618 (Penelope's baptism) and 1621 (Anthonie's baptism).
Her father died in Boston, Lincolnshire, England in July 1624 when Penelope was six years old. [2] [3]
Penelope emigrated to New England in 1635 at the age of 16 years and was authorised to "pass to her brother's plantation." She was admitted to the Boston church on March 24, 1638/9.
In 1641 at Boston, Massachusetts she became the second wife of Richard Bellingham, following the death of his first wife, Elizabeth Backhouse.[4]Her husband, a very wealthy individual, became Colonial Governor of Massachusetts Bay in 1641.
- Children of Richard and Penelope Bellingham
- Hannah was baptized at Boston on August 14, 1642 and died soon thereafter.
- John was born about 1644, Harvard College 1661. He died in 1670, apparently unmarried.
- James was baptized at Boston on May 10, 1646, about 7 days old. He died soon thereafter.
- Sarah was baptized July 30, 1648 and died soon thereafter on August 14, 1648.
- Elizabeth was baptized in Boston on January 9, 1649 and died soon thereafter.
- Ann was baptized at Boston on July 26, 1652 and died soon thereafter.
- Grace was baptized at Boston on August 13, 1654 and died at Boston on September 3, 1654.
Penelope (Pelham) Bellingham died at Boston on May 29, 1702. Her husband preceded her in death on December 7, 1672, leaving a substantial inheritance to his wife and only living son, Samuel.
Research Notes
Anderson says her origins were in Bures, Essex, but none of the Pelham family lived there until Penelope's elder brother Herbert married Jemima Waldegrave of Bures ad Montem, Essex in 1626. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Baptism: "East Sussex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers; Hastings St Clements, Reference: Par 367/1/1/2
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62049 #3294404 (accessed 1 April 2023)
Penelope Pelham baptism on 11 Oct 1618, daughter of Harbert Pelham. - ↑ Burial of Herbert Pelham Senior "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-DXCT?cc=2540411 : 25 November 2019), St Botolph, Boston, Lincolnshire> image 929 of 1152; Lincolnshire Record Office, Lincoln. Accessed 30 March 2023
- ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). features William Pelham.
- ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700.
- ↑ This is the link that apparently shows this but is only available to subscribers. Please would someone transcribe the excerpt of the text. https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-v-m-p/image?volumeId=12155&pageName=421&rId=23908953
- Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, p. 421ff, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.subscription site
- Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.subscription site
- The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). features William Pelham.subscription site
- Chester, Joseph Lemuel. "Herbert Pelham His Ancestors and Descendants"p. 5. see a archive.org
- Moore, Jacob Bailey. Lives of the Governors of New Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay (C. D. Strong, Boston, 1851) Page 339 & Page 346
- Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013), Vol. V. page 356.
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Cheryl
The only thing I have found is that Anderson in "Great Migration" gives her origins as Bures, Essex... but that doesn't mean she was baptized there. [1]
Thanks for your work on this family, Jo.
I've found a baptism for Penelope Pelham daughter of Mr Harbert Pelham on 11 October 1618 at St Clements, Hastings, Sussex. This is about 20 miles from Michelham, Sussex. I'll stick it in the research notes, then the Ancestry Sharing link will format properly.
Ann
https://www.thekeep.info/collections/getrecord/GB179_DAN_2_4_1_1451-1452
One Herbert Pelham had a wife Mary
Ann
s://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/744608:5111?tid=&pid=&queryId=d9b4db82fe4e229625299d5959c
Ann
It was Penelope's brother Herbert who settled at Bures where his wife's family lived and where he acquired property through his marriage: see his profile, Herbert Pelham-27.
edited by Michael Cayley
edited by Michael Cayley
Thank you!