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- From Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, VA:
The first of the name of Pendleton who came to the Colony of Virginia to make their home (in 1674) were two young men, Philip Pendleton, a teacher, and Nathaniel, his brother, a clergyman. The latter died very soon, unmarried; he evidently held no clerical charge in the Colony, as his name has never been given among the lists of the clergy of that time. Philip returned to England about 1680; tradition says he married a lady of high social position, but she died, and he returned to the Colony, and in 1682 married Isabella Hurt (or Hert or Hart,) and from this marriage are descended all the Pendletons of Virginia. Philip was born in Norwich, England, in 1650, son of Henry Pendleton, 3rd son of Henry Pendleton, son and heir of George Pendleton, Gentleman, who married Elizabeth Pettingall dau. of John Pettingall, Gentleman of Norwich, Eng. George Pendleton moved from Manchester to Norwich in 1613. His son and heir, Henry, probably married Susan(???) because in Vol. 48 of the New England Hist. and Gen. Register, is found a copy of the will of Sir John Pettus, Knight, of Norwich, Jan. 1613, which says: "Appoint my cousin, Henry Pendleton, Supravisor of my estate." Also Thomas Pettus, of Caistree, St. Edmond's Norfolk, Oct. 1618. "To my Cousins, Henry Pendleton and Susan, his wife, annuity out of my houses &c. in Norwich." This family of Pettus is the same as the one in Va. The Pendletons were originally from Manchester, where the name was well known, some of them being in public life as early as the reign of Henry VIII. The Coat of Arms used by the Pendletons of Norwich and by the emigrant, Philip, indicate by the presence of Escallop shells and by the Cardinal's chapeau, in the Crest, a connection with Crusader traditions. The New England Pendletons, descendants of Brian Pendleton, came from Lancaster, and show a different Coat of Arms. Philip Pendleton is said to have settled in New Kent Co., but there is no record of the family on the Register of St. Peter's Parish; he probably lived always in the portion called afterwards Caroline county. the records of which were burnt during the war of '61-65. Most of his descendants settled in counties to the north of New Kent. He died in 1721, the same year his oldest son Henry died, and the same year his grandson, the eminent Judge Edmund Pendleton, was born. He had three sons and four daughters, two of his family married into the family of James Taylor, of Carlisle, Eng., and by other intermarriages, a close connection with the Taylor family has been preserved. Some of his descendants were among the founders of St Mark's Parish.
From Prominent Men of West Virginia, p. 341:
Philip Pendleton was married to Isabella Hurt in 1682, and their descendants by inter-marriage became connected with the most prominent families of Virginia, and by force of character and will, took prominent places in the history of that Commonwealth.
The family traces its descent from Henry Pendleton, of Norwich, England, one of whose sons emigrated to the colony and settled in that portion of New Kent which now forms Caroline county, about the year 1674.
From Yesterday's Roots, Today's Branches by Pauline Pendleton Wall:
Phillip was born Mar 26, 1654 and was baptized Apr. 2, 1654, at St. Peters in Mancroft of Norwich, England. He became the founder of the Pendleton family in Virginia. He was twenty years old in 1674 when he arrived with a five-year contract to fulfill. Since he was referred to as a teacher earlier, he was likely a tutor for some family at the colony. He planned to return to England when it was finished. Since his grandfather (great-grandfather) was Mayor of Norwich and also Counselor for the Province of Virginia, that may have been the influence which caused Nathaniel and Philip to come to America. Philip lived first in Rappahannock County, later moved to Essex, then to King and Queen County. Philip completed his term of contract as agreed and returned to England. Tradition say he married a lady of high position but she died within the year and his father, Henry Jr., died in 1682. He returned to Virginia that same year.
In 1682, not long after Philip's arrival back in the colony, he married Isabella Hurt (sometimes spelled Hert or Hart). It is from this marriage that all the early Pendleton's are descended. A lot of early records were burned in the war of 1861-1865, and others have deteriorated from lack of proper care, but enough have survived to give us a fair glimpse of the trail of this family. Philip was living in King and Queen County in 1687. Evidence of this is that he signed a deed in Essex County that year and gave his residence as King and Queen County, Virginia. His eldest son, Henry, also signed a deed in Essex County in 1719, using the same location of address as his father. It is interesting that the name of Philip Pendleton is on the "Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor." He used the emblem described earlier in this writing.
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