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Mother: Mary ERVIN |
_William JAMES "the Immigrant"_+
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_John JAMES _________|
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Most famous of all this distinguished Virginia family, a
personal friend of George Washington; a cousin of John Taylor of
'Caroline," and John Penn (another "signer").
Edmund wrote the Resolutions adopting a Declaration of
Independence which were included almost verbatim afterwards in
the Declaration by Thomas Jefferson. He was a member of the
Continental Congress, President of the Virginia Convention which
proposed the Declaration of Independence.
Often referred to as "Caroline's most distinguished son." For
24 years he represented his county in the House of Burgesses;
was a justice of the peace; county Lieutenantin 1774; and was a
delegate to the first continental Congress. He was president of
the Committee of Safety in 1775 and as such had virtual control
of the military and naval operations of Virginia. He was
speaker of the first Virginia House of Delegates under the new
constitution and for fifteen years was head of the Virginia
Judiciary. Together with Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe
revised the Virginia laws, when independence was declared, and
in 1789 Washington appointed him as judge of the United States
District Court of Virginia. Until his death in 1803, at the age
of eighty-two, he was leader of the Federalist party in
Virginia. "Twelve Virginia Counties" by John H. Gwathmey, p.
190-191.
"The Life and Time of Edmund Pendleton", pub. 1920 - describes
his importance to the forming of the U.S.
" Letters and Papers of Edmund Pendleton" A 2-volume set which
includes many of his letters to Thomas Jefferson and others in
forming the new government.
Wm & Mary College Collection.
Prior to 1779 the portion of what is now Sullivan County north
of the Holston was believed to be in Virginia, and their first
grants were issued by that state. The earliest of which there is
any record was issued to Edmund PENDLETON in 1756, for 3,000
acres of land on Reedy Creek. Of the early settlers only a few
of the most prominent can be here mentioned."
"Sullivan County was the second county formed in what is now
Tennessee and included all that part of Washington County lying
north of a line formed by the ridge dividing the waters of the
Watauga from those of the Holston, and extending from the
termination of this ridge to the highest point of Chimney Top
Mountain. The act was passed in October, 1779, and in February,
1780, the county court was organized at the house of Moses
Looney, at which time a commission was presented appointing as
justices of the peace Isaac Shelby, David Looney, William
Christie, John Dunham, William Wallace, and Samuel Smith." "For
some reason the seat of justice was not permanently located
until 1792, when James Bigham conveyed thirty acres of land to
John Anderson, George Maxwell, and Richard Gammon, commissioners
appointed by the county to erect a courthouse and jail" "...This
was a hewed-log structure, which stood on a lot nearly opposite
the present courthouse. The jail was built in the rear of this
lot. Some time between 1825 and 1828 a brick courthouse was
erected on the lot occupied by the present one, which was built
in 1850. During the war [Civil War] the latter with its contents
was burned, but the wall sustained little damage, and was
rebuilt at a comparatively small cost." [This is why Sullivan
County is often referred to as a "burned county". During this
fire many record were destroyed. One of the greatest losses were
the records of Wills and
Land Deeds and transactions. Some of these records have been
reconstructed in through
historical writings and research but the originals are lost
forever. This is also why research prior to the Civil War is
difficult. It requires patience and diligence on the part of the
researcher.
Blountville is the county seat and the oldest town. "The second
oldest town in the county is Kingsport, which for several years
was also the largest and most important. It was first known as
"Boat Yard", and prior to the advent of railroads it was the
shipping point for the greater part of the salt from King's salt
works in Virginia, besides a large amount of iron, castings, and
produce. The salt works were established in 1800, and in 1843
4,000 barrels of salt were shipped annually by flatboats. At
this time Kingsport had a population of 317, while Blountville
had only 209, and Bristol had not been thought of."
From http://www.slade-anderson.com/pages/epend.htm
Edmund Pendleton
* Born in Caroline County, Virginia on September 9th, 1721.
* Admitted to the bar in 1742.
* Became a Justice of the Peace in Caroline County in 1751.
* Elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
* Chosen a member of the Virginia colonies Committee of
Correspondence in 1773.
* Delegate to the first Continental Congress in 1775.
* President of Virginia's Committee of Saftey and was therefore
head of the Revolutionary government there.
* Drafted the instructions for Virginia's delegates in the
Continental Congress to move for independence.
* Worked with Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe to revise the
laws of Virginia.
* First Speaker of the House of Delegates under Virginia's first
Government.
* Named first president of the supreme court of appeals in 1779.
* President of the Virginia convention that voted to ratify the
constitution in 1788.
* Declined several federal post offered by his good friend
George Washington.
Excerpt from Edmund Pendletons Bible : In 1792 Edmund Pendleton
wrote his family history on the blank pages between the Old and
New Testaments of his family Bible.
Family Chronology entered 1792
About the year 1674 Nathaniel Pendleton a Minister, and Philip
Pendleton a school-master sons of Henry Pendleton of the city of
Norwich, County of Norfolk in England, came from thence to
Virginia in America. Nathaniel died leaving no Issue, Philip
went to England about 1680, returned to Virgina and, Philip
intermarried with Isabella Hurt and died leaving issue three
sons and four daughters, in November 1721. His two younger sons
John and Philip severally married,died long ago and a
considerable number of decendants from each are now living, but
of them I can give no particular account. Elizabeth the eldest
daughter intermarried with Samuel Clayton. Rachel the second
with John Vass, Catherine the third with John Taylor and
Isabella with Richard Thomas : Are dead and the posterity of
each is numerous - but neither of these can I be particular.
Henry Pendleton the eldest son was born about 1683; In 1701 was
married to Mary Taylor ( daughter of James Taylor ) who was
born in 1688.....so that he was 18 and she 13. He died in May
1721. She married a second husband Edward Watkins, whom she
survived and died in 1770 aged 82.
James Pendleton eldest son of Henry, was born in 1702 , and died
in 1762, leaving 4 children Henry, James, Philip and Anne ,
all married, now living and have issue. James and Anne are
since dead. Philip Pendleton the second son died in 1778
leaving issue 5 daughters, all of whom married and have
children,two are dead,three living,one since dead.
Nathaniel Pendleton,third son,was born in 1715 and is still
living ( 1792 ) having children and grand children and great
grand children. He died in 1794.
John Pendleton fourth son was born in 1719,and is still living
(1792) having children grand children and great grand children.
He died in 1799.
Edmund Pendlton fifth and youngest son was born in Spetember
1721 (four months after the death of his father ) was married in
January 1741/2 to Elizabeth Roy, who in November following was
delivered of a dead child and died in childbed. In June 1743 he
was married to Sarah Pollard born in 1725 - both are now living
and have never had a child. Her father Joseph Pollard was born
in 1701 and died December 26th 1791, aged 90. Her mother still
living aged 88. They lived together upwards of 68 years. She
died July 27, 1794, aged 92. The said Edmund Pendleton [died]
in Richmond whilst attending the court of appeals of which he
was President on the 26th day of October 1803 in the 83rd year
of his age.
The record goes on to list many more people.
Sources :
* The Life and Times of Edmund Pendleton, Robert Leroy
Hilldrup, 1939, UNC Press
* Edmund Pendleton 1721-1803, A Biography, two volumes, David
John Mays, 1952, Harvard Press
* The Letters and Papers of Edmund Pendleton, 1734-1803, two
volumes, David John Mays 1967, UVa Press
Edmund Pendleton's Home........Six miles southeast is the site
of Edmundsbury, home of Edmund Pendleton. Pendleton, born in
1721, served in the House of Burgesses; was a delegate to the
Continental Congress; chairman of the Virginia Committee of
Safety; president of the May 1776 convention and the
convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1788;
president of the Virginia Supreme Court. He died in 1803 and was
buried there. His remains were later moved to Williamsburg.
Marker location:: 2.5 miles south of Bowling Green.
http://www.abraxis.com/beegee/Genealogy/KyWhitle.html
Edmund, b. 19th September, 1721; d. 23d October, 1803; he was
the most distinguished of all this famous family; a personal
friend of George WASHINGTON; a cousin of "John TAYLOR of
Caroline') and of John PENN, Signer of the Declaration of
Independence. Edmund PENDLETON wrote the Resolutions adopting a
Declaration of Independence and Virginia sent them to the
Continental Congress and they were afterwards adopted almost
verbatim in that Declaration by Thomas Jefferson; he was a
Member of the Continental Congress, President of the Virginia
Convention which proposed the Declaration of Independence, etc.;
m. (1st) January, 1741, Elizabeth ROY; m. (2d) June, 1743, Sarah
POLLARD, but d.s.p.
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/t/h/o/George-Thompson/GENE11
-0011.html
Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) Uncle of John Penn and Nathaniel
Pendleton. Born in Caroline County, Va., September 9, 1721.
Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; member of
Virginia state legislature, 1776; state court judge, 1777. Died
October 23, 1803. Original interment at Edmundsbury Graveyard,
Bowling Green, Va.; reinterment in 1907 at Bruton Parish Church
Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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Edmund Pendleton ú1721_1803ú
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
Born: September 9, 1721 in: Caroline County, Virginia
Education: Informal (Lawyer)
Work: Licensed to practice Law, 1741; Admitted to practice in
general court, 1745; Appointed a Justice of Caroline County,
1751; Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1752-1776;
Represented Virginia at the Continental Congress, 1774-75;
President of the Virginia Committee of Safety, 1775; President
of Virginia Conventions, 1775-76; first Speaker of the Virginia
House of Delegates, appointed reviser of the statute laws of
Virginia, 1776; First Judge of the High Court of Chancery, 1777;
President of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 1778-1803;
President of the Virginia Ratification Convention, 1788; Refused
appointment to the Federal judiciary, 1788. Died: October 23,
1803.
"Edmund Pendleton was another sterling example of public service
to a fledgling nation. Born to a poor family & a widowed mother,
he was a bright young man who displayed a maturity and sense of
duty at a early age. Pendleton received little in the way of
formal education, was apprenticed to Colonel Benjamin Robinson,
Clerk of Court of Caroline County, at age thirteen, and began
practicing law at age twenty. He was admitted to the Virginia
Bar in 1745 and was made Justice of the Peace for his native
county in 1751. The following year he was elected to the House
of Burgesses and then elected a representative to each of five
successive Virginia conventions. He was elected president of the
last two. He attended the Continental Congress' of 1774 and 1775
while serving as President of Virginia Committee of Safety.
In March of 1777 Pendleton fell from his horse and dislocated
his hip. This crippled him for the rest of his life though he
continued to serve with the aid of crutches. He had been elected
Speaker of the first House of Delegates the preceding year and
though unable to attend the first 1777 session, the speakership
was held for him until he recovered enough to return the
following September. When the Delegates established the Court of
Chancery in 1778, Pendleton was nominated as a judge and then
elected as the President of that Court in 1779. He was further
elevated to the Supreme court of Appeals in 1788. The Virginia
Convention to ratify the Federal Constitution met in 1788 with
Pendleton again representing his county; that convention too,
elected him President. Known always as a modest and honorable
man, Edmund Pendleton spent his entire life in service to the
people of Virginia. In 1788, Washington appointed him to the new
Federal Judiciary, a job which he declined due to advancing age.
He continued to serve as the President of the Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals until his death in 1803." -Sources:
EPB.c1996-97 by LeftJustified Publiks. All rights reserved.
http://www.slade-anderson.com/
Edmund Pendleton Letter dated 1754 ( From the Library of
Congress )
Edmund Pendleton Letter to George Washington, Dated 1771 ( From
the Library of Congress )
Edmund Pendleton Letter to George Washington, Dated 1778 ( From
the Library of Congress )
Edmund Pendleton Letter to Thomas Jefferson, Dated July 1776 (
From the Lib of Congress )
Edmund Pendleton Letter to Thomas Jefferson, Dated July 1776 (
From the Lib of Congress )
"PENDLETON, Edmund, 1721-1803: PENDLETON, Edmund, (uncle of
Nathaniel Pendleton and John Penn), a Delegate from Virginia;
born in Caroline County, Va., September 9, 1721; completed
preparatory studies; clerk, Caroline County Court, in 1740;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1741 and practiced;
justice of the peace in 1751; member of the Virginia House of
Burgesses 1752-1774; member of the committee of correspondence
in 1773 and of the provincial convention in 1774; Member of the
Continental Congress in 1774 and 1775; president of the
committee of safety in 1775; president of the Virginia
convetions in 1775 and 1776; member of the State house of
delegates in 1776 and 1777; judge of the general court and the
court of chancery in 1777; presiding judge of the court of
appeals in 1779; member and president of the Virginia
ratification convention in 1788; died in Richmond, Va., October
23, 1803; interment at Edmundsbury, eight miles southeast of
Bowling Green, Va.; in 1907 was reinterred in Bruton Parish
Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
Bibliography: DAB; Mays, David J. Edmund Pendleton, 1721-1803:
A Biography. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1952;
Pendleton, Edmund. The Letters and Papers of Edmund Pendleton,
1734-1803. 2 vols. Edited by David J. Mays. Charlottesville,
Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1967."
"Volume IV Chapter X The Pendleton Family. Third Generation.
The seven children of the first settlers started on a career of
multiplication befitting a new country; so that, as late as
1803, if Judge Edmund Pendleton had been in the prime of life,
and the most active man in Virginia, it would have been a very
serious, if not an impossible, undertaking to have identified
and recorded the names of half of them; whilst he was, in fact,
a man of upwards of eighty years of age when he died. He had,
for sixty years, without the intermission of a single year, been
laboriously engaged in professional and official duties, usually
of great importance. He was for the last twenty years of his
life most painfully disabled for any physical activity, by
reason of an accident which made him a cripple, and consigned
him to crutches for life. So he started his own, one of the
three male lines in the first generation, and then named the
females only until they married into other families. Hence, he
calls it simply "Chronology," with that precision of language
for which tradition reports him as being proverbial."
"Studied law with his cousin, John Penn (signer of the
Declaration of Independence)
Member of the House of Burgesses
Delegate to the First Continental Congress, 1775
President of the Conventions of Dec. 1775 and May 1776
Helped Jefferson draft the Declaration of Independence
President of the Court of Appeals 1779-1803
President of the Virginia Convention which ratified the
Constitution
First Chief Justice of the State of Virginia
Friend and correspondent of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
and James Madison
Edmund wrote the Resolutions adopting a Declaration of
Independence, which were included almost verbatim afterwards in
the Declaration by Jefferson.
Pendleton Co., Virginia, is named for him -- it was created in
1788 from parts of Augusta, Hardy, and Rockingham counties."
LETTER FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON TO EDMUND PENDLETON-link
Mays, David John Edmund Pendleton 1721 - 1803 A Biography Vol 2
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_Henry PENDLETON II_______________+
| (1614 - 1682) m 1649
_Philip PENDLETON Sr. "the Immigrant"_|
| (1654 - 1721) m 1681 |
| |_Elizabeth DOUGLASS ______________+
| (1628 - 1708) m 1649
_Henry PENDLETON ____|
| (1683 - 1721) m 1701|
| | _William HURT Sr."the Immigrant"__+
| | | (1614 - 1704) m 1650
| |_Isabella HURT _______________________|
| (1654 - 1724) m 1681 |
| |_Margaret_________________________
| (1620 - 1704) m 1650
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|--Edmund PENDLETON Judge
| (1721 - 1803)
| _John TAYLOR _____________________+
| | (1611 - 1658)
| _James I TAYLOR ______________________|
| | (1635 - 1698) m 1682 |
| | |_Elizabeth HORTON ________________+
| | (1610 - ....)
|_Mary Bishop TAYLOR _|
(1688 - 1770) m 1701|
| _John GREGORY Sr. "the Immigrant"_+
| | (1622 - 1696) m 1655
|_Mary GREGORY ________________________|
(1663 - 1747) m 1682 |
|_Elizabeth BISHOPP? ______________+
(1640 - 1676) m 1655
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_Charles REYNOLDS ___+
| (1750 - ....)
_Archelus (Archelius) REYNOLDS _|
| (1770 - 1863) m 1797 |
| |_Ann TAYLOR _________
| (1750 - ....)
_Isaac Rucker REYNOLDS _|
| (1800 - ....) m 1829 |
| | _Isaac RUCKER _______+
| | | (1721 - 1807) m 1758
| |_Elizabeth RUCKER ______________|
| (1780 - 1810) m 1797 |
| |_Mildred HAWKINS ____+
| (1734 - 1815) m 1758
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|--Nancy Elizabeth REYNOLDS
| (1832 - 1854)
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(1810 - 1832) m 1829 |
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Father: William THORNTON Sr. Mother: Jane CLACK |
_William THORNTON III________+
| (1649 - 1727) m 1688
_Francis THORNTON ___|
| (1692 - 1737) |
| |_Prudence WILLIS ____________+
| (1668 - 1720) m 1688
_William THORNTON Sr._|
| (1717 - 1790) m 1738 |
| | _John STERLING Jr.___________+
| | | (1673 - 1741)
| |_Ann STERLING _______|
| (1700 - 1741) |
| |_Mary MARTIN ________________+
| (1687 - 1748)
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|--Francis THORNTON
| (1738 - 1746)
| _James CLACK "the Immigrant"_
| | (1655 - 1723) m 1693
| _James CLACK ________|
| | (1693 - 1757) m 1720|
| | |_Jane Rolfe BOLLING _________+
| | (1675 - 1714) m 1693
|_Jane CLACK __________|
(1721 - 1792) m 1738 |
| _John STERLING Jr.___________+
| | (1673 - 1741)
|_Mary STERLING ______|
(1699 - 1763) m 1720|
|_Mary MARTIN ________________+
(1687 - 1748)
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