TIMELINE

Clement C. Neff I was born March 29, 1674, in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA.

Mary Button was born October 6, 1689, in Stonington, New London Co., Colony of Connecticut.

Clement C. Neff I and Mary Button were married 1707 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI.

The deed of Clement's first purchase of land in Windham is preserved in silk at the Windham County Court House, Willimantic, Conn. It is dated 28 June 1715, and says in part, "To all people to whom this deed of sale shall come greeting. Know ye that I Joseph Dingley of Windham in the County of Hartford in the Colony of Conn. for in consideration of the full sum of forty-two pounds current money of New England to me in hand" received from •"Clement Neff late of Westerly in the Colony of Rhode Island in New England before but now resident in Canterbury in ye County of New London" etc... do fully freely and absolutely give grant bargain and confirm unto the sd Clement Neff his heirs and assigns forever all that my hundred acre lot situat lying and being in the northeasterly part of sd Windham and is the fourth lot in the second tear and the first bound begins at a walnut tree which is the east corner from thence runs westerly by the highway a hundred rod to a white oak stake from thence northerly by a hundred acre lot of Mr. Webb's and sixty rod to a sassifax from thence easterly by a hundred acre lot of Mr Sam Whitings a hundred rod to a stake from thence southerly by Christopher Bidlakes land a hundred and sixty rod to the first mentioned bounds,"etc. The deed was witnessed by John Fitch and Joshua Ripley (Windham L.R. Vol. E, p. 147). Record of a second purchase of 100 acres for Pounds 34 from William More appears in Book E, p. 195.

Land was good, and it was cheap, in this northeast section of Windham and as word spread around about it, more and more people came to settle there. By early 1717, the inhabitants felt that they were numerous enough to have a church of their own and accordingly they petitioned the General Assembly as follows: "We, inhabitants of the Northeast part of Windham, having obtained the consent of the said Windham that we should be a society distinct for the carrying on of public worship of God, do now pray your Honors to confirm and establish us a parish," etc. There were 16 signatures, of which the ninth was Clement Neff. This petition was to create Canada Parish, April, 1717. The General Assembly acted with promptness in granting this petition. Canada Parish became the Town of Hampton,
Conn., at a later date.

Three more purchases or land are recorded in 1723: 100 acres from Daniel Edward on 9 May for Pounds27 (Bk. F, p. 77); 100 acres from Joshua Lassal on 16 July for Pounds 20 (Bk. F, p. 90); and a piece of land bordering on Merrick Brook containing 86½ acres from Joshua Lassal for Pounds 75 in the "west tear" in the "twelfe hundred lot" on 10 Sept. (Bk. F, p. 105).

At the Windham. Town meeting on 4 Dec 1727, Clement Neff was elected Constable. His wife, Mary Nerf, was baptized in Windham Village 13 Dec. 1724, and "owned the covenant" (Hampton Cong. Ch. Red.).

Of the 486½ acres of land which Clement bought at a total coat of Pounds 198, he sold an unspecified amount to Humphrey Bullard on 8 June 1717 for Pounds 39 (Bk. E, p. 197) and 100 acres to Joshua Lassal on 10 Sept 1723 for Pounds 20 (Bk. F, p. 109). On 22 Feb 1732, "Clement Neff of Windham" gave "for love to son William my 100 acre lot on which I now dwell that is the reversion right after my decease and the decease of his mother Mary, my wife, with all the buildings fences privileges in consideration of the help and comfort in my old age & the help he shall afford to his mother Mary - except some small legacies that are to be paid to his brothers and sisters as by other instruments may appear" (Bk. G, p. 188).

In the following year, June 1733, this son William was married to Grace Webster and in May 1734 their first child was born, creating the age-old problem of two families under one roof. So on 24 Sept 1734, William deeded his father's 100 acre farm back to him, referring to him as "my Honored Father Clement Neff" and on the same date Clement gave his son William the 86½ acre farm he had bought in 1723. The deed reads in part, "Clement Neff deed of gift to dutiful son William of Windham, land near Merrick's Brook... to my son William as his full portion of my estate." (Windham Land Rec. Bk, G, p. 304). A few months later, on 25 Jan. 1735, Clement sold his 100 acre farm which he lived on, to Benjamin Bidlake for Pounds 600. This gave Clement a net profit on his purchases and sales of land in Windham of Pounds 461 plus the 86½ acre farm which he gave to his son William.

Clement then moved his family to Stonington, Conn., where on 10 Feb 1735, he purchased "for a consideration of Pounds 600, "a parcel of 300 acres of land from John Potter of South Kingston & Christopher Champlin of Westerly, both of the Colony of Rhode Island, & John Williams of Stonington, Conn. (Stonington Land Rec. Vol. 4, p. 499/500), Thanks to the mention of "Breakneck Hill" in Clement's will, the farm has been located on an old map. On current road maps, the farm is to be found on route 84 from New London, Conn., to Providence, R.I., just beyond where route 2 from Westerly to Norwich intersects it, and in that part of Stonington which is now the town of North Stonington, Conn. Apparently a large number of people lived in the northern part of the town in those early days; it led to the organization of the Congregational Church of North Stonington Society and eventually to its separation into a new town.

In December 1734, Clement's youngest son, Thomas, married Mary Corey at Westerly, R. I. and in December of 1735, his son Clement Neff Jr. married Patience Brown in the North Stonington Congregational Church.

There are several mentions of Clement Neff being a cordwainer which means a "maker of shoes." He appears to have been a very industrious and able business man for the times, somewhat reminiscent of his grandfather Corliss, for he was an excellent farmer and raised large numbers of cattle, horses, sheep and hogs in addition to having a shoe business. On 4 Feb. 1737, he sold 69 acres of his 300 acre farm for Pounds 300 to John Denison, "bounded easterly on the land of John Williams, John Potter & Christopher Champlin and northerly on my own land." (Stonington Land Rec. Vol. 4, p. 616). Thus he got back half of the money paid for the whole 300 acres. On 8 Apr. 1737, he sold another 10¼ acres for Pounds 41, to Eleazer Brown, brother of his daughter-in-law Stonington Land Rec. Vol 4, p. 618/19). On 19 Aug. 1738 there is a deed containing an agreement as to the boundary line between the land of Joshua Holmes and Clement Neff, both of Stonington, at a place called "Ashaway," whereby Clement was to have the land south of the line (Vol. 5, p. 57).

Clement Neff died at Stonington, Conn., sometime between May 17 and June J, 1746. He was probably buried at the Cedar Swamp cemetery nearby where Thomas and Eleazer Brown were buried. The grave has no stone today.

After Clement's death, his wife, Mary, and his daughter, Mary, and his son Clement, Jr. sold the Stonington property and returned to Windham. Returning to a study of the Windham Land Records, we find that on 4 Feb. 1747 Mary Neff and Mary Neff, Jr., bought a "tract of land in Windham Township from Obadiah Johnson of Canterbury for Pounds 500." Deed also says "in ye 20th year of ye Reign of our Sovereign Lord, George ye 2nd of Great Britain." (Book I, p. 12). On 30 June 1747, Mary Neff end Mary Neff, Jr. deeded to Clement Neff 50 acres they had bought in June "in consideration of' ye Love, Good Will and Affection that we have and do bear unto Clement Neff" etc. (Book I, p. 77). On the same day Mary Neff and Mary Neff Jr. bought from Zachariah Parker for Pounds 126 a tract of land on "Beaver Brook Hill." No acreage given. (Book I, p. 77).

Mary Neff Jr. married Christopher Lewis 23 Feb. 1750 at the Hampton Congregational Church, and it is presumed that the mother Mary then went to live with her son Clement, sometime within the next year. For on 23 April 1751, Mary Neff and Clement Neff Jr. sold 115 acres of land to Aaron Geer for 1500 pounds. (Book I, p. 542). On 8 June 1752, Mary and Clement Jr. sold 141 acres to Henry Farnum for 1500 pounds, (Book K, p. 102).

Mary probably died in the epidemic which took the lives of her two grandchildren, Hannah and Mathew, children of Clement Jr., in September of 1752. Mary Neff's will is filed at the Conn. State Library, No. 2826. Her will mentions "heirs of son William, heirs of son Thomas, and well-beloved and only son Clement."
 

Children born at Westerly R. I., except for Ann born at
Windham, Conn.:

1. Mary: Born 7 June 1707; m~r. Christopher Lewis 23 Feb, 1750 Hampton Cong. Ch, Rec. Vol. 1, p. 188,
2. William: Born 16 March 1708/09.
3. Clement Jr.: Born 17 May 1711.
4. Thomas: Born 12 March 1713/14.
5. Jerusha: Born about 1715,
6. Ann: Born 3 August 1723; mar Elias Button, son of Daniel & Anna (Bell) Button; grandson of Mathias & Mary Neff Button, Born. 22 July 1724. Windham V,R.

Clement C. Neff I died June 3, 1746, in Stonington, New London Co., Colony of Connecticut, at age 72. Buried in Cedar Swamp Cemetery, North Stonington, New London Co., Colony of Connecticut.

Mary (Button) Neff died June, 1752, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut, at age 62. Buried in Cedar Swamp Cemetery, North Stonington, New London Co., Colony of Connecticut. Her will was made April 13, 1752, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut.

The unexpected return of Clement Neff after long captivity in Algiers excited much interest, and the immediate query "whether he was an inhabitant of Windham or Hampton." A notice appearing in the Windham Herald affixed him to the latter town and must have heightened the sensation caused by his re-appearance: - "MARRIED, last week, in the Episcopalian form by Timothy Larrabee, Esq., MR. CLEMENT NEFF of Hampton, to Miss PATIENCE DEAN of this town. N.B. - Mr. Neff has been a prisoner in Algiers 24 years, in 12 of which he never saw the sun. He is now in the youthful bloom of 65, and has lost an eye - his bride a blushing maid of 28."

Hampton's forebodings of future charges were justified by the event. Within four years of the reported wedding, Mrs. Patience Neff was under care of her selectmen.

MRS. ELISHA EDGERTON ROGERS
GENEALOGIST
99 Division Street,
NORWICH, - CONN.

During the period of more than ten years’ research work in eastern Connecticut and the adjoining parts of Rhode Island, I have not seen the name of NEFF except in connection with Clement Neff and his descendants.

Clement Neff I came from Westerly, Rhode Island, to Windham, Conn., in 1716, as stated in Weaver’s Manuscript of early Windham families, (now in custody of the Connecticut Historical Society); he bought 200 acres of land in two parcels, in the part of Windham, called Canada Parish, which was set off as the town of HAMPTON, in 1786.

Here, on May 9, 1717, he was one of those who petitioned for the establishment of a society for the carrying on of public worship, as given in Miss Larned’s "History of Windham County," Vol.1, page 95.

The births of Clement Neff I’s children are recorded at Windham, as per certified copy previously sent; he had three sons, William, Clement, and Thomas, and two daughters, Mary and Ann. Mary died unmarried after the death of her father in 1746, and before her mother in 1752; Ann probably died young, as she is not mentioned in her father or mother’s will. These children were all baptized at Hampton Church; Mary in 1724, and the others in 1725.

On Feb.22, 1732, Clement Neff I deeded to his "son William Neff, my 100 acre lot on which I now dwell, that is the reversion right after my decease and the decease of his mother Mary," etc.  (Land Rec. Windham, Conn; Vol.7, p. 188.)

On Sept.24, 1734, Clement Neff I conveys his land to "his son William Neff---as his full portion of my estate." (Vol.7-304).

The following February, Clement Neff I sold the remainder of his land in Windham, and on Feb. 26, 1735, he bought land in Stonington, Conn., and removed to that place. Part of his land, he sold in 1737, to Eleazer Brown, brother of Patience Brown; (Land Rec. Stonington, Conn.; Vol.4, pps.499, 618.) Clement Neff I lived here till his death in 1746.

William Neff, the oldest son, remained in Windham, on the farm given to him by his father; his marriage and the births of his children are recorded on Windham records, as per certified copy. He had no daughter Ann Neff.

Clement Neff II and Thomas Neff went to Stonington with their father, Clement Neff I; here Clement Neff II married Dec. 12, 1735, Patience Brown, who lived in the neighborhood. Thomas Neff married, Dec. 25, 1734, Mary Corey; (Vital Record of Rhode Island, Vol.5, WESTERLY, page 47); and had Arnold, born 1735, Derius, born 1737, and Mary, 1739, as recorded on the Stonington records. Thomas died before his father, as Clement Neff I’s will, dated May 17, 1746, the "heirs of son Thomas deceased." So he had no daughter Ann Neff.

After the father’s death, Clement Neff II, his family, and his mother and sister, went back to Windham, where on June 30, 1747, "Mary Neff Widow and Mary Neff, Singull woman: conveyed for love to Clement Neff," the land which they had bought in January. (Windham Land Rec. Vol.9, p.12 & 77.)

Clement Neff II, had twin daughters, Ann Neff & Mary Neff , born Aug.12, 1736. Ann Neff was probably named after her grandmother, Ann (Pendleton) Brown, and after Clement’s sister, Ann; Mary was named after Clement’s mother and sister, as was the custom in those days. This Clement had only two sons who lived to maturity, Clement and John.

Clement, the third of the name, was taken prisoner about 1776, and remained in captivity for twenty four years, and was given up for lost. (See History of Windham County, Vol.2, page 244)

In 1751, Mary Neff and Clement Neff of Windham sold part of their land to Aaron Geer of Preston, Conn.

1757, Oct.25, "Clement Neff’s deed of gift to Ebenezer Abbe, John Bond, Oxenbridge Dains and other inhabitants of Windham, a parcel of land 112 rods, being part of the farm I now dwell on--- thence on a line between my own land and land of Aaron Geer--where several persons are already buried." (Land Rec. Windham, Vol."L", p.436)

After this date, Clement Neff sold various parcels of land. The last sale being from "Clement Neff of Windham to son John Neff, of Windham, for love parental and £100, and Clement" personally appeared at Hampton, and acknowledged the deed on July 10, 1793.

There was no other Ann Neff in this region at that date, except this daughter of Clement and Patience (Brown) Neff.

Married about 1818 in Upper Canada to Mary Honeywell: Born May 13, 1801, in Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Died May 25, 1887, in Singhampton, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada (age 86).

Susannah Abbe was born November 15, 1760 in Willington, Tolland Co., CT.

Clement Neff IV was born about 1764 in Hampton, Windham Co., CT.

OntB1: CLEMENT NEFF and MARY NEFF. Clement was born in USA, was listed in the 4th Co. Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Militia Return in 1828. He settled the first time in the New Castle District, Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario and is there in the 1848 census. Some time between 1852 and 1861 the family moved to Nottawasaga Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario. Original spelling of the surname may have been NAPH and tradition says they were Pennsylvania Dutch (a term applied to any German or Dutch speaking immigrant at that time). Children: Calvin, Isaiah, Salomon, Milo, and Clement, Jr.

PARKER 1861 census 385 page 044 line 20
@ca.on.simcoe.nottawasaga_township section 2
20 NEFF Clement m 64 married
21 NEFF {?} Mary f 58 married
22 NEFF Andrew m 16
23 NEFF Edmund m 28
24 PARKER Ellen f 16

Trying to find out ANY information on my Clement Neff. I have all the information after him. All we know is that he was born in the USA May 10 1797 and died Apr. 9 1881 in Singhampton, Ont. Canada. He married Mary Honeywell.

I have information on all of his descendents, but have hit a big brick wall finding out anything about him. I have learned from the Neff News pages, that Clement Neff is the start of the ONT B1 line of the Neffs here in Ontario, but I would really appreciate ANY info in regards to his parents etc. We have been told that he might have been adopted?

Could some kind soul please shed some light on this Clement Neff!!

Much thanks in advance!

Sonja McSorley
 

My dear Mrs. Kennedy,

I am sending you a certified copy of the NEFF records as they appear on the records of Windham, Conn., and I had the clerk attest that they were full records of the family up to 1752. I said 1752, because that was the latest date on those particular records. The next dates were the marriage Mary Neff to Zachariah Mainard, on Jan.28 1754, and the marriage of Content Neff to Thomas Kingsbury on March 1, 1759.

These were both sisters of Ann Neff. I am also enclosing a certified copy of a record from the certified copy made by the clerk of the Hampton Church, of the marriages of Hampton Church records. This copy belongs to the town clerk of Windham. You will remember that I have a printed reference for this marriage, taken from Bailey’s "Early Connecticut Marriages." but this record omitted the part important to us, namely that they were "both of Windam." (Hampton was set off from Windam, in 1786). Now there was only one ANN NEFF in Windham, at the date of this marriage, nor for many years after.

I trust that this will sufficiently establish Ann Neff as the daughter of Clement Neff and Patience Brown.
 
 

Yours truly,

Edna M. Rogers.

MRS. ELISHA EDGERTON ROGERS
GENEALOGIST
99 Division Street,
NORWICH, - CONN.

During the period of more than ten years’ research work in eastern Connecticut and the adjoining parts of Rhode Island, I have not seen the name of NEFF except in connection with Clement Neff and his descendants.

Clement Neff came from Westerly, Rhode Island, to Windham, Conn., in 1716, as stated in Weaver’s Manuscript of early Windham families, (now in custody of the Connecticut Historical Society); he bought 200 acres of land in two parcels, in the part of Windham, called Canada Parish, which was set off as the town of HAMPTON, in 1786.

Here, on May 9, 1717, he was one of those who petitioned for the establishment of a society for the carrying on of public worship, as given in Miss Larned’s "History of Windham County," Vol.1, page 95.

The births of Clement Neff’s children are recorded at Windham, as per certified copy previously sent; he had three sons, William, Clement, and Thomas, and two daughters, Mary and Ann. Mary died unmarried after the death of her father in 1746, and before her mother in 1752; Ann probably died young, as she is not mentioned in her father or mother’s will. These children were all baptized at Hampton Church; Mary in 1724, and the others in 1725.

On Feb. 22, 1732, Clement Neff deeded to his "son William Neff, my 100 acre lot on which I now dwell, that is the reversion right after my decease and the decease of his mother Mary," etc.

(Land Rec. Windham, Conn; Vol.7, p. 188.)

On Sept.24, 1734, Clement Neff conveys his land to "his son William Neff---as his full portion of my estate." (Vol.7-304).

The following February, Clement Neff sold the remainder of his land in Windham, and on Feb.26, 1734/5, he bought land in Stonington, Conn., and removed to that place. part of his land, he sold in 1737, to Eleazer Brown, brother of Patience Brown; (Land Rec. Stonington, Conn.; Vol.4, pps.499, 618.) Clement Neff lived here till his death in 1746.

William Neff, the oldest son, remained in Windham, on the farm given to him by his father; his marriage and the births of his children are recorded on Windham records, as per certified copy. He had no daughter ANN.

Clement Neff, Junr. and Thomas Neff went to Stonington with their father; here Clement married Dec. 12, 1735, Patience Brown, who lived in the neighborhood. Thomas Neff married, Dec. 25, 1734, Mary Corey; (Vital Record of Rhode Island, Vol.5, WESTERLY, page 47); and had Arnold, born 1735, Derius, born 1737, and Mary, 1739, as recorded on the Stonington records. Thomas died before his father, as Clement Neff’s will, dated May 17, 1746, the "heirs of son Thomas deceased." So he had no daughter ANN.

After the father’s death, Clement Neff, his family, and his mother and sister, went back to Windham, where on June 30, 1747, "Mary Neff Widow and Mary Neff, Singull woman: conveyed for love to Clement Neff," the land which they had bought in January.

(Windham Land Rec. Vol.9, p.12 & 77.)

Clement Neff, Junr. had daughters, ANN & MARY, born Aug.12, 1736,
ANN was probably named after her grandmother, Ann (Pendleton) Brown, and after Clement’s sister, Ann; Mary was named after Clement’s mother and sister, as was the custom in those days. This Clement had only two sons who lived to maturity, Clement and John.

Clement, the third of the name, was taken prisoner about 1776, and remained in captivity for twenty four years, and was given up for lost. (See History of Windham County, Vol.2, page 244)

In 1751, Mary Neff and Clement Neff of Windham sold part of their land to Aaron Geer of Preston, Conn.

1757, Oct.25, "Clement Neff’s deed of gift to Ebenezer Abbe [Av?be] John Bond, Oxenbridge Dains and other inhabitants of Windham, a parcel of land 112 rods, being part of the farm I now dwell on--- thence on a line between my own land and land of Aaron Geer--where several persons are already buried."

(Land Rec. Windham, Vol."L", p.436)

After this date, Clement Neff sold various parcels of land. The last sale being from "Clement Neff of Windham to son John Neff, of Windham, for love parental and £100, and Clement" personally appeared at Hampton, and acknowledged the deed on July 10, 1793.

There was no other ANN NEFF in this region at that date, except this daughter of Clement and Patience (Brown) Neff.

    Mary Neff, born June 7, 1707.
  * William Neff, " Mar.16, 1708/9.
  * Clement Neff, " May 17, 1711.
    Thomas Neff, " Mar.12, 1713/14.
    Ann Neff, " Aug. 3, 1723.

  * Benjamin Neff, born May 16, 1734.
    Ruth Neff, " May 31, 1737.
    William Neff, " May 14, 1739.
    Thomas Neff, " July 31, 1744.     Book A, page 145
    Martha Neff, " Oct. 4, 1742.
    Joseph Neff, " July 27, 1746.     Book B, page 126.

  * Ann Neff
        &
    Mary Neff born Aug.12, 1736.
    Clement Neff, " Apr.29, 1738.
    Content Neff, " Aug.15, 1740.
    Hannah Neff, " July 6, 1743, & died Sept.13, 1752.
    John Neff " May 6, 1746.
        &
    Mathew Neff " May 6, 1746, & died Sept.15, 1752.
    Deborah Neff, " Aug.30, 1750.

    "Hannah Spalding, wife of James Spalding, died Aug.24, 1790,
    aged 35 years."                   Book B, page 62.

State of Connecticut,

County of Windham, SS. Windham, April 1, 1910.

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that I have examined the foregoing copy of records taken from WindhamTown records, and find the same to be true and correct. Also that the same is a complete copy of the "NEFF" records to be found in the Vital Statistics up to 1752.
 

Attest: Hepsy Bodru -                     
Asst. Town Clerk
Town of Windham, Conn.

State of Connecticut,)
                      ) SS. Windham, April 1, 1910.
County of Windham,   )

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that on a copy of marriage records of the Congregational Church of Hampton,(formerly Windham Village) prior to the year 1786, is found the following record:

"The marriage of BENJAMIN NEFF & ANNE NEFF, both of Windham, June ye 3rd. 1754."

This copy is in Town Clerk’s Office of the Town of Windham.

Attest: Hepsy Bodru -
Asst. Town Clerk

1. *Major Brian Pendleton, born 1599 in England, died 1681, in Portsmouth, N.H. married Eleanor-----

Birth. Wheeler’s History of Stonington, Conn.; page 531. Savage’s Genealogical Dictionary of New England; Vol.3p.388.
Bowler Genealogy, page 31.

Death History of Stonington, page 531. Savage’s Gen. Dictionary of New England, 3-338
Bowler Genealogy, page 31.

Eleanor, wife of Major Brian Pendleton survived her husband. Savage’s Gen. Dict. New England, 3-338

2. *Capt. James Pendleton, born 1628 (according to one of his depositions) prob. in England, died Nov.29, 1709, at Westerly, R.I., mar. 2nd. April 29, 1656, at Sudbury, Mass., Hannah Goodenow, daughter of *Edmund and Ann......Goodenow, who was born Nov.28, 1639, at Sudbury, died 1725+, at Westerly,

Birth of James; manuscript of the Pendleton Genealogy (now in press)

Death " " ; History of Stonington, page 532.
            Austin’s Gen.Dictionary of Rhode Island, p.149.

Marriage "     "         "         "         "          "
            Savage’s Gen. Dict. of New England, Vol.3-388.
                "      "      "     "     "     Vol.2-271

Birth of Hannah; "     "     "     "      "     Vol.2-271
Death of  " Austin’s Genealogical Dict. Rhode Island, p.149.

3. Ann Pendleton, born Nov.12, 1667, at Sudbury, Mass., died 1727, at Stonington, Conn, aged 60 years; married Oct.18, 1693.

4. Eleazer Brown, born Aug.5, 1670, at Lynn, Mass., died Nov. 30, 1734, at Stonington Conn,; son of Thomas and Mary (Newhall) Brown.
   Birth of Ann; Savage’s Gen. Dict.New England, Vol.3-338 Austin’s Gen. Dict. of Rhode Island, p.150 Brown Genealogy, by Cyrus H.Brown, p.12.
           History of Stonington, page 531.

Death of Ann; Brown Genealogy, "  " 12.
Marriage         "     "     "      12.
Austin’s Gen. Dict. Rhode Island, p.150
History of Stonington, p.531.
 
5. Eleazer Brown’s

Birth;

6. Hannah Neff, born 1755, at Windham, Conn, died Aug.24, 1790,

Brian Pendleton, born 1599, died 1681, in Portsmouth, N.H., was elected Deputy President of the Province of Maine to act as President in absence of the President Danforth. This title is equivalent to that of Deputy Governor, which office is duly established and provided for by the Georges Charter, which did not lapse with the annexation of the Maine Colony with that of Massachusetts Bay. Therfore the President and Deputy President of Maine after the annexation, are true Governor and Deputy Governor.

All descendants of BRIAN PENDLETON are eligible to the Order Colonial Governors.

James Pendleton, son of Brian, married April 29, 1656, Hannah, daughter of Edmund and Ann Goodenow, and died Nov.29, 1709.

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"BRYAN PENDLETON, 1599-1681, Mass., & N.H.

Deputy from Watertown to the General Court of Massachusetts 1636, 1637, 1638, 1647, 1648. Deputy from Portsmouth to the General Assembly of New Hampshire 1654, 1658, 1660, 1661, 1663.

Major of Militia, Saco, Maine, from 1668 to 1672.

Deputy-President of Maine, 1680."

Register of the Connecticut Society of Colonial Dames of America, page 275.

"Major Brian Pendleton was born in 1599, in England. He first settled in Watertown, and was made freeman there Sept.3, 1634, and was Deputy for six years to the General Court. He moved to Sudbury and helped settle that town, and was selectman for several years. From Sudbury he went to Ipswich. He was a member of the famous artillery company of Boston. He moved to Portsmouth, N.H. about 1651, and was Deputy there for five years. In 1653 he purchased two hundred acres of land near Winter Harbor, Saco, Maine. After a few years, he returned to Portsmouth, where he made his will, which was proved April 15, 1681. He was an eminent man in his day, and held the office of captain and major for many years, besides important civil and military offices."

History of Stonington, Conn., page 531; Major Pendleton’s will is given on page 722.

"Bryan Pendleton of Watertown, an early settler, made freeman 3 Sept. 1634, helped to settle Sudbury of which he was selectman some years but representative before and after for Watertown, between 1636 & 48, six years; removed to Ipswich perhaps, certainly to Portsmouth of which he was representative some years then removed to Saco, Winter Harbor, thence after nearly a dozen years, driven by Indian war, Aug. 1676, went again to Portsmouth, there made will 9 Aug.1677, which was proved 5 April 1681; he was captain and major many years; left wife Eleanor, son James and daughter Mary, who marr. Seth Fletcher."

Savage’s Genealogical Dictionary of New England; Vol.3, p.388.

Capt.JAMES PENDLETON, only son of Major Brian Pendleton, was first at Watertown, then at Sudbury, Mass., and came to Westerly, R.I., in 1669. He was in the early Colonial Wars. He was admitted to the First Church of Stonington, Conn., Nov.7, 1680. He married 1st. Mary,......, who died Nov.7, 1655; he married 2nd. April 29, 1656, Hannah Goodenow, daughter of Edmund Goodenow, and had nine children. His will was dated Feb.9, 1702; he died Nov.29, 1709. Ann, his fourth child be second wife, was born Nov.12, 1667, mar. Eleazer Brown.

History of Stonington, page 531; on page 22, Capt. Pendleton’s name appears on the "list of the English volunteers in the late Narragansett War."

From Smith’s "Military and Civil List of Rhode Island; Vol.1,p.vi

Members of Sir Edmund Andros’ First Council held at Boston. From 1687-1691; Court of Quarter Session held at Newport and Rochester; Capt. James Pendleton one of the members present.

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From Savage’s "Gen. Dict. New England," Vol.3-388.

James Pendleton of Watertown, son of Bryan, had wife Mary who died 7 Nov.1655 and he married second wife 29 Apr.1656, at Sudbury, Hannah, dau. Of Edmund Goodenow; their children were Bryan, b.27 Sept.1659; Joseph, b.Dec.1661; Edmund prob.24 June 1664; Ann 12 Nov.1667; Caleb 8 Aug.1669 and James. He was one of the founders of the first church at Portsmouth, N.H. in 1671; but perhaps had his father’s love for removing and lived at Stonington, Conn., 1674-8, then called captain and served in war against Philip 1676; was at Westerly R.I. 1686-1700."