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According to the "Britton Ancestry" by Edward E. Britton, Williamwas the son of James and Jane Britton of Charlestown, Mass. Few otherfacts have been ascertained about him. He was in Maine as early as 1674,when on the 6th of June he witnessed a deed at Saco (York Co. Deeds, ii,folio 174).

1. 2. William BRETTUN   b. Abt 1678, Wells,Maine; d. Bef 17 Mar 1725/1726, Taunton,Bristol Co.,Massachusetts.

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 1-77.
Records of Taunton, Mass., refer to him as "mariner." He was amember of the military company there in 1700 and 1710. His death occurredprior to 17 March 1725/26, as on that day his widow, Lydia, was appointedadministratrix of his estate (Bristol Co. Probate records).
He married at Taunton, 26 Oct 1698, Lydia Lenoard, daughter of JamesLeonard, 2nd of Taunton. She was born

1. 3. Mary BRETTUN   b. Abt 1700.
2. 4. William BRETTUN   b. Abt 1701; d. 4 Dec 1783.
3. 5. James BRETTUN   b. Abt 1703; d. 1736.
4. 6. Abiel BRETTUN   b. Abt 1705.
5. 7. Lydia BRETTUN   b. Abt 1707.
6. 8. Sarah BRETTUN   b. Abt 1709.
7. 9. Elizabeth BRETTUN   b. Abt 1713.
8. 10. Ebenezer BRETTUN   b. 1 Jun 1715, Taunton,Bristol Co.,Massachusetts; d. 1787, New Hampshire.
9. 11. Abigail BRETTUN   b. Abt 1717.
10. 12. Pendleton BRETTUN   b. Abt 1722; d. 1806, Easton,Massachusetts.

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Mary was brobably on of the oldest children, as her son Brian Hallwas b. 9 July 1727. She is said to have m. John Hall, but if this iscorrect she evidently had a former husband, Joseph Hall, as on the 14thof Feb 1721, Nicholas Morey deeded to Mary Hall, widow of Joseph Hall ofTaunton, twenty acres of land in that town, and on the 1st of March,1726, he deeded to the heirs of Joseph Hall, late of Taunton, deceased,"for love and affection" a "little lot in Dighton." (Bristol Co. Deeds,1ix, 190:xlv, 41).

1. 13. Brian HALL   b. 9 Jul 1727.

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He testified at Taunton, 19 Sept 1753, that he was about fifty-twoyears of age (Bristol Co. Deeds, xli, 92).

1. 14. Mary BRETTUN   d. 23 Dec 1750, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
2. 15. Hannah BRETTUN  

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 1-77.
He was of Smithfield, RI, in 1760, when on October 4th he deededland to his brother Ebenezer of Raynham, Mass. (Bristol Co. Deeds, xliv,437).

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He was the father of nineteen children, seventeen of whom becameheads of families of their own. In 1771, Ebenezer with all his familyexcept two daughters, removed to Westmoreland, NH, where he becameprominent in civil and religious affairs and an ardent supporter of thecause of the Colonies against the mother country. He was a member of theContinental Congress in 1777 and 1778. Several of his sons served in theRevolutionary War, one of them as Major of a NH regiment.

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett Hall,page 64.
i. Mary-5, "Mary Briton of James, late of Dighton, Mass., died 23Dec. 1750: (Westerly rec., ii, 4)