BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 89.
Amos Pendleton, who was one of the longest lived men in the family,spent nearly all his ninety-three years in his native town except forwhat time he was away at sea. Dennison's "Westerly & Its Witnesses"speaks of him as a master mariner, and he is generally referred to as"Capt." Amos in the Westerly records. Yet in the deed given him byWilliam and Judith Pendleton of Stonington, to a mansion house and landat Westerly, on the 24th of March, 1760, he is called "Blacksmith". andhe may have followed this occupation first. For this property Amos paid2000 pounds. (Westerly Land E., ix, 355).
As befitted a son of Col. William Pendleton, he took an active partin the affairs of the town, serving as one of its councilmen from 1784 to1792, besides holding minor offices. In May, 1765, he was appointedLieutenant of the First Westerly Co., King's County Regt., and wasre-appointed in 1766 (RI Civil & Mil. App'tments). The Rhode IslandCensus for 1774 shows that Amos Pendleton was the woner of two slaves inthat year.
On the 30th of May, 1774, the Town Council "Voted that Capt. AmosPendleton have an order on the Town Treasurer for 6/8 for 40 quarts ofmilk for the sick in the Small Pox [hospital] (Westerly C. & P. Rec., iv.241).
In the Supplement to "New York in the Revolution" it is stated thatAmos Pendleton was one of the refugees from Long Island to Connecticut.It would not appear, however, that he had removed to Long Island, as allhis children born during the Revolutionary War had Westerly as theirbirth-place. It is more likely that Amos as captain of a vessel, assistedthe refugees to leave the island.
On the 18th of Sept., 1776, he was the sixty-fifth signer of the"Resistance Act" drawned up at Westerly on that day by tested theirloyalty to the Continental government. Just what services Amos performedin the Revolution cannot be determined absolutely, owing to the fact thatthe records do not distinguish between him and his son, Amos, Jr., exceptonce, all other accounts referring merely to "Amos Pendleton." It wasprobably Amos, Sr., however, who was one of the "Alarm Men" of Westerly,Edward Bliven, Captain, drawn for three months on the 16th of Jan. 1777,to serve the third month (Westerly "Town Meetings," iii, 160), as thesewere the older men of the town who did guard duty while the younger oneswere away at the war.

1. 2. Amos PENDLETON   b. 5 Nov 1754, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
2. 3. Andrew PENDLETON   b. 7 Jul 1756, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
3. 4. Mary PENDLETON   b. 4 Aug 1758, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 16 Jan 1818.
4. 5. Zebulon PENDLETON   b. 27 May 1760, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
5. 6. Charles PENDLETON   b. 24 Apr 1762, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
6. 7. Lydia PENDLETON   b. 7 Oct 1764, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. her youth.
7. 8. Frederick PENDLETON   b. 13 Jun 1766, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; d. 1 Dec 1798, The Atlantic Ocean of lost at sea.

1. 9. Jonathan PENDLETON   b. 19 Sep 1769, Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island.
2. 10. Nancy PENDLETON   b. 22 Jul 1773, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
3. 11. Acors PENDLETON   b. 28 Jul 1773, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 16 Dec 1790.
4. 12. William PENDLETON   b. 23 Jul 1775, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 5 Jun 1796, the sea,lost.
5. 13. Isaac PENDLETON   b. 22 Nov 1777, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 1804, the Island of Tongotalboo in the Pacific Ocean. He was massacred with his boat's crew by the savages.
6. 14. Otis PENDLETON   b. 7 Mar 1780, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
7. 15. Gilbert PENDLETON   b. 7 Sep 1782, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
8. 16. Harris PENDLETON   b. 17 Nov 1786, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.

1 NOTE 3 children

1. 17. Nathan BARBER   b. 4 May 1785, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island; d. 27 Apr 1828, at sea.

1. 18. William PENDLETON   b. 10 Nov 1796, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island; d. 2 Apr 1880.
2. 19. Jonathan PENDLETON, Jr.   b. 18 Nov 1794, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island; d. 25 Feb 1862.
3. 20. Frederick PENDLETON   b. 4 Nov 1798, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 28 Jan 1881.
4. 21. Francis PENDLETON   b. 25 Jan 1801, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 14 Feb 1880, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
5. 22. Lucy Ann PENDLETON   b. 18 Mar 1803, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 15 Sep 1878.
6. 23. Wyatt H PENDLETON   b. 17 Sep 1805, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 4 Jan 1810.
7. 24. Eunice PENDLETON   b. 23 Nov 1807, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 5 Feb 1886.
8. 25. Maria PENDLETON   b. 23 Jan 1813, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 1 Feb 1889, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Ga; bur. Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Ga.
9. 26. Emaline PENDLETON   b. 24 Mar 1815; d. 15 Oct 1828.

1 NOTE "Babcock Genealogy", by Stephen Babcock, M. A., Eaton & Mains,New York,1903, p 61.

1. 27. Albert D. BARBER   b. Abt 1823, Rhode Island.
2. 28. George BARBER   b. 1824, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island; d. 24 Feb 1874, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island.

Note: STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 242.

Note: 1. Emaline was unmarried.

1 NOTE "Babcock Genealogy", by Stephen Babcock, M. A., Eaton & Mains,New York,1903, p 227.

1 NOTE "Babcock Genealogy", by Stephen Babcock, M. A., Eaton & Mains,New York,1903, p 227.