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Note: dants who have been lost at sea. He sailed in his father's illfated brigantine which was never heard from after leaving Anquilla in August, 1749. When over a year had passed without bringing any news of the missing ship, arrangements were made to administer his estate and to care for his children. The Colonial records of Rhode Island show the following: 'Colony of Rhode Island. To the Honable the General Assembly sitting at Providence by adjournment the first Monday in December AD 1750. The petition of Joseph Pendleton of Westerly in the county of Kings County, humbly sheweth, that your Petitioner's son Joseph Pendleton, being a married man with two children, in the month of May AD 1749 sailed a voyage to the West Indies Island and the last account your Petitioner or any other of his Friends had from him was August following, sailed Homeward bound; and is in all probability lost at Sea; since which Time, to wit, in the month of October last past, his Wife was taken away by Death, and left the two small children and some considerable personal estate in Money, Stock & Household Goods, and as he laft a power of Attorney to his Wife when he went away, she being now dead, no person has any power by Law to dispose of any part of said estate for the advantage of the children, and if it should be left in such condition til the Town Council has any Right by law to grant administration to any person, great part of said Estate maight be wasted, and lost to the great Disadvantage of the Children. Wherefore your petition of said Westerly to grant administration to some person to take an inventory & make disposition of such part of said Estate as may be thought proper, and the money put out for the advantage of the children and your petitioner shall as in Duty bound pray &e Joseph Pendleton' 'December 7th 1750, To the House of Magrts. Gen. Resolved that this Petition be granted Voted & Past P. Order I Lyndon Is the Hosue of Magrts, Dec 8th, 1750 Read & Concurred with By Order Tho Ward, Secy. A true copy examined by Tho. Ward, Sec.' On the 25th March 1751, Col. Joseph Pendleton and William Champlin, 'the two grandfathers to the said orphans, Joseph & William Pendleton, sons of Joseph Pendleton, Jr., who is supposed to be lost at sea since which time his widow is Dead, ask that inventory be made of estate, the proberty divided, and eath grandfather take administration of half and care of one child.' (West. C & P Rec., ii, 288) On the 1st of July 1751, inventory of the estate was presented amounting to 1515 pounds 10s., and administration given to the two grandfathers (Ibid., pp. 251-2). On the same day Col. Joseph Pendleton as principal, with Benoni Smith and Joseph Champlin, gave bond to the town of Westerly in the sum of 1518 pounds 10s., for the proper administration by Col. Joseph of one half the personal property of Joseph Pendleton, Jr., supposed to be dead, and for the bringing up of the eldest of Joseph Junr's children, viz., Joseph Pendleton. This bond was not recorded until July 1769 (Westerly C & P Rec., iv. 118).
Note: As far as we know Joseph-5 Pendleton was the first of Brian's many descen
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