William is the father of Job Pendleton, Sr.

In 1751, William Pendleton received land from his father
at Westerly, Rhode Island. In 1760 he transferred this land with " mansion
house " to his brother Amos for £2000. William was then of
Stonington, Connecticut. He began buying land in Stonington, making successive
purchases until 28 Feb., 1767, when he bought 94 acres for £242. Some of his property was at Long Point. He was elected surveyor of highways at Stonington. William Pendleton owned a schooner and traded to the coast of Maine, and the History of Islesboro says he came there in 1769, taking up 600 acres at the extreme southern
end of the Island, upon which he soon settled his family. William
sold his last tract of land and his house at Stonington in 1769. Previous to this he had sold about 85 acres at Long Point, Stonington.

Islesboro, then known as Long Island, was claimed by Isaac Wins-
low of Boston, as a part of his wife's inheritance in the " Waldo
Patent," and in 1771 William Pendleton secured from him a lease.
In 1620 King James I. of England granted about all of North America to
forty noblemen, knights and gentlemen who were " The Council of Plymouth
in Devon, England." This Council surrendered its charter in 1635, but previously
made several grants in Maine which held good. One of these grants,
known first as the " Muscongus Patent," contained nearly one thousand
square. In course of time this grant came into the
possession of General Samuel Waldo — who died in 1759 — and has ever since
been known as the Waldo Patent.


Few of the other settlers at Long Island troubled themselves to
take out such leases, and the Revolutionary War coming on left them
in undisturbed possession of the lands they had taken. In the early
days of this conflict some of the islanders occasionally traded with
the British, and the Committee of Correspondence chosen at St.
George's, 6 June, 1775, wrote William Pendleton on July 17th as
follows in regard to his share in this trade.

To Capt. William Pendleton.
Sir: We can not think proper for you to contrack any traid which
we supose is for the king's troops, which you no by the Congress
orders is contrary to our obligations, which we are determined to
adhear to.
Per orders of the committee.
J. SHIBLES, Clerk."

That William Pendleton had no Royalist leanings, however, is
shown by the fact that on the 3rd of June, 1776, he was chosen at
St. George's, Captain of the 7th Co., Col. Mason Wheaton's (4th Lincoln
Co.) Regiment of Massachusetts Militia.
It is unlikely that he saw active service, as the British held
Castine throughout the war, and the few inhabitants of the neighboring
islands, irrespective of their patriotism, were forced from
their unprotected position to maintain neutrality for the sake of
their homes and families.

6th of April 1789, Capt. William Pendleton was
chosen one of the first selectmen of Islesboro. He was re-elected, 1790, after which term he passed his office over to younger men.
With advancing years the infirmities of age came upon him and
he could no longer care for his remaining property. On the 2d
April, 1814, he sold to his son Jonathan the remainder of his estate
at Islesboro for $1200 Jonathan then arranged for the care of his father and step-mother by a couple in Vinalhaven. Not long after this ,William removed to Northport and lived with his son Henry until his death,
which occurred at the great age of ninety-three years. Tradition says
that after his decease his widow returned to Stonington, Conn. (adapted from Brian Pendleton and His descendants 1599-1910)