Brief Life History of Thankful
When Thankful Pendleton was born on 14 July 1725, in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, James Pendleton, was 1555 and her mother, Elizabeth Brown, was 31. She married Christopher Coats on 14 April 1748, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died about 1789, in Galway, Galway, Saratoga, New York, United States, at the age of 65.
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- Thankful Pendleton, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Coats in entry for Caleb, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Coats in entry for Caleb, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
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1763 · First Synagogue in America
The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
1769
"The town was formed from the town of Ballston in 1769 as the town of ""New Galloway."""
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places in Lancashire (in Eccles and Whalley, respectively) called Pendleton, from the hill name Pendle + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, estate, settlement’.
History: The Pendleton family were established in Caroline County, VA, by Philip Pendleton, a schoolmaster from Norwich, England, who immigrated to North America in 1682.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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