Excerpt from Edmund Pendletons Bible :  In 1792 Edmund Pendleton wrote his family history on the blank pages between the Old and New Testaments of his family Bible.

  About the year 1674 Nathaniel Pendleton a Minister,  and Philip Pendleton a school-master sons of Henry Pendleton of the city of Norwich,  County of Norfolk in England,  came from thence to Virginia in America.

  Nathaniel died leaving no Issue,  Philip went to England about 1680, returned to Virgina and,

  Philip intermarried with Isabella Hurt and died leaving issue three sons and four daughters, in November 1721.  His two younger sons John and Philip severally married,  died long ago and a considerable number of decendants from each are now living,  but of them I can give no particular account. Elizabeth the eldest daughter intermarried with Samuel Clayton.  Rachel the second with John Vass,  Catherine the third with John Taylor and Isabella with Richard Thomas : Are dead and the posterity of each is numerous - but neither of these can I be particular.

  Henry Pendleton the eldest son was born about 1683; In 1701 was married to Mary Taylor ( daughter of James Taylor ) who was born in 1688.....so that he was 18 and she 13.  He died in May 1721.  She married a second husband Edward Watkins,  whom she survived and died in 1770 aged 82.

  James Pendleton eldest son of Henry,  was born in 1702 , and died in 1762,  leaving 4 children Henry, James, Philip and Anne ,  all married,  now living and have issue.  James and Anne are since dead.  Philip Pendleton the second son died in 1778 leaving issue 5 daughters,  all of whom married and have children,  two are dead,  three living,  one since dead.

  Nathaniel Pendleton,  third son,  was born in 1715 and is still living ( 1792 ) having children and grand children and great grand children.  He died in 1794.

  John Pendleton fourth son was born in 1719,  and is still living ( 1792 ) having children grand children and great grand children.  He died in 1799.

  Edmund Pendlton fifth and youngest son was born in Spetember 1721 ( four months after the death of his father ) was married in January 1741/2 to Elizabeth Roy,  who in November following was delivered of a dead child and died in childbed.  In June 1743 he was married to Sarah Pollard born in 1725 - both are now living and have never had a child.  Her father Joseph Pollard was born in 1701 and died December 26th 1791,  aged 90.  Her mother still living aged 88.  They lived together upwards of 68 years.  She died July 27,  1794,  aged 92.  The said Edmund Pendleton [died] in Richmond whilst attending the court of appeals of which he was President on the 26th day of October 1803 in the 83rd year of his age.

The record goes on to list many more people.  At some point in the future I hope to be able to type in the full transcript.