Pendleton Hill
Pendleton Hill is a town in Connecticut, United States.
Description
[edit]It is named for Nathan Pendleton (1779-1827) who farmed there, served in the state militia, served in the Connecticut legislature, raised a family there, and died there.[1] James Monroe Pendleton's family loved there and he was born there.[2] Actor, playwright, and director Joseph Byron Totten had farmland in Pendleton Hill. There is a Pendleton Hill Road and a Pendleton Hill Brook. There is a monitoring station on it. Etymologists are amused that the segments of the name come from words meaning hill so Pendelton Hill can be translated to mean hill hill hill hill.[3] Enoch Burrows Pendleton, another son of Nathan Pendleton, became a state senator in Rhode Island and attended the first Republican National Convention. President Abraham Lincoln appointed him postmaster of Westerly.[1]
Totten had a kennel and raised horses and cows on his 47 acre Pendleton Hill farm.[4]
Pendleton Hill is in North Stonington, Connecticut and Pendleton Hill Road connects it to Voluntown, Connecticut.
There is a Pendleton Hill Cemetery.[5]
It is topped by Pendleton Hill Church and surrounded by farmland. Pendleton Hill Baptist Church was established in 1743.[6]
State legislator DeWitt Clinton Pendleton (1812-1872), son of Nathan Pendleton, was born in Pendleton Hill.[7]
Pendleton Hill is near the border with Rhode Island.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pendleton, Everett Hall (November 24, 1910). "Brian Pendleton and His Descendants 1599-1910". Рипол Классик – via Google Books.
- ^ Barnes, William Horatio (November 24, 1874). "The American Government ...: Biographies of members of the House of representatives of the Forty-third Congress". Nelson & Phillips – via Google Books.
- ^ "HILL HILL HILL HILL". THE ETYMOLOGY NERD.
- ^ "Nickelodeon". November 24, 1915 – via Google Books.
- ^ Spencer, Thomas E. (November 24, 1998). "Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated". Genealogical Publishing Com – via Google Books.
- ^ Holden, Lynne C. (June 15, 2011). "The Pastor Has Gorgeous Legs: A Memoir of an Ordinary Pastor on an Extraordinary Journey Who Met Exceptional People". AuthorHouse – via Google Books.
- ^ Pendleton, Everett Hall (November 24, 1910). "Brian Pendleton and His Descendants 1599-1910". Рипол Классик – via Google Books.
- ^ Company, D. Appleton and (November 24, 1888). "Appletons' Atlas of the United States: Consisting of General Maps of the United States and Territories, and a County Map of Each of the States, Together with Descriptive Text Outlining the History, Geography, and Political and Educational Organizations of the States, with Latest Statistics of Their Resources and Industries". D. Appleton – via Google Books.
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