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1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"James PEMBERTON
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1630
First Residence: Charlestown
Removes: Malden Estate: ...In his will, dated 23 March 1659/60 and proved 1 April 1662, "James Pemberton of Maldon ... being weak in body" bequeathed to "my son Edward Barlow all that my upland ground he now is resident upon containing four acres and to my daughter Mary his wife and to the heirs of their two bodies for ever"; to "my son Edward Barlow, his wife, my daughter, and their children aforesaid, my orchard plot and the fresh meadow thereunto adjoining containing one acre ... only one half part of the grass for hay for my wife during her life"; to "my daughter Sara £10"; "my dwelling house with all the land belonging to it being ten acres more or less, five acres of land in the great swamp, all my salt marsh ... with all other my estate whatsoever not before particularly disposed of I give one half part unto my son John ... the other half part I give unto my beloved wife Margit Pemberton during her life, and after her decease to my son John and his heirs"; "my wife and my son John executors"; "my friend Joseph Hills Sr." overseer [MPR Case #17117]... Death: Malden 5 February 1661/2. Marriage: (1) By 1633 Alice ____; "Alice Pemberton" was admitted to Charlestown church 31 August 1633 [ChChR 8]; she died after 1642 and before 1653. (2) By 1653 Margaret ____, named in his will. She deposed on 15 December 1662 aged about fifty years [Pope, citing Middlesex Files]. Children:
i James, bp. Charlestown 14 September 1633 [ChCh 45]; no further record.
ii Mary, bp. Charlestown 3 April 1636 [ChChR 46]; m. by about 1656 Edward (or Edmund) Barlow (at least two children born to this couple by 23 March 1659/60, date of her father's will).
iii Sarah, bp. Charlestown 30 December 1638 [ChChR 47]; m. Cambridge 30 October 1668 Samuel Gibson.
iv John, bp. Charlestown 24 April 1642 [ChChR 50]; m. by 1668 Deborah Blake [MA Arch 15:43]..."
2. The periodical "The Essex Genealogist," vol. 19, no. 4[Nov. 1999], "Research in Progress: Two James Pembertons," by Jeanette T. P. Barnard, pp. 206-10:
"My research on James Pemberton convinces me that there had to be two James Pembertons in New England in the early 1600s (each of whom had a brother John) and each about the same age -- James Pemberton of Charlestown and Malden who died in 1661, and James Pemberton of Newbury and Boston who died in 1696. Both used the same Christian names and both were in the Boston, Charlestown, Chelsea, Malden area during the 1st and 2nd generations (1630-1700). The Malden family moved up into Essex County and the Boston families stayed in Boston, or went to Rhode Island and Connecticut.
The following essay is the result of my efforts to make a connection between the descendants of James Pemberton and Rachel Spaulding (of which I am one) and his progenitors.
James Pemberton of Billerica, Mass. and Hudson, New Hampshire was born about 1730 and was baptized, as an adult, in 1755 in Billerica (Vital Records). His first wife was Sarah Dutton, who was born at Westford, MA in 1741 and died at Billerica in 1760. They had a son James, born at Billerica in 1760 and of whom nothing more is known. James Pemberton married secondly, in 1761, Rachel Spaulding of Concord, Mass. (ibid.). She was the daughter of Leonard Spaulding of Concord. James Pemberton died in New Hampshire after 1803. I have been unsuccessful in finding the ancestry of James Pemberton. In my search, I have come upon many confusing conclusions drawn about the 1st and 2nd generations of Pemberton immigrants from 1630 to about 1700.
"The Pemberton Family," by Walter K. Watkins of Boston (NEHG Register [Oct 1892], 392-397) provides the only genealogy of New England Pembertons. In the preface, Watkins states: "John and James just mentioned must not be confounded with James of Malden who died 5 February 1661/2, and his son John who died in 1691, and whose descendants lived in Middlesex and Essex Counties, more particularly at Billerica and Bradford, Mass. and Hudson, New Hampshire. A footnote provides more information on James of Malden: "He was a partner of Capt. Robert Keayne" (which is questionable), and his son John married Deborah Hills (which is proven incorrect). James Pemberton of Malden married Deborah Blake of Gloucester. John had two sons, Ephraim and John, from whom the Middlesex and Essex families are descended." (See Administration for John Pemberton's estate; 1642-1691).
I have traced the descent from James of Malden to a John Pemberton, son of John of Tewksbury, born at Bradford, in 1739. He was probably the John Pemberton who "died of disease at Crown Point, 11 Sept 1760," thus leaving no apparent male descendant who could be connected to James of Billerica. One wonders where Watkins got his information about descendants who lived in Middlesex and Essex counties (particularly Billerica, Bradford and Hudson, NH), which point directly to James of Billerica, as well as the fact that the sons of James (Abel, William and John), born in Hudson, returned to, or had strong family ties to the East Bradford (Groveland) Pembertons. There also remains the question about James, son of James of Malden, bpt. at Charlestown, 14 September 1633. Nothing further has been found about him. He is not mentioned in his father's will. "Pope" suggests he died young. "Chamberlain" thinks he may have been the James "tenant and partner" of Capt. Robert Keayne. This seems to be impossible in light of what is known about James, who was born in 1622? and died in 1696.
There is a James Pemberton serving in a Malden company in King Philip's War, and a John Pemberton (probably son of James of Malden) and a Thomas Pemberton. Such recruitment included men from Boston and vicinity, so this James is not necessarily of Maiden, though there does not appear to be any other possibility. James Pemberton, son of James and Sarah (Marshall) removed to Maryland in 1670. There also was a James Pemberton with property in Medford in 1659, but he is not further identified. Having found no connection of James of Billerica to James of Malden, I turned to the less-promising line stemming from James of Newbury and Boston, born about 1622 and died 1696. He had a brother John, who appeared first in Boston in 1632, then removed to Newbury and married Elizabeth (surname unknown), who died 22 February 1645. John's sister Elizabeth married, by 1641, John Robinson in Newbury. Robinson returned to England before 1653, where he died without issue in 1654 ("Ancestry of John Robinson," NEHG Register [April 1989], 150-151).
The first recorded appearance of James of Newbury and Boston (about 1622 - 1696) was in Newbury in 1646 (Newbury Vital Records). Some say he came with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Thomas Pemberton, the "antiquarian" in a letter, says he came from Wales in 1680 (1630 possibly). However, it is more likely that this James was James of Malden, who was in Boston in 1630 and requested freemanship there on 19 October 1630 (MCBR, 1:80). James Pemberton of Boston and his descendants is the main concern of Walter K. Watkins, and this seems to be the best source for information on the family despite some errors. One of the most significant ones is that concerning the deposition made by James Pemberton and his wife, Sarah Marshall.
Capt. Robert Keayne had a 1000-acre farm in Rumney Marsh (Chelsea), Boston and Malden. A James Pemberton and his wife were for a time tenants on this farm. Capt. Keayne's will of 1653 named "James Pemberton and his wife, sometime my servant now partner with me at my farm." Keayne died in 1656 and willed the farm to his granddaughter Hannah, and litigation about possession lasted from 1657 to 1686. In the course of the litigation, depositions were taken from James Pemberton and his wife as former tenants. There is record of two contradictory depositions: (1) Watkins in a footnote refers to "Middlesex County Court July 1673 (File 23), noted by Thomas Wyman, but "now missing," citing that James was 51 years old and his wife 53 years old. Thus James birth was 1622. Mellen Chamberlain, in his Documentary History of Chelsea, Chapter XIX, cites a deposition and provides a "true copy" taken by the Suffolk County Court in 1683/4, given by James, age 51 and his wife Sarah, age 53 (his birth thus being 1633). Since the ages given at the time of these depositions are the same, the depositions are unreliable, but significant depending on which is correct. Since the property was in both Middlesex and Suffolk counties, and the case lasted many years, there could have been 2 depositions, but the ages given are the same at 10 years apart. Watkins bases the date of birth (1622) for James on 1673, and attributes it to James who d. 1696. Chamberlain, using the date 1683/4 suggests that James is the first son of James of Malden (i.e., James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633). Nothing more is known unless he is the James of King Philip's War, and that he is the Keayne's tenant, husband of Sarah (Marshall) Pemberton. If James and Sarah were 51 and 53 in 1683/4, they would have been 14 and 16 years old at the birth of their first son. This would indicate that the ages of the 1683/4 deposition are incorrect and must have derived from 1673, thus confirming that James was born in 1622 (d. 1696) and could not be the son of James of Malden, born in 1633.
The documentation on John (b. 1632), brother of James also makes it impossible for these two James's to be one and the same, although both were born in 1633. However, the deposition of 1683/4, naming James's wife as Sarah (undoubtedly Sarah Marshall) establishes that the tenant on the Keayne farm was James, brewer, and one of the founders of the Old South Church -- i.e., not James of Malden.
I conclude that James of Charlestown and Malden and his 2 wives (Alice and Margaret) were in Charlestown in 1633 to 1656, when he removed to Malden, where he died in 1661. John came to Boston in 1632; removed to Newbury; returned to England and died there in 1654 without issue. His brother James of Newbury and Boston (1622? to 1696) was first recorded in Newbury in 1646 where he had a son in 1647, then removed to Boston later in that year He married Sarah Marshall, stepdaughter of Thomas Marshall. They were tenants on the Keayne farm until the death of Capt. Keayne in 1656. They had 12 children (See Watkins, NEHG Register, 393-397).
There seem to be two definite Pemberton lines in New England. I have made no attempt to investigate in England. There is also a Quaker line in Philadelphia, but I have not considered them.
ADDENDA
JAMES PEMBERTON OF NEWBURY AND BOSTON, (b. 1622? d. 1696), a brewer by trade, married Sarah Marshall, stepdaughter of Thomas and Alice (Willey) Marshall.
1635 Thomas Marshall chosen keeper of the Winnisimett ferry.
1646 First appeared in Newbury; was a brewer (Coffin)
1647 Son John b. 10 Feb 1646/7 (Newbury VR); returned to Boston; joined 1st Church of Boston; son John bapt. Dec 1647 (Boston VR).
1648 Freeman, brewer, Boston (Hill: History of the Old South Church)
1648 to 1671 Children: (see Watkins, 393-397)
1669 Founder of the 3rd Church (Old South) (Hill: History of the Old South Church)
1674 Wife admitted to Old South Church (Hill)
1696 d. 11 Oct 1696.
Probably tenant on Keayne farm from sometime after 1647 to 1656 (Keayne's death).
JOHN PEMBERTON, 1642-1691; b. at Charlestown, 24 (2) 1642; m. bef. 1668 at Gloucester, Deborah Blake of Gloucester, b. 1641.
Children:
i. DEBORAH, b. 1667 at Malden; d. at Bradford, 2 Dec 1726 in 59th year (Woodbury, Old Cemetery ... Groveland, MA); m. 22 Dec 1686, Thomas Kimball (Hoyt, Bradford).
ii. EPHRAIM, b. at Malden? aft. 1668; d. prob. at Amesbury or Bradford, aft. 1753; m. (1) 24 June 1707, Hannah Hadley (Amesbury VR; Hoyt); m. (2) Ann Jewett, b. at Bradford, 24 Sept 1698; d. 9 Oct 1763 (Hoyt).
iii. JOHN, b. 1681? at Malden?; d. 28 July 1753, age 72; m. at Bradford, 18 Jan 1710/11, Martha (Cheney) Worcester, widow of William Worcester of Bradford. William Worcester d. 23 Apr 1706 and adm. of his estate was granted to widow Martha on 9 July 1706 (Hoyt, 1030). After Martha died, John Pemberton m. (2) Rebecca Jewett Burpee, b. 24 July 1693 (Blodgett, 5). Children by Martha (Cheney) (Worcester): 1. Mary, b. at Bradford, 25 Nov 1711; d. there, 26 Feb 1762; m. there, 9 Apr 1750, Daniel Dresser. 2. John, b. at Bradford, 23 Aug 1713 (see below). 3. Rebecca, m. 31 Oct 1729 (Blodgette, 57). 4. Jeremiah, b. 3 Apr 1731; d. 6 May 1736. 5. Ephraim, b. 3 June 1733; d. 8 Feb 1736/6. 6. Marthew (i.e., Martha), b. 22 Feb 1735/6; m. 1755, Benjamin Petengil.
JOHN PEMBERTON OF TEWKSBURY, b. at Bradford, 23 Aug 1713; d. at Boston, 13 Oct 1745 (Boston VR; Boxford VR); m. 6 Apr 1737, Bridget Wood, bpt. at Boxford, 1719. She m. (2) at Andover, 14 Aug 1755, Jeremiah Foster.
Children:
i. BRIDGET, b. at Bradford, 13 Jan 1738; m. Daniel Dresser of Ipswich.
ii. JOHN, b. at Bradford, 22 July 1739; d. prob. 9 Nov 1760 at Crown Point of Disease (Parley, Hist. of Boxford).
iii. HANNAH, b. 26 Jan 1740; m. Joshua Hale of Newbury (VR).
iv. NATHAN, b. at Tewksbury, 24 June 1744 (too late to be father of James).
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF DOCUMENTED FACTS CONCERNING JAMES PEMBERTON
James Pemberton of Charlestown and Maiden, b. about 1608 (Anderson) d. at Malden 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; Inv. of Estate).
1630 Came with Winthrop Fleet in 1630 (Banks, Winthrop Fleet)
1630 Requested admission as Freeman, 19 Oct 1630 (MBCR, 1:80; Anderson, Savage) 1633 Wife Alice admitted to 1st Church, Charlestown (Charlestown Church Record)
1633 Son James bapt. 14 Sept 1633 (ibid., 45)
1633 Proprietor (Pope)
1634 2 acres of land (Wyman)
1637 At Hull in re property (date 1647 often given) (MCBR, 1:226; mentioned by Anderson, Corey, Savage).
1638 10-acre lot at Mystic side (Wyman); petitioned General Court Oct 14 (12) 1640 (Lechford, Pope, Corey, 66)
1640 Petition as above.
1642 Son John bapt. 24 Apr 1642 (Charlestown Church Record, 50)
1649 Petition of wife Margaret (Corey, 146)
Wife Alice (1) d. aft 1642, bef. 1653
Wife Margaret (2) b. abt. 1612 (deposition in 1662 at age 50); m. by 1653.
1656 Became Resident of Maiden (Corey; footnote, page 84)
1653 Controversy with Dexters referred to R. Keayne (Pope)
1659 A James Pemberton had property in Medford (Hist. of Medford; County record)
1661 Died at Malden, 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; will; Inv. of estate)
Children by Alice, bpt. at Charlestown:
i. James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633
ii. Mary, bpt. 3 (2) 1636; m. Edward Barlow
iii. Sarah, bpt. 3 (10 1638; m. 30 Oct 1668, Samuel Gibson.
iv. John, bpt. 24 (2) 1642; m. at Gloucester, bef. 1668, Deborah Blake.
Note: Corey says the only surviving records of the town of Malden begin after the close of King Philip's War about 1678.
1661 John Pemberton permitted by Selectmen of Boston to keep an Inn at Winnisimet, 5 Nov (Chamberlain, 296).
1661 Feb. John Pemberton, tenant on Ferry Farm of Gov. Bellingham and keeper of Winnisimet Ferry (ibid., 663).
1662 After father's death in 1661/2, inherited his Malden property and probably moved to Malden.
1671 John Pemberton, Boston, put in stocks; took revenge by beating his wife (Corey).
1675/1676 Served in King Philip's War (Corey, 326)
1691 John Pemberton died.
1701 Administration named 2 sons, Ephraim and John, but not his wife (assumed to be dead?)
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