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John Pendarvis.
ii.
Mary Pendarvis.
iii.
Ann Pendarvis. 1488. Joseph Pendarvis
(17)(205) died in 1694. Joseph
Pendarvis came from an old Cornish family named Pendarves, but it has not been
established for certain the exact connection.
He joined the "Sayle" colony at Barbadoes and landed, on Mar 17 1670,
in what is now Port Royal, South Carolina, a few miles south of the town of Beaufort.
He soon moved to the new settlement on the Ashley River that was soon named Charleston.
There, on July 22nd, 1672, he was granted lot number 45 in Charles Town and thus
is counted as one of the original settlers. In January 1675, he was granted a
tract of 180 acres. In 1682 he received town lot 66.
He was elected a member of the Colonial Assembly in 1693 and in that same year
was a Justice in the Commission of the Peace.
In his will Joseph Pendarvis left ten slaves, three plantations, four town lots,
three houses, numerous farm animals, and household furnishings to his three children
and others. He was married to Elizabeth ----------.
1489.
Elizabeth ----------. Children were:
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John Pendarvis.
ii.
Mary Pendarvis.
iii.
Ann Pendarvis.
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