Pendillton is a name of ancient
Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from a family once having lived in the chapelry of Pendleton found in the parish of Eccles in
Lancashire. The Pendillton surname was originally derived from the Old English word
pendle which means
hill. It was also derived from the Old English word
ton which refers to a
farm or homestead. Therefore the original bearers of the name lived by the farm that was situated on a hill.
Early Origins of the Pendillton family
The surname Pendillton was first found in
Lancashire at Pendleton, a small village and civil parish in Ribble Valley which dates back to the
Domesday Book where it was listed as Peniltune and literally meant "farmstead by the hill call Penn (Pendle Hill)" having derived from the Celtic word penn (for hill) + tun.
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Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4) Pendleton is also an inner city area of Salford, Greater Manchester, again historically in
Lancashire. For both locations various spellings of the villages were found: Penelton in 1199, Pennelton in 1212, Penilton in 1236, Penhulton in 1331 and Penulton in 1356 before settling on the current spelling about 1600 or so.
Early History of the Pendillton family
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Pendillton Spelling Variations
The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,
spelling variations are common among early
Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Pendillton has been recorded under many different variations, including Pendleton, Pendelton and others.
Early Notables of the Pendillton family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Pendillton family to Ireland
Some of the Pendillton family moved to
Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Pendillton family to the New World and Oceana
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded
England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Pendillton or a variant listed above: Bryan Pendleton who settled in New
England in 1630; Mary Pendleton and her husband settled in Boston in 1679; Otis Pendleton settled in Boston in 1823.