James PENDRY
- Marriage: Jemima REDDICK on 31 Jan 1775 in NC
- Died: After 3 Jul 1796, Rowan County, NC
Another name for James was James J. PENDRY.
Noted events in his life were:
• Will, 1796, Rowan County, NC. North Carolina, Rowan County
Be it Remembered that I James
Pendry being in a lowe State of Health but of
a sound disposeing Mind for which I am Thankful
to the giver thereof Calling to mind the Certainty
of death & the Uncertainty of the time thereof
do make this my Last Will & Testament in manner
and form as followeth; first of all it is my will
that all my Just debts together with my funeral
Charges be paid by my Executors hereafter named
as Soon after my deceas as they conveniently can
Item I give & bequath unto my Sone Ely Pendry one hundred
acres of Land to be laid out from the South west Corner
only it is not to incroach on the improvement whereon I now live.
Yet it is my will that my X Sone do pay to my executors
the Sum of Twenty Pounds for to assist them in paying
my debts. Item I give & Bequath Unto my beloved wife
Jamima Pendry fifty acres of Land which is the Remainder
of the tract & all of my hous hold furniture together with myall my Perishable Estate during her widow hood only it is
my will that if my daughter dinah Should marry or next
that my Executors may portion off to her as they may
think best and at the death or marriage of my beloved
wife that the fifty acres here to fore mentioned be given
to my daughter Dinah & I also order that my Executors
may Remember my daughter Sarah & if my Estate
should admit to add Something to what I have all Ready
given to her to Equal the portion between her & dinah that
it be done And Lastly I Constitute & Appoint My beloved
Wife Jamima Pendry Nathan Hunt & Joshia Tomlinson
the whole Executors of this my Last Will & Testament hereby
making null & void all wills here to fore made by me in writing whereof
I have here unto Set my hand and affixed my \\ his
Seal this third day of the seventh Mo 1796 > James J Pendry
Stephen Vedito / marke
Ann Tomlinson
• See also. http://home.att.net/~Pendroy/pendry.html
James married Jemima REDDICK, daughter of John REDDICK Sr. and Jane, on 31 Jan 1775 in NC. (Jemima REDDICK was born on 2 Jan 1751.)
Marriage Notes:
Know all men by these presents that we James Pendrie & David Smith are held & firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lord, the King, his heirs or Successors in the just and full sum of fifty pounds proclamation money. To which payment will & truly to be made we bind ourselves our & cash of our Heirs & firmly by their presents Sealed with our Seals & Dated this 31st Day of Jany AD 1775.
The Condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas the above bounden James Pendrie hath made application for a license for a marriage to be Celebrated between him and Jemimah Reddick agreeable to an act of the General Assembly of this province ratified the 4th of April AD 1741.
Now, if it shall not appear at any time hereafter that there is no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force & virtue.
Tst. Tho Henderson James Pendry
David Smith
[Marriage Bond #58697, Guilford County, North Carolina]
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