The Pendlebury name is directly associated with the town of Pendlebury in Lancashire. You can find out more about the history and meaning of the Pendlebury name.

Current research identifies our line of Pendlebury's appears around Middle Hulton in the seat of the family - Westhoughton (in the Parish of Deane)  - in the late 1500s. The earliest recorded member of our family line is James Pendlebury born around 1570 1580 in Westhoughton, Lancashire. This ? James is the 8 6 x Great Grandfather of Mary Hayes 1851 - 1929 who  who emigrated to Australia with her husband David Yates in 1883.

Biographies exist for the follow Pendlebury Family Members

This interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon and Welsh origin, and is a locational name from Pendlebury in Lancashire, deriving from the Welsh "pen" meaning hill, top, head, plus the Olde English pre 7th Century "hyll", hill, and the Olde English "burh", fort, town. The placename is recorded as "Penelbiri" (1202), "Penlebire" (1206) in the Pipe Rolls, and as "Penhilbyry" (1284) in the Assize Court Rolls. During the Middle Ages when it was increasingly common for people to migrate from their birthplace to seek work further afield, the custom developed that they would adopt the placename as a means of identification. Variations in the spelling of the surname include Pendlebery, and Pendleberry. London Church Records list the marriage of Raffe Pendlebery to Jone Romford on May 24th 1573 at St. Michael's, Bassishaw, and the christening of Nicholas, son of Nicholas Pendlebury, in November 1578 at St. Peter's, Westcheap. John Pendlebury married Edie Windsor, on December 21st 1584 at St. Gregory by St. Paul. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Elizabeth Pendleburie, which was dated September 8th 1562, christened in Leigh, Lancashire,
Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Pendlebury#ixzz3gaVM9bjZThe Pendlebury ancestry goes back 13 generations and biographies exist for some members as indicated by links below

• James Pendlebury married Martha Greenhalgh
  • William Pendlebury married Jane ?
    • John Pendlebury 1636 - 1697 married Elizabeth Morres
      • Roger Pendlebury 1668 - 1724 married Anne Stones
        • Ralph Pendlebury 1702 - 1755 married Margaret Leyland
          • Ann Pendlebury 1737 married James Higson
          • Henry Pendlebury 1747 - 1828 married Mary Higson
            • Mary Pendlebury 1791 - 1865 married James Higson
              • Margaret Higson 1825 - 1887 married John Heyes
                • Mary Heyes 1851 - 1929 married David Yates
                  • Eva Mary Yates 1895 - 1967 married James Bashford Bain
                    • Doreen Bain 1921 - 2000 married Douglas James Hardie
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