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 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 1580 in Westhoughton, Lancashire. This James is the 6 x Great Grandfather of Mary Hayes who emigrated to Australia with her husband David Yates in 1883.

The Mouser ancestry goes back 11 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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