Christopher Pender of Penzance, Gent.
(-1716)
Jaqueline
(-1722)
Oliver Pender of Paul, Gent.
(Abt 1672-1733)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Margaret Keigwin

Oliver Pender of Paul, Gent.

  • Born: Abt 1672, Buryan, Cornwall
  • Married: 26 Sep 1699, Paul, Cornwall 1
  • Buried: 24 Jun 1733, Madron, Cornwall 1

  Research Notes:

Family name also spelled PENDAR.

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Oliver Pender is named in the pedigree of Pender of Budockvean in the Visitation of Cornwall as son of Oliver Pender and Susan Carne. 2 He is shown as having married twice, first to Margaret Keigwin in 1699 and second to Rachel Seccombe in 1707. This is incorrect. Oliver Pender (who married Margaret) died in 1733, and his widow Margaret Pender was granted Administration of his effects (see below). Margaret Pender, widow, left a will in 1740 in which she is called widow of Oliver Pender. In other words, Margaret's husband, Oliver Pender, was not the same Oliver Pender who married Rachel Seccombe.

In February 1709/10 Oliver Pender of the parish of Paul was a bondsman for the Administration of the goods &c. of Christopher Pender Jr. of Penzance, apothecary, Oliver Pender of Paul and James Jenkin Jr. of Madron, gent. having first taken inventory of Christopher Pender Jr.'s goods & chattels. Administration was granted to Christopher Pender (Sr.), stated to be father of the deceased.

Christopher Pender of Penzance, Gent. (i.e. the father of Christopher Pender Jr. above) was buried in Madron on 15 Apr 1716. In his will he names as beneficiaries his wife Jacqueline, his daughter Joan Pender and his son Oliver Pender.

In 1727 Jone Pender of Penzance, milliner, made her will in which she identifies her brother Oliver Pender of Newlyn, merchant. She also names his eldest son John Pender, calling him nephew, as well as her nephew Christopher Pender and his sisters Margaret and Ann (who appear in the Madron register as Oliver's daughters).

In short, Oliver Pender who married Margaret Keigwin was the son of Christopher Pender and Jacqueline his wife, and has been conflated in the Visitation with Oliver son of Oliver Pender and Susan Carne. 3

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Oliver Pendar of the parish of Paul died without making a will. Bond upon the Administration of his goods and so forth was granted 20 Sep 1733 to Margaret Pendar, the widow and relict of the said deceased. 4

  Marriage Information:

Oliver married Margaret Keigwin, daughter of John Keigwin of Mousehole, Gent. and Margaret Giffard, on 26 Sep 1699 in Paul, Cornwall. (Margaret Keigwin was christened 8 Feb 1670/1 in Paul, Cornwall and was buried on 24 Aug 1740 in Madron, Cornwall.)

  Marriage Notes:

Oliver Pendar, merchant, and Margaret Keigwin daughter of John Keigwin, Esq.

Sources

1 Cornwall OPC.

2 The Visitations of the County of Cornwall - with additions by Lt.-Col. John Lambrick Vivian, Pender of Budockvean, p. 604.

3 A likely reason the two Oliver Penders have been confused in the Visitation is that, whereas the baptism of Oliver son of Oliver Pender and Susan was recorded in the St. Buryan baptismal register (18 Oct 1673), no such record for Oliver son of Christopher Pender and Jaqueline has been found in Cornwall. It should be noted that Christopher Pender and Jaqueline were married in St. Buryan (26 Aug 1671), meaning not only that the two Olivers were about the same age, but that the two families were probably kin.

4 Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office), Reference: AP/P/2816 A.

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