Introduction

    My research on our Pemberton line began about ten years ago when my mother and her sisters gave me, both verbally and with documents and photographs, the information we needed to complete most of the family back to Orlando Davis Pemberton. Then, over the years, several cousins came forward with additional information that brought us as far back as David Pemberton. Still later the internet has given us many new sources and documents both directly and from many correspondents who kindly volunteered their information making possible a clear line of descent from George Pemberton I of Cheshire, England in the 1600's to the present.
   Since George Pemberton II is the earliest ancestor that we can prove, the first three parts will be concerned with him. The problem with George is that practically everything about him prior to the year 1746 is in controversy: his name, his marriage(s) and his ancestors.   In the first two parts we will deal with a number of family myths and legends that surround him, keeping some and discarding others.
   We have divided our information into several parts based on the way our documents seem to be best organized. First the information on Barbados from our cousin E.L. Pemberton throws new light on some old family stories. Then we will explore in Part Two the body of documents and other facts in Virginia that predate 1746 concerning Pemberton families there. Part Three is a discussion of George M. Pemberton's scrapbook which came to our attention in 2003. This amazing document gives, what we believe to be, the best source of family information yet found. Part Four will cover the family history from Cheshire, England down to the marriages of George II's children and some of their subsequent histories.
    This article is an attempt to bring all of our information together in an organized format. Our hope is that family members and others may find this useful both in understanding our family history and for further research.

Growing the Pemberton Family Tree
And Related Families

Introduction

Part One - Barbados

Part Two - Virginia To The Year 1746

Part Four - George Pemberton I of Cheshire, England and His Descendants

Introduction

Growing the Pemberton Family Tree And Related Families

Introduction

Part One - Barbados

Part Two - Virginia To The Year 1746

Part Four - George Pemberton I of Cheshire, England and His Descendants

Introduction

Growing the Pemberton Family Tree
And Related Families