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Collection Number: 03144

Collection Title: Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington Genealogical Papers, circa 1870-1951

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Size 11.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4500 items)
Abstract Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington (1876-1955) of Warrenton, N.C., was the daughter of Major Arthur S. and Victoria Louis Pendleton. Through her mother she was related to several prominent Virgina families. She was president and chief organizer of the North Carolina State Art Society, a trustee of the University of North Carolinaa, and a member of several women's clubs and patriotic societies for descendants of various groups. This collection primarily contains materials from Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington's investigation of her own family's genealogy. Approximately half of the correspondence comes from the papers of Charles Arthur Hoppin, a New York City genealogist employed by Arrington. The collection also contains photocopies of documents, including wills and deeds, from the 16th to 18th centuries. There are also writings in the collection by Arrington and Hoppin about the ancestries of the Pendleton and Clark families, reminiscences of Victoria Louis Pendleton about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and prominent clergy of various faiths, and a variety of other genealogical materials, including charts, notes, and data. Families notable in the collection include Clark, Hardee, Lanier, Pendleton, Sampson, Washington, and Wright. Images include photographic and painted portraits of Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington at different ages, reproductions of painted portraits of various ancestors, and photographs of places and unidentified ancestors from circa 1870-1910.
Creator Arrington, Katherine Clark Pendleton, b. 1876.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington Genealogical Papers #3144, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Bequest of Katherine Arrington of Warrenton, N.C., in June 1955 and from Sylbert Pendleton of Raleigh, N.C., in February 1971 (Acc. 08106)
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Encoded by: Danielle Fasig, September 2012

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Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington (1876-1955) of Warrenton, N.C., was the daughter of Major Arthur S. and Victoria Louis Pendleton. Through her mother she was related to several prominent Virgina families. She graduated from Hollins College in 1896. She was married to Peter Arrington (d. 1916), the director of the British American Tobacco Company. Arrington was the long-time president and chief organizer of the North Carolina State Art Society; a trustee of the University of North Carolina, from which she received an honorary degree in 1947; and a member of several women's clubs and patriotic societies for descendants of various groups.

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The collection chiefly contains materials relating to Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington's investigation of her own family's genealogy. Approximately half of the correspondence came from the papers of Charles Arthur Hoppin, a New York City, N.Y., genealogist employed by Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington, which were acquired by her following his death in 1941. The collection contains photocopies of documents, including wills and deeds, from the 16th to 18th centuries. There are also writings in the collection by Arrington and Hoppin about the ancestries of the Pendleton and Clark families, reminiscences of Victoria Louis Pendleton about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and prominent ministers of various faiths, and a variety of other genealogical materials, including charts, notes, and data. Families notable in the collection include Alston, Armistead, Clark, Drake, Fontaine, Hardee, Howland, Lanier, Maury, Pendleton, Percy, Plummer, Rice, Sampson, Washington, and Wright, among others. Images include photographic and painted portraits of Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington at different ages, reproductions of painted portraits of various ancestors, and photographs of places and unidentified ancestors from circa 1870-1910.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Papers, 1895-1951.

About 400 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Contains photocopies of documents, including wills, deeds and other documents relating to the Pendletons and related ancestors, from the 16th to 18th centuries. Also contains correspondence of Victoria Louis Clark Pendleton, Charles Arthur Hoppin, and Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington relating to various families.

Folder 1

1588-1599: Photocopies

Folder 2

1614-1697: Photocopies

Folder 3

1727-1789: Photocopies

Folder 4

1895-1919

Folder 5

1921-1925

Folder 6

1927-1929

Folder 7

1931-1933

Folder 8

1934

Folder 9

1935

Folder 10

1936

Folder 11

1937

Folder 12

1938

Folder 13

1939-1951

Folder 14

Undated

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About 400 items.

Arrangement: topical.

Contains writings, charts, data, notes, and related family materials. The writings are about the ancestries of the Pendleton and Clark families and the reminiscences of Victoria Louis Pendleton about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and prominent clergy of various faiths. There is also a genealogical chart of some of the descendants of Anne Washington Wright and the ancestors of George Washington. The notes, charts, and data relate to genealogical research.

Folder 15-20

Folder 15

Folder 16

Folder 17

Folder 18

Folder 19

Folder 20

Data, charts, notes, and land grants

Folder 16 not used.

Oversize Volume SV-3144/1

The Pendleton and Clark Ancestries in England and America written by Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington and Charles Arthur Hoppin

Oversize Volume SV-3144/2

The Pendleton and Clark Ancestries in England and America by Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington and Charles Arthur Hoppin; "The English Origin of the Family of Pendleton and the Ancestry of Brian Pendleton (1596-1680) and of Philip Pendleton (1654-1721), Founders of the Pendleton families in America," by Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington and Charles Arthur Hoppin

Folder 21

Folder 21 not used

Folder 22a

Victoria Louis Pendleton reminiscences, volumes I and II

Folder 22b

Victoria Louis Pendleton reminiscences, volumes III and IV

Folder 23-24

Folder 23

Folder 24

Lanier family notes

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-3144/1a

Anne Washington Wright genealogical chart

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About 3700 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by family name.

Contains notes, data, correspondence, pictures, photographs, photocopies of related documents, clippings, and miscellaneous items. There is overlap with materials in the previous two series. Images include photographic and painted portraits of Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington at different ages, photographs of places and unidentified ancestors from circa 1870-1910, and reproductions of painted portraits of various ancestors. Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Folder 25

Alford, Alexander Reverend Summershire, England

Folder 26

Andrews, Henry

Folder 27

Alston, Judge John

Folder 28

Arrington

Folder 29

Bagg, John Bolet Edward

Folder 30

Berkeley

Folder 31

Bissell, John

Folder 32

Blount

Folder 33

Blount, James

Folder 34

Boltwood, Robert

Folder 35

Bridgmann, Brigham

Folder 36

Brooks, Burt

Folder 37

Bryon, Hunter

Folder 38

Carter, Samuel

Folder 39

Capen-Purchase

Folder 40

Cary

Folder 41-43

Folder 41

Folder 42

Folder 43

Chapin, Penny Easton

Folder 44

Chapin, Samuel

Folder 45

Clark, James, Sampson

Folder 46

Closson, MacClay

Folder 47

Colton, George

Folder 48

Cooley-Coley

Folder 49

Cooper, Thomas

Folder 50

Curtis

Folder 51

Cutler

Folder 52

Dawson

Folder 53

Day, Robert

Folder 54

Ewing, Alex

Folder 55

Flood, Colonel John

Folder 56

Gardner, Thomas

Folder 57

Gilbert, John

Folder 58

Goodnow, Edmond

Folder 59

Gray

Folder 60

Green, William

Folder 61

Hannum, William

Folder 62

Hardee: Beaufort and Pitt

Folder 63

Hardee (also Hardy, Hardie): North Carolina

Folder 64

Hardee (also Hardy or Hardie): Virgina and England

Folder 65

Hart, Nicholas

Folder 66

Hawkes, John Sergeant

Folder 67

Hawkins

Folder 68

Hazard, Hassard and others

Folder 69

Hill

Folder 70

Holcombe

Folder 71

Jordan, Samuel

Folder 72

Kritchwell

Folder 73

Lanier: Virginia and North Carolina

Folder 74

Lanier

Folder 75

Lanier: England

Folder 76

Lanier

Folder 77

Lanier: Music and letters

Folder 78

Lewis

Folder 79

Lord, Thomas Byrd

Folder 80

Lyman

Folder 81

MacKenzie, Gordon, and others

Folder 82

Marche-Burt

Folder 83

Mattoon, Hubartus

Folder 84

Moore

Folder 85

Newton

Folder 86

Nolle, Thomas

Folder 87

Odger, Gabriel Captain

Folder 88

Page, John

Folder 89

Palmer, Walter

Folder 90

Partridge

Folder 91

Payne, William

Folder 92

Pearce, Edmund

Folder 93

Pendletons: New England and Virginia

Folder 94

Pendleton: London

Folder 95

Pendleton: Outside Whalley, Manchester

Folder 96

Pendleton: Miscellaneous and others

Folder 97

Pendleton

Folder 98

Pearce, Edmund

Folder 99

Pitt, Peter

Folder 100

Price, Eleanor

Folder 101

Prudden, James (brother Peter)

Folder 102

Rice, Edmund

Folder 103

Rossiter, Edmund

Folder 104

Sampson: Virginia and North Carolina

Folder 105

Sampson: England

Folder 106

Shallard

Folder 107

Sheldon, Isaac

Folder 108

Slye, Rolt and Mary

Folder 109

Smith, Lieutenant Samuel

Folder 110

Snow, Richard

Folder 111

Temple, Lady Dorothy

Folder 112

Tyson, Reynier

Folder 113

Virkus

Folder 114

Vore

Folder 115

Warren, Joseph

Folder 116

Warriner, William

Folder 117

Washington

Folder 118

Washington, John, of Surrey

Folder 119

Weller

Folder 120

Wellesly

Folder 121

West

Folder 122

Wheelock, Ralph

Folder 123

Wilcox, Edward

Folder 124

Woodford, Thomas

Folder 125

Wright, Lieutenant Abel

Folder 126

Wright, Samuel

Folder 127-131

Folder 127

Folder 128

Folder 129

Folder 130

Folder 131

Loose papers

Unsorted materials similar to those found throughout this series.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-3144/1b

Photocopies and notes

Image Folder PF-3144/1

Portraits: Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington, circa 1890-1950

Includes both painted and photographic portraits. Painted portraits are reproductions, circa 1890-1910. Photographs include reproductions, circa 1910-1950.

Image Folder PF-3144/2

Other photographs, circa 1870-1910

Photographs of unidentified family members and places, including buildings, a church, and gardens. One photograph, circa 1870-1900, is a portrait of two men and a woman; another is of a street with buildings and is labelled Pendleton, Lancastershire. Most photographs are not labelled.

Image Folder PF-3144/3

Reproductions: Portraits of identified family members, undated

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