Lucinda Pender was born 1809 in Edgecombe County, NC, the eldest of 3 known surviving children (2 boys/1 girl) born to wealthy planter Solomon Pender and his wife, Mary Batts. She was sister to 2 of Tarboro's most prominent men -- Joseph John Batts "J.J.B" Pender and CSA Capt. Josiah Solomon Pender.

She was the maternal grandchild of John Pender (1702-1818) of Nansemond Co, VA who came to Edgecombe and established Oak Grove Plantation.

Lucinda married Dr. Phesanton Southerland Sugg on January, 9, 1827, when she was 18 years old, and he 22. She became the mother of at least 14 known children (see below):

Dr. Sugg and his family once owned "Penny Hill" on Highway 33 near the Pitt/Edgecombe County line, a community of which little remains today. Once called Winona, and later simply Hill, this community was the ancestral home of the Thigpen family. The doctors James Thigpen III and IV and James Thigpen V and VI all raised the families in Penny Hill. After this, the land and house changed hands to become the possessions of Dr. Phesanton S. Sugg and his son, Dr. George C. Sugg. Their land totaled over 2500 acres.

Luncinda was widowed in 1855 when her husband died at age 49. She survived him another 20 years, passing in 1876 at age 66.

As for the children of Lucinda Pender & Dr. Phesanton Southerland Sugg, they were:


* MARGARET SUGG (c. 1827-aft 1880)
Margaret married (1st) to Dr. Edward McPherson who died before 1870; married (2nd) as the 3rd wife of Dr. Joseph J. Garrett. No issue. Died after 1880 in Whitakers.

* DR. GEORGE COE PENDER SUGG (1829-1869)
Dr. George C. P. Sugg married 1859 to Nancy Bynum of Edgecombe, widow of John Pike Sharpe and d/o Turner Bynum & Nancy Jenkins. Wealthy farmer. Lived in St. Lewis, Edge Co. Father of 7 known children. The home of Dr. George Coe Pender is still standing just outside Pinetops on Saratoga Road (NC 111).

* MARY SUSAN SUGG (1831-1888)
Married Charles Williams Garrett of Edgecombe and resided in Halifax County. Mother of 3 known children. Died Ringwood.

* PHESANTON SUGG Jr. (ca. 1833-38)Died age 5. Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Tarboro.

* FRANCES "FANNIE" SUGG (c. 1833-1881)
Married Arthur Charlton Smith of Wilmington in 1854. Mother of 7 known children. Buried Greenwood. Husband later relocated to Red Springs, Robeson Co, w/children. He is buried at Hugh Brown Cemetery, Robeson Co.

* REDDING SOUTHERLAND SUGG(1835-1907)
Lt., CSA, NC 15th. Druggist. Married 1865 to Mary Sophia Vines, d/o John Allen Vines of Edgecombe. 1 child, died young. Removed to Kings Mountain, NC. He and his wife are buried at Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson, NC

* HENRY AQUILLA SUGG(1852)
Born Feb 24, 1852 and died in July 25,1852. Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Tarboro.

* PHESANTON SOUTHERLAND SUGG II (1843-1909)
Married Susannah Marcia Jasper in 1874, d/o Henry Norman Jasper & Frances Robadoe. Farmer in Walnut Creek, Edgecombe Co. Father of 7 known children.

* DR. JOSIAH PENDER SUGG (1843-1902)
Physician. CSA, Pvt, hospital corps, NC 15th. Married Margaret McDowell d/o Patrick McDowell & Mary "Polly" Cromwell of Edgecombe. Father of 2 known children. Removed to Vance Co. after wife died in 1888 living w/married daughter Mary Sugg Moore. Buried at Tarboro Primitive Baptist Church, Tarboro.

* LUCINDA "LUCY" SUGG (1844-1905)
Married Isaac Walton Garrett, farmer/merchant of Edgecombe in 1863. Removed to Kings Mountain. Mother of 4 known children.

* ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" SUGG (ca. 1847- aft 1870)
Married Burton B. Williford, CSA, of Nash County. 1 child, buried here. Died shortly after 1870. Husband relocated to Pike Co, AL, remarried, and had children.

* WILLIAM EDGAR SUGG (1849-1900)
Farmer, freight agent at Sugg's Landing on Tar River. Married Jane Leona Stancil and was father to 8 known children.

* CHARLES PETER FREDERICK SUGG (ca. 1854->1920)
Lumber Merchant. Married Merrie Pender of Edgecombe in 1872. Removed to Caroline County, VA. Father of 4 known children. Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA in the Jeter Family plot.

* ANNIE SOUTHERLAND SUGG (1856-1928)
Married farmer William T. Knight of Edgecombe in 1879. Mother to 6 known children.