Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


Aaron MENDENHALL "Sr"

1.  Occupation:  Farmer

2.  He was overseer of the East Caln Meeting House in Chester County, Pennsylbania.

3.  His marriage certificate is in the library of Guilford College, Jamestown, North Carolina.  It was signed by 70 witnesses, of which the following is the text of the certificate:   Whereas, Aaron Mendenhall of Caln in the County of Chester in Province of Pennsylvania, yeoman, son of John Mendenhall of Concord in the same county and Rose Pierson, daughter of Thomas Pierson of the said township of Concord, having declared their intentions of taking each other in marriage before several Monthly Meetings of the people called Quakers in Concord aforesaid and Chichester in the said county according to the good order used amongst them whose proceedings therein after a deliberate consideration thereof (with regard unto the righteous law of God and example of his people recorded in the scripture of truth in that place) were approved by the said Meetings, they appearing clear of all others.........

4.  He left a will.


John M. MENDENHALL "I"

1.  Alternate place of death:  Springfield, Pennsylvania.

2.  He bought 300 Acrews from William Penn on 14 Sep 1681 while still in England, cosing 6 lb. per 500 acres.  On 6 Feb 1683 Penn requested a survey for this land, which was laid out in Concord Township, John being the first recorded purchaser of land in Concord.  His patent is dated 27 Jun 1684.

3.  It was probably in the autumn of 1682 that John made the voyage to Pennsylvania.  There seems to be no record of the ship on which he made passage.  It is likely that it sailed from the port of Bristol.  It is probable that he was accompanied by his sister, Mary and his younger brother, Benjamin.  He came to Concord township in what was then Chester County, Pennsylvania.  The Chester County court was held at the town of Chester on 17 Apr 1683.  The court records indicate that John Mynall was a juror, and at the same court John Mendinhall was appointed constable for Concord, Liberty township.

4.  A note written 6 July 1683 to J. Harding has been preserved saying, "If thou knowest any such man as John Minall, tell him he may expect a small truss of cloth by ye shipp Francis & Mary, also a truss of goods by ye same shipp for Jno. Kingman, both under ye charge Jno. Burns for delivery and of him they must enquire for it when the said shipp comes.  (signed)  John Hitchcock

5.  John Hitchcock of Bristol, England had close contact with the Mendenhall family.  In Concord Township, John was a close associate of John Harding.  A record of a somewhat later court session of the Chester County court indicates that John Mendenhall and John Harding were accused of selling whiskey to the Indians.  It is possible that these young men might have done this as a means of ensuring that the Indians would not steal their hogs.

6.  John sold 100 acres of his tract to his brother-in-law, Thomas Martin on 27 Nov 1686.  John placed the remainder of this tract in a trust for his threee young sones on 8 Mar 1692.  John continued to enjoy the use of the property until the sons reached their majority and did not prevent him from donating land for the new Concord Meeting House, stables and graveyard on 13 Dec 1697.

7.  John bought 250 acres in Concord Township from John Harding who bought the land from Wiliam Penn in England in Sep 1681 which was surveyed to Harding on 13 Feb 1683.  John's patent is dated 26 Jun 1684.  John assigned these 250 acre4ws to his brother, Benjamin, in Jun 1686.

8.  John was an original shareholder in the Concord Mill, one of five mills in Chester County.

9.  The deed by which John tranferred land to the Concord Monthly Meeting of the Quakers reads:  Know all men by these presents that John Mendenhall of the township of Concord in the County of Chester, yeoman, for the consideration of five shillings amount money of Pennsylvnia to him paid by Nicholas Newlin, Nicholas Pyle both of the said Township, yeoman, George Pearce of the Township of Thornbury in the said County, yeoman, and Peter Dix of Birmingham in the County aforesaid, yeoman, the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge, haht given, granted, aliened, released, enscrolled and confirmed and by thse presents doth give, grant, alien, release, enscroll and confirm unto the said Nicholas Newlin, Nicholas Pyle, George Pearce and Peter Dix all that piece of land situate and being in the said township of Concord beginning at a corner marked stake thence north north east twenty-six perches by the said John Mendenhall's fence to a corner marked stake standing by Birmingham Road thence by the said road, east southeast eight perches and eleven feet to the place of a beginning together with all the messuages, buildings and improvements to the said piece of ground belonging and all the estate rights, title proper.


Elizabeth MARIS

1.  Alternate year of death:  1691 in Chester County, Pennsylvania


Thomas MENDENHALL "III"

1.  Alternate place of birth:  Marridge Hill, England

2.  Alternate date of death:  5 Jul 1682 in Marridge Hill, England

3.  Alternate place of marriage:  Aidbourne, England

4.  Thomas' surname was variously spelled Mildenhall, Minoll and minall.  Thomas was reported to the authoritie in 1662 and 1664 as a recusant, one refusing to take communion in the Church of England.  He is not listed in Quaker records as having been imprisoned and therefore may have conformed as far as paying tithes to the Church, which was the subject of Quaker passive resistance.
    In his later years, he was a member of the Ramsbury Church and just before he died he gave a special gift to the church alms house.  
     In 1676, the 7th Earl of Pembroke, a heavy gambler, sold the Manor of Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England to Henry Powle, Thomas Whitley and Christopher Cratford for D30,155 to pay his debts.  Henry Powle and his consortium then sold parts to the tenent yeoman farmers and others.  One of the tenent farmers was Thomas Mildenhall.  The part that Thomas purchased included a cottage.
    Following is the will left by Thomas:  In the name of God, Amen, on the thirtieth day of June in the year of our Lord, God, one thousand six hundred eighty two, I, Thomas Mildenhall of Marridge in the parish of Ramsbury in the county Wilts, yeoman, being aged and weak in body but sound and perfect in mind and memory, praise be theretofore given to God, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following;
    That is to say first and principally, I commend my soul unto the hands of almighty God through the promise of death and promise of my savior, Jesus Christ, to have full pardon of my sins and to inherit everlasting life and my body committeded to the earth to be decently buried accourding to the direction of my overseers hereinafter named.  As concering the disposition of such temporal assets as the Lord in mercy hath lent me, I give and dispose thereof as follow:   
     First, I will that my debts and funeral charges be all paid and discharged.
    Then, I give and bequeath unto my first son, Thomas Mildenhall of West Hundred in the county of Wilts and his heirs forever, all manner of tenth and tithes of whatsoever arising, being and grown out of that messuage and tenement with the appurtenances thereto belonging in which I now dwell and is in my possession which I lately purcfhased of Herny Powle, Esq. and others.
    Item.  I give and devise unto my son, John Mildenall and his heirs forever, the fee simple of all that cottage and two gardens with the appurtenances lying in Marridge aforesaid which I lately purchased of Thomas Stockbridge and one close of land or pasture by five acres or thereabouts be it more or less lying in Marridge heath which I lately purchased of Nathaniel Stoneham.  And also all that close of arable pasture around theretofore part of great Rashlett Coppice in parish of Ramsbury aforesaid of seven acres and half and all the tenths and tithes the said seven acres and half of arable or pastureground from and towards his better preferment in marriage and for his marriage portion.  And upon this condition never the less that he, the said John Mildenhall, shall and will pay or cause to be paid to his brother, Benjamin Mildenhall, the sum of D40 of lawful money of England at such time as the said premises before given shall come to be in his own possession.  All of which premises by me given unto my said son, John, and lately purcfdhased of said Henry Powle, Ezq. and others.
    Item.  I give and bequeath unto my son, Stephen Mildenhall, all that messuage or tenement and two acres of arable land in Rovly Heath in the parish of Chilton Folliott, in the said county of Wilts and containing thirty acres with the appurtenances during the terms of the estate thereof to me granted by John Darlow and Jane, his wofe, upon condidtion nevertheless that he, the said Stephen Mildenhall, his heirs and assign shall and will yearly and every year pay unto his brother, Moses Mildenhall, the sum of D5 per annum out of the said premises.


Joane STRODE

1.  Alternate birth:  16 May 1631 in Baydon, Wiltshire, England.

2.  Alternate death:  1690 in Wiltshire County, England.


John M. MENDENHALL "I"

1.  Alternate place of death:  Springfield, Pennsylvania.

2.  He bought 300 Acrews from William Penn on 14 Sep 1681 while still in England, cosing 6 lb. per 500 acres.  On 6 Feb 1683 Penn requested a survey for this land, which was laid out in Concord Township, John being the first recorded purchaser of land in Concord.  His patent is dated 27 Jun 1684.

3.  It was probably in the autumn of 1682 that John made the voyage to Pennsylvania.  There seems to be no record of the ship on which he made passage.  It is likely that it sailed from the port of Bristol.  It is probable that he was accompanied by his sister, Mary and his younger brother, Benjamin.  He came to Concord township in what was then Chester County, Pennsylvania.  The Chester County court was held at the town of Chester on 17 Apr 1683.  The court records indicate that John Mynall was a juror, and at the same court John Mendinhall was appointed constable for Concord, Liberty township.

4.  A note written 6 July 1683 to J. Harding has been preserved saying, "If thou knowest any such man as John Minall, tell him he may expect a small truss of cloth by ye shipp Francis & Mary, also a truss of goods by ye same shipp for Jno. Kingman, both under ye charge Jno. Burns for delivery and of him they must enquire for it when the said shipp comes.  (signed)  John Hitchcock

5.  John Hitchcock of Bristol, England had close contact with the Mendenhall family.  In Concord Township, John was a close associate of John Harding.  A record of a somewhat later court session of the Chester County court indicates that John Mendenhall and John Harding were accused of selling whiskey to the Indians.  It is possible that these young men might have done this as a means of ensuring that the Indians would not steal their hogs.

6.  John sold 100 acres of his tract to his brother-in-law, Thomas Martin on 27 Nov 1686.  John placed the remainder of this tract in a trust for his threee young sones on 8 Mar 1692.  John continued to enjoy the use of the property until the sons reached their majority and did not prevent him from donating land for the new Concord Meeting House, stables and graveyard on 13 Dec 1697.

7.  John bought 250 acres in Concord Township from John Harding who bought the land from Wiliam Penn in England in Sep 1681 which was surveyed to Harding on 13 Feb 1683.  John's patent is dated 26 Jun 1684.  John assigned these 250 acre4ws to his brother, Benjamin, in Jun 1686.

8.  John was an original shareholder in the Concord Mill, one of five mills in Chester County.

9.  The deed by which John tranferred land to the Concord Monthly Meeting of the Quakers reads:  Know all men by these presents that John Mendenhall of the township of Concord in the County of Chester, yeoman, for the consideration of five shillings amount money of Pennsylvnia to him paid by Nicholas Newlin, Nicholas Pyle both of the said Township, yeoman, George Pearce of the Township of Thornbury in the said County, yeoman, and Peter Dix of Birmingham in the County aforesaid, yeoman, the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge, haht given, granted, aliened, released, enscrolled and confirmed and by thse presents doth give, grant, alien, release, enscroll and confirm unto the said Nicholas Newlin, Nicholas Pyle, George Pearce and Peter Dix all that piece of land situate and being in the said township of Concord beginning at a corner marked stake thence north north east twenty-six perches by the said John Mendenhall's fence to a corner marked stake standing by Birmingham Road thence by the said road, east southeast eight perches and eleven feet to the place of a beginning together with all the messuages, buildings and improvements to the said piece of ground belonging and all the estate rights, title proper.