Thomas Mendenhall1

M, (3 October 1741 - 5 January 1783)

Father*Mordecai Mendenhall1 (1713 - 3 Nov 1803)
Mother*Charity Beeson1 (c 1715 - 20 Sep 1809)
Thomas Mendenhall|b. 3 Oct 1741\nd. 5 Jan 1783|p179.htm|Mordecai Mendenhall|b. 1713\nd. 3 Nov 1803|p2591.htm|Charity Beeson|b. c 1715\nd. 20 Sep 1809|p2590.htm|John J. Mendenhall|b. 4 May 1688\nd. 1773|p2609.htm|Susanna Pierson|b. 20 Nov 1690\nd. 30 Jun 1765|p2610.htm|Richard Beeson|b. Oct 1684\nd. 1 Jan 1777|p2593.htm|Charity Grubb|b. 29 Sep 1687\nd. 27 Nov 1761|p2592.htm|

Relationship 6th great-granduncle of James Jay McKinney.
Last Edited 12 Apr 1999
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Note* Thomas left the following will:
Be it remembered that I, Thomas Mendenhall, of Guilford County in North Carolina, being weak in body but sound in sense hath called to mind this eighth day of the tenth month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, the mortality of my body, do therefore make this as my last will and testament and my will is that:
First, all my funeral charges and lawful debts be paid.
And then I give and bequeath unto my wife, Phebe Mendenhall, all my free hold land house and household goods, all my plantation implements, all my shop tools, my horses, cattle, hogs and sheep to have and hold as myself during her life and after her decease, I give and bequeath unto my son, Mordecai Mendenhall, sixty eight acres of land off the west end of my tract dividing it by a north and south line, also I give and bequeath to Seth Mendenhall sixty-six acres of land joining into Mordecai's divided off by a north and south line, also I give and bequeath unto my son, Enos Mendenhall, sixty six acres of land ajoining to Seth's on the east end of my tract and after the decease of my wife my will is that all my moveables be equally divided amongths all my daughters to wit Mary, Jane, Ruth, Phebe, Beulah and Asenath and if one of my sons should decease under age the land is to be equally divided between the other two the elder holding the west end.
Also I make and ordain my wife, Phebe Mendenhall, to be my whole and sole Executor.
Given under my hand and seal and we who are present as witnesses hath here unto set our hands the day and date above written.
(Signed)Thomas Mendenhall.2 
Birth*3 October 1741 1,3 
Birth3 February 1742 Frederick Co., VA2 
Marriage*17 January 1764 New Garden, NC Meeting, New Garden, NC, Principal=Phebe Rudduck4,2 
Death*5 January 1783 4,2 

Family

Phebe Rudduck
Marriage*17 January 1764 New Garden, NC Meeting, New Garden, NC, Principal=Phebe Rudduck4,2 

Citations

  1. [S1] Louise Horton, Genealogy of the Wheeler - Millikan and Allied Families (n.p.: n.pub., 1970).
  2. [S80] Dean Leornard, "Leonard GEDCOM," e-mail message from unknown author e-mail (unknown address) to unknown recipient, April 1999.
  3. [S21] Thomas Worth Marshall, and Dr.Harlow Lindley William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973), Volume I, pg. 509 New Garden MM, NC.
  4. [S66] Henry Hart Beeson, A Genealogy of the Beeson - Beason Family. Library of Congress C571.B443 (n.p.: n.pub., 1968).