Mordecai Mendenhall1,2

M, (1713 - 3 November 1803)

Father*John Jr Mendenhall3,2 (4 May 1688 - 1773)
Mother*Susanna Pierson2 (20 Nov 1690 - 30 Jun 1765)
Mordecai Mendenhall|b. 1713\nd. 3 Nov 1803|p2591.htm|John Jr Mendenhall|b. 4 May 1688\nd. 1773|p2609.htm|Susanna Pierson|b. 20 Nov 1690\nd. 30 Jun 1765|p2610.htm|John Mendenhall|b. 30 Oct 1659\nd. 19 Aug 1743|p2617.htm|Elizabeth Maris|b. 3 Apr 1665\nd. 1691|p2616.htm|Thomas Pierson|b. 1653\nd. 29 Nov 1722|p2611.htm|Rose Dixon|b. 1670\nd. 29 Sep 1722|p2612.htm|

Charts Pedigree for Stanley Russell McKinney
Relationship 7th great-grandfather of James Jay McKinney.
Last Edited 12 Jun 2007
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Birth*1713 Concord, PA2,4 
Marriage*21 May 1735 Leacock Meeting, PA, Alternate date of before 1736 given., Principal=Charity Beeson2,4 
Residence*November 1736 Hopewell Meeting, Frederick Co., VA, pg. 422 Hopewll MM, VA 1736, 9, 27. Mordecai & w gct Hopewll MM, Va. by New Garden MM (Chester Co. PA), Principal=Charity Beeson5,6 
Note1751 Guilford Co., NC, In 1751 they moved to New Garden, NC, then to Deep River and finally Springfield. He acquired hundreds of acres of land along Deep River. During the Revolutionary War at the time of the battle of Guilford Courthouse, Mordecai furnished quarters, food and horses for the American Army and his home was used as a temporary hospital for the wounded.
Sources:Charity G. Monroe;Dr. George E. Mendenhall;Morgan L. Jones;Cheryl Mendenhall;Brenda Beattie4 
Residence1752 Cane Creek, NC Meeting, Orange Co. (now Alamance Co.), NC, Certificate was 1751, 3, 6 (old Quaker dating?) from Hopewell MM, VA. Received 1752, 3, 7 in Cane Creek, NC., Principal=Charity Beeson7,6 
Note*1754 New Garden, NC Meeting, Guilford Co., NC, Mordecai Mendenhall listed on original membership of New Garden MM. This was about 30 miles from Cane Creek MM.8 
Will*9 January 1796 Guilford Co., NC, Mordicai left the following will:
I, Mordicai Mendenhall, of Guilford County and State of North Carolina being in sound in mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testament in the manner and form following. I lend unto my loving wife Charity Mendenhall the plantation that I now live on during her life also my personal estate except what I hereafter order otherwise. I give unto my son Richard Mendenhall heirs five shillings. I give unto my
son Thomas Mendenhall heirs five shillings. I give unto my son Aaron Mendenhall heirs five shillings. I give unto my daughter Charity Mills five shillings. I give unto my son Isaac Mendenhall the plantation that I now live on containing three hundred and thirty two acres at the decease of my wife to him his heirs and assigns forever. I give unto my son Isaac my smith tools. I give my money and notes of hand unto my four sons Moses, Stephen, Mordicai and Isaac Mendenhall and at the decease of their mother all the remainder of my personal estate to be equally divided amongst them. I do hereby appoint my sons Stephen and Isaac Mendenhall executors to this my last will and testament, ratifying this to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this ninth day of the first month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred ninty six.

Sources:Charity G. Monroe, 4315 W. Lora Ann Lane, Peoria, IL 61615;Dr. George E. Mendenhall, 1510 Cedar Bend Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2305;Morgan L. Jones, RR4, Box 209, Brevard, NC 28712, (704) 884-3860;Cheryl Mendenhall, 9622 177th Avenue SE, Snohomish WA 98290 mcgee@accessone.com;Brenda Beattie, 221 N. Melendres, Las Cruces NM 88005, (505) 523-4481 bsbeattie@aol.com4 
Death*3 November 1803 NC, Hinshaw Springfield MM pg 861 states Mordecai Mendenhall d. 11-3-1803, aged upwards of 90 yrs.2,9,3 

Family

Charity Beeson
Marriage*21 May 1735 Leacock Meeting, PA, Alternate date of before 1736 given., Principal=Charity Beeson2,4 
Children

Citations

  1. Beeson genealogy gives as Mordecai.
  2. [S1] Louise Horton, Genealogy of the Wheeler - Millikan and Allied Families (n.p.: n.pub., 1970).
  3. [S80] Dean Leornard, "Leonard GEDCOM," e-mail message from unknown author e-mail (unknown address) to unknown recipient, April 1999.
  4. [S63] Unpublished: Dean Leonard GEDCOM File.
  5. [S66] Henry Hart Beeson, A Genealogy of the Beeson - Beason Family. Library of Congress C571.B443 (n.p.: n.pub., 1968).
  6. [S21] Thomas Worth Marshall, and Dr.Harlow Lindley William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973), Volume V I, pg. 422 Hopewell, VA MM.
  7. [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. 408 Cane Creek MM, NC.
  8. [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. 487 New Garden MM, NC.
  9. [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. 861 Springfield, NC MM.