Elisabeth Wells

• Daughter of Harrison Wells and Hannah van Leer
• Birth: December 15, 1778 in Mill Creek, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
• Death: August 20, 1863 (84) in Mill Creek, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
• Elizabeth Mendenhall Wells Find A Grave Memorial

Married

• Married: Abraham Mendenhall on 14 January 1798 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States. Son of Arron Mendenhall, Jr. and Mary Woodward

Children

• Alina Mendenhall, 1798–1856
• Eliza Mendenhall, 1801–1835
• Harrison Mendenhall, 1803–1855
• Thomas Mendenhall Sr, 1806–1888
• James Mendenhall, 1810–1853
• George Pierce Mendenhall, 1810–1835
• Madison Mendenhall, 1813–1835
• William Mendenhall, 1815–1906
• John Mendenhall, 1817–1817
• Eli Mendenhall, 1819–1882
• Hannah Wells Mendenhall, 1822–1852

Short History

Abraham was born on 28 March 1766 in Mill Creek, New Castle County, Delaware to Aaron and Mary Woodward Mendenhall. Elizabeth was born on 15 December 1778 also in Mill Creek, Delaware. Abraham lived on Sugar Loaf Farm located about one mile north of Brandywine Springs, Delaware. He was a cloth dresser and owned a fulling mill at New Castle, Delaware. Abraham and Elizabeth were married in 1798. Abraham died on 17 May 1833 in Mill Creek, Delaware and Elizabeth died on 20 August 1863 in Mill Creek, Delaware. They had eleven children, 3 girls and 8 boys.

Mendenhall History and Heriitage Book by Charlene Mendenhall - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000009476800675?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081870812032&position=0

Links

• http://www.vanleerplus.org/8george.htm

Sources:

Mendenhall Ancestry - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000009476800675?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081870947268&position=0

Abraham Mendenhall, "Delaware Marriages, 1713-1919 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000009476800675?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081855247865&position=0

Abraham Mendenhal mentioned in the record of Abraham Mendenhall and Elisabeth Wells - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000009476800675?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081855247865&position=4

Elizabeth Mendenhal in the 1840 United States Federal Census - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001219964991?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081870712447

Elizabeth Mendenhall in the 1850 United States Federal Census - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001219964991?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081870822374

Matilda Wells Streeper Record- Citation: As of 2013 - this old, family temple ordinance record book is in the possession of descendant Rose Adele Gwynn. Notes, This book was kept by Utah pioneer Matilda Wells Streeper to record temple ordinances done by her and her cousin William Mendenhall for their relatives and friends. Of particular note were the records of her own father George's family (limited), and the family of her grandfather Harrison Wells' . All of his children's names, birth dates and spouses were listed. Her relationship to various individuals was stated. She also included work for some of her Streeper in-laws. The Hoopes Family Record, Vol I 1979 pg 220

Abraham Mendenhall in entry for William Mendenhall, "Utah, Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1937-William Mendenhall, Eastern States, October 1876–May 1877, Age Called: 61, Eastern States, Set Apart: 9, October 1876, End Date: 25 May 1877, Priesthood office: Seventy, Quorum: 11th, Priesthood: 11th Q, Called From: Springville, United States, Set apart by: L Snow - https://www.geni.com/photo/view?photo_id=6000000081869275854

GEDCOM Source

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