Griffith Mendenhall

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Category: Pennsylvania QuakersCategory:William Penn and Early Pennsylvania Settlers Project Category: Concord Friends Meeting Burying Ground, Concordville, Pennsylvania

Biography

{{Image|file=Pierson-241.png |size=s }}:GRIFFITH MENDENHALL was born on 10 Ninth 1740 in Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania <ref>Bradford Monthly Meeting. Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births and Deaths, 1726-1884; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR-PH-32</ref>(1st name is mothers maiden name Martha Griffith (1718 - 1742)). He died on 29 Dec 1793 in London Grove Township, Chester, Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Lamborn on 29 Fourth 1762 in London Grove Township, Chester, Pennsylvania<ref>New Garden Monthly Meeting. Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Marriage Records, 1704-1765; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:337</ref>. She was born on 12 Feb 1741 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. She died before 1784 in Chester County, Pennsylvania as Griffith married a second time in 1784 ::Griffith Mendenhall and Sarah Lamborn had the following children:# MARTHA MENDENHALL was born in 1763 in London Grove Township, Chester, Pennsylvania. She died on 14 Nov 1848. She married JonathanMendenhall , son of Joshua Mendenhall and Lydia Mendenhall, on 08 Mar 1786 in Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania. He was born on 24 Oct 1759 in Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania. He died in 1795 in Pennsylvania.# JOHN MENDENHALL was born on 20 Nov 1765 in East Caln, Chester,Pennsylvania.He died on 22 Apr 1830 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Fisher in 1794. She was born on 16 Feb 1772 in Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania. She died on 21 Dec 1863 in Pennsylvania.# SARAH MENDENHALL was born on 13 Sep 1769 in Pennsylvania. She married JAMES DANIELSON. He was born in 1766. He died in 1821.# WILLIAM MENDENHALL was born on 18 Nov 1775 in Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania. He died on 28 Aug 1821 in Honey Brook, Chester, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Valentine Keimer on 15 Apr 1802 in Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania (By: Rev Green). She was born on 28 Jan1781. She died on 29 Jan 1852 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.# ELIZABETH MENDENHALL was born in 1779-1782 in Chester County,Pennsylvania. She died on 14 Nov 1848. No record of birth but dates range as shown on various trees. :Griffith married a second time to Elizabeth Miller nee Price (1740-1790) January 1, 1784<ref>Birmingham Monthly MeetingSwarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1775-1786; Collection: PhiladelphiaYearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 31</ref> the widow of Warrick Miller (1735-1777). Griffith is mentioned in Warricks Will in reference to Warricks sons. Elizabeth was carrying at the time of Warricksdeath and a daughter Elizabeth was born September 3, 1777. Griffith and his wife Elizabeth petitioned the courts to appoint a guardian for her as no provision was made for her in her fathers Will petition on June 15, 1784. Note there is no record of Sarah's death and no record of Elizabeth Mendenhalls birth. Query is the Elizabeth Mendenhall really Elizabeth Miller posthumous childof Warrick? Also mentioned in Griffiths will is a designation for theheirs of Warrick Miller. As Griffith raised Elizabeth it is possible he accepted her as his true daughter.
file=Clark-15765.png :Following is an abstract of Griffith's will:::To oldest son, John, the two tracts which make the plantation on which Griffith lived in E. Caln, PA and Brandywine, subject to privilegesto daughter, Elizabeth, while unmarried.::To daughter, Martha, the land whereon she lived in Brandywine, containing 81 1/2 acres, paying to the executors £200.::To daughter, Elizabeth, £50, etc., also £300 in trust for her use. ::To daugher, Sarah Dannelson, £400.::To son, William, a plantation in West Bradford adjoining East Fallowfield, containing 100 acres, also £750 at 21.::Executor: son, John.Image of WillImage Will page3-4

• Mendenhall Org

Books==Edwin Mendenhall: Your Missionary to Wayne County, Pennsylvania

Census==:1790 East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States<ref>"United States Census, 1790", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKJ-W1W : accessed 9 October 2015), Griffith Mendenhall, 1790.</ref>

::Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1 ::Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 4 ::Free White Persons - Females: 4 ::Number of Household Members: 9

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Griffith was born about 1740. Griffith Mendenhall ... Entered by Douglas or Doug Harding, Dec 11, 2012