Moses Mendenhall

Moses appears in the Quaker Birth Digest "M" page in the Friends House, London as the 4th son born a Quaker to Thomas and Joan Minall of Marridge Hill, Ramsbury, Wilts. England. The eldest son, Thomas IV born c1657 was not Quaker registered and died in the Church of England. Moses' birth record says he was born on 9/24/1666, not Nov. 24.

Before coming to America, Moses bought 500 acres of land along the Brandywine River on Sept. 5, 1685 from John Ewen, whose brother, Roger, bought them from William Penn on June 20, 1682. Moses never requested a survey for this land. He came to America in 1682 but did not like the primitive lifestyle of the American colonists and stayed in PA only somewhat more than a year. However, before he left PA he had sumitted an application for land in the province. Some of the land for which Moses Mendenhall had made application was located in what is now Kennett Township near the Delaware line, where the affluent suburban area of Mendenhall can now be found.

In a letter of July 28, 1687 from William Hitchcock of Marlborough, England, to John and Amy Harding, John Kingsman and his wife and ye widow, Beezer in PA, William Hitchcock mentions that Moses agreed to buy land but then had not gone back to PA because his mother did not want him to go and the cost of the land was to high. Moses Mendenhall conveyed his land in PA to his brothers, John and Benjamen, and to his sisters Margery Martin and Mary Newland. Of this land, 125 acres were located on the east side of Brandywine Creek at the forks and the remaining 375 acres in Kennett Township.

GEDCOM Note

Category: English Quakers


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Biography

MOSES MILDENHALL was born on 24 Nov 1666 in Ramsbury, Wiltshire,England. He died on 21 Jul 1739 in Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England. He married Elizabeth Bacon on 02 Mar 1690 in Reading, Berkshire, England (Reading and Warboro Monthly Meeting). She was born about 1666 inEngland. She died on 21 Jul 1739 in Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England.

Moses Mildenhall and Elizabeth Bacon had the following children: i. JOHN MILDENHALL was born on 22 Nov 1691 in England. He died on 02 Jun 1762 in England. ii. THOMAS MILDENHALL was born on 21 Apr 1694 in Marridge Hill, Wiltshire, England. iii. STEPHEN MILDENHALL was born on 27 May 1696 in England. He died on 02 Apr 1724 in England. iv. MARY MILDENHALL was born on 01 May 1698 in Marridge Hill,Wiltshire, England. She married ROBERT CHURCH. v. SARAH MILDENHALL was born on 23 May 1701 in England<ref>"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV2D-M5B : accessed 4 September2015), Moses Mildenhall in entry for Sarah Mildenhall, 23 Mar 1701; citing Reading and Warboro MM, Berkshire, England, reference 93; FHL microfilm 813,689.</ref>. She married Nicholas George on 05 Aug 1722 in Wiltshire, England. He was born in 1700 in England. vi. JOSEPH MILDENHALL was born on 01 Jun 1703 in England. He died on 17 Sep 1800 in England. vii. ELIZABETH MILDENHALL TWIN was born on 28 May 1707 in Marridge Hill, Wiltshire, England. She married JOSEPH BUTLER. He was born in 1705 in England. viii. HANNAH MILDENHALL TWIN was born on 28 May 1707 in England. Married name WATTS ix. MOSES MILDENHALL was born 18 Sep 1717 in Marridge Hill, Wiltshire, England<ref>"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV2D-MR9: accessed 4 September 2015), Moses Mildenhall in entry for Moses Mildenhall, 18 Sep 1717; citing Reading and Warboro MM, Berkshire, England, reference 94; FHL microfilm 813,689.</ref>.
size=200 Moses who came over with his sister Margery and her husband and family in 1685 returned to England and conveyed his lands equally among his sibling that remained in America. "By deed of September 5, 1685, John Ewen of Drayott, Wiltshire, England, conveyed to Moses Mendenhall of Marritch Hill in the Parish of Ramsbury 500 acres of land in Pennsylvania, not then located. By another deed, August 6, 1688, and in the "fowerth [4th] year of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord James II, by Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith &c, between Moses Mildenhall of Marritch Hill in the Parish of Ramsbury, Wiltshire, Yeoman of the one part and John Mildenhall, one of the the brothers of the said Moses, Benjamin Mildenhall, another brother of the said Moses and Margery Martin, Wife of Thomas Martin, and one of the sisters of the said Moses, and Mary Newland, wife of Nathaniel Newland, one other of thesisters of the said Moses, conveyed to his brothers and sisters the above land.". From the Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. III, and other sources..

Submitted by Jane Osborne Jones.

Here is an abstract of Moses' will:

:To my son Thomas ten shillings :To daughter Mary, wife of Robert Church £5. :To daughter Sarah, wife of Nicolas George, £15. :To daughter Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Butler, £10. :To son Joseph 100£. :To my daughter Hannah Watts £10.:To my son Moses all three enclosed grounds called by several namesusrewood ground, batts ground and Great Paxlett in the parish of Ramsburyexcept about two acres in parish of Baydon, with the cottage at MarridgeHill now occupied by Hannah Fisher, widow; also to Moses' ground called Little Paxlett at Marridge Hill.:To son Moses one of my feather beds with bedstead and all furniture belonging, bolster, pillows, rug and blankets etc., and also £10 within 12 months. If Moses refuses to give executors a discharge for the £25 given him in his will by his late grandfather John Bacon which I have already paid him, or if my executor be forced to pay him the same again, then premises given to Moses shall be given instead to son John, and I give instead to Moses one shilling. :Residue to son John, sole executor.::Witnesses James Smith, John Edwards (mark) William Baker.<ref>http://www.mendenhall.org/mfa/tng/getperson.php?personID=I19832&tre...</ref>

:A memorial is found in the Holy Cross Churchyard, Ramsbury, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England<ref>92190330</ref> Find A Grave

Sources

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• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900(Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Ancestry.com, Source number: 1080.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RLR. Birth date: 1666 Birth place: WI Marriage date: 1690 Marriage place: WI.*http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=832988....

IMPORTANT==The use of the surname Mendenhall came about by the immigration of Thomas children John and Benjamin Mildenhall to the United States. From that point the spelling of Mendenhall was used for John and Benjamin and their descendants. Moses unlike his brothers John and Benjamin returned to England and continued using the Mildenhall spelling.

• G2G LNAB should be Mildenhall
• G2G Mendenhall corrections needed