Notes for John M. Jr. Mendenhall

Notes for John M. Jr. Mendenhall

John died when he was 76. He married Susannah when he was 21. They lived in Chester County, PA at East Caln (Downingtown area) until 1731, when they moved to Lancaster County. They were taxed in East Caln from 1715 to 1730. In 1747 they moved to Frederick County, VA and were members of Hopewell Monthly Meeting.

John and Susanna of Caln Township sold land to Nathaniel Newlin on Sept. 14, 1727 and on May 4, 1728. They had purchased this land on May 3, 1713 from "Abraham Musgrove, Eldest son and heir at Law of Thomas Musgrove late of Halifax in the County of ork in the Kingdom of Great Britain, Clothier, deceased and David Price of Merion Township, in the Welsh tract, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and his wife Hanah the widow and relict of Thomas Musgrove." On November 1730, John and Susanna sold the remaining part of this land to William Pim, witnessed by Thomas McClun.

From the family records of Kurt Otto Shelle, Jr:

There is some evidence that John Jr. lived in Maryland and or Virginia for a period of time. Mordecai may have been born in Virginia. John Jr. spent his later years in Guilford Co., North Carolina. He moved there from Bradford Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania about October 29, 1768.