Notes for John M. Sr. Mendenhall

Notes for John M. Sr. Mendenhall

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John bought 300 acres from William Penn on 14 Sept. 1681 while still in England, costing 6 lb. per 500 acres. On 6 Feb. 1683 Penn requested a survey for this land, which was laid out in Concord Township, John being the first recorded purchaser of land in Concord. His patent is dated 27 Jun 1684.

It was probably in the autumn of 1682 when John made the voyage to Pennsylvania from England. There seems to be no record of the ship on which he made passage. It is likely that it sailed from the port of Bristol. It is probable that he was accompanied by his sister, Mary, and his younger brother, Benjamin. he came to Concord township in what was then Chester County, Pennsylvania.

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[Broderbund Family Archive #354, Ed. 1, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, Date of Import: Feb 28, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.354.1.67691.12]

Individual: John Mendenhall
Place: Pennsylvania
Year: 1685

Primary Individual: Mendenhall, John

Source Code: 1634

Source Name:
DILLER, CORINNE HANNA. "Immigrant Ancestors of Miami Valley, Ohio, Quaker Families." In Miami Valley Genealogical Society: Genealogical Aids Bulletin, vol. 13:3 (Winter 1984), pp. 64-67.

Source Page #: 67

John came to America with William Penn on the ship "Unicorn". John and his brothers Benjamin and Moses were believed to have come to America at the same time. John settled in Chester Co., PA and was at Concord Monthly Meeting in 1697. He was one of the earliest settlers of Concord where he was an original shereholder in Concord Mill. The land for a Friends meeting at Concord and a graveyard was conveyed or rather leased to trustees, by John Mendenhall, in 1697, they paying "one pepper corn yearly for ever". A meeting house was erected that year of the next.

When John was 25 he married Elizabeth Maris. When he was 49 he married Ester Maddock.

From the family records of Kurt Otto Shelle, Jr:
John was a sucessful farmer and operated a mill. He rented land to "the friends" Monthly Meeting at Concord and charged them one peppercorn per year. A peppercorn is a dried berry of a black pepper which was used in Old England as a token payment of rent.

From "History Correspondence and Pedigrees of the Mendenhalls":

(John Mendenhall) was a 'Friend' and was active and infuential in the Society. In 1697, he granted the grounds occupied by the Conciord Friend Meeting House and graveyards. In 1708, his wife being deceased, he contracted a second marriage with Hester Dix. He was one of the original shareholders in the first Concord Mills. It is not known that John had any children by his second wife, but by his first wife Elizabeth, he had three children, viz. George, John, and Aaron.