Rash's Surname Index
Notes for John MENDENHALL
John bought 300 acres from William Penn on 14 Sep 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 that John made the voyage to PA. 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, PA.
The Chester County court was held at the town of Chester on 17 Apr 1683. The court records indicate that John Mynall was a juror, and at the same court John Mendinhall was appointed constable for Concord, Liberty township.
A note written 6 Jul 1683 to J. Harding has been preserved saying:
If thou knowest any such man as John Minall, tell him he may expect a small truss of cloth by ye shipp Francis & Mary, also a truss of goods by ye same shipp for Jno. Kingman, both under ye charge Jno. Burns for delivery and of him they must enquire for it when the said shipp comes. (Signed) John Hitchcock.
John Hitchcock of Bristol, England had close contact with the Mendenhall family. In Concord Township, John was a close associate of John Harding. A record of a somewhat later court session of the Chester County court indicates that John Mendenhall and John Harding were accused of selling whiskey to the Indians. It is possible that these young men might have done this as a means of ensuring that the Indians would not steal their hogs.
John sold 100 acres of his tract to his brother-in-law, Thomas Martin on 27 Nov 1686. John placed the remainder of this tract in a trust for his three young sons on 8 Mar 1692. John continued to enjoy the use of the property until the sons reached their majority and did not prevent him from donating land for the new Concord Meeting House, stables and graveyard on 13 Dec 1697.
John bought 250 acres in Concord Township from John Harding (who bought the land from William Penn in England in September, 1681) which was surveyed to Harding on 13 Feb 1683. John's patent is dated 26 Jun 1684. John assigned these 250 acres to his brother, Benjamin, in Jun 1686.
John was an original shareholder in the Concord Mill, one of five mills in Chester County. The deed by which John tranferred land to the Concord Monthly Meeting of the Quakers follows:
Know all men by these presents that John Mendenhall of the township of Concord in the County of Chester, yeoman, for the consideration of five shillings amount money of Pennsylvania to him paid by Nicholas Newlin, Nicholas Pyle both of the said Township, yeoman, George Pearce of the Township of Thornbury in the said County, yeoman, and Peter Dix of Birmingham in the County aforesaid, yeoman, the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge, hath given, granted, aliened, released, enscrolled and confirmed and by these presents doth
give, grant, alien, release, enscroll and confirm unto the said Nicholas
Newlin, Nicholas Pyle, George Pearce and Peter Dix all that piece of land situate and being in the said township of Concord beginning at a corner marked stake thence north north east twenty-six perches by the said John Mendenhall's fence to a corner marked stake thence west north west eight perches and eleven feet to a corner marked stake then south south west twenty six perches to a corner marked stake standing by Birmingham Road thence by the said road, east south east eight perches and eleven feet to the place of beginning together with all the messuages, buildings and improvements to the said piece of ground
belonging and all the estate rights, title and property of him, the said John Mendenhall, of, in and to the same and the previous ___ rents and profits thereof to have and hold the said messuages, piece of land and all other the premises hereby granted with the appurtenances unto the said Nicholas Newlin, Nicholas Pyle, George Pearce and Peter Dix and their heirs forever to the uses, intents, and services hereinafter mentioned and declared and to no other use, intent or purpose whatsoever that is to say the said messuages lately erected upon the said piece of ground to be and remain for a meeting house for the use
and services of the People of God called Quakers the other building now also erected upon the said piece of land shall be for a stable for the service of the said people as also all the said piece of land hereby granted shall likewise be and remain for the use of the said people to bury their dead upon said part or parts thereof and for such other uses as they shall see proper, paying unto the said John Mendenhall and his heirs one pepper corn yearly forever if lawfully demanded provided always and it is the true intent and meaning of these presents and of all the parties hereunto that nothing the said Nicholas Newlin, Nicholas Pyle, George Pearce and Peter Dix nor any of them, nor any other person or persons who shall be declared by the members of the
monthly meeting of the said people called Concord Meeting and belonging to the said Meeting House for the time being to be out of unity with them shall be capable to execute this trust or stand seized of the premises to the said uses nor have any right or interest in the said meeting house, stable and piece of ground and other premises, nor any part thereof while they shall so remain and that in all such cases as also when any of the above named trustees or any other succeeding them in the said trust, shall happen to depart this life then it shall and may be lawful to and for Friends in their said Monthly Meeting as often as occasion shall require to make choice of others to manage the
aforesaid trust instead of such as shall to fall away or be deceased and the said John Mendenhall for himself, his heirs and Executors doth covenant and grant to and with the said Nicholas Newlin, Nicholas Pyle, George Pearce and Peter Dix, their heirs and successors in the said trust by these presents that the said messuages, piece of ground and other the premises hereby granted with the appurtenances shall be and remain unto the said people of God called Quakers forever for the uses and under the restrictions herein before mentioned or intended, freely acquitted and discharged of and from all claims, title troubles and encumbrances whatsoever had or done or which hereafter may be had,
suffered or committed by him, the said John or his heirs or by heirs their means privily or procurement. In writing whereof he hath hereunto set his hand and seal the thirteenth day of December, anno Domini, 1697.
(Signed) John Mendenhall
Sources
Macy Genealogy 1635-1868, Silvanus Macy, 1868
The Newlin Family, Ancestors and Descendants, Algie I. Newlin, 1965,
Box 8345, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC 27410
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