Mordecai Mendenhall, Sr^[1]

1713 - 1803  (90 years)

• Name	Mordecai Mendenhall
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	May 1713	Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Nov 1803	Springfield, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
  Burial	Springfield Friends Meeting House Cemetery, High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I14606	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Dickinson
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	John Mendenhall, Jr,   b. 3 Apr 1688, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1758, Frederick County, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Susannah Pierson,   b. 20 Nov 1690, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Jun 1765, Frederick County, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1709	Friends Meeting House-Concord, Concordville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F4940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charity Beeson,   b. 20 Sep 1715, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1809, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	21 Mar 1735	Leacock Monthly Meeting, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	+ 1. Richard Mendenhall, Sr,   b. 1 Nov 1737, Frederick County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Oct 1773, Lee County, Virginia, USA (Age 35 years)   2. Thomas Mendenhall,   b. 1741   d. 1783 (Age 42 years)   3. Moses Mendenhall,   b. 1743   d. 1835 (Age 92 years) + 4. Stephen Mendenhall,   b. 23 Jan 1744, Frederick County, Virginia, USA d. 1822, Clinton County, Ohio, USA (Age 77 years)   5. Mordecai Mendenhall,   b. 1747   d. 1822 (Age 75 years)   6. Aaron Mendenhall,   b. 1751   d. 1793 (Age 42 years)   7. Charity Mendenhall,   b. 1754   d. 1836 (Age 82 years)   8. John Mendenhall,   b. 1765   d. 1831 (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F4941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Mordecai moved to Frederick Co, VA in Sep 1736 shortly after marrying Charity Beeson. In 1751, they moved to New Garden, NC then to Deep River and finally Springfield. He acquired hundreds of acres of land along Deep River. During the Revolutionary War, Mordecai furnished quarters, food and horses for the American Army and his home was used as a temporary hospital for the wounded.

  
  

• Sources

  [S286] Henry Hart Beeson, Book: Mendenhall a Genealogy, 6. [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20305351/mordecai-mendenhall.