Mendenhall Family History

Ninth Generation


512. John Mendenhall was born on 30 Aug 1659 in Marridge Hill, Ramsbury, WIltshire, England. He died on 19 Aug 1743 in Newark, Newcastle, Delaware. He married Elizabeth Maris on 13 Jul 1685 in Darby Meeting, Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. [Parents]

Sources of information:
1. "Our Branch of the Mendenhall Tree," as researched by Ruth Mendenhall Kornitz, 1951-1966; LDS Genealogical Society Fiche #:6018814.
2. "Mendenhall family history," Henry Edwin; LDS Genealogical Society Film #1321258, item 3.
3. William Mendenhall Genealogy, 1778-1853; LDS Genealogical Society Film #1016937, item 15.
4. Ancestral File Number: 2CLH-OQ
5. Ancestral File Number: BGRS-9J
6. John's line through his son John, and through Mordecai's Sons, Mordecai and Moses, known as the Mordecai line, as compiled by Edward Mendenhall, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and continued by T. A. Mendenhall, 1912.
7. "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Elijah Mendenhall line of John of the Fifth Generation in America," Marmaduke J. Stafford, 1939.
8. [MargrafJM.FTW]
9. Broderbund Family Archive #354, Ed. 1, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, Date of Import: Feb 28, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.354.1.67691.12, [MargrafJM.FTW]
10. 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. [MargrafJM.FTW]
11. Research of Kurt Otto Shelle, Jr
12. "History Correspondence and Pedigrees of the Mendenhalls"
13. Research of Raymond L. Maris

Source 2: "The earliest records of the Mendenhall/Mildenhall family are found in all source material of genealogy in England. These records place the family in Wiltshire, under royal favor, until after the Battle of Tewesbury. From this time the family fortunes waned until there was just a remnant left at Mildenhall, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. John, Benjamin, Moses and sister Mary came to America from England about 1689."
Source 3: "In 1682, John, Benjamin, Moses and Mary came to America with one of the groups that arrived shortly after William Penn established the colony of Pennsylvania. He was a Friend. He settled in Springfield, Chester Co., Pennsylvania."; page 23, "John Mendenhall was a brother of Benjamin and Moses, and doubtless came from the same place in England. He was one of the earliest settlers in Concord, and in 1685 was married to Elizabeth, the daughter of George Maris, of Springfield township. He was a Friend, and was active and influencial in the Society. In 1697 he granted the ground occupied by concord Friends' meeting house and grave-yard. In 1708, his wife being deceased, he contracted a second marriage with Hester Dix. He was one of the original shareholders of the first Concord mill. His children, by his first marriage were George, John, and Aaron -- it is not known that he had any by his second wife Hester Dix."; Page 26, "He was the surveyor to William Penn, and in the picture of the `Elm Tree Treaty' he is made by his grandson, sir Benjamin West, the painter, to occupy a conspicuous place, standing by Penn's side, a tall man with a map in his hand."

Source 5: Birth: Mildenhall, R., England; SP: 8 May 1946, SL
Source 6: "Settled in Springfield, Chester County, Pa."
Source 7: "John Mendenhall, emigrant, came from Mildenhall, England and settled at Concord, Penn. He moved to Chester and later to Newark in Delaware County. His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of George Maris. Their children were George, Aaron, John. He was a Friend and was influential in the Society. In 1697 he granted the grounds occupied by the Concord Friend's Meeting House and graveyards. He was an original shareholder in the first Concord mills."
Source 8: 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.
Source 9. Individual: John Mendenhall; Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1685; Primary Individual: Mendenhall, John
Source 10: 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 shere holder 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.
Source 11: 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.
Source 12: (John Mendenhall) was a 'Friend' and was active and infuential in the Society. In 1697, he granted the grounds occupied by the Concord 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.

513. Elizabeth Maris was born on 3 Apr 1665 in Inkborough, Worcester, England. She died in 1708 in , Chester, Pennsylvania. She was buried in Friends Cemetery,Chester,PA. [Parents]

Sources of information:
1. "Our Branch of the Mendenhall Tree," as researched by Ruth Mendenhall Kornitz, 1951-1966; LDS Genealogical Society Fiche #:6018814
2. "Mendenhall family history," Henry Edwin; LDS Genealogical Society Film #1321258, item 3.
3. William Mendenhall Genealogy, 1778-1853; LDS Genealogical Society Film #1016937, item 15.
4. Ancestral File Number: 9JX3-XJ
5. Ancestral File Number: CVSJ-G8
6. Ancestral File Number: KWBO-GV
7. Broderbund Family Archive #354, Ed. 1, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, Date of Import: Feb 28, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.354.1.62787.2; [MargrafJM.FTW]
8. Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr., compiler and editor. Passengers and Ships prior to 1684. (Publications of the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania, 1.)Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970. 245p. Reprinted by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1985. [MargrafJM.FTW]
9. Research of Raymond L. Maris

Source 6: Birth: [1659]
Source 7. Individual: Elizabeth Maris; Place: Pennsylvania; ; Year: 1683; Primary Individual: Maris, George; Family Members: Wife Alice; Child John; Child Richard; Child Alice; Child Elizabeth; Child George; Child Anna
Source 8: page 90; Elizabeth died at the age of 42.

They had the following children:
M 1. George Mendenhall was born on 16 Aug 1686 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. He died in 1758.
M 2. John Mendenhall Junior was born on 3 Jun 1688. He died in 1758.
M 3. Aaron Mendenhall was born on 20 Nov 1690. He died on 30 Apr 1765.


514. Thomas Pierson was born in 1661 in Ireland. He died on 29 Sep 1722 in East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania. He married Rose Dixon in 1690 in , New Castle, Delaware. [Parents]

Sources of information:
1. "Mendenhall family history," Henry Edwin; LDS Genealogical Society Film #1321258, item 3.
2. William Mendenhall Genealogy, 1778-1853; LDS Genealogical Society Film #1016937, item 15.
3. Ancestral File Number: FM5Z-69
4. International Genealogical Index
5. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Elijah Mendenhall line of John of the Fifth Generation in America, Marmaduke J. Stafford, 1939.
6. [MargrafJM.FTW]
7. Research of Raymond L. Maris

Source 2: "He was a surveyor to William Penn, and in the picture of the Elm Tree Treaty he is made by his grandson, Sir Benjamin West, the painter to occupy a conspicuous place, standing by Penn's side, a tall man with a map in his hand."
Source 3: Surname: Pierson (Pearson); Birth: 1653
Source 5: "Thomas Pierson, was a surveyor for William Penn. In the picture of the Elm Tree Treaty he has a conspicuous place standing by Penn with a map in his hand. This picture was made by Thomas' grandson, the famous painter Benjamin West."
Source 6: Document #1.............. Inventory of Thomas Pierson's Estate; filed ye 27th 9th 1722 (27th of November, 1722) **Source Note: the misspellings of the original document have been left in this copy. Anything appearing in ( ) are interpretations of what the related text probably referrs to.
!The Inventorey of Thomas Pierson goods and chatels of the township of Caln deseased the twenty ninth of September 1722 (pounds) (shillings) (pence)
To A bond from John Mendenhall amounting to 20 4 0
To A bond from Aaron Mendenhall amounting to 15 2 3
To A bond from Jacob Way amounting to 7 0 4
To A bond from John Spruce amounting to 5 4 0
To too bills from John Whiteside amounting to 2 11 6
To Michal Harlton Juneyor for one hors 3 10 0
To William Buffington 0 3 0
To wearing cloes (clothes) 5 6 0
To a Chest 0 10 0
To a beed (bed) and what belongs their to 5 0 0
To a Chest and too sChers (chairs) 0 10 0
To too (two) pare (pair) of Sheers (shears) 0 4 0
To a pare (pair) of stelerds 1 0 0
(steelyard, a counterbalance type of weight)
To a sadel (saddle) and bags 0 10 0
To a ould (old) putor (pewter) pot and a pare (pair) of tongs 0 30
To Sorveing (surveying) Instrements (Instruments) and
what belongs theirto 1 0 0
To a ould (old) Cane 0 5 0
To a Casement (a hinged window pane) 0 4 0
To a Scripts (documents) 0 10 0
To a sliver (silver) inkhorn 0 10 0
To three pare (pair) of spectteles (spectacles, eyeglasses) 0 2 0
To books 1 0 0
To rezzors (razors) 0 3 0
To a mare and colt 4 0 0
To botels (bottles) 0 1 9
To too (two) ould (old) bags 0 2 0 (total)
(Declared?) by us this ninenteen day of November 1722
John Earl?
Jo: Cloud
!Notes from source: Thomas Pierson's executor was his son-in-law, John Mendenhall. I kindof expected more than one pound worth of surveying equipment. I was impressed with his 3 pair of spectacles in particular. All that surveying no doubt strained the old eyesight!
Source 6: Document #2..............; Adman Bond of John Mendenhall fil'd the 4th 8mth 1722
Thos Pierson: Know all men by these presents That Wee John Mendenhall junr of the Township of Caln in the County of Chester and province of the Pensilvania yeoman Thomas Barnard of the Township of Chichester in the County and province of sd Carpenter and Jacob Raman of the Township of Chester in the County and province of sd Cordwainer are held and firmly bound unto Peter Evans Regst General? for the probate and will & Granting Letters of Admanin and for the provice afsd for Eighty Pounds- - - of lawfull silvermoney of America To be payd to the sd Peter Evans his Estrp?Administrators of assigns To which payment well and truly to be made webind our selves our selves our heirs Estrp? and Admstr and every of themjoyntly and severally firmly by these presents Sealed with afsd SealeDated the fourth Day of October Ano Dom 1722 - - - -
The Condicon of this obligacon is such That if ye above bounden John Mendenhall Administrotor of all and Singular the Goods Chattles and Creditts of Thomas Peirson Deced Do make or Cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all & Singular the Goods Chattles and Creditts ofthe said Decedt which have or Shall Come to the hands possession orknowledge of the said John Mendenhall or into the hands and possession ofany other person or persons for him and the Same So made Exhibitt orCause to be Exhibitted inot the Regstry offices for the County of Chesteron or before the fourth Day of November next Ensueing and the same Goodscome to the hands of possession of the sd John Mendenhall or into thehands and possession of any other person or persons for thim Do well andtruly administer according to Law and farther do make or Cause to be madea true and Just Account of thy said administracon on or before the fourthday of October which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand sevenhundered and twenty three And all the rest of residue of the saidChattles and Creditts which Shall be found remaining upon the saidadministrators account the Same being first Examined and allowed of bythe orphans Court of the County of Chester Shall deliver andy pay untosuch person and persons respectively of the said Court by its _____ orSentence persuant? to law? Shall himself? and appoint bond? if it shallhereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the Decedtand ye Executor or Executors therin named Do Exhibitt into the Regtsoffice for the said County making request to have it allowed and approvedof Accordingly If the said John Mendenhall being thereunto requested Dorender up and deliver the said Letter of Adman Approbacon of suchTestament being first had and made at the said office then this obligaconto be void or else to be and remain in full force and vertue? with Effecter?
Sealed and Delivered; in the presence of - - - John Mendenhall; Peter Dicks; Thomas Barnard; Jo: Parker; Jacob Ramen
Source 6: Document #3..........; John Mendenhall's Acct upon Thos Pierson's Estate - - - filed ye 27th 9mth 1723
The Account of John Mendenhall Admistr of the Estate of Thomas Pierson late of Calne - - Deced and of the adman? by him as well as of such Goods Chattles and Creditts of the said Decedt as he hath receivd as also what Debts - - of the said Decedt he hath payd and money accordingly? laid out and Expended? in and about Administering the Estate of the said Decedt as followeth Chester 1722
The said Accountant Chargeth himself with all and Singular the Goods Rights and Creditts of the said Decedt _______ in an Inventory thereof Exhibitted into the Regstry office for the County of Chester amounting to- - - - - - - 74 . 15 . 10
John Mendenhall Adminstr of the above sd Thomas Pierson upon his Solemn affirmation according to Law Declareth and Sayeth that the above account is true amount of his adminstracon upon the aforsd Estate
Affirmed at Chester ye 27th 9mth 1722
Coramis? Parker DRegstry John Mendenhall
The said Accountant Chraveth? allowance of the Severale Sums of money hereafter invested? by him payd and Expended in and about administering the Estate of the said Decedt as followeth - - -
(pounds) (shillings) (pence)
By Cash to a Coffin 1 10 0
By Cash to William Sinclair for Digging the Grave 0 4 6
By Cash to Joseph Taylor for Rum? and Sugar 6 0 12
By Cash to Beer? and Provisions as preceipts (prescribed) 1 46
By Cash for Two Months Diet as afsd agreement 2 0 0
By Cash for Attending the Testator in his Illness Nine months
at 20 S (shillings) per Week 36 0 0
By Cash pd _____ Parker for Granting letter of Adman filing
Inventory and Copy 1 0 6
By Cash pd George Mendenhall for Cooperidge 0 4 7
By Cash for Drawing this acct filing and Copy 0 18 01/2
By Cash to my Commission for Greiving? (general financial burden?) 314 9
and paying of 74p 15s - at - 3 1/2? sd Court
By his? omission for Attendance 3 weeks more at 20 S (shillings) 3 00
per afsd
(total)
Source 6: Note: To all Thomas Pierson descendants (father-in-law of John Mendenhall, son of the immigrant John), I found this estate record on microfilm at the Chester County Historical Society in West Chester, PA.I typed from those original records what you see here. THey are quoted as I found them, except for my corrected spellings and comments in brackets. From the record of John Mendenhall's account, it appears that Thomas Pierson spent his illness with his daughter Susanna and husband(John Mendenhall) during the last nine months of his life Dan McEver

515. Rose Dixon was born in 1661 in , New Castle, Delaware. She died on 29 Sep 1722 in East Caln,Chester,Pennsylvania. [Parents]

Sources of information:
1. "Mendenhall family history," Henry Edwin; LDS Genealogical Society Film #1321258, item 3.
2. William Mendenhall Genealogy, 1778-1853; LDS Genealogical Society Film #1016937, item 15.
3. Ancestral File Number: FM5Z-7G
4. Ancestral File Number: 227H-RX

Source 4: Birth: Ireland

They had the following children:
F 1. Susanna Pierson was born about 1692. She died on 30 Jun 1765.
F 2. Rose Pierson was born on 16 Jan 1693. She died on 29 Jan 1771.
F 3. Sarah Pierson was born about 1695.


516. Edward Beeson was born in 1660 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. He died on 20 Oct 1712 in , Chester, Pennsylvania. He was buried in 1712. He married Rachel Pennington in 1682 in West Nottingham, England. [Parents]

Sources of Information:
1. Ancestral File Number: 45ZG-7L
2. Ancestry.com.
3. 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. [MargrafJM.FTW]

Source 1: BUR: WD 1712
Source 3: An Edward Beeson purchased land in Nottingham in 1702, but it is unclear whether the purchaser was this Edward or his son. [Broderbund Family Archive #354, Ed. 1, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, Date of Import: Feb 28, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.354.1.6043.6]
Individual: Edward Beeson; Place: New Castle, DE; Year: 1682-1684
Primary Individual: Beeson, Edward; Source Code: 1634

Source 3; Page #: 66: The first member of the Beeson family to arrive was Edward Beeson, along with his wife Rachel Pennington. Edward and his wife came into the colonies by way of a land grant from William Penn, a Quaker. It is not known if they were Quakers. However, it is known they lived in Chester Co., PA.
The Chester Co. PA Gen Web internet page had this exciting picture of the layout of the early town in 1702. See attached picture in scrapbook. If you look closely at the top left of the picture, you can see Edward Beeson's name on his piece of property in the town of East Nottingham.
The Will of Edward Beeson:
I Edward Beeson of Nottingham, being laid on a bed of sickness & notknowing how the Lord may dispose of me as to my natural Life therefore Ido make this my last will & testament and dose declare all other will orwills made or done by me to be void and of none effect, first my will isthat I be decently buried & my funeral expenses and all debts be dulypayd 2ly, I give to my son Edward & his heirs 142 acres & a half of LandLaying by nessamonty. 3rdly, I give unto my son Richard and his heirsone tract of Land Laying near Southhampton in the County of Bucks,containing 290 acres. 4ly I give to my son Richard and his hearis onetract of Liberty Land containing 25 acres Lying on Sculkill. 5ly I dogive to my son William my west Look Laying in Notingham also I give untohim 48 pounds which my Executors is to lay out for him in building him ahouse & buying him such necessaryes as they may see most needful for himfor making a plantation, also I give unto him all my wearing apparellexcept two great coats, which two coats I give to Edward & Richard.,Edward is to have which he pleased, aslo I give to my son William onecoat of the Carsey that is at the weavers, also my will is that if my sonWilliams houdl dy without ishew Lawfully begotten, then the Land is to gofo the Lawful heirs. 6ly I give to my Daughter Ann Cloud Twenty pounds.7ly, my will is that after my forer wifes childern have had theirportion, that all my personall estate be divided betwixt my widow and myDaughter Elizabeth according to a Law. 8ly, my will is that my widowshall have the plantation whereon I live with all the profits thereofduring her widdowhood or natural Life & after my widows marrying ordecease, then I give it to my Daugher Elizabeth & her heirs. 9ly, mywill is that my executors & their heirs shall have all that Land which Ihave purchased of Daniel Wharley & by Warrant to me by the Commissionersbearing the date of 14th day of Septr, 1709, to dispose of as they seeoccasion, and I desire yt my wife shall give to the child yt she is nowgreat with, if it should live when born, fourty pounds and Lastly for afull and finall performance of this will I do by these presents make &ordain my dear and well beloved wife and son Richard the sole executorsof this mylast will and Testament as witness my hand & and Seal thisTwentieth of the sixth month, called August 1712.
Signed Sealed & Delivered before us: Edward Beeson (Seal), Andrew Job, James King, Chester County S S

517. Rachel Pennington was born on 11 Nov 1662 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. She died on Mar 1713 in New Castle county, Pennsylvania. [Parents]

Sources of Information:
1. Ancestral File Number: D3N6-SM
2. Ancestral File Number: FS8F-G4
3. International Genealogical Index
4. Broderbund Family Archive #354, Ed. 1, Passenger and ImmigratioLists Indexex, Date of Import: Feb 28, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.354.1.77441.23 [MargrafJM.FTW]
5. Skordas, Gust, editor. The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index tNames ofof Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, ithe Hallll of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: GenealogicaPublishing CoCo., 1968. 525p. Repr. 1986.

Source 4: Individual: Rachel Pennington; Place: Maryland; Year: 1677; Primary Individual: Pennington, Rachel
Source 5: Page 356: Index from manuscript by Arthur Trader, Chief Clerk in the MarylanLand Commissionon, 1917. And see nos. 4507-4511, Land Notes.

They had the following children:
M 1. Edward Beeson was born in 1681.
M 2. Richard Beeson was born in Oct 1684. He died on 1 Jan 1777.
F 3. Elizabeth Beeson was born about 1688.
F 4. Rachel Beeson was born in 1690.
M 5. Isaac Beeson was born about 1692.
M 6. William Beeson was born about 1694. He died about 1722.
F 7. Ann Beeson was born about 1696.


518. John Grubb was born on 20 Apr 1652 in Truro, Cornwall, England. He died on 12/07 Feb 1706 or 1707 in Marcus Hook, Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Buried at St. Martin's Church Cemetery, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. He married Frances Vane in 1681 in Cornwall, England. [Parents]

Sources of Information:
1. Ancestry.com.
2. [MargrafJM.FTW]

Source 2: A Genealogy of the Beeson-Beason Family by Henry Hart Beeson,1968, p.7. "John Grubb, together with William Penn, Richard Buffington, and others,on March 3, 1676, signed the Plan of Government for the Provence of New Jersey and came to America in 1677, where he became a prominent pioneer as a legislator, magistrate, farmer and leather manufacturer. His will is recorded at Philadelphia and also at New Castle, Delaware. His widow, Frances Vane Grubb, m. 2nd. Richard Buffington, her deceased husband's friend."

519. Frances Vane< was born in 1641/1660 in Kent,England. She died in 1720. [Parents]

Sources of Information:
1. Ancestry.com.
2. [MargrafJM.FTW]

Source 2: Believed to have come to America in 1677. After her first marriage to Edward Kewkewich of Minhincot, Cornwall with whom she had come to Cornwall, she became a Quakeress. It was her money that enabled her second husband, John Grubb, to purchase land in America. Source "A Geneology of The Beeson-Beason Family in America" by Mickey Elliott.

They had the following child:
F 1. Charity Grubb was born on 29 Sep 1687. She died on 22 Nov 1761.


520. Robert Ruddock.

He had the following child:
M 1. William Ruddock died about 1751.


528. Thomas Thomas was born in 1629 in , Kent, England. He died on 22 May 1686 in Talbot county, Maryland. He married Anne Coursey. [Parents]

Sources of Information:
1. Ancestral File Number: 8KML-5Q

529. Anne Coursey was born about 1633 in Sundridge, Kent, England. She died in 1717 in , Talbot, Maryland. [Parents]

Sources of Information:
1. Ancestral File Number: HM38-3Q

They had the following children:
M 1. Thomas Thomas was born about 1662. He died in 1706.
M 2. Christopher Thomas was born about 1664 in , Kent, England.
M 3. Tristan Thomas was born in 1665/1666. He died on 11 Feb 1745/1746.
F 4. Elizabeth Thomas was born in 1667/1668.
M 5. William Thomas was born on 18 Oct 1669. He died on 1 Apr 1740.
M 6. Stephen Thomas was born on 15 Jan 1673 in , Talbot, Maryland.
F 7. Ann Thomas was born in 1677. She died on 10 Nov 1720.
F 8. Meredith Thomas was born about 1678/1679.
F 9. Martha Thomas was born about 1680. She died in 1739.
F 10. Juliana Thomas was born on 15 Oct 1681. She died in 1716.
M 11. Thomas was born about 1682 in Wye River, Talbot, Maryland.


530. James Clayland was born about 1648 in Gloucester, Gloucester, England. He died on 7 Nov 1699 in , Talbot, Maryland. He married Elizabeth Hemsley about 1674 in , Talbot, Maryland.

Sources of Information:
1. Ancestral File Number: HM38-4W

531. Elizabeth Hemsley was born in 1655 in Sundridge, Kent, England. She was christened in , Talbot, Maryland. She died about 1677 in Talbot county, Maryland. [Parents]

Sources of Information:
1. Ancestral File Number: HM38-53
2. Ancestral File Number: L5B8-O3

Source 2: Born: 1635, Talbot, Maryland; B: 28 Mar 1939, ARIZO; E: 13 Jul 1939, ARIZO; SP: 21 Nov 1939, ARIZO

They had the following child:
F 1. Judith Clayland was born on 26 Dec 1674. She died in 1737.


532. Lewis Clothier was born about 1654 in England. He died about 1684 in Talbot County,Maryland. He married Susanna Knapp in 1682 in Talbot,Maryland.

Sources of Information:
1. Ancestral File Number: HM37-Z3

533. Susanna Knapp was born in 1658 in Talbot County,Maryland. [Parents]

Sources of Information:
1. Ancestral File Number: HM38-07
2. Research of Alycia Greathouse,
3. Ancestry.com.

They had the following child:
M 1. Robert Clothier was born before 1680. He died before 26 Sep 1717.


534. Robert Kemp was born on 14 Oct 1649 in Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire, England. He died on 30 Oct 1702 in Talbot county, Maryland. He was buried in Nov 1702 in Talbot county, Maryland. He married Elizabeth Webb on 6 Jul 1678 in Talbot county, Maryland. [Parents]

Sources of Information:
1. AFN: HM38-C4
2. Talbot County, Maryland Will Book Vol. II Page 394
3. Maryland Marriages 1634-1777 by Robert Barnes; Talbot Co. Marriages Book 2 page 165; Maryland Genealogies A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine vol. II pages 110-117.
4. Calendar of Maryland Wills Vol. 6 page 138 (Will Book 19 page 825)
5. Calendar of Maryland Wills Vol. 3 page 12 (Will Book Vol. II page 394;Accounts Vol. III page 370.

Source 2: Will of Robert Kemp:
I Robert Kemp of Talbott County Taylor being sick and weake in body but of sound and proper memory praise be given to God for the same and knowing the uncertaintly of this life upon Earth and being Willing to settle things in order doe make this my last will and testament in manner and for me following that is to say first and principally I recommend my soul to Almighty God my Creatore assuredly beleaveing that I shall receive full pardon and free remission of all my sinns and be saved by the pretious death and Meritts of my Blessed Savoir and Redeemer Christ Jesus and my body to the Earth from whence it was taken to be buried in such Christian and decent manner as to my Executors hereinafter named shall be though meet(?) and convenient and as touching Worldly Estate as the Lord in his wisdom has lent me, my Will and meaning(?) is that the same shall be Employed and ???ed hereafter by this my Will is Expressed and first I doe renouce ??? and make void all wills by me formerly made and declare and appoint this my last will and testament.
Item It is my will and intent that all my just debts be duely paid and dischared out of my said Estate. Item I give and bequeath four hundred pounds of tobacco for and by my being(?) ???? for the meeting house at the bay Side belonging to the people called Quakers. Item I give and bequeath unto my son John Kemp all that tract of land called (2 illegible lines) his mother and to her heirs by her father Edmund Webb Deceased all the appurtenances thereunto belonging I give unto him and his heirs forever together with all the (plank?) that is the Dwelling house and corn house Loft as also a box of Window glass now in the house inConsideration that he pay unto Rachael Kemp one thousand pounds of tobacco when she arrives to Eighteen years of age and to Sarah Kemp two thousand pounds of tobacco when she arrives at the age of eighteen years and also that he pay unto Emmion Williams two thousand pounds of tobacco more for him to Dispose of to any two of my Daughters that is to say one thousand to each which two f them he shall be meet within two years after my Decease. Item I give and bequeath unto my other two sons Edmond Kemp and William Kemp one tract (sic) of land I called Mable and one tract of land called Mables Addition except what is already sold out of the said tract to Robert Clarke all which tracts or the part of them which is in my possession I give unto said sons Edmond and William Kemp to be equally divided betwixt them both as to quantity and quality and Edmond Kemp to be possessed of his parts at the age of twenty one years.
Item I give and bequeath unto elizabeth Williams daughter to Emmion and Mary Williams one cow calfe. Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth wife of George Collison one shilling for marrying against my mind and also Item I give until my daughter Jane wife of Robert Cloathier one shilling for her portion for marrying against my mind and that they be satisfied therewith for their said disobedience. Item and as regards the rest of my personall estate it is my will that it be divided seaven equal shares or parts and John Kemp to have one share edmond Kemp one share William Kemp one share Rachek Kemp one share and Sarah Kemp one share and two shares to remain in the hands of my Executors for them to dispose of to any two om my children as they shall be meet or also to more of them at their discretion and when they deliver said shares to any of my children aforesaid the receit of such either son or daughter shal be the dischardge for the same the women to have their parts at eighteen years of age each and the men at twenty one years of age and it is my Will that my two sons Edmond and William Kemp be at liberty to work for themselves and dispose of the produce of their own labour at ninenteen years of age and forwards and I will that my two sons have five Summers schooling each out of the improvement of my Estate it is my Will that my said two children live together upon my plantation till they come to age or marry away and if it so happen that my said childen should not agree to live together or any difference should arise that my Executors Determine to??????????? our (line missing) meeting aforesaid in Talbott County to hear and determine the matter and their Determination to end the differenc and to be as au??ch to all intents and purposes as if decided by the Law and he she or they that shall refuse to stay to rest satisfied with and abide by the Judgement of the said six friends so chosen as aforsaid shall loose their part and benefit of this my will which is to be divied amongst those that shall abide by the Judgement of the aforsaid friends. Lastly I doe nominate constitued and appoint my son John Kemp and my friend Ennion Williams Executors of this my last will and testament to see that this will be duly executed according to the hue?intent and meaning hereof.
In Witness Whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this sixth day of the ninth month Anno Doma 1703
Robt Kemp (Sealed)
Signed sealed published and declared November 24th anno 1702 then came to be the last will and testament of before me John Kemp and Ennon Williams of Talbott County.

535. Elizabeth Webb was born about 1657 in Talbot county, Maryland. She died in 1711 in Talbot county, Maryland. She was buried in 1711 in Maryland. [Parents]

Sources of Information:
1. Ancestral File Number: HM38-D9

They had the following children:
F 1. Rachel Kemp was born about 1679 in Talbot county, Maryland.
M 2. John Kemp was born in 1681 in Talbot county, Maryland. He died in 1751.
F 3. Elizabeth Kemp was born on 20 Mar 1683.
M 4. Edmond Kemp was born about 1685 in Talbot county, Maryland.
F 5. Jane Kemp was born about 1687. She died after 1723.
F 6. Sarah Kemp was born about 1689 in , Talbot, Maryland.
M 7. William Kemp was born about 1692 in , Talbot, Maryland. He died about 14 Nov 1729.


536. Christopher Clark was born after 1645 in Hanover,Virginia. He married Elizabeth before 1680 in Mecklenburg,Virginia. [Parents]

Sources of Information:
1. Ancestry.com.

537. Elizabeth was born in 1658 in Hanover,Virginia.

Sources of Information:
1. Ancestry.com.

They had the following child:
M 1. Francis Clark was born in 1676. He died in 1769.


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