Mary (Mildenhall) Newlin (1663 - 1728)

Born 21 Mar 1663 in Marridge Hill, Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Newlin — married 17 Apr 1685 in Concord,Chester, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 4 Oct 1728 at age 65 in East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania

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Biography

MARY MILDENHALL was born on 21 Mar 1663 in Marridge Hill, Wiltshire, England. She died on 04 Oct 1728 in East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania. She married Nathaniel Newlin, son of Nicholas Newlin and Elizabeth Paggott, on 17 Apr 1685 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania (Concord Meeting) as recorded in the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and Byberry Monthly Meeting^[1]. He was born on 18 Dec 1665 in Mountmellick, Leix, Ireland (Mountmellick Meeting). He died on 17 Apr 1729 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. There is no record of death for Mary though we know it was prior to Nathaniel's marriage to Mary Fincher.

Nathaniel Newlin and Mary Mildenhall had the following children:^[2]

1. JEMIMA NEWLIN was born on 09 Dec 1685 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. She died in 1723 in Thornbury Township, Chester, Pennsylvania. She married Richard Eavenson on 04 Dec 1712 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. He was born on 22 Apr 1684 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. He died in Nov 1739 in Thornbury Township, Chester, Pennsylvania.
2. ELIZABETH NEWLIN was born on 19 Feb 1686 in London Grove Township, Chester, Pennsylvania. She died in 1723 in Thornbury Township, Chester, Pennsylvania. She married Ellis Lewis on 08 Jun 1713. He was born in 1680. He died on 22 Oct 1753 in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.
3. NICHOLAS NEWLIN was born on 19 May 1689 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. He died in 1768 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. He married (1) Edith Pyle on 14 Sep 1715 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She was born on 20 Jan 1695 in Bethel Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania. She died in 1745 in Concord, Butler, Pennsylvania. He married (2) Ann Speakman on 29 Aug 1746 in Concord Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania. She was born on 13 Oct 1719 in London Grove Township, Chester, Pennsylvania. She died on 08 May 1808 in London Grove Township, Chester, Pennsylvania.
4. NATHANIEL NEWLIN was born on 19 Mar 1690 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. He died on 02 Feb 1732 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. He married Jane Woodward in 1711 in Concordville, Concord Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania. She was born on 13 Apr 1687 in Thornbury Township, Chester, Pennsylvania. She died in Feb 1737 in Middletown Township, Chester actually Delaware, Pennsylvania.
5. JOHN NEWLIN was born on 28 Dec 1691 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He died on 10 Feb 1753 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Woodward in Apr 1710 in Concordville, Concord Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania. She was born on 09 Mar 1690 in Thornbury Township, Chester, Pennsylvania. She died on 24 Nov 1790 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania.
6. DEBORAH NEWLIN was born in 1692 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. She died in 1779 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
7. KEZIA NEWLIN was born on 22 Dec 1695 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. She married William Bailey in 1719 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. He was born in 1690 in Kennett Square, Chester, Pennsylvania. He died in 1729.
8. MARY NEWLIN was born on 02 Feb 1699 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania. She died in 1790 in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania. She married Richard Clayton on 07 Apr 1729 in Concordville, Concord Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania. He was born in 1698 in Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey. He died in 1742 in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Mary and Nathaniel were married at the home of Nathaniel's father. The couple had declared their marriage intentions at the two previous sessions of Chichester Monthly Meeting.

Following is a transcription of the marriage certificate of Nathaniel and Mary:

Mary Mildenhall came over unmarried ^[3] with her brothers John and Benjamin.

Mary's brother Moses who came over with her sister Margery and her husband and family in 1685 returned to England and conveyed his lands equally among his sibling that remained in America.

"By deed of September 5, 1685, John Ewen of Drayott, Wiltshire, England, conveyed to Moses Mendenhall of Marritch Hill in the Parish of Ramsbury 500 acres of land in Pennsylvania, not then located. By another deed, August 6, 1688, and in the "fowerth [4th] year of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord James II, by Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith &c, between Moses Mildenhall of Marritch Hill in the Parish of Ramsbury, Wiltshire, Yeoman of the one part and John Mildenhall, one of the the brothers of the said Moses, Benjamin Mildenhall, another brother of the said Moses and Margery Martin, Wife of Thomas Martin, and one of the sisters of the said Moses, and Mary Newland, wife of Nathaniel Newland, one other of the sisters of the said Moses, conveyed to his brothers and sisters the above land.".

From the Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. III, and other sources..

Submitted by Jane Osborne Jones.

In 1699, Nathaniel built for his family a large brick dwelling house on the land that he inherited. It was located about 1/4 mile west of his father's home. This house was used for over 150 years before being demolished.

In 1701 he expanded his land holdings by 600 acres in an area known as Rockland Manor which later became part of the Concord township. This is one of the tracts in Concord which his father had bought as a five hundred acre tract on which he built his home and in 1696 built a saw mill.

Nathaniel later built a grist mill and dam on the west branch of Chester Creek. digital image [Link]^[4]Carved on a stone in the wall of the mill is, "Nathan and Mary Newlin 1704." In 1739, Nathaniel built a stone house for the miller, beside the mill. The original house consisted of two rooms upstairs and two rooms downstairs with a fireplace in each, with a beehive oven outside the kitchen fireplace. About 1810, a third story was added.

The mill was in operation through several changes of owners and under various names until, as the Concord Flour Mill, it ground commercially for the last time in 1941. In 1957, after stints as a book shop and an antique store, it was purchased, along with the miller's house and the surrounding land, by E. Mortimer Newlin, eighth generation descendant of Nathaniel. The mill's great wooden cogs, gears and pinions were all in place but had rotted from disuse. The grist mill was reconstructed and now is part of a park and is open to visitors. The Mill is now Newlin Mill Complex [OrganizationLink] [Wikipedia Link]

Mary Mildenhall was buried at the Concord Friends Cemetery in Concordville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Her husband Nathaniel would also be buried there the following year.^[5][6]

Research Notes

IMPORTANT

The use of the surname Mendenhall came about by the immigration of Thomas's children John and Benjamin Mildenhall to the United States. From that point, the spelling of Mendenhall was used for John and Benjamin and their descendants.

• LNAB should be Mildenhall
• Mendenhall corrections needed

Sources

1. ↑ Marriages, 1698-1783. Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR-PH 83.
2. ↑ The Mendenhalls, II. First generation in America, page 3. Beeson, Henry Hart.. The Mendenhalls : a genealogy. Houston, Tex.: unknown, 1991.
3. ↑ History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches (Google eBook)John Smith Futhey, Gilbert Cope,L. H. Everts, 1881 - Chester County (Pa.) - 782 pages.
4. ↑ Garner, Winfield Scott,. Biographical and historical cyclopedia of Delaware County, Pennsylvania : comprising a historical sketch of the county. Richmond, Ind.|||New York: Gresham Pub. Co., 1894.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8970796
6. ↑ Mendenhall Person: I19829

See also

• Notes on Interpreting Quaker Records
• The Mendenhall Family Association
• The Sprague Project