Mordecai Mendenhall (1764 - 1849)

Born 5 Dec 1764 in New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Margery (Piggott) Mendenhall — married 20 Jun 1792 in Springfield, Guilford Co, NC

Descendants

Died 22 Nov 1849 at age 84 in Springfield, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Descendant of Thomas and Joan Mildenhall.

Mordecai was a Friend (Quaker)

MORDECAI MENDENHALL was born on 05 Twelfth 1764 in Guilford, North Carolina^[1]. He died on 22 Eleventh 1849 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA^[2]. He married Margery Brown Piggott 20 Sixth 1792 in Guilford, North Carolina^[3]. She was born on 28 Dec 1768 in Orange, North Carolina. She died in 1849 in Springfield, Guilford, North Carolina, USA.

Mordecai Mendenhall and Margery Brown Piggott had the following children:

1. ENOCH MENDENHALL was born on 03 May 1793 in Springfield, Guilford, North Carolina, USA. He died on 09 Nov 1868 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA. He married Elizabeth Stuart on 21 Aug 1817 in Deep River,Guilford,North Carolina,USA. She was born on 24 Aug 1794 in Springfield,Guilford,North Carolina,USA. She died on 12 Aug 1882 in Springfield,Guilford,North Carolina,USA.
2. RACHEL ELIZABETH MENDENHALL was born on 12 Apr 1795 in Guilford, North Carolina, USA. She married Joseph Bundy on 26 Jun 1822 in Guilford, North Carolina. He was born on 30 Oct 1797 in Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA. He died on 20 Jun 1887 in High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA.
3. THOMAS MENDENHALL was born on 06 Sep 1797 in Guilford, North Carolina, USA. He died on 23 Dec 1864 in Amo, Hendricks, Indiana, USA. He married Rebecca Bundy on 09 Aug 1821 in Back Creek, Randolph Co., NC. She was born on 25 Dec 1802 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA. She died on 25 Jan 1879 in Sylvania, Parke, Indiana, USA.
4. JEREMIAH MENDENHALL was born on 04 Dec 1799 in Springfield, Guilford, North Carolina, USA. He died on 01 Nov 1846 in Bethel, Randolph, North Carolina, USA. He married Margaret Young on 16 Jul 1823 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA. She was born on 09 Dec 1801 in Guilford, North Carolina, USA. She died on 03 Jan 1844 in Holly Spring, Randolph, North Carolina, USA.
5. DAVID MENDENHALL was born on 07 Nov 1802 in Guilford, North Carolina, USA. He died on 01 May 1832. He married Margaret Moore on 20 Apr 1826 in Jamestown, Guilford, North Carolina, USA. She was born on 16 Jul 1806 in , Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA.
6. LYDIA MENDENHALL was born on 06 Jun 1807 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. She married George Davidson on 24 Oct 1827 in Guilford County North Carolina. He was born on 13 Feb 1803 in Guilford, North Carolina, USA. He died on 22 Nov 1858 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA.
7. IRA WILLIAM MENDENHALL was born on 22 Mar 1810 in Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, USA. He died on 17 Jan 1858 in Indiana, USA. He married Mary R. (Polly) Reynolds on 04 Oct 1832 in Guilford, North Carolina, USA. She was born on 22 May 1811 in Guilford, North Carolina, USA. She died on 21 Feb 1880 in Plainfield, Hendricks, Indiana, USA.

Mordecai was a physician. He died near where the Battle of Guilford Court House was fought, of kidney failure^[4]. There is a FindAGrave memorial listing a burial at Springfield Friends Meeting House Cemetery, High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States of America^[5]Find A Grave, database and images memorial page for Mordecai Mendenhall (5 Dec 1764–22 Nov 1849), Find A Grave, citing Springfield Friends Meeting House Cemetery, High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by SierraBravo (contributor 46829986) .

• Mendenhall Person: I19978

Sources

1. ↑ Deep River Monthly Meeting. Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Women's Minutes, 1843-1892; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes
2. ↑ Springfield Monthly Meeting. Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Men's Minutes, 1790-1820, Vol II; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes
3. ↑ Springfield Monthly Meeting. Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Men's Minutes, 1790-1820, Vol II; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes
4. ↑ "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3VP-5GB : accessed 27 October 2015), Mordecai Mendenhall, Guilford county, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing line 3, NARA microfilm publication T655 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,155,598.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #18161014