Mordecai
Mendenhall
Born in Deep River, Guilford, Province of North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Stephen Mendenhall
and Sarah C (Martin) Mendenhall
Brother of
John Mendenhall, Elizabeth (Mendenhall) Thornsberry, Jesse Mendenhall, Martin Mendenhall and Stephen Mendenhall Jr.
Husband of
Phoebe Cannady
— married
about 16 Dec 1789 in New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Hannah Mendenhall, Susannah (Mendenhall) Haynes, Robert Mendenhall, Aaron Mendenhall, Stephen Mendenhall, John Mendenhall and Phoebe (Mendenhall) Parker
Died
at about age 72
in Randolph, Indiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Mar 2014
This page has been accessed 464 times.
Descendant of Thomas and Joan Mildenhall.
Biography
Mordecai was a Friend (Quaker)
An abstract of Mordecai's will shows: 1. Pay all debts. 2. Wife, Phoebe, receives two beds, two spinning wheels, reel, cupboard and ware, pot, Dutch oven, skillet, brass kettle, three chairs, chest and flax hackle, smoothing iron, wire sieve and fire shovel, cow, horse and saddle, half the orchard and a comfortable support while living or his widow. 3. Daughter, Hannah, receives $20. 4. Daughter, Susannah, receives $1. 5. Son, Robert, receives $1. 6. Son, Aaron, receives $1. 7. Son, Stephen, receives $5. 8. Son, John, receives $114. 9. Daughter, Phoebe, receives loom and $12 and a living with her mother while single. 10. Any remainder to be divided equally among all heirs. 11. Dated 24 Feb 1835.
Sources
- Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Women's Minutes, 1843-1892; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes
- Source: S-405625687 Repository: #R-948159167 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/66163006/family
- Repository: R-948159167 Name: Ancestry.com
https://mendenhall.org/mfa/tng/getperson.php?personID=I1355&tree=MendEuro20230410
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mordecai by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mordecai:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mordecai by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mordecai:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Jerry Prater 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch m644834 [compare]
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~0.78%
Bonnie (Mullins) Carter :
23andMe, GEDmatch T888189 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T888189 [compare], FTDNA kit #523561
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~0.78%
Rhonda (Stumbo) Williams :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A864678 [compare], Ancestry member ronnie5708
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~0.78%
Holly Witt :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member hollyweb77
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T681935 [compare], FTDNA kit #815201
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch T681935 [compare]
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~0.78%
Connie Witt :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Polly (Stumbo) Mead :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Ron Witt :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch NN8148828 [compare], FTDNA kit #815200
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Categories: Descendants of Thomas and Joan Mildenhall | Deep River Monthly Meeting, High Point, North Carolina
Mother Sarah C Martin, b. Abt 1721, New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina, USA d. 3 Aug 1795, Deep River, Guilford, North Carolina, USA Martin-5304 http://www.mendenhall.org/mfa/tng/getperson.php?personID=I1355&tree=Mendenhall20130922 Not John and Mary Martin.