Nathaniel MENDENHALL
- Born: Sep 1746, Concord, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Marriage (1): Rebecca DUCKWORTH in 1768 in Concord, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Died: 16 Jul 1835, Gaston County, North Carolina at age 88
- Buried: Olney Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Gastonia, Gaston County, NC
 General Notes:
ANCESTRY: Descended from Warinus de la Strode (born 1020 in Bretagne, France), a French knight who lived at the time of William the Conqueror
ANCESTRY: 4th Great-Grandchild of John Mildenhall Jr. (born 1560), the only Englishmen to visit both royal courts of the Emperors Akbar and Jahangir, and the first Englishmen to be buried in India
FAMILY: Nephew of John Bartram, the "Father of American Botany"
FAMILY: First-Cousin to William Bartram, "America's first Ornithologist"
FAMILY: Great-Uncle of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier's namesake
MILITARY: Revolutionary War, drafted and served three tours of militia duty totaling eleven months. His second tour was as a mounted rifleman, protecting the settlements of western South Carolina and Georgia from the Indians.
Research Notes:
Smith Family Tree (http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13769941)
Nathaniel married Rebecca DUCKWORTH, daughter of John D. DUCKWORTH and Sarah HANKINS, in 1768 in Concord, Chester County, Pennsylvania. (Rebecca DUCKWORTH was born in 1747 in Virginia and died on 23 Mar 1836 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.)
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