Rev. Benjamin MENDENHALL

   Another name for Benjamin was Benjamin MINALL.

  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
FAMILY: Great-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: Father-in-law to John Bartram, the "Father of American Botany"
FAMILY: Grandfather to William Bartram, "America's first Ornithologist"
IMMIGRATION: 1682, England to American Colonies
NAME: Changed name from Mildenhall to Mendenhall after arriving in Pennsylvania
OCCUPATION: Elder of the Concord Meeting. Member of the Provincial Assembly, 1714
RELIGION: Quaker

  Research Notes:

-- eAncestry.org (www.eancestry.org/getperson.php?personID=I1665&tree=nichols)
-- Mendenhall Family Association (http://mendenhall.org/mfa/tng/getperson.php?personID=I19819&tree=Mendenhall2010)
-- Ancestors of Alexandra Catlin Vaut, et al (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gregv&id=I26356)

Benjamin married Ann A. PENNELL, daughter of Robert PENNELL and Elizabeth HYANDSON, on 17 Apr 1689 in Chichester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. (Ann A. PENNELL was born on 15 Apr 1668 in Balderton, Nottinghamshire County, England and died on 12 Dec 1749 in Concord, Chester County, Pennsylvania.)