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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



mediately upon entering the service, he 

 received the appointment of lieutenant 

 in Captain Abraham Marshall's com- 

 pany of musketeers, and shortly after- 

 wards, (15th of July, 1776,) was ap- 

 pointed captain in the room of Captain 

 Marshall, who resigned. This com- 

 pany belonged to Colonel Atlee's batta- 

 lion ; but Captain McClellan was soon 

 after transferred to the 9th regiment of 

 the Pennsylvania line, to serve during 

 the war, where he remained till a short 

 time before his resignation, in June, 

 1781, when he had been attached to 

 the second regiment. 



Captain McClellan was generally 

 joined to the main body of the army, 

 and shared all its privations and hard- 

 ships — was at the battles of Long 

 Island, Brandywine and Monmouth, 

 and on all occasions did his whole 

 duty, as the following extract from an 

 endorsement on his commission by 

 General Anthony Wayne fully testifies : 



" It is a duty which I owe to justice 

 and merit to declare that the conduct of 

 Capt. McClellan njwn every occasion, 

 has been that of a brave, active and 

 vigilant officer, which will ever recom- 

 mend him to the attention of his 

 country, and the esteem of his fellow- 

 citizeus. Given at Camp this 13th of 

 June 1781. 



"Antt Wayne B. G." 



This endorsement was made at the 

 time of Captain McClellan's resignation 

 from the army, when there was no im- 

 perious necessity for remaining longer 

 in service, and when his presence at 

 home was greatly needed by reason of 

 the age and infirmity of his parents. 

 In 1786 he married Keziah, the daugh- 

 ter of Joseph Parke, Esq., and shortly 

 after removed upon a farm within the 

 present limits of West Chester. He 

 served the several offices of Commis- 

 sioner, Sheriff, and Lieutenant of Ches- 

 ter County, the latter with the rank of 

 colonel ; he was the first President of 

 the Bank of Chester County, and at 

 the time of the whiskey insurrection, 

 raised a troop of horse for its sup- 

 pression. His death occurred in 1834, 

 at the age of eighty-seven years, and ten 

 years after he had had the felicity of 

 meeting his old commander. General 

 La Fayette, on the ground of the battle 

 of Brandywine. 



Medlicot, Daniel, brought a certifi- 

 cate from the monthly meeting of Salop, 

 in Shropshire, and at first settled in 

 Philadelphia, where in the latter part 

 of the year 1684, he was married ac- 

 cording to the usages of Friends, to 

 Martha Sankey. Shortly after his mar- 

 riage he settled among the Welsh 

 Friends of Haverford, where he died in 

 1697, leaving but oue child, Mary. His 

 wife also brought her certificate from 

 Salop meeting. 



Mbndenhall, Moses, was a brother 

 of John and Benjamin Mendenhall, and 

 doubtless came from the same place in 

 England. In 1686, he was a 'resident 

 of Concord, and purchased land from 

 his brother Benjamin. It does not ap- 

 pear that he was a Friend. He re- 

 turned to England where his descen- 

 dants now reside. 



Mbndenhall, Benjamin, came from 

 England in 1686, probably in company 

 with his brother John. They came 

 from a town of Suffolk called Milden- 

 hall, that being the original family 

 name. In 1689, he was married to 

 Ann, the daughter of Robert Pennell, 

 in Chichester Friends' meeting, of 

 M'hich they were both members. Their 

 children were, Benjamin, Moses, Han- 

 nah, Samuel, Rebecca, Ann, Nathan 

 and Robert. By trade he was a wheel- 

 wright. He was a man held in good 

 esteem both in his religious society and 

 as a citizen. In 1714 he served as a 

 member of the Provincial Assembly, 

 and died in 1740 at an advanced age, 

 while his wife Ann was still living. 

 Their son Benjamin married Lydia, the 

 daughter of Owen Roberts, of Gwynedd, 

 and his son Robert, Phebe, the daugh- 

 ter of Isaac Taylor, of Thornbur3% 

 Their daughter Hannah became the 

 wife of Thomas Marshall, and Ann, the 

 second wife of John Bartram, the bota- 

 nist. 



Mendenhall, John, was a brother of 

 Benjamin and Moses Mendenliall, and 

 doubtless came from the same place in 

 England. (See notice of Benjamin.) 

 He was one of the earliest settlers in 

 Concord, and in 1685 was married to 

 Elizabeth, the daughter of George Ma- 

 ris, of Springfield township. He was 

 a Friend, and was active and intiuen- 

 tial in the Society. In 1697, he grant- 



