No, Nicholites came from Joseph Nichols of DE/MD and were actually meeting on land that may have belonged in my Mason line of DE/MD in Kent DE. notes: In the 1770's there was a migration of people into the Deep River section of Guilford County that has been completely overlooked by historians. These people belonged to an obscure sect known as Nicholites. They have been so overlooked that even their descendents do not even know of them. A case in point is the recent history of Deep River township written by Will Pegg in whch he makes no mention of the Peggs being Nicholites. Richard Mendenhall married Mary Pegg a Nicholite, who was the daughter of Valentine Pegg, one of the original Nicholite emigrants into this area. Other prominent families in the area who were Nicholites were the Chipmans, Charleses, Horneys, Joseph Standley, and the Wheelers. _http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?p=nicholite&prssweb=Search&ei=UTF-8&u=www. fmoran.com/mdstand.html&w=nicholite&d=YhcKEW1aMHV2&icp=1&.intl=us_ (http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?p=nicholite&prssweb=Search&ei=UTF-8&u=www.fmoran.co m/mdstand.html&w=nicholite&d=YhcKEW1aMHV2&icp=1&.intl=us) (add Manloves to the above list, too) PMH It has been difficult for some NC researchers to separate the Standley family of DE from the VA lines, but this Joseph Standley/Stanley was definitely of DE/MD. Nicholites - Caroline, [MD] Dorchester [MD] & Kent Co., Del.) --This is how the reference was posted Naomi Mason, dau. of Abraham Mason and Sarah, b. 29-7-1770 Sarah Mason, dau. of " " b. 21-11-1771 Reubin Mason, son of " " b. 27-5-1773 Rhoda Mason, dau. of " " b. 6-8-1775 Lydia Mason, dau. of Abraham and Sarah Mason, b. 6-16-1779 Mary Mason, dau of Abraham and Sarah, b. 12-20-1782 With the exception of Naomi, these children match the 1814 will of Abraham, Mason but with wife Rachel, in Guilford County NC in 1814. Will: Abraham MASON and (second) wife Rachel MASON. Abraham left a will Sept. 24, 1814, pro. 1819 in Guilford Co. NC, These Masons are a Ydna match with my own Mason line of Kent DE. Transcribed by Pat Mason Harris from clerk's copy on file in Guilford County Courthouse. Abraham Mason File # 0249 In the name of God amen -- I Abraham Mason, of the county of Guilford in the State of North Carolina, planter being in perfect helth of body and of perfect mind and memory, thanks unto God: calling into mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament; that is to say, --Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried in decent Christian burial, at the discretion of my Executors-- nothing doubting but at the General Resurection I shall receive the same again, by the mity power of God.--And as touching such wordly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise, and dispose of the same in the following manner and form: First--I give and bequeath to Rachel, my beloved wife, the tract of land and premises which I own and possess lying and being in the county of Guilford adjoining the lands of William Raper, and others fully to enjoy occupy and possess without molestation of any person or persons whatever during her natural lifetime, and after her death to descend to my four children hereafter mentioned to be equally divided amongst them; likewise I give and bequeath to my said wife one sixth part of all the rest of my estate both real and personal, to her heirs forever, and likewise one fifth part of all the debts due to me by others after my just and lawfull debts owing by me are paid. Secondly, I will and bequeath to Amy Payne twenty dollars to be paid out of my moveable estate; Thirdly-- I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Stanly and Thomas Stanly ten shillings to be paid out of my moveable estate and the remaining four fifths of all my estate both real and personal debts & etc. to be equally divided between my four following children viz Reuben Mason, Roda Payne Lydia Smith and Mary Jones to them their husbands and heirs forever and I do hereby appoint constitute make and ordain my wife Rachel joint Executrix with William Raper whom I make constitute and ordain Executor to this my last will and testament. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannull all and every other former testament wills legacies bequests and Executors by me in any wise before named willed and bequeathed testifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I the said Abraham Mason have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 24th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen A. D. 1814. Abraham (his X mark) Mason (Seal) Sined sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Abraham Mason as his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names. Solomon Raper Benjamin (his X mark) Payne (Jurat) State of North Carolina Guilford County } August term The execution of the within will was proven in open court by the oath of Benjamin Payne one of the subscribing witnesses thereto -- and on motion ordered to be recorded -- then came in Racheal Mason William Raper Executors appointed in said will and qualified as such accordingly Test John Hamilton ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- State of North Carolina Guilford County } August Term 1817 Ordered by the court, that Isaac Odell and Phillip Horney Esqrs be appointed a Committee to settle with William Raper Executor of the estate of Abraham Mason Decd and make report to next court. Test. John Hannes (?) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Settlement of the estate of Abraham Mason, Dec'd Entered November Term 1817 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- State of North Carolina Guilford County Persuant to an order of Court to us Directed from the August Term 1817 to settle and Liquidate the Estate of Abraham Mason Dec'd with the Executor William Raper we Report in manner and form following (Viz) 1st. The amount of Estate in Notes. Debts and amount of sale as appears by the Executors report we find to be the sum of $686.00 Vouchers produced by the Executor No. 1st The widdow of the Decd Rachel Masons Receipt dated July 8 1816 for $78.79 No 2nd Isaac Jones Recpt in part of his Legacy Dated Oct 14 1815 for $50.39 No. 3rd Benjamin Pains Recpt in part of his Legacy Dated June 10 1816 for $ 4.58 No. 4th Anna Pains Receipt in full of her Legacy left her by her grandfather Abraham Mason Dated Sept 6, 1815 for $20.00 No. 5th Eli Moors Receipt att for Isaac Jones one of the Legatees Dated Aug 25 1817 for $39.00 No. 6th Benajmin Pains Judgment against on a proven Account Dated May 1st 1816 for $13.30 No. 7th James Sulgraves proven acct Dated August 4th 1815 for $ 5.33 No. 8th William Bodenhamers proven account Dated Sept 27 1816 for $9. 18 No. 9th James Odells proven acct Dated October 26 1817 for $1.50 No. 10 Criers & Clerks fees $2.50 Attorneys fee$2.00 Proving the will$1.00 Executors Commission $34.00 Total amount of vouchers $341.57 Balance in the Executors hands $344.43 Oct 15, 1817 Isaac Odell P. Horey } Committee ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Settlement of the Estate of Abraham Mason Decd Entered February Term 1818 (and under that) Settlement of the Estate of Abram Mason Decd with the Executors ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Settlement of the Estate of Abraham Mason Dec'd February Term 1820 Entered RBBP.47 ------------------------------ State of North Carolina Guilford County Persuant to an order to us Directed from the November Term 1819 To settle with William Raper Executor of the Estate Abraham Mason Dec'd we Report in manner and form following (Viz) 1st We find agreeable to a former Settlement Dated February 12, 1818 there then Remained in the Executors hand the sum of $131.99 2nd. By a Receipt Signed by Lydia Smith one of the legatees for the sum of $130.00 3rd. Allowance to Executor $1.99 from which it appears that there is Nothing more Remaining of the Estate in the hands of the Executor. Signed Isaac Odell P. Horney } Committee February 7th 1820 ------------------------------- In a message dated 9/3/2012 11:03:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pamstone@cfl.rr.com writes: Pat, Are the Nicholites that you cite the same as the Hichsites found in Hinshaw's recordings? Pam pamstone@cfl.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: harris-hunters-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:harris-hunters-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PatCLARE@aol.com Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 9:02 PM To: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] 1790 Guilford Co., NC Census redux Pam, thank you for including some of the Mendenhall family in your post. These Mendenhalls show up in several Family Finders crossing some Harris lines Charity Beeson d/o Richard Beeson/Charity Grubb was the wife of Mordechai Mendenhall. John Chipman was from Delaware and moved to NC in the company of a group of Nicholites of the DE/MD border areas. This was a religious movement conceived in the area of Kent DE which followed Quaker concepts, only more so. You can Google Nicholites and read about them. Pat Harris . In a message dated 9/1/2012 4:16:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pamstone@cfl.rr.com writes: Hi, all, I was unsatisfied with the research I had gathered for the family of Obediah Harris Sr. (1741-1830) in Guilford Co. in 1790, so went back in search of more of his family, carefully reviewing each page of the 1790 census. I still don't know where Obediah & Rebecca's eldest son was at that time, but I do know that their son, Benjamin 1764-1850) was not in either Surry Co. or Guilford Co., NC. However, I did find two of Obediah's daughters' families, and have put the additional information into the family records. I realize that few persons on this list may be interested in the Mendenhall lineage coming into this Harris line, so I will just state that there is clear proof that Mordecai & Charity Mendenhall, a newly-married couple, moved from Pennsylvania to the Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Virginia in 1736, and were granted a certificate with their family to North Carolina in 1756. Their oldest child was Richard Mendenhall, b. 1737, and who was "LOST" in 1773, whose wife was Jane. A younger son of Mordecai & Charity was Stephen, the father of Maris Mendenhall, who was the first wife of Obediah Harris Jr./II. So here is the corrected rendition of the 1790 census of Guilford Co., NC. Pam pamstone@cfl.rr.com ============================== Extracted from: National Archives Microfilm #M637_7 1790 Federal Census Guilford Co., NC - Key: Free white males 16 & up; Free white males under 16; Free white females; All other free persons; Slaves; Total in Household - Enumerated by Thos. Henderson, Asst Marshal [IMPORTANT NOTE: These pages were arranged in 3 columns, and hand-numbered after the fact by splitting each page in half, with the totals at the bottom of each long page. So, Col. 1, Line 22 of page 507, the household of "Mordica Mendingall", was separated by only one household from that of Richard "Mendingall", whose household was listed at the top of Col. 2 on page 506.] Handwritten p. 501: . [Col. 1, L19] Obediah Harris 2 - 1 - 5; 0; 0; 8 [2 males 16+; 1 male under 16; 5 females; No other free persons; No slaves; Total Household of 8] [Obediah Sr., 49; Unknown; Obediah Jr./II, 15; Rebecca, 47; Rachel, 19; Judith, 16; Rebecca, 10; Elizabeth, 5] . ===== Handwritten p. 502: . [Col. 2, L17] John Chipman 1 - 3 - 2; 0; 0; 6 [1 male 16+; 3 males under 16; 2 females; No other free persons; No slaves; Total Household of 6] [John, 29; 3 small sons; Mary "Molly" Harris, 23; 1 small daughter] [John Chipman, reportedly b. 1761, Delaware, husband of Mary "Molly" Harris, b. 1766, daughter of Obediah & Rebecca Johnson Harris] . ===== Handwritten p. 507 . [Col. 1, L22] Mordica Mendingall 1 - 0 - 2; 0; 0; 3 [Mordecai Mendenhall; wife Charity] [Col. 1, L23] Joseph Hoggat 3 - 2 - 3; 0; 0; 8 ===== Handwritten p. 506: [Page has 3 columns] [Col. 2, L1] Richd Mendingall 1 - 2 - 1 ; 0; 0; 4 [Richard, 29; Benjamin, 3; Obediah, 2; Sarah, 27] [Richard, b. 1761, husband of Sarah, b. 1762, daughter of Obediah & Rebecca Johnson Harris; son of Richard, b. 1737, decd. & wife, Jane; grandson of Mordecai & Charity Mendenhall] . [Col. 2, L13] Stephen Mendingall 3 - 4 - 6; 0; 0; 13 [Stephen, son of Mordecai & Charity, father of Maris Mendenhall Harris, 1st wife of Obediah Harris Jr./II; brother of Richard, decd.; and uncle of Richard Jr./II, husband of Sarah Harris] . ================================== ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message