Dorothy ~ are you related to the Green's & Hammond's in Jennings County, Indiana by any chance? Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Hammond" <dhammond@networld.com> To: <ORIGINAL-13-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [ORIGINAL-13] Pawling, etc > Thank you very much for taking an interest in this problem. The Mendenhalls > were indeed in Pennsylvania, and both John Hill and his wife, Esther > Mendenhall died in Pennsylvania, so my guess is that they moved across the > river for a short while. I don't have a birthplace for John Hill, but his > parents were John Hill (1736-1814) and Mary Gibbons (1743-1827). Again, I > don't have a birthplace, but they both died in Middletown, PA. John Hill's > parents were William Hill (1706-1747) and Mary Hunter (1706-1770). William > Hill was born in Rathdrum, Wicklow, Ireland. I found this statement in > "Record of the Descendants of John and Elizabeth Bull Early Settlers in > Pennsylvania 1674-1919" copywrited Jan 1919 by Commodore James H. Bull, US > Navy Retired. Page 13 states, " A daughter who married William first came > to America and some time afterward John Hunter emigrated with the rest of > his family. He bought a farm in Newton Twnshp in Chester Co, PA, the deed > of which is recorded at West Chester, PA, under the date 1723. The Hunter > family are buried at the St. David's Episcopal Church at Radnor, PA." (John > Hunter was from northern England and moved to Ireland to escape the > persecution of the Romanish Stuart Kings after the restoration. He was a > trooper under Wiliam of Orange). > > Hope this helps put the family in context. > > Thanks. > > Dorothy Hammond > > " > > On 8/17/04 9:03 AM, "dtourison@vcn.com" <dtourison@vcn.com> wrote: > > > Howdy - trying to solve your mystery. Could you tell me a bit more about the > > HILL family, as you know it. Am interested in John and Esther. Have not > > located the MENDENHALL surname in my later volumes, so am wondering if she was > > from PA or NY, or even where the HILL family lived. There are many references > > to John HILL but little conclusive. One abstract lists a John as the son of > > Richard, son of Sarah. > > > > Let me know. > > > > David > > Sheridan WY > > > > > > > > > > ==== ORIGINAL-13 Mailing List ==== > > Please do not post just general Philadelphia information, but material > > that is relevant to the 13 settling families of Germantown, PA, and > > their descendant lines. Anything on these is A-OK. Thanks... > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== ORIGINAL-13 Mailing List ==== > Visit Our Homepage (Thanks, Liese Ade-Uptegrove for this!) at: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~original13/ > Images, a facsimile signature of Thones Kunders, history, etc. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >