Jerry Richmond wrote: >I can confirm that the following entries are in the extracted >records of Exeter MM, Berks co,PA > >WORRALL >18 Mar 1777 Benjamin received in membership > 7 May 1779 Benjamin, son of Jonathan & wife, all of Berks co,PA > marries at Robeson MH, Eleanor Morris, dau of > David, decd, & wife of Berks co,PA >26 Feb 1783 Benjamin & wife Eleanor & children Elizabeth & Jane > granted certificate to Bradford MM > >There does not appear to be anything of significance beyond >receipt on this cert at Bradford MM. > Jerry sent essentially the same information to this list in November, 2003, since the question of Hannah Clendenon's parentage arises periodically; I clearly wasn't paying close attention at that time. Dan Treadway replied, saying, in part: This certainly rules out Elinor Morris as a possible mother for Hannah Clendenon, as the marriage is too late. It would seem to rule out this Benjamin as her father, since Hannah is not mentioned among his children in the 1783 certificate. I agree with Dan's assessment about this particular Benjamin Worrall and Eleanor (Elinor) Morris, on both counts. But then, on 02 November 2003, Barclay Richards wrote: Dan and All, From Early Church Records of Delaware County by Launey & Wright, page 168, "26/1/1767. Benjamin Worrall, son of John, dec'd, reported for marrying by a priest to one not a member, drinking to excess and neglecting meetings." Could this Benjamin have married Mary Howard, daughter of John Howard and Elizabeth Perry? This last (from Barclay) gets my juices flowing a bit; this Benjamin Worrall is the son of John (and Hannah Taylor), and brother of Thomas (who m. Lydia Vernon), John, Joshua, Peter, Hannah, and Esther. According to the minute, quoted above, he married out of unity early in 1767; Hannah (Clendenon) was born around 1767; and a Benjamin of the same age as this Benjamin was living next to Isaac and Hannah Clendenon in 1830 in Pennsville (Morgan County, Ohio). Isaac and Hannah Clendenon were clearly members in good standing--witness the many entries about them in the records--but no one seems to have been able, to date, to discover when, and where, they were married, nor who were the parents of Hannah. Is it possible that Hannah Clendenon is Hannah Worrell, Benjamin's daughter, and that Benjamin's family subsequently made the requisite amends and re-joined a meeting somewhere? As to whether this is the same Benjamin who married Mary Howard in 1780, I have no idea. Perhaps their marriage certificate states whether Benjamin were a widower. Best wishes, Lawrence Bouett