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Robert Mendum[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male Abt 1602 - 1682  (~ 80 years)


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  • Name Robert Mendum 
    Birth Abt 1602  Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Emigration Abt 1630  Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5] 
    Fidelity Oath 1639  Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Property 19 Oct 1639  Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    "all that his dwelling house & outhouses and all the lands thereunto belonging ... with two acres of meadow ... [p]rovided that if the said John Phillips do fail to make payment of the first payment at the day and place aforesaid that then the bargain to be void"
    Removed to Abt 1644  Kittery, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    From: Duxbury
    Property 21 Sep 1647  Kittery, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    a house and four acres
    Fidelity Oath 16 Nov 1652  [1, 2] 
    to the Massachusetts government
    Property 15 Jul 1654  [2, 4] 
    "my two houses & land upon the point where now Mr. Gunnison dwelleth with all my right and interest there, and also my land on the west side of the mouth of Spruce Creek where Robert Mendum and John White did plant, with all the land that was given by the townsmen unto Robert Mendum"
    Property 20 May 1681  [2] 
    land on the east side of Spruce Creek, all done "with the consent of my father"
    Jonathan Mendum, seller
    Nicholas Weeks
    • But Robert did not sign.
    • Role: Seller
    Will 1 May 1682  [1, 2, 6, 7, 8] 


    • The last will & testament of Robert Mendum of Kittery taken this first of May 1682:

      I Robert Mendum being weake in body, but of Perfect mind & Memory, do ordaine this as my last will & testament, hereby reuoakeing all wills by mee formerly made

      My house w r in I now dwell, with all the houseing, & land belonging y r unto, & all the priuiledges app rtajneing, I giue to my sonn Jonathan Mendum for his vse, dureing his life, & after his decease, to his two younger sons, Jonathan & Dauid Mendum, to bee æqually deuided between them, & If either of them dy before they Come to age the Suruiuer shall haue ye whoole, & If both of them die, then my Grandsonn Robertt Mendum shall haue It

      All my land in Spruse Cricke I giue to my Grandson Robert Mendum with all the priuiledges belonging there unto/ Further unto my sonn & daughter Mendum I giue tenn of my Cattle, & to my three Grandchildren aforesd, fiue Cattle a peece, to bee diuided amongst them as æqually as they may, my sonn & daughter to haue ye Improuement of all both land & stocke, till my grandchildren Come to age, & as each of y m Come to ye age of Twenty one years, then y r portion of moueables to Come into y r hands All the rest of my Moueables & house hould goods I leaue in hands of my sonn & daughter, oblieiging them to giue each of my Grandchildren a share of it, as they Come to age

      Moreouer, I will that my grandsonn Robert Michamore shall haue an Heffer which my sonn Jonathan shall deliuer to him, when he comes to age/ & Robert Mendum shall haue his land at Spruse Cricke, wn hee Comes to the age of Twenty one yeares, or to bee married

      Finally I make my sonn Jonathan my soole executor of this my last will & testament, giueing to him wtsoeuer Estate I haue not expressly mentioned aboue, whither in debts, or moueables or otherwise, willing him my sd executor to pay all my iust debts, & funerall Charges, & to burry mee in my fejld by my last wife/ I also require my Hono rd frejnd Richd Martyn Esq r to bee my ouerseer, to see the Prformance of this my last will & Testament

      In witness to all & singular the Premisses, I set tow my hand & seale the day & yeare aboue written/


      Robert Mendum of Kittery, The marke of (ₛhₑᶦₐsₗ)
      did signe & seale the Robert RÇ€XÇ€ Mendum
      aboue written Instrument
      & declare It to bee his last
      will & testament this 1: May 1682:
      In Presence of us
      Josua Moodey
      Christeian Ramach
    Death Between 1 May 1682 and 16 May 1682  Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 7] 
    Inventory 16 May 1682  [2, 7, 8] 
    totalling £336 02s. 01d., plus £10 4s. 6d. debts owed to the estate, of which £150 was real estate: "the dwelling house & all the outhouses with all the land adjoining thereunto being about seventy acres," £100; and "the land in Spruce Creek by report one hundred acres," £50. Among the interesting items were four silver spoons 40s., one silver wine cup 14s., a firelock musket 14s. and a long fowling piece 20s
    Alternate Name Robert Mendall  [2]
    Alternate Name Robert Mendam  [9]
    Alternate Name Robert Mendlove  [2]
    Occupation tavern keeper  [2, 10]
    Probate 18 May 1682  [1] 
    Person ID I5791  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2020 

    Family 1 Mary ________   d. Bef 1658  [2] 
    Marriage Bef 1639  [2, 5, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Mendum,   b. Abt 1647
    +2. Jonathan Mendum,   b. Abt 1650
    Family ID F1875  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Judith ________  [2] 
    Marriage Bef 1658  [2, 7] 
    Children 
    +1. Judith Mendum,   b. Abt 1648
    Family ID F1873  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1602 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmigration - Abt 1630 - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFidelity Oath - 1639 - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "all that his dwelling house & outhouses and all the lands thereunto belonging ... with two acres of meadow ... [p]rovided that if the said John Phillips do fail to make payment of the first payment at the day and place aforesaid that then the bargain to be void" - 19 Oct 1639 - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Duxbury - Abt 1644 - Kittery, Maine, New England, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - a house and four acres - 21 Sep 1647 - Kittery, Maine, New England, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between 1 May 1682 and 16 May 1682 - Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • He may be related to Mark and William Manlove/Mendlove, although Mark and William may also be the same person (see TAG 61:71).

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S103] The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 138, 00539.

    2.  2.  [S576] TGMSP, Robert Mendum, 00516.

    3.  3.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 475, 00218.

    4.  4.  [S1108] TEG, 33:25, 00961.

    5.  5.  [S991] Old Kittery and Her Families, 605, 00405.

    6.  6.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 69-70, 00349.

    7.  7.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 476, 00218.

    8.  8.  [S1364] Remick Genealogy, 13, 00097.

    9.  9.  [S576] TGMSP, William Hilton, 00516.

    10.  10.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 35:45, 00390.