Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Martindell, Elijah
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Newtown Township


   ELIJAH MARTINDELL retired farmer, P.O. Newtown, was born 
in Newtown township April 11, 1813, and is a son of Isaac 
and Rachel (Bonham) Martindell.  His paternal grandfather 
was John Martindell, who married, February 9, 1746, Mary 
Strickland, by whom he had twelve children:  Joseph, John, 
William Rachel, Sarah, Miles, Strickland, Amos, Jonathan, 
Thomas, Isaac and Mary. John, husband of Mary Strickland, 
was a son of John and Mary (Bridgeman) Martindell, who came 
from England in 1684 and settled near Newtown.  They had six 
children:  William, Thomas, Ann, Mary, Alabrethe and John.  
The father of Elijah, Isaac, was born December 2, 1767.  He 
had four children:  Esther, who married Gerrett D. Percy; 
Elijah, Mary, who married William Hellyer; and Sarah, who 
married Joseph Martindell.  Elijah was reared on the 
homestead of his father where he resided until 1884, when he 
removed to Newtown.  In February, 1838, he was married to 
Sarah A., daughter of Thomas and Esther (Martindell) Harvey, 
of Buckingham township, by whom he had nine children:  
Isaac, Caroline, Esther H., Marcus L. and Frank, deceased, 
and Thomas H., Rachel, John and Mary E.