Several folk have indicated an interest in my reference to information that directed me to my John Brindle line. The following is a transcription from a little family genealogical book published privately in the very early 1950's - probably 1951 (I will blushingly admit that I barely made it in the family tree listing!) The Mullikins and Mullicans of NC was written and published by N. Spencer Mullikin, tracing from James Mullikin who married Mary Darnell (in 1657) and died in 1667. There is much, however, about the families that came down from Maryland with them (Jarvis, Douthit, etc.) and life in general in the Muddy Creek area of what is now Forsyth County. The BRINDLE/BRENDEL connection is actually twofold:

1. Beginning with my ggggf, John BRINDLE:

John BRINDLE (b. 1795; d. ?) m. Sarah MULLIKIN (b. June 28, 1797; d. ?) in 1817 {Sarah, d/o Lewis MULLIKIN, Jr.)

Apparently Susana BRINDLE was the only child of that union. However, there were documented at least 3 of the 9 little HOOVERs who married and had more descendents. At least 3 others lived long enough to have married and had children but I have found none so far.

2. Another connection: Sarah Mullikin's brother Humphrey Mullikin had a son, Lewis S. Mullikin, who in turn had Amanda Mullikin, who also married a BRENDLE. Is this Brendle in our clan?

Charles BRENDLE married Amanda MULLIKIN (b. Feb 1, 1838; d. Oct. 1878) in 1856.

Anyway, the book has a brief narrative history tracking these earlier generations. Following is a transcription of Brendel-related material (anything directly from the text is in quotations – brackets and emphases are mine):

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"...the nearest church was a Moravian Church at Friedburg some seven miles away. Therefore this band of people decided to hold services in their homes and this was what was done. As the majority of the community were Baptists it was natural that these services were held by Baptist ministers. In 1789, one Peter Potts, a Baptist minister, was holding a revival in the new home of Lewis Mullikin and so many people were in attendance that only a small number present were able to get in the house. Lewis Mullikin and his brother-in-law, Zedoc Jarvis, proposed at this meeting that a building be erected for the worship of God. Lewis Mullikin proposed to give a lot for the church and for which he executed a deed to Zedoc Jarvis and John Brindle, trustees, for an acre of land upon which a church was built. About this time Peter Potts organized a Baptist Church. This building erected on the land of Lewis Mullikin was used for a little more than forty years by the Baptist denomination. It was then abandoned by the Baptists and was used as a community church for all denominations." [ On page 32, the church is called "...the Muddy Creek Baptist Church ...(taken from records of James Jarvis, 1937.)" ]

[ Does anyone know where this was, or have a picture? ]

"The Mullikins had many friends who were regular visitors at the Mullikin home. Among the number were the Hamptons, Paynes, Spaughs, Douthits, Packs, Brindles, Haynes, Cooks, as well as their relatives the Benjamin Mullikins and the Jarvis families."

[ How many Brindle/Brendel families were living in the Muddy Creek vicinity around 1739? ]

"Sarah, the youngest of the [ 4 ] children [ of Lewis Mullican and Susanna Jarvis ], was born June 28, 1797, and married John Brindle and had one daughter, Susana. Sarah died and John Brindle married the second time and had a son, John. Lewis Mullikin had given his daughter, Sarah, a farm when she married John Brindle and the deed was made to both Sarah and John. When Sarah died, John Brindle held the farm under title of joint heirs in common. Then when John Brindle died his children by his last wife came in to inherit equally in the Mullikin land, given to Sarah, with Sarah's daughter, Susana. Even the home place was held by Noah Brindle, a grandson of John, the husband of Sarah, until about 1905 when it was sold to Allen Cornish ....This farm lies near Centenary Methodist Church about two miles southwest from the original Mullikin home.

" Susana Brindle married Peter Hoover. The attitude of John Brindle (with reference to the farm) after the death of Sarah was not pleasing to Lewis and he therefore never mentioned Susana in his will."

Regarding Lewis Mullikin's will: "Sarah, the youngest, had married John Brindle and had one child, Susana, and she had been given a plantation previously. Moreover, she had died and Lewis was not pleased with the action of his son-in-law, John Brindle, in connection with his farm. Therefore, it is natural for him to leave Susana out of the Will." p 34.

"Susana Brindle, the only child of Sarah Mullikin and John Brindle, was born Feb. 22, 1822, on the old farm given her mother by her [ Sarah’s ] father Lewis Mullikin. She was married to Peter Hoover when she was only 15 years old. She and Peter Hoover moved to a farm near the mouth of Muddy Creek, and there she spent the remainder of her life. Susana and her husband, Peter Hoover, were energetic and thrifty and were very successful farmers. They both belonged to the Methodist Church and were members of the Good Hope congregation. They were very consecrated [ sic ]Christians, and attended services regularly. Susana and Peter Hoover had nine children John J., Sarah Anne, Eliza, William H., Martha M., Franklin, Ambrose Linville [ WRONG - that should be Ambrose Lindsay - RDB], Thomas C[olumbus], and Mary Elizabeth. Only Franklin, Ambrose, and Mary Elizabeth ever married."

"Susana died January 3, 1900, and was buried by the side of her husband in the Good Hope Methodist Church burial ground."

[ When did Sarah die? and who did John marry next, and when? ]

"It was common practice about this period for the Judge of the Circuit Courts to "bind" out orphan children who were in need of a home. Spencer [ Lewis Spencer Mullikin b.1808; d. 1889] had three boys and one girl bound to him, as the records show. The boys ere Hugh Weaver, Bryant Jarvis and Charlie Brendle. The terms of the Bond of all these boys were: first, they were to be provided with 'food, clothing, lodging and washing.' Second, they were to be educated to the 'rule of three' for which Spencer was to receive their labor until they were twenty-one. At this age Spencer agreed to give Hugh a horse and saddle and a suit of clothes. Bryant Jarvis received a new $20.00 suit and $75.00. Charlie Brendle was to be taught the cobbler's trade and given $100.00 at the age of 21. However, he received much more since he married the boss' daughter and was given a whole farm. The bonds of these boys show them to be from ages 12 to 15 years old when they were bound to Spencer Mullikin. These men always said that Spencer treated them just like a father and a strong bond of affection existed between them as long as they lived."

"Spencer Mullikin had learned the cobbler's trade....The old shoe bench and tools as well as the wooden lasts are still in the old Mullikin home...It was at this bench that Charlie Brendle learned the cobbler's trade."

(pp 56-57:) "AMANDA ROSINA MULLIKIN was born February 1, 1838. She was married to Charlie Brendle in 1856, and they had six children, Irvin, William, Sarah, Elizabeth, Cleo, and Pinkney. She and Charlie were given a farm adjacent to the one here father had given Carolyn, and they lived there their entire life. She and her husband were members of the Baptist Church of Clemmonsville, and when she died in the late summer of 1878, she was buried in the Clemmonsville Baptist Church graveyard.......When he [ Charlie ] was twenty-one years old and free, he married his boss' daughter, Amanda, who was 18 years of age. Charlie was born July 21, 1834 and died February 22, 1900. He is buried in Muddy Creek Church graveyard."

"After the death of his first wife Charlie Brendle married Lucenda Brandon and had six children, John, Nellie, James, Ida, George, and Arthur. Charlie lived his entire life on the farm given his first wife by her father. However, the children of Amanda inherited the farm at the death of their father."

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I will not transcribe the narrative accounts on pages 82-88, headed as:

"DESCENDANTS OF AMANDA ROSINA MULLICAN BRENDLE

(All of Amanda Rosina's Descendants Including the 10th and 11th Generations are Given Herewith)" (p 82)

There is also a brief William Hill (1710-1784) of Stokes Co. Family Tree in the book since that was an ancestor of the author, N. Spencer Mullican. If anyone is interested in that line or has some connection, let me know.

Finally, any text relying heavily on family narrative history is subject to bias and errors of memory. I am sure there is some of that here, and ANYTHING is suspect. As you noted above, everywhere Ambrose Lindsay Hoover or Allen Lindsay Hoover (my uncle) shows up in the book, Spencer erroneously gives the middle name as Linville, an error that would drive Linville researchers (like my wife) crazy with speculation.