Individual Details

Martin Kendig was among a group of exiles from Bern, Switzerland, who visited William Penn in London in 1710 to arrange the purchase of land within Pennsylvania for colonization. Six of these men were Jacob Miller, Martin Oberholtzer, Martin Maily/Mayle/Meilin/Mylin, Christian Herr, Hans Herr and Martin Kindig/Kundig/Kendig. On 27 June 1710 they signed a letter while in London expressing their gratitude to the Mennonite Foreign Aid Committee in Amsterdam.

On 29 June 1710 the group of 94 Mennonites left London for Philadelphia aboard the Mary Hope. After arriving in Philadelphia on 23 September 1710, the group received a warrant on 10 October 1710 for 10,000 acres along Pequea Creek in present-day Lancaster County. The acreage was divided among the families on 30 June 1711, with Martin obtaining three tracts: 1,060 acres east of the present-day Strasburg Mennonite Church, 264 acres east of the present-day 1719 Hans Herr House, and 530 acres west of present-day Willow Street.

In 1715 or 1716, Martin returned to Europe and brought back more than 300 Mennonite colonists in 1717, including my ancestors: Peter Newcomer and son Wolfgang Newcomer.

Martin Kundig signed the Declaration of Loyalty on 1 April 1728, but never completed the process to become a naturalized British citizen.

Birth	Abt 1670	, , Bern, Switzerland
Marriage	By 1708	Ittlingen, Palatinate, Germany - Elisabeth Bar
Marriage	Aft 7 Feb 1725	Barbara
Death	Bef 10 Mar 1749	Conestoga, Lancaster, PA
Will	10 Mar 1748/49
Alt name		Martin Kundig
Alt name		Martin Kindig

Spouse	Elisabeth Bar (1675 - 1729)
Child	Hans Jacob Kendig ( - 1775)

Spouse

Barbara ( - )

Father	Hans Jagli "Jacob" Kindig (1636 - )
Mother	Elsbeth Meili (1636 - )
Sibling	Heinrich Kindig Senior (1672 - 1725)

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