According to Kendall, he and his family were converted to the Society of Friends (Quakers) after the visit to Waterford by William Penn. in 1678. Immigrated to American in 1682, perhaps on the ship "Caledonia," settling in 1685 on 400 acre "Rockland Manor" Christiana Hundred, New Castle, DE. His land was on the West side of Brandywine Creek at the Pennsylvania border near the modern town of Centerville. He built his log cabin on a place he calledStrand Millas. He was the founder of the Center Monthly Meeting, in 1787. He died relatively young at about the age of 45.