Wendel family.

The Wendell family of Portsmouth, N.H. engaged in all phases of shipping, ship supply, and marine insurance. Jacob Wendell (1788-1865) was in business alone and in partnership with his brother, Abraham (A. and J. Wendell), with Reuben S. Randall (Randall and Wendell), with James Neal, Samuel Pray, John Badger, and others. They carried on, besides shipping, stores at Dover, N.H. and Mount Desert, Me., the Dover Cotton Factory, Great Falls Manufacturing Company, Kennebunk Manufacturing Company, and Portsmouth Whaling Company. Through marriage, and the administration of estates, the Wendells acquired the records of many small businessmen in the Portsmouth area.