James Melvin's wife

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James Melvin (1710-1778) first appears in Bucks county, PA in 1742. We have no information about his parents, and he may have been the immigrant ancestor for this line. We do not know the name of his wife; some believe her first name was Susannah, though it is not clear what that speculation is based on. A connection with the Barnes and other families in the area has been cited to suggest her surname was Barnes, but again, that is speculative. Based on the commonly cited DOB's of their children James probably married about 1735. Whether that was in America or elsewhere is not known. James is commonly identified as of Scot-Irish ancestry, but at the time James appears in Bucks County, the population there is overwhealmingly of German origin.

James and his wife had eight known children, including five boys and three girls, all but one of which are identified in his will of 1777. At least one child, James appears to have predeceased his father, as he is not listed in his fathers will. Of the remaining children three of the sons (Thomas John and Joseph) moved south into what is now West Virginia, settling in modern Jefferson and Berkely Counties. Joseph would later move even further south, settling in Washington Co, in northerastern TN. Samuel inherited his fathers land in Bucks County. He seems to have never married, dying there in shortly before 1800.

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bab%2D120...
  • Sources: Repository: Name: Ancestry.com Title: U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=schleich%...
  • suggests Susannah was the widow of Richard Williams

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• Reference: RootsWeb's WorldConnect - SmartCopy: Apr 3 2016, 3:18:03 UTC