John MELROSE

1752 - 1823  (71 years)

• Name	John MELROSE
  Birth	30 Aug 1752	Eight miles west of New York City in Bergen County, New Jersey
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Nov 1823	Wood, West Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I146	James Melrose
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	James MELROSE,   b. 21 Jun 1718, Tweedsdale, Scotland (about 20 miles from Edenburgh, Scotland) d. 18 May 1783, Somerset Co., New Jersey, at 11 a.m. (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary THOMPSON,   b. 10 Jul 1724, 7 miles from Carlisle, Cumberland County, South Britain d. 10 Mar 1806, at 10 a.m. probably in Somerset County, New Jersey (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	9 Jun 1747	Ainstable, Cumberland, England
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mahetable SCOTT,   b. 14 Feb 1757, Princeton, New Jersey d. 1843, Wood County (probably) (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	7 Aug 1779	Somerset, New Jersey
  Children	1. Archibald MELROSE,   b. 25 Jun 1780, Somerset County, New Jersey d. 12 Sep 1840, Edwards County, Illinois (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James MELROSE,   b. 7 Apr 1782   d. 22 Feb 1862 (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John MELROSE, Jr.,   b. 28 Sep 1784   d. 19 Apr 1813 (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Sarah MELROSE,   b. 7 Jun 1786  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. William MELROSE, Sr.,   b. 25 Jul 1788, New Jersey (probably Somerset County)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Mary MELROSE,   b. 2 Sep 1790   d. 9 Nov 1791 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Mary MELROSE,   b. 26 Aug 1792  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Samuel MELROSE,   b. 9 Oct 1794  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Ethilda MELROSE,   b. 1796  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F51	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2025

  
  

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  		32669_236577-00407 New Jersey Colonial Documents Pg 262 Melrose, John, Somerset, and Mahitable Scott..... 1779 Aug. 27 (Marriage)
  		dvm_LocHist010580-00386-1 Virginia Land Grants Sims Index Pg 759 Name of Grantee: Melrose -- See Milrose Melrose, John - Acres: 300 Local Description: Tygert's Creek Year: 1810 Book 1 Page 103 Milrose, Archibald (Melrose) - Acres: 41 Local Description: Wts. Lit. Kanawha Year: 1815 Book 1 Page 161
  		004715379_00256 West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 DetailRelatedSource Name John Melrose Residence Place Wood Virginia Will Date 15 Nov 1823 Probate Date Jan 1824 Probate Place Wood, West Virginia, USA Inferred Death Year 1824 Inferred Death Place West Virginia, USA Item Description Will Book, Vol 1-2, 1800-1878 Others Listed 1

  
  

• Notes

  John Melrose appears by 1777 in Somerset County, New Jersey until 1784 when he and his mother sold some land and moved to Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He left Hunterdon County about 1787 and by 1797 was in Monongalia County, West Virginia. By 1801 he owned land in Harrison County, West Virginia. He was granted 1,000 acres of land in Wood County, West Virginia on 16 January 1800. It was about this time that he and his family moved to Wood County.