William MELROSE, Sr.

1788 -

• Name	William MELROSE
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	25 Jul 1788	New Jersey (probably Somerset County)
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I195	James Melrose
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	John MELROSE,   b. 30 Aug 1752, Eight miles west of New York City in Bergen County, New Jersey d. 15 Nov 1823, Wood, West Virginia, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mahetable SCOTT,   b. 14 Feb 1757, Princeton, New Jersey d. 1843, Wood County (probably) (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 Aug 1779	Somerset, New Jersey
  Family ID	F51	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	ELIZA
  Marriage	Abt 1815
  Death of one spouse	It is thought that William's first wife Eliza probably died in late 1818 or early 1819, shortly after daughter Eliza was born.
  	Death of one spouse
  Children	1. Leander MELROSE,   b. 10 Apr 1817, near Parkersburg, West Virginia d. 8 Apr 1872 (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Eliza MELROSE,   b. 1819, Illinios, probably Edwards County d. Abt 1878 (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F99	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth TOOLEY,   b. Abt 1803, Virginia
  Marriage	1 Apr 1819	Edwards County, Illinois
  Children	1. Archibald MELROSE,   b. 1 Nov 1821   d. 16 May 1871 (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John MELROSE,   b. Abt 1825   d. Abt 1907 (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William MELROSE, Jr.,   b. 28 Mar 1826, Edwards County, Illinois d. 18 Feb 1879, Leech Township, Wayne County, Illinois (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Harriet MELROSE,   b. 4 Oct 1829   d. 21 May 1857 (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Maria MELROSE,   b. 1831   d. 1879 (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Franklin MELROSE,   b. 8 Dec 1833   d. 19 Jan 1911 (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Elizabeth MELROSE,   b. 1836  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Rabecca MELROSE,   b. 13 Mar 1839   d. 10 Jan 1869 (Age 29 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Charles MELROSE,   b. 1841   d. Jul 1892 (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Sidney MELROSE,   b. 14 Aug 1843   d. 5 Apr 1864 (Age 20 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2025

  
  

• Notes

  By 12 December 1797, William, his parents and siblings were in Monongalia County, West Virginia where his father purchased 565 acres of land on Deckers Creek. William had moved to Wood County, West Virginia by 1806 when he was a member of a "Volunteer Independent Corps" that was formed to protect the citizens from the Blennerhasset Island "conspirators." He served as a Private in the War of 1812 and in the Black Hawk War of 1832. It is believed that William married his first wife, Eliza, about 1815-16 when he was deeded some land from his parents in Wood County. In 1818 William and his young family moved to Edwards County, Illinois at the same time his brother Archibald Melrose moved there with his family. After his first wife's death William married Elizabeth Tooley. William Melrose was a farmer by occupation and a Methodist by faith. When he and Elizabeth lived in Edwards County, they owned 160 acres of land one-quarter section east of the Mt. Zion Church. They lived in Edwards County for at least twelve years, then in 1832 or 1833 they moved west across the county line into Leech Township, Wayne County. William died 3 June 1844 at Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana where he had apparently flatboated to market at New Orleans from Illinois.