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Descendants of Nicholaas of Melton
1.NICHOLAAS OF1 MELTON was born Bet. 1200 - 1300.He married UNK.
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THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE NOT FACT: This is information that I have COMPILED, and there is NO PROOF of the first nine generations, the rest is at best circumstantial, and some proof. This is from some of my research and much is from research of others! I hope that someday these families are untangled. To think that ALL Melton's in America came from the one family is not probable, yet it is possible. I do know if we search far enough back we will find that"We are ALL related!!" ("for the Bible tells me so!", had to throw that in, remembering my childhood songs) Until then here is my interpretation of the Melton Lineage in AMERICA. Have fun and find your family line! Thank you and remember"THIS IS NOT FACT!!"
They came here seeking religious freedom, they hued out a settlement from the forest, fought for this country's Independence and lived and died helping to build a nation for the free and the brave. I want to know all about them, their beliefs, their church, what they did for a living and what kind of lives they lived. They are more then names, they were living People.
We are again living in desperate times. Children killing children, children abused by their parents, molested by perverts, husbands and wives killing each other, robberies every second. Perhaps we need to start hewing a settlement out of the wildness, a settlement for the free and a home of the brave. We could start with the principles our forefathers had, I am speaking of those that came because of persecution and who had no freedom in the lands that they left. I am speaking of those who put their faith on a high level, a life of honesty and one of integrity.
I began my teaching career fifty years ago. Yes, we had hardships. I went early on cold mornings and built a fire in the wood stove and drew water from a well so we could have drinking water. But I thank God that I did not have guards on the grounds, in the halls. I wasn't afraid of guns in the hands of students. And the Principle and the teacher's words were obeyed. Respect was given to all and again; People were People.
If you are a senior citizen as I am, let us lead and not be Critical and Judgmental. I learned this from my precious Mother.
If you are a young person, give your elders respect, teach your children respect for their ancestors and respect for the law.
Yes, this is genealogy. This is our PAST, our PRESENT and our FUTURE.
by;Patricia Roberts Himes
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The History of the Surname Melton
The family name Melton is believed to be descended originally from the Norman race. They were more accurately of Viking origin. The Vikings landed in the Orkneys and Northern Scotland about the year 870 A.D., under their King, Stirgud the Stout. Thorfinn Rollo, his descendant landed in northern France about the year 910 A.D. The French King, Charles the Simple, after Rollo laid siege to Paris, finally conceded defeat and granted northern France to Rollo. Rollo became the first Duke of Normandy, the territory of the north men. Rollo married Charles' daughter and became a convert to Christianity. Duke William who invaded and defeated England in 1066, was descended from the first Duke Rollo of Normandy. Manuscripts such as the Doomsday Book (compiled in 1086 by William the Conqueror), the Ragman Rolls, the Wace poem, the Honour Roll of the Battel Abbey, The Curia Regis, Pipe Rolls, the Falaise Roll, tax records, baptismals, family genealogies, local parish and church records, shows the first record of the name Melton was found in Norfolk.Duke William took a census of most of England in 1086, and recorded it in the Doomesday Book. A family name capable of being traced back to this manuscript, or to Hastings, was a signal honour for most families during the middle ages, and even to this day.
The surname Melton emerged as a notable family name in the county of Norfolk and Yorkshire where they were anciently seated. Other villages in the surrounding area were known as Great Melton, Little Melton, Melton Mowbray and Melton Ross. John de Melton is recorded in Norfolk in 1273. Nicholas of Melton in Yorkshire at the same time, Adam Meltone, in Suffolk at the same time, and later Ricardus de Melton in 1379 in Yorkshire. Prominent amongst the family at this time was Roger Longsword of the Conquest.
Conjecturally, the family name is descended from the Norman knight, Roger Longsword who held the village of Melton Constable from Bishop William, who, in turn, was granted the manor and estates by King William for his assistance in the invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The first on record of the name Melton was Siwate de Meltona who had moved north to Yorkshire in 1175.
The Name: Milton/Melton has been studied over the years to try to determine the how the name was derived.We have found its spelled Milton, Melton, Molton, Mylton, Mouton, Moulston, Milltown, Meltun, Mellton, Millton, Mitton and numerous other ways.It's still undetermined where the name was derived whether it be England, Ireland, or Scotland.We do know that in England there are about 26 parishes, villages, and hamlet's with the name Milton dating back to 892.The earliest mention of a village named Milton is found in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, when the Danes invaded England, and apart or their force consisting of eighty ships occupied the royal village of Milton in 892.The town occupied by the Danes has been identified as on the Thames in the vicinity of Oxford.Thereare villages "Great Milton" , "Little Milton" and " Milton" all of which were probably of the royal village of Milton of 892, and all are within a 10 mile radius and less than 79 miles away is the village Melton Mobray. The distance between Great Milton and Stanton -- Saint -- John is six miles, the town of Shot-over is four and three quarter miles from Stanton -- Saint -- John.
It is also not known if the town derived the name from a person or if a person derived the name from the town.It was not uncommon for this time to use the first name of an individual and the town from which he came when addressing him. It is thought that the name was derived from a village that was a Mill town. Perhaps we will never know how the name was derived.One might consider, that most of the transcripts were recorded by clerks that spelled the name the way it sounded and from there it is understandable that the name would be spelled in numerous ways. It is also probable that the name was originally Milton and through time the "i" was changed to an "e" by way of people not dotting the "i" when recording the name. It has also been found that the name was spelled either way between families, perhaps due to "legal" reasons or due to illiteracy.
The surname Melton contributed to local politics and in the affairs of England or Scotland. During the 11th and 12th centuries many of these Norman families moved north to Scotland. Later, in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries England was ravaged by religious and political conflict. The Monarchy, the Church and Parliament fought for supremacy. Religious elements vied for control, the State Church, the Roman Church and the Reform Church. All, in their time, made demands on rich and poor alike. They broke the spirit of men and many turned from religion, or alternatively, renewed their faith, pursuing with vigour and ferocity, the letter of the ecclesiastical law. Many families were freely "encouraged" to migrate to Ireland, or to the "colonies". Nonbelievers or dissidents were banished, sometimes even hanged.
In the works of David Masson, "The Life of John Milton" (the poet), there appears on page 13, "Immediately to the South of the Bullington Hundred ------ is the Hundred of the Thames, containing the town or village of Great Milton whence, as we have seen, the Oxfordshire Milton were believed to a derived their name in origin."An unknown biographer, stated that "The learned Mr. Milton the said to be descended from an ancient Knightly stock--- that gave name to the chief place of their abode."
Children of NICHOLAAS MELTON and UNK are:
i. | POSSIBLE DESENDANT2DE MELTON. | ||
2. | ii. | JOHN DE MELTON, b. Bet. 1250 - 1350, Norfolk. | |
iii. | WILLIAM MELTON ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, b. Abt. 1275. |