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Descendants of James Melrose

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN² MELROSE (JAMES¹) was born August 30, 1752 in Eight miles west of New York City in Bergen County, New Jersey, and died 1823 in probably in Wood County. He married MAHETABLE SCOTT August 07, 1779, daughter of JOHN SCOTT and RUTH STOCKTON. She was born February 14, 1757 in Princeton, New Jersey, and died 1843 in probably in Wood County.

Notes for JOHN MELROSE:
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.

More About MAHETABLE SCOTT:
Nickname: Hettie

Children of JOHN MELROSE and MAHETABLE SCOTT are:

3.	i.	ARCHIBALD³ MELROSE, b. June 25, 1780, Somerset County, New Jersey; d. September 12, 1840, Edwards County, Illinois.
4.	ii.	JAMES MELROSE, b. April 07, 1782; d. February 22, 1862.
	iii.	JOHN MELROSE JR., b. September 28, 1784; d. April 19, 1813; m. UNKNOWN DAWKINS.

More About JOHN MELROSE JR.:
Note: John Jr. married a sister of Eleanor Dawkins.

	iv.	SARAH MELROSE, b. June 07, 1786.
5.	v.	WILLIAM MELROSE, SR., b. July 25, 1788, New Jersey (probably Somerset County).
	vi.	MARY MELROSE, b. September 02, 1790; d. November 09, 1791.
	vii.	MARY MELROSE, b. August 26, 1792; m. JAMES DAWKINS, March 22, 1823.
6.	viii.	SAMUEL MELROSE, b. October 09, 1794.

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