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John Melvin[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39]

Male 1651 - 1726  (75 years)


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  • Name John Melvin  [2, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37] 
    Birth 11 Jul 1651  Leuchars, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21, 22] 
    Christening 11 Jul 1651  Kennoway, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Burial 1726  Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21, 22] 
    Death 21 Aug 1726  Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 20, 21, 22] 
    Person ID I312684223131  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family Hannah Lewis,   b. 1655, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1696, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 1674  Malden, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2569  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • children known
      children known

      Immigrated to America 1675-76 ! From IGI
      Immigrated to America 1675-76 ! From IGI LDS Church

      CH-Mg 2: NEGHR vol 27 pp 314,5. CH-Mg/
      CH-Mg 2: NEGHR vol 27 pp 314,5. CH-Mg/1 Genealogical Guide to Early Settlers of America. MARRIAGE/2: Helen Johnson records 28 Jan 1703. A NH record sent by P. Cortessis gives mg/2 as Aug 1696. BIRTH: John was 74 years old at his death. DEATH: has headstone. Will drawn 18 Aug 1726 in Concord, Middlesex, MA. John Melvin first mentioned in Charlestown, MA records as 'taylor' and serving as private under Capt. Joseph Sill. From Phoebe Cortessis: Gravestone inscription: Here lyes buried the Body of Mr. John Melven, who dec Aug 21 1726 in 74th year of His age. Information also from PALMER GROUPS-MELVIN FAMILIES by Emily Wilder Leavitt, pg 227; Genealogical Dictionary of New England by Savage pg 195 vol II; and Helen Johnson From GENEALOGICAL GUIDE TO THE EARLY SETTLERS OF AMERICA by Whittemore (West Helena Library: John Melvin, Charlestown; by wife Hannah, who died 1696, aged 41, had John, born 1679, baptised 1681; Hannah, 1681; Robert, 1684; James, 1686; Jonathan, 1688; David, 1690; and Benjamin, baptised 1695. References: Chase's Chester, N.H., 564; Densmore's Hartwell's Gen.; Leland Gen., 75; Stearn's Hist. Ashburnham, 816; Wyman's Charlestown, Mass. II 665. TIMELINE: 1679 Resident, Charlestown, Massachusetts (NEGHR) 1696 Moved to Concord, MA 1700 Resident of Concord, Massachusetts (from NEGHR) 1726 Concord, MA (death)

      Ist married Hannah Lewis in 1676
      Ist married Hannah Lewis in 1676

      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J
      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

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