[or-roots] Melvin Name's & Cross

[glenkc7mbm at comcast.net]

Hi Again Les
I should hav told you send me some of that Melvin info, or maybe some day I can get down to Reedsport, we do come down that way to Coos Bay etc. at Times.
Glen

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Glen A. Jones

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From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net> 

> Glen; 
> 
> YES! that makes a connection, you really have to watch throwing out these 
> idle questions, you never know who you will end up finding you are related 
> to. 
> 
> Hepsabeth Melvin is in my family tree as my first cousin five times removed, 
> her Uncle Jonathan (notice incredible effort at originality in given names 
> here, the Johns and Jonathan's in this line just about drive you crazy) is 
> my 4th great grandfather on mm mother's side. But I have never had any 
> information on Hepsabeth (we have her as Hepsibah) except date of birth and 
> death and locations. I don't know if that is just oversight on my part or 
> never found anything on her. 
> 
> I would like to exchange info with your niece's ex if possible, if he is 
> interested I have mountains of information on the Melvin line and others, of 
> course if he is very strongly interested in that line are, chances are I 
> have already been in contact with him, but feel free to give him my email 
> addy; reedsportchapmans at verizon.net. Just as a tidbit to give him, I have 
> Anna wife of Nathan Melvin as Anna Foster b. 9 Dec 1739 Littleton, 
> Middlesex, MA d. 14 Dec. 1818 Cambridge, Lamoille, VT dau of Moses Foster 
> and Mary Rust on whom I have nothing further in my family file but cousin 
> Phoebe has mountains of research as he and the Brooks family connection are 
> closely connected and poorly documented. 
> 
> Also that Shoemaker stuff got me curious, I know we have some kind of 
> Shoemaker connection, but none in my family tree so will have a hard time 
> remembering where it is, only know that it is way back there and is in Mom's 
> family but not Melvins, something to do with the Tacks in Pennsylvania so 
> not an Oregon list problem, of course I don't see Oregon in this family tree 
> either, do these Crosses get here eventually? 
> 
> Les C 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
> [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of 
> glenkc7mbm at comcast.net 
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 5:37 PM 
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Melvin Name's & Cross 
> 
> 
> Hello Les and Nancy 
> Here is what I got form my niece's ex. on Melvin's. 
> Let's see if I can keep it straight . 
> John Melvin B. 1652 Fifeshire Scotland 
> Died 1726 Concord, Ma Married Hannah Lewis B. 1655 Malden Ma d. 1696 
> Charlestown Ma. 
> Their Son. Jonathon Melvin B. May 29, 1688 Died Feb. 11, 1737 married Sara 
> Hartwell B. July 28 1694. 
> Their son. Nathan Melvin B. June 25, 1729 Died Jan. 6 1807 Married Anna 
> (Unknown) B. 1739 D. Dec. 14, 1818. 
> Their Daughter. Hepsabeth Melvin B. March 24, 1767 Ashburnham Ma. Died 1843 
> Franklin Co. Ny. Married Jonah Whipple. Theur Daughter Mary Ann Whipple B. 
> Feb. 9 1806 Quebec Canada Died 1871 Iowa Married Benjamin M. Currier B. july 
> 30 1802 Vermont, their son Oscar C. Jonah Currier B. July 2, 1842 D. Dec. 20 
> 1862 Wisc. married Samantha M. Cross B. Oct. 7 1846 Ny. Died Aug 18 1916 SD. 
> 
> Does any of this match up or come close. 
> Glen 
> 
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