Archelous Melton: Our Family History

Generation: 1

1. Archelous Melton was born in 1767 in Orange Co, North Carolina (son of Isham Melton and Lucy Hill); died in 1817 in Tennessee.

Generation: 2

Isham Melton was born in 1747 in Orange Co, North Carolina (son of Robert Melton and Mary Farr); died in 1834 in Chestgerfield Co, South Carolina.

Notes:

Very nice documentation found at Rasmussen Collins Family Tree: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/48026844/person/12843440976

Isham married Lucy Hill about 1766 in North Carolina. Lucy was born in 1749; died after 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy Hill was born in 1749; died after 1800.

Children:

1. Archelous Melton was born in 1767 in Orange Co, North Carolina; died in 1817 in Tennessee.
Thomas Melton was born in 1769 in Moore Co, North Carolina; died in 1830.
Michael Joseph Milton, Sr. was born in 1770 in Orange Co, North Carolina; died in 1808 in Baldwin, Alabama.
Mary "Polly" Melton was born in 1770 in Orange Co, North Carolina; died in 1834 in Chesterfield Co, South Carolina.
Isham William Melton was born in 1775 in Orange Co, North Carolina; died in 1840.

Generation: 3

Robert Melton was born in 1718 in St. Paul, New Kent Co, Virginia; died on 24 Apr 1759 in Orange Co, North Carolina.

Notes:

More on the Melton line here:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/48026844/person/12843567562

Robert married Mary Farr in 1730 in St. Paul, New Kent Co, Virginia. Mary was born in 1700 in New Kent Co, Virginia; died in 1746 in Orange Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Farr was born in 1700 in New Kent Co, Virginia; died in 1746 in Orange Co, North Carolina.

Notes:

From: William F farrardna@yahoo.com
Date: 12/2/2015 10:27:18 AM
To: lumoto@aol.com
Subject: A correction to your family tree

You might want to correct the family tree you have posted here:

http://sherrysharp.com/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyID=F23466&tree=Roots the woman that married Robert Melton was not Mary Farrar.

Her birth name was Farr, not Farrar. A descendant of the Melton family seeking to obtain an Ancient Planters certificate created a genealogical crime, by conflating Mary Farr (Pharr) with Mary Farrar (wishful thinking at best). The only thing the two names have in common are an F and two R's, the same problem occurs with the Ferris and Farris.

Frustrating to some because they have no documentation on Mary Farr, There are also those who claim that Elizabeth O Farr who married another Melton was also a Farrar.

To start with Mary and Elizabeth Farr were born in Kent County, and all the children of Thomas Farrar and Katherine Perrin were born on the 2,000 acre patent filed by the father of Thomas Farrar, a peninsula on the James River, in Then Chesterfield County, today's Chesterfield County, that peninsula was turned into an Island after the civil war by the Corps of engineers when a cut was made to straighten it.

None of the Family of Col William Farrar II, father of Thomas Farrar and his brother William III ever lived in Kent County.

This crime is further proved by the fact that Mary Farrar married Joseph Watkins and the couple had a daughter Mary Isabelle Watkins b 1732 and married Henry Willis. This is two years after Mary Farr married Robert Melton.

Another internet poster tried to get around that by asserting that Mary Farrar had a bastard by Robert Melton. A ridiculous claim, as she was still married to Joseph Watkins

Regards

William Farrar Farrar
DNA Project Administrator
http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/farrar

Children:

2. Isham Melton was born in 1747 in Orange Co, North Carolina; died in 1834 in Chestgerfield Co, South Carolina.