Silas Cyrus Melton

Silas married Margaret McCurry on 19 Apr 1804 in Rutherford Co, North Carolina. Margaret was born about 1780; died after 1850 in Rutherford Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Andrew Jackson Melton was born in 1812 in Rutherford Co, North Carolina; died after 1864 in Rutherford Co, North Carolina.

John married Sarah Melton in 1775 in Albemarle Co, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of William Samuel Melton and Lettice White) was born in 1749 in Charlotteville, Albemarle Co, Virginia; died on 27 Feb 1836 in Rutherford Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Silas married Catrina Catron in 1751 in Louisa Co, VIrginia. Catrina was born about 1733; died after 1770 in of, Albemarle Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Lettice White in 1748 in Albemarle Co, Virginia. Lettice was born on 27 Jan 1735 in Albermarle Co, Virginia; died before 10 Nov 1785 in Rutherford Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 11 Dec 1707, Kingston Upon, Thames, Surrey, England

William married Elizabeth O. Farr about 1720 in New Kent Co, or Hanover Co, Virginia. Elizabeth was born in 1702; died after 1755 in of, Hanover Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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