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Robert Melton 1710–1759 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1710

Birth Location: St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Colony

Death Date: 24 April 1759

Death Location: Orange County., North Carolina, British Colonial America

Father: Richard Melton

Mother: Orpha Laten

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The story of Robert Melton began in 1710 in St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Colony. Robert Melton passed away in 1759 in Orange County., North Carolina, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Melton began in 1710 in St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Colony.
  • Robert Melton passed away in 1759 in Orange County., North Carolina, British Colonial America.

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Robert Melton's Ancestors

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Robert Melton
1710–1759
Birth Place: St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Colony
Parents
Richard Melton
1670–1725
Henrico County, Virginia British Colonial America
Orpha Laten
1683–1732
Chowan, North Carolina, Colonial British America
Grandparents
Thomas (LUTEN (Lutton) Sr.) (Maj.)
1651–1729
Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, England
Mary Cullen
1648–1731
Dover, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Michael II
1615–1680
Hannah Wilsone
1620–1690
Captain II
1616–1689
Sarah Alderstone
1622–1678
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Litton
1575–1650
Tomezine Sallare
1580–1670
Sir Wilsone
1598–1620
Mary Crofte
1596–1637
Thomas Cullen
1590–1653
JANE LOPER
1594–1666
John II
1584–1635
Joan Cooke
1583–1645

Robert Melton's Timeline

2 Records

1710
1710
Birth of Robert Melton in St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Colony
St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Colony
1759
24 April 1759
Age 49
Death of Robert Melton in Orange County., North Carolina, British Colonial America
Orange County., North Carolina, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1710
    Event Place: St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Colony

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1696
    Event Place: Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Virginia Colony

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: DNA note, Another match...Morgan C. Jackson...common ancestory is Robert Melton 1710-1759 . Still another ftdna match is Bruce Davis with Cotton. Another match with Pat Wallace Jackson FTDNA Uncle Cotton.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: Notes note, ID: I01349 Name: Robert Melton Sex: M Birth: ABT. 1696 in Parish of St. Peter's and St. Paul, New Kent County, Virginia Death: AFT. 24 APR 1759 in Orange County, N.C. _FA1: Will: 4241759 in Orange County.,N.C. _FA2: src: "Some Southern Colonial Families

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Will
    Record Source: Will note, Last Will and Testament of Robert Melton Dated 24 April 1759; probated Nov court 1759 in Orange County, NC "Abstrac ts of North Carolina Wills" p. 246 In the Name of God, Amen: Twenty fourth day of April in the year of our Lo rd 1759. I, Robert Melton, of

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 April 1759
    Event Place: Orange County., North Carolina, British Colonial America

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