Born about in Grant, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Melton
and Martha Patsy (Webster) Melton
Sister of
Catherine (Milton) Corbin
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
in Grant, Kentucky, United States
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Biography
Zerilda was born about 1822. She was the daughter of John Melton and Martha Webster. She married in 1839 to William Henry Harrison Brown. They married the same day her sister Nancy Milton was married to James Burnes, and by their uncle, Vardeman W. Webster. Zerilda administered the estate of her deceased husband in 1852.
Zerilda again married in 1862 to Stephen F. Rosell, the bond was signed by J. D. Milton, who was possibly her brother David Milton. Stephen Rosell was the widower husband of her sister Jurandia Milton.
Zerilda is thought to have passed prior to 1870.
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Marriage of Zerilda A. Milton to Wm. H. H. Brown
- "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Q1-Z88 : 12 January 2020), Sorelda A. Milton in entry for Wm H. Brown, 1839.
Zerilda in household of Wm. H. H. Brown
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M653-4NT : 12 April 2016), Sarelda A Brown in household of Wm H H Brown, Grant county, Grant, Kentucky, United States; citing family 566, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Estate of William H. H. Brown
- Grant County Will Book D. Pages 100-101. Settlement of estate of W. H. H. Brown, Zerilda Ann Brown, adm.
Household of Zerilda Brown
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBS-1KC : 14 December 2017), Zerrilda Brown, 1860.
Bond for marriage to Stephen F. Rosell, signed by J. D. Milton 13 Sept 1862.
- "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89S7-M9VK-Q?cc=1804888&wc=QD3Q-4DX%3A1300865001 : 17 May 2018), 005560925 > image 741 of 868; citing multiple county clerks, county courts, and historical societies, Kentucky.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zerilda by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Zerilda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zerilda by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Zerilda:
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~1.17%
Diana Horn
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member horndiana77
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~0.78%
Jeff Burden :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A158120 [compare], Ancestry member Jeff_Burden
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Rejected matches › Susanna (Brown) Price (1824-1849)
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