Ansel Melvin (1784 - abt. 1858)

Born 27 Jun 1784 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sally Toler Leland — married about 1806 in Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Husband of Sarah (Bigelow) Melvin — married 20 Jun 1843 in Henry, Illinois, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Melvin — married 24 Apr 1854 in Mercer, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died about 1858 at about age 73 in Mercer, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Ansel Melvin, son of Jonathan Melvin and Beulah Leland, was born on 27 Jun 1784 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. ^[1]

Ansel Melvin was born in 1786 , the fourth of 13 known children of Jonathan Melvin and Beulah Leland. He married Sally Leland. He was born in Massachusetts either in Conway or Grafton. Around 1800 the family moved to Phelps, N. Y. He died in Mercer Co., Ill. He was a farmer. ^[2]

Ansel is believed to have been married first Sally Tolar Leland in ~1806 at Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts, and with her had 10 children. ^[1]

Ansel married second Sarah (Bigelow) Goodrich, daughter of Simeon Bigelow and Sarah Foster, on 20 Jun 1843 at the home of Rev. Jason Chapin in Henry County, Illinois. ^[3] Sarah had a prior contractual separation of her marriage from Aaron Goodrich at Salisbury, Addison, Vermont in about 1830. ^[4]

Ansel Melvin married third Elizabeth Gordon on 24 April 1854, in Mercer County, Illinois, ^[5] where Ansel is believed to have died in 1858. ^[1]

Census 1790
Jona Melvin was living in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. His household consisted of the following:
1 male over 16 (Jonathan)
4 males under 16 (Jonathan, Caleb, Ansel, John?)
3 females. (Beulah, Polly, Betsy) ^[6]

Census 1800
Jonathan Melvin was living in Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States. His son Johnathan Jr. appears on the adjacent line in the census. His household consisted of the following:
2 boys under 10
2 boys between 10 and 16
1 man over 45
2 girls under 10
1 girl between 10 and 16
1 woman over 45 ^[7]

Research Notes

The Leland Magazine source on-line has lost its table formatting making it very hard to read. The page displaying Ansel and his family currently appears on his page in Find A Grave.^[1]

The list of children in the Sherman Leland Magazine is problematic. In many places it agrees with other sources but its list of birth dates does not agree with other well attested sources.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 30 September 2020), memorial page for Ansel C Melvin (27 Jun 1784–1858), Find A Grave: Memorial #59606171, citing Western Cemetery, Swedona, Mercer County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Sally (Melvin) Tiffany (contributor 48139032) .
2. ↑ Leland, Sherman; The Leland magazine, or a genealogical record of HENRY LEE and, and his descendants, containing an account of nine thousand six hundred and twenty-pour persons in ten generations, and embracing nearly every person of the name of Leland in America, from 1653 to 1850. Boston, Weir & White, 1850. [1] page 95.
3. ↑ Henry County, Illinois Marriage Register, volume O (1837-1854), page 14; third record on page
4. ↑ John M. Weeks, History of Salisbury, Vermont (1860), pp 169-170
5. ↑ Ancestry.com: Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-7GB : accessed 26 September 2020), Jona Melvin, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 244, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5B-YLR : accessed 23 September 2020), Jonathan Melvin, Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States; citing p. 480, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 28; FHL microfilm 193,716.