Bornon the Isle of Jura, Argyllshire, Scotland and immigrated to North Carolina around 1760. Married Marion Effie Elizabeth Smith in Scotland before 1750. They had children Daniel Angus 1750, Charles 1753, Catherine 1756, John Jr.1757, and Elizabeth 1759.
Sources
1790 United States Federal Census
1800 United States Federal Census
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Several trees on Ancestry show his parents as Charles Meloy 1697-1744 and Caroline Catherine Ackley 1706-1744. These need to be documented and verified.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: