|
|
If you value the information
posted here, |
5. Commission merchant, imports French goods Melville Allan-80634 (Thomas , Progenitor ) was born in 1782. He died in 1832.
He had a felt and fur business. He is of New York, and dies "bankrupt and raving", mental illness being part of a general breakdown. He is taken to be a son of Major Thomas Melville of a colourful Boston family, Thomas a venerable survivor of Boston Tea Party. See US website on ancestors of William Addams Reitwiesner.
Allan married Gansevoort Maria-126569 daughter of Brig-General Gansevoort Peter-257123 and van Schaak Catherine-257126. Maria was born in 1791 in Albany NY. She died in 1872.
Does she also have drs Kate, Augusta, Helen and Fanny? Loose http on Melville / Gansevoort genealogy. See US website on ancestors of William Addams Reitwiesner.
Allan and Maria had the following children:
+ 10 M i Writer of Moby Dick Melville Herman-240660 was born in Aug 1819. He died on 28 Sep 1891. 11 M ii New York lawyer Melville Gansevoort-257115.
He went bankrupt with the fammily business in 1837. He tries politics.12 M iii Lawyer Melville Allan Jnr-257121.
He moved into the house at Arrowhead when Herman and family moved out. One Allan Melville once had a letter from Richard Henry Dana Jnr (1815-1882) dated 10 May 185313 M iv Melville Thomas-382924.
One Thomas Melville marries Kate Elizabeth Bogert in 1868. He is captain of the clipper. Meteor, and Herman once sails with him round Cape Horn.
8. Melville Mary = Nancy-444605 (Thomas , Progenitor ) was born in 1778. She died in 1858.
gaps9 for more Treatment on DeWolf of Belgium, Holland Germany and Russian Baltic Provinces by Rev Calbraith B. Perry with Bradford Colt DeWolf at www.archive.org/stream/
Mary married Captain mariner Traveller across Siberia DeWolf John-444604 son of DeWolf Simon-444599 and May Hannah-444603. John was born in 1779. He died in 1872.
gapskey He worked on ship Juno for Charles, James and George DeWolf in 1804 sailing for N/w American furs. He connected with Baron Nicholas von Resanoff, a "large proprietor of the Russian-American Co" which bought Juno and its remaining cargo for $68,000 (she then sailed for Canton). John returning 1808 made an overall profit of $100,000 on this trip andhe continued in the Russia trade. Treatment on DeWolf of Belgium, Holland, Germany and Russian Baltic Provinces by Rev Calbraith B. Perry with Bradford Colt DeWolf at www.archive.org/stream/
John and Mary had the following children:
+ 14 F i DeWolf Nancy Melville-444849 was born in 1814. She died in 1901. 15 M ii DeWolf John Lansdorff-444850 was born in 1817. He died in 1886. John married Davis Mary White-444962 daughter of Davis Isaac-445022 and White Salome-445023. Mary died in 1857.
View web stats from www.statcounter.com/ for this website begun 4 July 2006
