Abigail PRATT: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

1692 - 1781 (88 years)

Generation: 1

Abigail PRATT was born on 11 Oct 1692 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Jul 1781 in , , Massachusetts, USA.

Abigail married Henry MELLEN on 24 Mar 1712 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Henry was born on 12 Aug 1691 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 May 1767 in , , Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Rev John MELLEN was born on 14 Mar 1722 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Jun 1807 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Generation: 2

Rev John MELLEN

(1.Abigail¹) was born on 14 Mar 1722 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Jun 1807 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Other Events:

Education: 1741
Occupation: Aft 1741
Occupation: Between 19 Dec 1744 and 14 Dec 1778
Occupation: 11 Feb 1784

Notes:

a descendant of Richard Mellon (d. 1694) nine children 1750-1766

Education:
Harvard College

Occupation:
Pastor, Second Precinct Church

Occupation:
Lancaster, Massachusetts

Occupation:
Hanover, Massachusetts

John married Rebecca PRENTISS on 30 Nov 1749 in , , Massachusetts, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Rev John PRENTISS) was born about 1728; died in Deceased in , , Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

3. Henry MELLEN was born in 1757 in , , Massachusetts, USA; died in 1809 in , , New Hampshire, USA.
4. Prentice MELLEN was born about 1751; died in 1840.
5. Rebecca MELLEN was born on 16 Apr 1754 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 6 May 1800 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA.

Generation: 3

Henry MELLEN

(2.John², 1.Abigail¹) was born in 1757 in , , Massachusetts, USA; died in 1809 in , , New Hampshire, USA.

Other Events:

Education: 1784
Occupation: 1785

Notes:

Education:
Harvard University, B. A.

Occupation:
Lawyer

Henry married Martha Wentworth FROST on 18 Dec 1791. Martha (daughter of George FROST and Margaret WEEKES) was born on 8 Nov 1769 in New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 11 Jan 1835 in Saco, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

6. William Pepperell MELLEN was born in 1806 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 7 Nov 1864 in , Chicot, Arkansas, USA; was buried on 12 Nov 1864 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
7. John P MELLEN was born on 21 Mar 1797 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Deceased.
8. Henry Orlando MELLEN was born on 22 Jun 1798 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died about 1835 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
9. Martha Wentworth MELLEN was born on 9 Dec 1800 in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 8 Mar 1838.
10. Eliza Hovey MELLEN was born on 17 Jun 1802 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1843.
11. George Washington Frost MELLEN was born on 28 Jun 1804 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1875.

4.
Prentice MELLEN (2.John², 1.Abigail¹) was born about 1751; died in 1840.
Other Events:
Education: 1784

Notes:
Education:
Harvard University, B. A.

Rebecca MELLEN

(2.John², 1.Abigail¹) was born on 16 Apr 1754 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 6 May 1800 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA.

Notes:

Rebecca, widow of Peter Green, dau of Rev. John Mellen of Hanover, NH, age 46, died 06 May 1800 at Concord (New Hampshire Gazette)

Family/Spouse: Peter GREEN. Peter (son of Nathaniel GREEN and Lucy GARFIELD) was born about 1740 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA; died before 1800 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 4

William Pepperell MELLEN

(3.Henry³, 2.John², 1.Abigail¹) was born in 1806 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 7 Nov 1864 in , Chicot, Arkansas, USA; was buried on 12 Nov 1864 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.

Other Events:

Occupation: , Adams, Mississippi, USA; county coroner
Education: Abt 1826; Phillips Exeter Academy
Occupation: 1837, , , Mississippi, USA; state legislator
Census: 1841, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
Property: 10 Dec 1841
Census: 1850, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; pg 14, 225/217
Occupation: Between 1850 and 1860, , , Mississippi, USA; attorney
Residence: Between 1860 and 1864, , , Texas, USA
Census: 19 Jun 1860, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; family #104
Occupation: Abt 1862, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; editor for the Natchez Courier
Obituary: 7 Oct 1868, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; Natchez Courier

Notes:

Here's the only picture of your great grandfather that we've been able to locate.
I don't think he was a northern sympathizer in the least. As the editor of the
local newspaper, he was probably highly opinionated and supportive of the southern cause.
Your grandfather didn't flee to TX until Natchez was threatened by Northern troops. When
the city leaders decided to surrender the city, rather than face the destruction that so
many other southern cities experienced, your grandfather appears to have been one of the
opponents of that surrender. Our research indicates that he was captured (by Northern
troops) in Texas and died in a prisoner of war camp, located in Arkansas.
Hope this is helpful.
Jamey Boudreaux

Military:
Captain of Militia

Census:
1841 MELLEN WILLIAM P. Adams County MS No Township Listed State Census Index MS4258654

Property:

Patentee Land Office Doc. Date Base Line TWP Rng Sec Acres
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21307 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 15 159.8500
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21308 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 14 0.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21308 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 14 282.1800
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21309 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 17 320.0800
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21310 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 21 160.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21311 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 13 136.6000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21312 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 27 0.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21312 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 27 166.4400
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21313 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 28 319.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21314 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 20 80.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21315 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 7 317.6400
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21316 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 18 0.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21316 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 18 158.7500
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21318 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 33 0.0000 Assignee of Nicholas Gray
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21318 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 33 0.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21318 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 33 306.3600

Census:

MELLEN, William P. head 44 NH lawyer $40,000
Sarah C. wife 37
Martha E. dau 17
Wm. F. son 14
Sarah L. dau 12
Albert son 10
Grenville son 7
Mary P. dau 4
Thos. L. son 1

Census:

MELLEN, Wm. P. head 53 NH lawyer $10,000/40,000
Sarah C. wife 47 MS
Sarah L. dau 22 MS
Grenville son 17 MS student of medicine
Victoria dau 18 LA
Mary P. dau 14 MS
Thomas L. son 11 MS
John P. son 7 MS
Fred K. son 5 MS
Wm H. son 10/12 MS

Obituary:
A Eulogy on William Pepperrell Mellen
"William Pepperrell Mellen - Past Grand Master Mason of the state of Mississippi, born at Dover, New Hampshire July 18th, 1806. Delivered before a lodge of sorrow held by the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, at St Louis, Missouri September 18th, 1868. By Giles M Hillyez, 33rd. Grand Minister of the State.
"His ancestors were English, reaching by his mother's side to the earliest settlers of New England. He settled in 1825 at Natchez and engaged at once in mercantile pursuits, but abandoned them in 1932 for a literary and professional career. In 1833 he began the publication of the Natchez Courier, a paper still in existence. He represented the City of Natchez in the state legislature up to 1838.
"He married a Southern woman and a family of nine children surrounded them.
"In July of 1863 our illustrious brother left Natchez, anticipating its occupancy by Northern Troops. Returning from Texas in 1864, when on the Bayou Macon in Chicou County, Arkansas, he was stricken and died November 7th, 1864. In 1866 his remains were taken to Natchez where he lies at rest in the cemetery on the very brow of the grand Mississippi River."

William married Sarah Carpenter LEWIS on 16 Jun 1831 in Washington, Adams, Mississippi, USA. Sarah (daughter of Archibald LEWIS and Eleanor Thornton SAPPINGTON) was born on 26 Nov 1812 in *Sleepy Hollow, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 22 Feb 1870 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 23 Feb 1870 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

12. Grenville MELLEN was born on 6 Mar 1843 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 1 Jun 1862 in Fair Oaks Station, Henrico, Virginia, USA; was buried on 3 Jun 1862 in Richmond, Richmond (city), Virginia, USA.
13. Martha Eleanor MELLEN was born on 10 Sep 1832 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 6 Sep 1856 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 7 Sep 1856 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
14. William Francis MELLEN was born on 12 Feb 1836 in , , Mississippi, USA; died on 13 Jan 1889 in , Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 14 Jan 1889 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
15. Sarah Lewis MELLEN was born on 13 Dec 1837 in , , Mississippi, USA; died in Oct 1867 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.
16. Albert Moore MELLEN was born on 9 Jan 1840 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 18 Jun 1878 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried on 19 Jun 1878 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
17. Mary Peyton MELLEN was born in Sep 1845 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 6 Jun 1904 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA; was buried on 8 Jun 1904 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
18. Thomas Lewis MELLEN was born on 10 Jun 1849 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 23 Aug 1908 in Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma, USA; was buried on 24 Aug 1908 in Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma, USA.
19. John Prentiss MELLEN was born on 28 Nov 1852 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 8 Mar 1911 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
20. Frederick K MELLEN was born in 1855 in , , Mississippi, USA; died on 21 Aug 1862 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 22 Aug 1862 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.

7. John P MELLEN (3.Henry³, 2.John², 1.Abigail¹) was born on 21 Mar 1797 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Deceased.
8. Henry Orlando MELLEN (3.Henry³, 2.John², 1.Abigail¹) was born on 22 Jun 1798 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died about 1835 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.

Martha Wentworth MELLEN

(3.Henry³, 2.John², 1.Abigail¹) was born on 9 Dec 1800 in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 8 Mar 1838.

Martha married Richard TIBBITS on 22 Oct 1822. Richard (son of Richard S TIBBITS and Sarah FROST) was born on 25 Apr 1790 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 19 Jul 1838. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

21. George TIBBITS was born about 1825; died in Deceased.

10.

Eliza Hovey MELLEN

(3.Henry³, 2.John², 1.Abigail¹) was born on 17 Jun 1802 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1843.

Notes:

She died in 1843 after the birth of twin sons.

Eliza married Adolphus Eugene WATSON on 8 Oct 1835 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Adolphus (son of Benjamin Marston WATSON) was born about 1797; died in 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

George Washington Frost MELLEN

(3.Henry³, 2.John², 1.Abigail¹) was born on 28 Jun 1804 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1875.

Other Events:

Fact: 1841

Notes:

An Unrecorded Winslow Homer Lithograph
David Tatham
American Art Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Winter, 1987) , pp. 75-76
"is a portrait of the Boston chemist George Washington Frost Mellen (1804-1875), a prominent if some- what eccentric figure in the New England ..."

..."He was flamboyantly eccentric, if not mad."...

..."Henry B. Stanton, Random Recollections (New York: Harper, 1887), 70."

Occupation:
Chemist

Fact:
Wrote "An Argument On The Unconstitutionality Of Slavery", Boston: Saxton & Pierce