Person:James Mellen (10)

Watchers
James Mellen
d.Bef 9 Aug 1684
m. Bef 1659
  1. Elizabeth Mellen1659 - 1699
  2. Mary Mellen1661 -
  3. James Mellen1663 - Bef 1684
  4. Richard Mellen1665 - Bef 1693
  5. John Mellen1666 - Bef 1695
  6. Sarah Mellen1668 - Bef 1693
  7. Thomas Mellen1670 -
  8. William Mellen1671 - Bef 1697
Facts and Events
Name James Mellen
Gender Male
Birth[1] 14 Apr 1663 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Death[2][3] Bef 9 Aug 1684
References
  1. Joslyn, Roger D. Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984-1995)
    p. 43.

    James Mellin, son of James Mellin & Elizabeth his wife, b. in Charlstown, Apr. 14, 1663.

  2. Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
    Case 14972: James Mealins 1684.

    [Note: the only entry in this file is a card referring to the inventory of James Mealins of Boston, dated 9 Aug 1684, recorded Vol. 6, p. 213. Given the absence of James in the distribution of his mother's house, and the difference in date and residence from his father's inventory [Case 14971, of Charlestown, dated 2 of 2 mo 1680 [2 Apr 1680], it is believed this is the son's inventory, he being barely of legal age but thus needful of a probate. Note that Wyman, p. 664, says James m. Elizabeth --- and sold 1/5 of a house belonging to his mother, but that is apparently based on a misreading, as the deed found is for John and Elizabeth John's wife, not James, and since all ownership is accounted for without James, this must be an error by Wyman. (The relevant deeds are cited here as part of the proof of John's marriage.)]

  3. Wyman, p. 664, says there was an agreement of heirs of James Mellens dated 13 Nov 1693 dividing the property (not located yet). The house was sold in fifths, corresponding to the shares of John, Thomas, William, Mary Upham, and Elizabeth Townsend, presumably the only surviving children.