Person:Melancton Smith (1)

From the Jones Family book, pg 163: "He was commissioned as Rear Admiral on 1 July 1870. He was a grandson of Hon. Melancton Smith, member of the first Provincial Congress of 1775, and his wife, Margaret, b Sept 21, 1749, dau of Richbell Mott, of Hempstead, L. I., and his wife, Deborah Dodge, son of Edmund Mott."

1.   Jones, John Henry. The Jones family of Long Island: descendants of Major Thomas Jones (1665-1726) and allied families. (Tobias A. Wright, 1907)
   163.
2. ↑ United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   Queens, Queens, New York.