Archibald Mellon and Elizabeth Armagh

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Husband Archibald Mellon ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - ? Ireland
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Wife Elizabeth Armagh ¹

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Children

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1 M Armagh Mellon ⁴

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2 M Andrew Mellon ^{2 3 4}

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           Born: Abt 1786 - ? Ireland
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           Died: 11 Oct 1856 - Monroeville, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Rebecca Wauchob (Abt 1789-1868) 2 3
           Marr: 1812 - Ireland 2

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3 M Samuel Mellon ⁴

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4 M Thomas Mellon ⁴

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5 M John Mellon ⁴

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6 M Archibald Mellon, Jr. ⁴

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           Born: 1796 - Ireland 4
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Stewart (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1828 4

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7 M William Mellon ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Archibald Mellon

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This is an old and worthy Scotch-Irish family, which traces descent from Archibald Mellon and his wife Elizabeth, both natives of Scotland, who, about the middle of the seventeenth century, were among those who emigrated from that country to Ireland and took up the large tracts of land left vacant by the flight of the Catholic Irish before the onslaughts of the English troopers in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. A direct descendant of this couple, was also named Archibald Mellon. He disposed of his property in Ireland in 1816 and emigrated to the United States, making his new home in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he spent the remainder of his life.

The Mellon family was of Scottish origin, and was founded in the North of Ireland at the time of the Norman Conquest. For many generations they were farmers, living on and cultivating their own land. Archibald Mellon, in consequence of the oppressive taxation necessary to defray the expenses of the Napoleonic wars, determined to emigrate to the United States, and came in 1816 to Pennsylvania, settling in Westmoreland County.

In 1816 he emigrated with his family to America, and settled in Unity township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. In 1819, he, with his son Andrew, and their families, removed to Franklin township, where they lived until 1833, when they settled in Allegheny County.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Armagh

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from Parish Keppey, County Tyrone, Ireland

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 613.

2 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 77.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 42.

4 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 614.