Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
NameCornelius Melyn 
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81Notes for Cornelius Melyn
Everything I know about this line (or, rather, about the connection of this line to mine) comes from Joanna McKinnon.
Cornelius, or Cornelis, is a well-documented early Dutch settler in the New York area. There is a nice wikipedia page about him (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Melyn). One short quote from there:
“Cornelis Melyn (1600 – c. 1662) was an early Dutch settler in New Netherland and Patroon of Staten Island. He was the chairman of the council of eight men, which was a part of early steps toward representative democracy in the Dutch colony.”
HIs genealogy and descendants have been extensively researched. For example, there are a number of papers published in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (A series of six papers by Paul Gibson Burton published in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record under the titles, "The Antwerp Ancestry of Cornelis Melyn" (1936, 67: 157-164, 67: 246-255) and "Cornelis Melyn, Patroon of Staten Island and Some of His Descendants" (1937, 68: 3-17, 68: 132-146, 68: 217-231, 68: 357-365. Also Abraham Hatfield. 1939. "Note on the Origin of Matthias Hatfield." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. 70(1): 17-8. Plus an editorial note in 70(2): 127.)
Cornelius, or Cornelis, is a well-documented early Dutch settler in the New York area. There is a nice wikipedia page about him (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Melyn). One short quote from there:
“Cornelis Melyn (1600 – c. 1662) was an early Dutch settler in New Netherland and Patroon of Staten Island. He was the chairman of the council of eight men, which was a part of early steps toward representative democracy in the Dutch colony.”
HIs genealogy and descendants have been extensively researched. For example, there are a number of papers published in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (A series of six papers by Paul Gibson Burton published in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record under the titles, "The Antwerp Ancestry of Cornelis Melyn" (1936, 67: 157-164, 67: 246-255) and "Cornelis Melyn, Patroon of Staten Island and Some of His Descendants" (1937, 68: 3-17, 68: 132-146, 68: 217-231, 68: 357-365. Also Abraham Hatfield. 1939. "Note on the Origin of Matthias Hatfield." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. 70(1): 17-8. Plus an editorial note in 70(2): 127.)