Included in the children of Thomas and Joyce Mellen were Thomas Mellen, who married Frances (Fanny) Phillips and Samuel Mellen, who married Nancy Mitchell.

Thomas and Fanny had a number of children in St Austell, including Caroline, my great great great grandmother who married Richard James.

Included among the Samuel and Nancy's children was Joseph Mellen. Joseph married Sophia Hocking (?) had numerous children and, it seems, later lived in Australia. Joseph and Sophia are buried in Moonta, South Australia.

Does anybody have information on the children of Joseph and Sophia? I think they may have had a daughter Mary Ann Mellen.

Thank you,
Karen

The odd date would be useful as it helps to know what century we are looking at. please. I see that this is the second post for this name.

Hello Peggy,

The same posting is under Cornwall and Mellen, both by me.

I didn’t have all the dates at hand when I did the posting, but hoped that if somebody had all these Mellen family members on their tree, they’d recognise them.

Thankfully I received one response which seems to confirm that Mary Ann Mellen is in fact the daughter of Joseph and Sophia, and granddaughter of Samuel, which is one of the key pieces of info I was attempting to clarify for somebody else. My ancestor is Thomas, Samuel’s brother.

Thomas Mellen and Joyce were both born around 1773 and married in 1794. Prior to marrying Thomas, Joyce had been married to a man called White, and I don’t know her maiden name.

Samuel Mellen was born 1805 and Thomas 1797. There were 5 other siblings.

Regards,
Karen