CLAYTON
HENRY MELSON
LEWES,
DELAWARE MORTICAN
January
27, 2019, at Lewes, Delaware the following data was gathered
about
Clayton Henry Melson because the family was under discussion
on
Facebook pages “Lewes to Ocean City Memories” & “Growing
Up in
Rehoboth,
Lewes & Dewey Beach” . An post had been made that the
original Melson Funeral Home structure being demolished and a lot
of traffic had followed. This data was found on the www, at
Ancestry.com,
newspaperarchives.com
and whatever. Therefore there are probably errors
or
misinformation. New data, corrections are invited. My email
address
is
hryevon@comcast.net for
such.
I
have used ancestry.com family tree “Melson Family” by cfmmgt,
one
of
seven Clayton Henry Melson born 1910, family trees.
Clayton
Henry Melson, born 5 July 1910, {New Jersey} and died 19
December,
1971. A Sussex County Delaware birth certificate tells he
was
born in Lewes, South Street, Sussex County, under the attention of
Dr. Richard Beebe. We will see his family was for several
generations residents of Lewes and vicinity. The 1940 census has
him living in Lewes.
A
photo attached to this family tree shows a very handsome man and an
attractive
lady that I assume are Clayton and Mary. They were married in
April
1927, he being 17 years of age and she being 19 years old. In 1927
his
wife, Mary Page was titled 'Miss South Jersey' in a Vineland New
Jersey
beauty contest. Mary Page Melson died in the year 2000.
OK,
now we have a family tree page by ' cfmmgt ' telling that
Clayton
Henry
Melson and Mary Elizabeth Page are husband and wife, with nine
children.
In 1930 they lived in Florence, Burlington County, New Jersey,
and that a son, Phillip Henry Melson was born the 12th
of August 1933,
in
Burlington, New Jersey. It also tells that on 26 April 1936, son
Scott Strick Melson was born in Lewes, Delaware.
The
ancestry.com 1940 census list Clayton Henry Melson, age 39, wife
Mary P., age 31, residents of 511 {Dinsy Ave} Lewes, Clayton
being a
mortician.
I question the ages listed, thought she was two year senior.
The
census list four sons, Clayton, Jr., born 1932, Phillip, born
1934,
Page,
born 1935, Scott, born 1936. A “Find A Grave Index” list
a
Mary
Lou Fisher, aka Mary Louise Melson as a child.
Ancestry
Melson Family Tree by cfmmgt list Clayton Henry Melson's
parents
as Phillip Henry Melson, 1885 – 1918, died young at 33, born
in
Lewes, was a brick mason, and, Cora T. Scott, aka, Cora
Townsend
Melson
Strick, born August 1887, in Delaware, may have been resident
of
Indian River Hundred, died August 1963, Sussex county.
Ancestry
ATHEY Family Tree LON by pea247verizonnet, Long Neck,
Delaware
(247 names, most all private) list: 1935 resident of Lewes,
wife
name , Mary SOPHIA Page, in addition to the four boys before
mentioned,
list a child Mary Lou Melson, daughter, Albert Melson, son,
Anna
Elizabeth Melson, daughter, another son, 'private' that
married
daughter
of Henry Hill and Marion Wilson, name 'private' that had daughter
'private'
who married the grandson ,by name of 'private', of William Hudson
and his wife Marjory Jones.
OK.
Back to Clayton seniors parents, Phillip Henry Melson, born
LEWES,
4th December 1885, and died in Lewes, 16 October 1918,
at
age
33. Phillip may have been twice married. The listed wife of
Phillip
is
Cora T. Scott, aka, Cora Townsend Scott, aka Cora Townsend Strick
Scott
Melson and maybe others yet to appear. Cora T. Scott is listed as
born
1887, died 1963, and have son Claytom Henry Melson, 1910 – 1971.
Phillip
Henry Melson 1885 – 1918, is buried in Bethel Cemetery, Lewes.
Phillip
was a mason, aka, brick layer.
Above
Phillip's wife, Cora Townsend Strick Melson, born August 1887,
,
in Delaware, died August 1963, Sussex county Delaware, evidently
married
twice, once to George W. Strich, aka, George W Strick. Who was
born
1875. There are no children listed for this marriage. Cora's father
was Charley G. Scott, 1848 – 1916, who was married to Jane R.
Joseph, born 1855 – died 1939. Cora has sister, Hattie Jane,(1890
- 1953) married to a Jerread, a brother, Archie Scott, (1895 -
1960) , brother Andrew Burton
Scott
(1897 – 1947), brother Alton Lee Scott, (1899 - 1969), brother
Harry
Edward
Scott, (183 – 1918), brother John Ralph Scott (1877 - 1937),
another
sister, Mary Scott (1879 – 1946) . Cora is buried in Bethel
Cemetery,
Lewes. The Scott family probably came from Ireland, through
New
Jersey according to records.
OK.
We have Clayton Sr's, and his parents data on hand, I think and
hope
so. Corrections, additions are welcome.
So,
lets try Clayton, Sr's., grandfather and grandmother, Alfred
B. &
Laura
D. Webb. Data from amcestry.com Melson Family Tree by
dfmmgt.
Alfred Burton Melson, born 4 September 1857, Delaware,
died
17 December 1890, Lewes. Here we have a problem. The 1940
census
list Alfred, age 82, born 1858, alive, a “Find A Grave”
page
list
Alfred Burton, born 4 Sept 1857, death date 12 Dec 1940, buried
Bethel
, Lewes. So, he lived until 12 December 1940. He was a farmers
son, worked the farm, also was a brick layer an in 1930 had his
own truck farm. On 13 January 1885 , his age 27, he married
Laura D. Webb, who was born 1860 and died 1955. They had sons,
Phillip Henry Melson, 1885 -1918, Charles Tunnell Melson,
1887 – 1973, William Orr
Melson,
1894 - 1941, a daughter Addie May Melson, 1891 – 1896.
Larua
Webb, his wife, as of 13 January 1885, was born Lewes, 6
December 1860. She died 9 March 1955. Her father was Joshua Webb,
her ` mother was Mary E. who died in 1903. She is also buried in
Bethel.
Records
call Joshua Webb as being born in 1795 New Brunswick Canada,
he
died 1888, Blissville, Sunbury, New Brunswick.
Earlier
Melson family members are ; Alfred Burton Melson's parents
were
William S. (1806 -1890) and Elizabeth Short Melson, (1821 – 1886).
William
S. Melson' s parents were Joseph Wesley Melson (1727 – 1809)
and
Elizabeth Creighton, (1727 – 1808), Joseph Wesley Melson was son
of
Benjamin (1704 – 1771) and Hanna Hammer, born Nanticoke, Somerset
Maryland, somerset, Benjamin's father was Samuel (1673 ) of
Accomac, Virginia, , his wife Margaret Taylor . Benjamin is son
of John Melson, 1645 – 1694) born England, died 1694 in Accomac,
Virginia. His wife was
Elizabeth
Paynter. John was son of Francis Melson Jr., born 1613
Stutterton,
Lincolnshire, England, death 1655. his wife Rebecca. Francis
Nelson,
Sr., born 1585 died 1655 was last of this family on record.
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