INTRODUCTION

     What in the beginning was to have been the genealogy of
my Melvin lineage ended up being a record of many families,
for we are the end product of a combination of families, per-
petuated under the name of only the male progenitors. The Mel-
vin name, itself, reaches far back into French, Norman, English,
Irish and Scottish history, although it has gone through change,
such as Mallville, Malleville, Melleville, Melville, de Melville,
Malvin, Melvin, to mention a few, and sometimes two or more spel-
lings may occur on the same document. Fortunately, many of these
old documents have been preserved showing these corruptions. Of
the many who have researched the name, different evidence and in-
terpretations may evolve, but in general, they agree on the origin.
Some, but not all, believe that they were the Guycons who were
Danish. One of these was Galfried Guycon, who took part in the
Danish invasion of England and Scotland 867 A.D. and the family
lived in those countries until England invaded Normandy. They
kept the name until they settled in Normandy, where the first
Melvin ancestor on record was Count Jean Henri Guycon DeMelville.
He was in the Norman invasion of England under William the Con-
queror in 1066, and was given an estate in Scotland where he bore
the title of Lord John Melville. It is claimed that all of the
Melvilles and Melvins of Scotland, England, Ireland and America
are from him descended and from him sprang those who reverted
to the old Norman name, notably Galfried DeMelville of the 12th
century and Patrick DeMelville of the 15th century.

     According to the Media Research Bureau of Washington, D.C.,
Galfrid DeMelville was the father of Gregory, Galfrid, Thomas,
Robert, Hugh, Richard, and Walter.

     Of these seven sons of Galfrid, Gregory was the father of
Sir Richard who had William and Stephen. Of these two sons, Wil-
liam was the father of Sir Gregory, David, and Thomas, of whom,
William was the father of John Melville, Lord of that Ilk, who
was the father of Thomas who had Lord John Melville, who had Lord
Thomas Melville, who was the father of Lord John, who was suc-
ceeded about 1442 by his eldest son, Thomas; and the second son,
Stephen was the father of Walter, who had John, who had Walter,
who died about the year 1365.

     Another early line of this distinguished family was of John
Melville of Fife, who was the father of Sir John, who died in the
latter part of the fifteenth century and was succeeded by his son,
William, who was the father of John, William, Andrew, David, Eliza-
beth, and Margaret, of whom John was the father of Sir John and
David, of whom the first was the father of William, John, Sir
Robert, Sir James, Capt. David, Sir Andrew, William and several
daughters, of whom Sir Robert became the first Lord Melville of
Murdocairris and had a son named Robert. Sir James was the father
of James, Robert, John, Margaret and Elizabeth; Sir Andrew was the
father of Sir George and Henry.

     Still quoting from Media Research: "It is not known from which
of the many illustrious lines of the Melvilles in England the first
emigrants of the name of Melvin were descended, but it is generally
believed that these emigrants were of that family and descended from
 
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HTML Editor's note:

The bottom line now reading:
believed that these emigrants were of that family and descended from

Originally read:
believed that these emigrant were of that family and descended from

The text in green is Lionel Melvin's correction, published in
Remember Our Melvins and Kin, Page 349.