| Name |
Catharine 'Caty' or 'Katie' Milliner [1, 2] |
| Birth |
Abt 1825 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA  [3, 4] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Will - Named in Fathers will |
5 Dec 1829 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [5] |
- In his will Smith Milliner gave to wife Jane Milliner during her life or widowhood my whole estate on the condition that she shall raise & support my children Jane, Catharine & Mariah Milliner until they arrive to age 21 & then to my wife Jane Milliner & she shall furnish a home for my 2 children Eliza & Margaret Milliner during their good behavior until their marriage at the house of my wife & no where else. At the death of my wife my whole estate to my living children. Wife Jane Milliner & friend Charles Garret Extrs. Witt: William P. Custis, Edmund Ayres, William Burton, Joseph W. Gibb, Arthur Mears, John Milliner & George West.
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| Census with husband |
1850 |
St. George Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA [3] |
- HH#337 was headed by Jno. Melson, a 34 year old farmer. Listed with him were the following Melsons: Catharine, age 25; Wm., age 8; Levin, age 3; and Margaret, age 1. Also listed was Edw'd Boothe, a 30 year old laborer.
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| Death |
20 Oct 1856 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [1] |
- She was shown as Cath. Melson, who died of childbirth at the age of 33 years. She was the daughter of Smith & Jane Miliner and born in Acc Co. Her husband John R. Melson gave the information.
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| Chancery suit - Named in a chancery suit |
Nov 1859 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [6] |
- To the Worshipful Justices of Accomack County in Chancery sitting -
Complaining, shew [sic] unto your worships, your Orators and Oratise, William Henry Smith Milliner, Levin J. Melson, Margaret J. Melson and Wesley T. Melson, infants, who sue by John R. Melson their next friend, and the said John R. Melson in his own right, the following case:
A certain Smith Milliner, late of the said County, departed this life on or about the _____ day of October A.D. 1831, having first made declared and published his Last Will and Testament in due form for passing real and personal estate, which, on the 14th of October in the year last aforesaid, was duly proved before the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for the said County, and admitted to record.
In the said Last Will and Testament are the following clauses, to wit:
"I lend to my wife Jane Milliner during her life or widowhood my whole estate, Real personal and mixed (except such articles as shall hereafter be otherwise disposed of) upon condition that she shall raise and support free of charge until they shall arrive on the age of twenty one years or get married my children Jane, Catharine and Mariah Millener."
"At the death of my wife Jane Milliner I direct that the whole the [sic] Estate herin lent to her shall be equally divided between the whole of my children which may be then living, to them and their heirs forever." All which will more fully and at large appear by reference to the said Last Will and Testament, a duly authenticated copy whereof, is herewith filed, marked "A", and prayed to be taken and considered part of this bill.
The Estate of the said Smith Milliner devised and bequeathed as aforesaid, consisted in part of a Tract of Land situated near the Court House of this County, containing, by estimation, ninety six acres, and adjoining the lands of John W. Gillet, Isaiah N. Bagwell and others.
The said Jane Milliner, having taken possession of the Estate aforesaid under and by virtue of the clause of the said will herein first above recited, departed this life on or about the ____ day of February A.D. 1853, leaving Catharine, the wife of your orator, formerly Catharine Milliner, Eliza Walker, formerly Eliza Milliner, and Maria Milliner, children of the said Testator in his said will mentioned, surviving her - no other children of the said Testator were living at the time of the death of the said Jane Milliner.
Since the death of the said Jane Milliner, to wit, on or about the _____ day of October A.D. 1856, the said Catharine, wife of your said Orator John R. Melson, departed this life, leaving children, viz: William Henry Smith Milliner, Levin J. Melson, Margaret J. Melson, Wesley T. Melson and John R. Melson, your orators and oratrise aforesaid, surviving her. At the death of the said Catharine, the interest in the tract of Land aforesaid which she owned and held, descended and passed to her said Children in fee simple, subject to the life estate of your Orator, John R. Melson, as tenant by the Curtesy -
On or about the ____ day of October A.D. 1857, the said John R. Melson, infant child of your Orator, John R. and Catharine his wife, departed this life, leaving your Orators and Oratrise William Henry Smith Milliner, Levin J. Melson, Margaret J. Melson and Wesley T. Melson his heirs at Law.
Subsequent to the death of the said Jane Milliner, and in the life time of Catharine, the wife of your Orator, John R. Melson, a contract was entered into verbally amongst the parties entitled as aforesaid, you said Orator repreesnting his wife, whereby it was agreed that partition of the premises should be made by persons chosen for the purpose and fully authorized to act in the matter; and in persuance of this contract and agreement, certain persons were selected, who undertook to make the said partition, and to allot to the parties their several and respective portions of the said tract of Land; but leaving their work incomplete, no deed of partition or other writing which might be evidence of title and partition, was even executed by any of the parties aforesaid. Your orators and Oratise are advised that such a contract in reference to real estate is null and void, and could not be offered in evidence of title to any particular part or portion of the said premises by any one of the parties to whom such part or portion may have been allotted and assigned. Your Orators and Oratrise are advised that the said Tract of Land remains, for all purposes of legal title or ownership, undivided.
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| Marr Name |
Catharine 'Caty' or 'Katie' Melson |
| Record ID |
42123 |
Origins  |
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| Patriarch & Matriarch |
Henry Milliner, b. Abt 1720, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 25 Jun 1771, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 51 years) (Great Grandfather)  Jane (--?--), b. Abt 1791, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 28 Mar 1853, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 62 years) (Mother) |
| Siblings |
4 sisters |
| + | 1. Elizabeth S. Milliner, b. Abt 1816, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
▻ James H. Melson, m. 3 Feb 1832 ; Levin Walker, m. 7 Jan 1846 | | | 2. Margaret Milliner, b. Abt 1818, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown | | | 3. Jane Milliner, b. Abt 1823, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown | | + | 4. Catharine 'Caty' or 'Katie' Milliner, b. Abt 1825, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 20 Oct 1856, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 31 years)
▻ (--?--) (--?--); John Revel Melson, m. Abt 1845 | | + | 5. Mariah Milliner, b. Abt 1828, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
▻ (--?--) (--?--) |
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| Person ID |
I42123 |
MilesFiles23 |
| Last Modified |
8 Aug 2020 |
| Family 2 |
John Revel Melson, b. 14 May 1816, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 22 Apr 1899 (Age 82 years)
Other Partners:
╚═Frances Catharine S. Watson, b. 27 Dec 1823, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 18 Apr 1894 (Age 70 years) m. 18 Dec 1858
╚═Catherine Milliner, b. 1823, Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, United States d. 20 Oct 1856, Accomac, Accomack, Virginia, United States (Age 33 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1845 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [1, 3] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Levin J. Melson, b. 1847, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1925 (Age 78 years) |
| | 2. Margaret J. Melson, b. Abt 1849, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. Wesley T. Melson, b. Abt 1854, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. John R. Melson, b. Abt Oct 1856, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Oct 1857, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 1 year) |
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| Family ID |
F13189 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
13 Mar 2023 |
Abt 1825 - 1856 (31 years)
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