Mellin Surname History

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Germany
Scotland

The Mellin surname most likely evolved from several place names, including one near Lancaster and another near Liverpool.

Early Origins of the Mellin family

The surname Mellin was first found in Lancashire at Melling-with-Wrayton, a civil parish in the City of Lancaster or at Melling, a village a village nearby. "In the Conqueror's survey, Mellinge, Hornebi, and Wennigetun, are placed in Yorkshire, as constituting one manor, in which Vlf, whose name is perpetuated in that of Wolfa Crag, had nine and a half carucates of land. The earliest record in which the parish is subsequently mentioned, is the charter of Roger de Poictou, who gave the church of Melling to his newly-founded priory of Lancaster." 1

Early History of the Mellin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mellin research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1120, 1260, 1447, 1465, 1469, 1470, 1474 and 1492 are included under the topic Early Mellin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Mellin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mellin, Melling and others.

Early Notables of the Mellin family

Notables of the family at this time include Thomas Millyng (d. 1492), Bishop of Hereford, became about 1447, when quite a youth, a monk at Westminster, and thence proceeded to the Benedictine College, Gloucester Hall (now Worcester College), Oxford, where he remained till he graduated D.D. He then returned to Westminster, and in 1465 succeeded the chronicler John Flete as prior. The abbot George Norwych had wasted the revenues and incurred large debts, and he was now forced to retire to another Benedictine house, with an annual pension of a hundred marks. Although he retained the nominal title of abbot, Millyng...
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Mellin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mellin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Archibald Mellin, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1821
Mr. Frantz Mellin, aged 23, who arrived in New Orleans in 1845 aboard the ship "Agnes"
Johann S. Mellin, who arrived in New Orleans in 1851
Heinrich Christoph Mellin, who emigrated from Braunschweig to Pennsylvania in 1853

Mellin migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mellin Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Henry Mellin, who was recorded to be living in Ontario in 1871

Contemporary Notables of the name Mellin (post 1700) +

Gustav Mellin, English-born, American founder of Mellin's Food Company, maker of Mellin's Food for Infants and Invalids in Boston, Massachusetts in 1866
Laurel Mellin (b. 1949), American author of nine books including The New York Times Best Seller, The Pathway
Robert Mellin (b. 1902), Ukrainian movie composer, known for Red Heat (1988), There's Something About Mary (1998) and Django (1966)
Max Mellin (1904-1977), German art director
Count Ludwig August Mellin (1754-1835), Baltic German politician, cartographer, writer and publicist, best known for creating the first professional atlas visualizing Livonia in 1798
Robert Hjalmar Mellin (1854-1933), Finnish mathematician

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.