Melling Surname History

Origins Available:
England

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

Early Origins of the Melling family

The surname Melling 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 Melling family

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Melling Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Melling 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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Melling migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Melling Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

William Melling, who arrived in Virginia in 1636 2
Anne Melling and her husband, who settled in Virginia in 1653
Anne Melling, who arrived in Virginia in 1653 2
Tho Melling, who landed in Virginia in 1663 2
Mary Melling, who arrived in Virginia in 1665 2

Melling Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Joseph Melling, who landed in America in 1760-1763 2
John Melling, who arrived in New York State in 1774

Melling Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mr. Albert Melling, (b. 1898), aged 1, English settler travelling aboard the ship "Lucania" arriving at Ellis Island, New York on 17th September 1899 en route to Newark, New Jersey, USA 3
Mrs. Ellen Melling, (b. 1870), aged 29, English settler, from Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly, UK travelling aboard the ship "Lucania" arriving at Ellis Island, New York on 17th September 1899 en route to Newark, New Jersey, USA 3
Mr. Harry Melling, (b. 1892), aged 7, English settler travelling aboard the ship "Lucania" arriving at Ellis Island, New York on 17th September 1899 en route to Newark, New Jersey, USA 3

Melling migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Melling Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Miss Mary Melling, English convict who was convicted in Lancaster, Lancashire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Broxbournebury" in January 1814, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Melling (post 1700) +

Harry Melling (1945-1999), American team owner of Melling Racing
Philip H Melling, founding head of the American Studies Faculty, University of Wales
Terence "Terry" Melling (1940-2021), English footballer who scored 40 goals from 129 appearances in the Football League
Edward "Teddy" Melling (1900-1920), English professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s
Chris Melling (b. 1984), English rugby league player
Ted Melling, Australian rules football coach
Chris "The Magician" Melling (b. 1979), British 8-ball pool player, top-ranked by the World Eight-ball Pool Federation (2003)
Harry Melling (b. 1989), British actor, best known for his role as Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter films
Jacob Melling (b. 1995), Australian footballer
Antoine Ignace Melling (1763-1831), German painter, architect and voyager, one of the "Levantine Artists"
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Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_ellis_island_1892_on.pdf
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 3rd November 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/broxbournebury