Maria (Gansevoort) Melvill (1791-1872)

Mrs Maria (Gansevoort) Melvill

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She and her husband were the parents of eight children - all of whom added an 'e' to their surname - including the famous author of Moby Dick etc., Herman Melville.

Parents (2)

Gen. Peter Gansevoort

Brigadier-General in the U.S. Army; Sheriff of Albany County, New York

1749-1812

Cattrina (Van Schaick) Gansevoort

Mrs Cattrina (Van Schaick) Gansevoort

1752-1830

Spouse (1)

Allan Melvill

Cloth Importer/Merchant, of 33 Bleecker Street, New York City

1782-1832

Children (8)

Gansevoort Melville

Secretary of the American Legation at the Court of St. James, London

1815-1846

Helen (Melville) Griggs

Mrs Helen Maria (Melville) Griggs

1817-1888

Herman Melville

Novelist & Poet, of New York City & "Arrowhead" Pittsfield, Massachusetts

1819-1891

Augusta Melville

of New Brighton, Staten Island, New York

1821-1876

Allan Melville

Attorney & Solicitor in the Court of Chancery in New York City

1823-1872

Catherine (Melville) Hoadley

Mrs Catherine Gansevoort (Melville) Hoadley

1825-1905

Priscilla Frances Melville

of Albany, New York; died unmarried

1827-1885

Capt. Thomas Melville

Shipmaster in the China Trade & Governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor, New York

1830-1884