On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, "Richard Hartley" <Richard.M.Hartley@btinternet.com> wrote: > The Mellodew family had Mills in Moorside Oldham in the 1800's and we > have managed to trace back to John Mellodew (Meledue?) He was was > baptised in 1672 at Rochdale; his children were born at Middleton by > Oldham. > > The family has always stoutly maintained that the family were Huguenots > - where does one look? "Mellodew" is a form of the Northern English surname "Merridew", meaning "son of Meredith". It is not of Huguenot origin. Michael Palmer --- Michael Palmer Claremont, California mpalmer@panix.com