This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JeanOSchroeder Surnames: Melson, Aydlett Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.currituck/634.4.2.1.1.2.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks, I'm sure it would be interesting reading and I would like to have a copy, but the facts/existing documents don't lend any credence to this legend. I have seen and heard so many legends/tales about shipwrecks and survivors. I believed one my Mother told me, that had been told to her, etc., and then doing my own research, I found out there wasn't a grain of truth to it. I think tales just got twisted over the years and attributed to different families. I doubt that anyone intended to lie. Just so you can check this against your Legend info. Alonzo Melson was b. 17 Oct 1874 & d. 28 Feb 1948. His wife Mary Justine Pledger was b. 3 Dec 1870 & d. 21 Jan 1939. Alonzo's parents were William G. Melson b. 1 Jun 1939 - d. Aug 1912 and his wife Mary Ann Combs Alexander b. 17 Jun 1833 or 1838 - d. 4 Dec 1899. William G. Melson's parents were Joseph Melson b. ca. 1806 - d. bet. 1842 - 1847 and his wife Elizabeth Midgett b. 1806 - d. aft 1847. Joseph's parents were William Melson, II b. 1783 - d. bet. 1807 -10 and his wife Sarah Pledger b. 9 Feb 1783 - d. 20 Jan 1833. William Melson, II's parents were William Melson, I b. ca. 1749 in Sussex Co., MD - d. 1799 Peartree Point, Tyrrell Co., NC and his wife Jean Aydlette b. ca. 1752 - d. bef. Nov 1809. William Melson, I was the son of Joseph Melson, I b. ca. 1727 in Worcester Co., MD - d. 5 Dec 1809 in Sussex Co., DE and his wife Elizabeth Creighton b. ca. 1726 in Sussex Co., DE and d. bef 1807. This line continues to go back to John Melson and his wife Elizabeth Painter who both appear to have been brought to his country as indentured servants of John Renney about 1665. Jean Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.