Margaret Jane COX (1775 - 1829)

Margaret Jane COX (twin), christened 20 August 1775 in St. George's Anglican Cathedral, Kingstown, St. Vincent. Her christening record lists her name as Margaret Jeana Cox. She was married 29 August 1796 to Dr. Alexander MELVILLE, a former Army Surgeon. Margaret was his second wife. She and Alexander Melville had the following children:

• Thomas S. MELVILLE was born April 4, 1797 and christened in St. Vincent in December 1797. He married Rebecca Sarah Lyte 29 Aug 1815 in St. Michael, Barbados, W.I., daughter of Edward Jordan Lyte and Sarah McNeale. She was born 5 Oct 1789 in St. Michael, Barbados, W.I., and died 17 Feb 1841. Thomas S. Melville died on July 24, 1841. Thomas S. Melville was an Army Ensign at the time of his marriage, but had to leave the service for not receiving permission to marry. He served as Governor Admiral Lord Brisbane's Secretary, then Treasurer of St. Vincent. He had at least eight children: Jane MELVILLE, Henry Reed MELVILLE, Herbert Palmer Cox MELVILLE, Georgiana Ann MELVILLE, James Chapman MELVILLE, Sarah Billinghurst MELVILLE, Henrietta MELVILLE, and Alexander MELVILLE.

• Jane MELVILLE, born in 1800, died in 1803.

• Margaret MELVILLE, born in 1801, died in 1802.

• Charlotte Burke MELVILLE, born in 1803, died in 1804.

• Charlotte Lydia MELVILLE. Married (1) Rev. Lansdown GUILDING, (2) her cousin John George COX. She died in 1860 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, and is buried there in Green-Wood Cemetery.

•  Margaret Elizabeth MELVILLE, born in February 1805. Married Joseph BILLINGHURST. She died after 1841.

• Jane Ann MELVILLE, born in December 1805. Married Dr. George (Harvey ?) ROWE. She died in England in 1870.

• Jane MELVILLE, born in 1807. *This child information appears to be in error, or could be extraneous information for the Jane born in 1800.

• Herbert Alexander Wilson MELVILLE was born in St. Vincent in 1810.

• Mary MELVILLE, born in 1812.

• Lucretia Sarah MELVILLE, born in 1814.

• Louisa Grant MELVILLE, born in 1815, and died in 1815.

• Mary Ann MELVILLE, born in 1816. Died in 1891.