Birth — 1787
Death
Name: William L. Melville
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 02 Mar 1857
Death Place: Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
Age: 70
Birth Date: 1787
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Father's Name: David Melville
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Mother's Name: Mary Melville
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09424-7
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
GS Film Number: 944996
Reference ID: p 14
'Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F868-YVV : 6 December 2014), William L. Melville, 02 Mar 1857; citing Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, reference p 14; FHL microfilm 944,996.'
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 02 Mar 1857
Death Place: Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
Age: 70
Birth Date: 1787
Birth Place:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: David Melville
Father's BirthPlace:
Mother's Name: Mary Melville
Mother's BirthPlace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09424-7
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
GS Film Number: 944996
Reference ID: p 14
'Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F868-YVV : 6 December 2014), William L. Melville, 02 Mar 1857; citing Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, reference p 14; FHL microfilm 944,996.'
The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)
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