General Notes

1   The vast majority of the early data for this line was researched andcompiled by John R. Carpenter.
we have corresponded by letter, fax and phone. At this point (August of1997), he has no desire to obtain an Email address or surf the Internet.He can be reached at 5850 Yorkshire Ave., LaMesa, CA 91942.
an "occupation" as one would ordinarily suppose. This surname is derivedfrom a "Nickname" (the word "nickname" comes from the original "anickname" meaning "an added name"). Herve is the grandfather of William"the Carpenter" De Melun, a Norman Knight whose nickname became thesurname of this Carpenter Family. He was nicknamed "The carpenter"because of the mighty strokes of his battle axe. His great strength waslikened to that which, in that time, was associated with the carpenter'strade.
Baltimore 1979, orginally printed in London 1848. 942.0 D3br. Roll ofthe Battel Abbey, the earliest record of the Normans, has at all timesbeen regarded with deep interest, by the principal families of the UnitedKingdom. Especially those who show descent directly from the chiefs ofWilliam the Conqueror's host, as well as by those who indirectlyestablish a similar lineage. The Abbey of Battel as erected upon a plaincalled Heathfield, about seven miles distant from Hastings, in fulfilmentof a vow made by the Conqueror prior to the battle which won him thediadem of England. Of the names of the Norman Chieftains who survived theBattle we find "Melun" (page 6). Whether it was Herve or his relativeswho fought at the "Battle of Hastings in 1066, a Melun was there. "TheDoomsday Book" records several "Meluns" in England.
extensive listing in the IGI for De Meluns from 1030 AD to 1846. However,no organized Descendancy is listed in the AF until a Philippe De Melun(AFN 9GWP-M7) born abt 1406 and that for only 5 generations.