Mellor Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

Mellor Origin:

England

Origin of Mellor:

This surname is listed in many spelling forms containing the famous name Mellor and Meller, Melor, Mellior, Mellaw, Mellors, Melaugh, Mellarts, Mellowes, Meyller and also Mellop. It is an English surname. It is habitational from the hamlets named as Mellor in Lancashire or Cheshire. Listed properly as “Malver” in the year 1130, and as Melner in the records of Pleas earlier the King for the above divisions. The regions were so called from old British (Early-Roman) words “moel,” which means naked or nude, and the word “bre,” which means a hill or slope. Both regions located on the inclination of outstanding hills. Habitational surnames advanced when old residents of an area shifted to another place, ultimately for the search of work, and were recognized by the name of their original place. The surname first appears on the list in the mid of the 13th Century. Early examples are Willelmus de Meller in the census Tax rebound of Yorkshire in the year 1379, and in 1588, Edward Mellor of Oldham, Lancashire arrived in the Wills registers held at the city of Chester.

Variations:

More common variations of this surname are: Mellour, Mellior, Melleor, Mellori, Mellory, Mellore, Muellor, Melloro, Moellor, Miellor.

England:

The surname Mellor first appeared in Dorset where they held a family seat from ancient times and their first appearance on the previous census rolls by the old Kings of Britain to develop the rate of taxation of their activities.

The very first recording spelling of the family was shown to be that of Richard de Meluer, which was dated 1246, in the Assize Court Rolls of Lancashire. It was during the time of King Henry III, dated 1216 – 1272.

United States of America:

Individuals with the surname Mellor settled in the United States in two different centuries respectively in the 17th and 19th. Some of the people with the name Mellor who arrived in the United States in the 17th century included John Mellor, who settled in Maryland in 1664.

Some of the individuals with the name Mellor who settled in the United States in the 19th century included Levi Mellor, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) Division, Pennsylvania in 1838. Edmund, George, Henry, John, Joseph, Thomas, and William Mellor, who all came to Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860. Thomas Mellor, who landed in America in 1889. James Mellor who settled in America in 1891.

Australia:

Some of the people with the name Mellor who settled in Australia in the 19th century included Delia Mellor at the age of 20, Joseph Mellor at the age of 30, Mary Mellor at the age of 22, and Thomas Mellor at the age of 49, all arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship “Fairlee” in the same year in 1840. Henry Mellor, an English prisoner from Staffordshire, who shifted aboard the “Anson” in September 1843, coming in Van Diemen’s Land, Australia.

New Zealand:

Some of the people with the name Mellor who settled in New Zealand in the 19th century included James Mellor at the age of 28, Mary Mellor at the age of 24, and Mary Ellen Mellor at the age of 11, all arrived in Wellington, New Zealand in the same in 1842 aboard the ship “Birman”. Richard J. Mellor, at the age of 2 arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship “Bebington” in 1872. Timothy Mellor at the age of 32 arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship “Waipa” in 1876.

Here is the population distribution of the last name Mellor: United States 4,682; England 12,024; Australia 1,814; Scotland 479; Canada 922; South Africa 676; Wales 463; New Zealand 364; Spain 124; France 367.

Notable People:

Alan Mellor (born 1959), is an English cricket player.

Alwyn Mellor is an American musician.

Corin Mellor (born 1966), is an English developer.

Danie Mellor (born 1971), is an Australian entertainer.

David Mellor (born 1949), is an old British Army officer.

David Mellor (1930-2009), was an English developer

David Hugh Mellor (born 1938), is an English scholar.

David Alan Mellor is a manager and art professor.

Frank Mellor (1854–1925), was an English advocate and cricket player.

Hugh Mellor (born 1938), is an English scholar.

Janine Mellor (born 1980), is an English artist.

Blazons & Genealogy Notes

1) (co Derby). Ar. three blackbirds ppr. Crest—A demi leopard issuant or, supporting an anchor sa.
2) (The Hon. Sir John Mellor, Knt., a Judge of the High Court of Justice in England, b. 1809, was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple, 1832, and went the Midland Circuit; became a Q.C. 1851; was formerly Recorder of Warwick, afterwards of Leicester, 1855-61; was M.P. for Great Yarmouth, 1857-9, for Nottingham, from 1859 till he was raised to the Bench in Nov. 1861; in., 1832, Elizabeth, dau. of W. Moseley, Esq.). Motto—Semper constans et fidelis. Ar. three blackbirds ppr. Crest—A blackbird, as in the arms.
3) (Ideridgehay and Derby). Ar. three blackbirds ppr. a chief dancettee sa. Crest—A bull’s head erased ppr. ducally gorged or, holding in the mouth the upper end of a broken lance gold.