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The Moelich Family in Germany
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Evangelische Haupt Kirche -
1500 AD
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"The first of the name is Peter, who
appears in or about the year 1500 on the register of the
Lutheran congregation at Winningen. This place is a market
town of about three thousand inhabitants, on the left bank
of the Moselle, five miles above Coblentz. It has a
background of lofty and precipitous rocks, every available
spot of which is planted with vines, producing the best
flavored wine of the Lower Moselle. Winningen is one of
the most ancient settlements in Germany, the unearthing of
numerous coins, bits of arms, and remains of masonry,
proving conclusively its Roman origin. In the year 888 the
place was called Windiga, the present name having first
been used about 1136."
"In 1288 Winningen came
into the possession of the county Sponheim, which
resulted, a few years later, in its forming, like Enkirch,
Trarbach, and other places on the Moselle, a strong
Protestant enclave in the midst of the Roman Catholic
Electorate of Treves. Since 1814 it has been part of the
kingdom of Prussia, and for sixty years before that date
was attached to the Grand Dukedom of Baden. During the
year 1557 the congregation - whose register has supplied
the little information I have regarding the Moselle
Moelichs, - went over in a body, under the leadership of
Father George Muller, to the reformed religion and,
to-day, there are only Lutherans in Winningen. The church,
which is a very plain but noble-looking Romanesque
structure, was built soon after the year 1200. During the
seventeenth century the side naves were raised, in order
to introduce galleries, which of course much mars its
original architectural outlines. Pastor Theveny, the
present incumbent, exhibits with much pride a Roman
baptismal font, and, if his visitors are willing to climb,
he will also, show the fine large bells hanging in the
tower. On one of them is inscribed "in godes namen lueden
ich, matheus heis ich, henrich vom proim gois mich anno x
vc unde seven." (In the name of God I do ring; my name is
Mathens, and was formed by Henry of Proim in the 1507)."
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Eastern Gable of The Old Stone
Farm House (John Mellick) |
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Aaron Melick (Malick) (1725-1809),
the son of Johannes Moelich (1702-1763) and Maria Cathrina
Kirberger (1698-1763), was a farmer and tanner in Bedminster
Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. Aaron married
Charlotte Miller (1734-1802) in 1757, and with her had six
children: John (Malick) (1758-1834), Catharine (1761-1793),
Daniel (1763-1815), Elizabeth (1765-1768), Margaret
(1767-1834), and Maria (1771-1824). The family were
members of the Lutheran Church in New Germantown, New Jersey.
Aaron managed his 367-acre farm in
partnership with his son Daniel, and also owned livestock, a
tannery, and a bark mill. Aaron appointed his sons, John
and Daniel, and his nephew Jacob Kline (1751-1823) as the
executors of his estate. After his death, Melick passed
half of the value of the estate to his son and partner Daniel,
who continued farming the property.
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The Original Publication - 1889
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Lesser Crossroads
Version
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Jr., The Story of an Old Farm (The Unionist Gazette,
Somerville, NJ, 1889) For
more Mellick history visit americanpainspecialists.com or
drgarymellick.com
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Johannes Moelich Home
Built in Approximately the Year 1751
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Eastern Gable of The Old Stone
Farm House (John Mellick)
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Eastern Gable - Old Farm House
(John Mellick)
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Biographical Note:
Aaron Melick (Malick)
(1725-1809), the
son of
Johannes Moelich (1702-1763)
and Maria Cathrina Kirberger (1698-1763), was a farmer and
tanner in Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
Aaron married Charlotte Miller (1734-1802) in 1757, and with
her had six children: John (Malick) (1758-1834), Catharine
(1761-1793), Daniel (1763-1815), Elizabeth (1765-1768),
Margaret (1767-1834), and Maria (1771-1824). The family
were members of the Lutheran Church in New Germantown, New
Jersey.
Aaron
managed his 367-acre farm in partnership with his son
Daniel, and also owned livestock, a tannery, and a bark
mill.
Aaron
appointed his sons, John and Daniel, and his nephew Jacob
Kline (1751-1823) as the executors of his estate.
After his
death, Melick passed half of the value of the estate to his
son and partner Daniel, who continued farming the property.
At the time of Aaron’s death, he owned eight slaves: Yombo,
Dick, Nance, and their children Diana, Sam, Joe, Ann, and
Dick. Aaron’s will required that the children of Dick and
Nance be sold into indentured servitude until their 25th
or 28th birthdays.
Source:
Mellick, Andrew D. Jr., The Story of an Old Farm (The
Unionist Gazette, Somerville, NJ, 1889) |
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Pluckemin History
Information from The Story of an Old Farm by Andrew Mellick, Jr.,
p. 162-165, 1889].
The historic village of
Pluckemin, New Jersey
was
settled in the early 1700s and played a significant role during
the Revolutionary War. Pluckemin is one of the villages that
comprise Bedminster Township in Somerset County. (The main street
of Pluckemin is Route 202-206, and can be reached from exit 22 and
22A off of Interstate 287).
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The
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Tewksbury's first family of farming
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