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Johannes MOELICH Compact Disc #15 Pin #825440
Sex: M
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Event(s):
Birth: 26 Feb 1702 Place: Bendorf,Rheinland,Prussia
Christening: 26 Feb 1702 Place: Bendorf,Rheinland,Prussia
Death: 16 Nov 1763 Place:Bedminster,Somerset Co.,NJ
Burial: Place: St. Pauls Chyd.,Pluckamin,Somerset Co.,NJ
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Parents:
Father: Johan OR Hans MOELICH Disc #15 Pin #825451
Mother: Anna Cathrine Disc #15 Pin #825452
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Marriage(s):
Spouse:Maria Catherina KIRBERGER Disc #15 Pin #825441
Marriage: 1 Nov 1723 Place:Bendorf On Rhine,Germany
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Notes and Sources:
Notes: None
Sources: None
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Submitter:
Gregory WOMACK
P.O. Box 51178 Idaho Falls Idaho 83405-1178
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Submission Search: 864288-0519100010923
Johan Moelich was born in 1708? atBendorf on the Rhine River in Germ
any. When he was about 20 years old, he immigrated to America, landin
g at Philadelphia, August 14, 1728, from the shipMorton House. He pr
obably married soon after that, as Tunis was bornin 1730inNew Jerse
y. His youngest brother, Johan Gottfried (Godfrey), camein 1735on t
he ship Mercury that landed at Philadelphia on May 29, 1735.
The sons ofWilhelm Moelich, Johan and his brothers came to America wi
th the German Palatines-German Protestants who were persecuted becau
se of their religious beliefs.Onegroup fled to Holland. Well treat
ed there, they decidedto go to the Dutchsettlement in the new world
, New Amsterdam (now New York City). Their ship foundered near Philad
elphia and they set out for New Amsterdam on foot. Whentheysaw the
rolling hills of Bedminster and Tewksbury, many decidedto settle.Th
e Moelich brothers were among them.
The name acquired three different spellings. In those days the peopl
e in charge of registering land titles and otherlegal documents spell
ed names as they sounded. TheBedminsterbranchbecame Mellick, the T
ewksbury branch Melick, and a few spelled it Malick. There was astan
ding joke in the Melick family that the Mellicks had enough money toa
fford2 'l's' in their name.
The boys followed their father'sway andwere farmersandtanners. Go
ttfried went on to settle inWarren County. Johannes,who arrivedher
e with wife Mariah, and children Aaron, Andrew,Fanny, and Maria Cathe
rine had a tannery north of Far Hills. They built the,Old StoneHous
e, in 1752on which the book, 'The Story of an Old Farm,' by Andrew Me
llick is based.
Johan Melick was not living in 1755, asthe record ofthe marriage of
his daughter Maria K. (Melick) Latharina in that year describes her a
sthe daughter of the late Johan P. Melick. Later generations of, "fa
ncy Dutch," Melicks andMellicks moved to Pennsylvania and then furthe
r west, thoughdecedentsof Johan remained in New Jersey and came wes
t via a different route.
Nearlythree hundredyears have passed since JohanPeter Moelich firs
t setfoot in Tewksbury.Remarkably, nine generation later, in spite
ofso many changes in theworld around them, some things are still pre
tty much the same. Come sunrise, it's business as usual out on the ol
d farm.
* JohanPeter Melickwas also known as Peter Melick.
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