Research Notes:
1790 John Mellinger lived in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in a household with 1 males under age 16, 1 males age 16 and over, and 3 females. [1]
1798 On March 31, John Mellinger, of Manor Twp, sold water rights for building a dam to John Brenneman, regarding two adjacent pieces of land that they had jointly aquired from Benjamin Musser and his wife Magdalena. [2]
1800 John Mellinger lived in Manor Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 3 (under 10), 3 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 25), and 1 (26 thru 44); and females: 1 (under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), and 2 (26 thru 44). [3]
1802 On November 24, A deed involved several people who were likely the children of Maria Hershey-Musser-Mellinger. Christian Mellinger and his wife Elizabeth, of Manor Twp, sold, to David Mellinger, John Mellinger, and Benjamin Musser, for 5 shillings, a tract that John Bernhart and wife Barbara had sold to Christian Mellinger in 1794. The goal was to save harmless and indemnified the said parties from debts due to Henry Brenneman, Christian Hershey, Jacob Carle, John Brenneman, Isaac Kauffman, Ann Stoner and John Stoner. [4]
1807 John Mellinger and wife Elizabeth, of Manor Twp, Lancaster County sold land to Jacob Witmer. Dated October 16. [5]
1810 John Mellinger lived in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (26 thru 44); and females: 3 (under 10) and 1 (26 thru 44). [6]
1810 John Mellinger, warranted Brushy island, in the Susquehanna River, Manor Twp, Lancaster County. Dated August 23. [7] [8] [9]
1820 Jacob Melinger lived in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 2 (under 10), 2 (10 thru 15), and 1 (26 thru 44); and females: 2 (under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 25), and 1 (26 thru 44). [10]
1821 John Mellinger Senior warranted the "Large Eddy Island" in the Susquehanna River, Manor Twp, Lancaster County. Dated March 27. [11]
1823 John Mellinger and wife Elizabeth, of Manor Twp, sold two tracts of land, in Manor Twp, to Benjamin Mellinger. The land had been granted by William Pratt and wife Elizabeth to John Mellinger on April 26, 1805. Witnessed by Joseph Mosher and David Mellinger. [12]
1824 John Mellinger and wife Elizabeth, of Manor Twp, sold land, in Manor Twp, to son Christian Mellinger. The land had been granted by Abraham Hershey and wife Magdalena to John Mellinger and Benjamin Mellinger, as joint tenants, on May 3, 1817. Witnessed by Joseph Mosher and David Mellinger. [13]
1825 Elizabeth Dills Mellinger died on August 28, 1825 and was buried at Masonville Mennonite Cemetery, Washington Boro, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Dills Mellinger was born on February 18, 1762. [14]
1830 Jacob Mellinger lived in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (10 thru 14), 2 (20 thru 29), and 1 (50 thru 59); and females: 1 (under 5), 1 (5 thru 9), 1 (10 thru 14), 1 (15 thru 19), 1 (20 thru 29), and 1 (40 thru 49). [15]
1844 John Mellinger died on September 21, 1844 and was buried at Masonville Mennonite Cemetery, Washington Boro, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. John Mellinger was born on July 13, 1764. [16]
A biosketch reports [17]:
Benjamin Mellinger, father of David F., was the eldest son of John and Elizabeth (Dills) Mellinger, and was born in Indiantown, Manor township, in 1785; he died in 1861. Soon after the war of 1812 had closed, Benjamin purchased, when prices were at the highest point, a tract of land which depreciated in price fully one-half before he had cleared off the mortgage, but he struggled on manfully, and finally extricated himself from debt. He devoted his time to farming and distilling, realized a competency, and became one of the most prominent men of his township, gaining the full confidence of his fellow citizens. In politics, Benjamin Mellinger was first an anti-Mason Whig, but later became a Republican, was honored by his towns people with many local offices, and for years was a member of the school board. In religion he was a Mennonite. Benjamin Mellinger married Anna Eshleman, who was born in Manor township in 1784, was a daughter of Jacob Eshleman and died in 1875.
Jacob Mellinger, with spouse Barbara, also lived in Manor Twp during this time period. Some of the notes above might confuse these two men.
1794 On April 26, Jacob Mellinger and wife Barbara, of Manor Twp, Lancaster County, sold land to John Bernhard. [18]
1797 On November 29, Jacob Mellinger and wife Barbara, of Columbia, Lancaster County, mortgaged a lot and house in Columbia to Christian Hershey. [19]
Research Notes:
A biosketch reports the number of children as 9, burial at Masonville. Reports deeds, mill, John was a distiller. [20]
Mennonite Records name Benjamin as a son of John Mellinger and Elizabeth Dills. [21]
Mennonite Records name Christian as a son of John Mellinger and Elizabeth Dills. [22]
Mennonite Records name Mary as a daughter of John Mellinger and Elizabeth Dills. [23]
[1] United States Federal Census, 1790, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed 3C-493 to 496, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1800, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book F3, 615-621, [615], [616], [617], [618], [619], [620], [621], [FHLCatalog].
[5] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book 1, 347-348, [347], [348], [FHLCatalog].
[6] United States Federal Census, 1810, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, M1035, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[8] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D26-181, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[9] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[11] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[12] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed 5B-549 to 550, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[13] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed 5B-547 to 548, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[14] Find A Grave Memorial 69450682, [FindAGrave].
[15] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[16] Find A Grave Memorial 69450620, [FindAGrave].
[17] John F. Meginness et al, Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania (Beers: 1903), 286, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[18] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed QQ-629 to 631, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[19] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed ZZ-344 to 346, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[20] C. Mervin Mellinger, Some of the Descendants of Benedict Mellinger (1982), 22.
[21] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[22] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[23] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].