1703-1705 Melchior was a suject of the Deuschen Orden of Weidelbach, and Juryman and clerist.
1709 Melchior was a subject of Lord Schell (Scholl) at Ketschenweiler.
See [1]
[1] Thomas Lee Shank, Schenck, Shenk, Shank: History of the Descendants of Andreas Schenck in America, 1732-1984 (Gateway Press, 1985), [GoogleBooks].