As early as 1609 there existed no fewer than 4 MACK families
in the Parish of Ulmet, in
that part of the Palatinate between the present German towns of
Baumholder and Kusel. Fortunately,
some of these MACK family members survived the 30 Years War, for
they appear in Baptismal
records of Ulmet Parish from 1639 on. Annette Burgert searched
the microfilmed records of Ulmet
Parish, and writes about some of those MACKS who emigrated to America.
Most of the following
information is from her excellent book "18th Century Emigrants Volume
II: Western Palatinate" (1985).
On Sept.9, 1738 the Ship Glasgow qualified for entry into the
port of Philadelphia, carrying
a couple of hundred passengers from the Western Palatinate. A list
of male passengers over age 16
was compiled, and includes Nicholas MACK age 33 and Peter MACK age
25. Relatives of these two
young men were also aboard that ship, even though many of them do
not appear on the list.
Persons requesting to emigrate from Germany in those days were
required to apply to the
government for permission, and usually to pay a tax. A record of
this was kept, known as the
"Zweibrucken Manumission Protocall". One citation from the
Z.M.P. reads, "Lichtenberg [county of
residence], 1738: Jacob Mack's widow of Oberalben and her son-in-law
Jacob Mann move to
America." Jacob MANN, age 33, also appears on the 1738 Glasgow
list. (Oberalben is one of the
small villages that make up the Ulmet Parish.)
Using records from the Ulmet Reformed Churchbook, Burgert has
compiled the following on
this family:
Johannes Jacob MACK, son of Peter MACK of Oberalben, married 5 April
1701 to
Anna Margretha DOLL, daughter of Peter DOLL of Irtzweiler [Erzweiler].
They had:
1.Anna Catharina bp. 12 May 1702
2.Joh. Nickel bp. 18 July
1704
3.Saara Elisabeth bp. 3 Jan 1707; m. 1732 Jacob
MANN.
4.Joh. Peter bp.
11 May 1710
5.Anna Juliana bp. 20 Mar 1713
6.Joh. Jacob bp.
24 Nov 1715; d. 23 May 1717
7.Anna Maria bp. 23 July
1719
8.Anna Catharina bp. 1 Mar 1722
Jacob MACK died 4 Nov. 1723 at age 50 years and 2 months.
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It is not known which, if any, of the four other MACK daughters
accompanied their mother and
brothers on the voyage to America. We assume Sara Elisabeth was
aboard the ship with her husband
Jacob MANN. An interesting notation in the Ulmet Reformed
Churchbook states that Sara Elisabetha
MACK had an illegitimate child baptized 7 Jan. 1728, named Johann
Daniel [Surname MACK, I assume].
It is likely that Daniel was also on the Glasgow. A Juliana
MACK married Peter MAY at Red Hill
Lutheran Church, Montgomery Co. PA, on 30 March 1741. This is probably
Margretha Doll Mack's
daughter, since we also find a burial record in the Goshenhoppen
Reformed Churchbook (Montgomery
Co. PA):
"Buried 24 Nov.1767 - Peter MACK, brother of Peter MAYER's
wife of New Goshenhoppen.
Born 1707, age 55 years."
Although the dates don't match perfectly, this probably refers to
the above siblings,
Juliana and Peter MACK.
As for Nickel MACK, researcher Joan Hackett sent me the following,
from
Abstracts of Unrecorded Wills of York Co. PA 1749-1798:
"John Nicholas MAAK; 31 Oct 1756 (original in German); left
his wife rye, wheat, etc. and
'liberty to take everything again that she brought to me and the
two pewter dishes she bought in
Philadelphia with her money.' Jacobina MAAK renounced her
administration right 7 Dec 1756; she
signed in German. Letters of Administration granted to Jost STREITHOF,
son-in-law. Witnesses to
will were Jacob BARTESEN, Matthias BOUSER, and Conrad DOLL."
She also sent me, from York Co. Land Appraisment Certificates 1835-1859:
"John BARE situate in Codorus Twp. surveyed on a warrant dated
10 Sept. 1750, granted to
Nicholas MAAK. Michael LAU situate in Codorus Twp. surveyed on the
following Warrents....
Warrant dated 10 Sept 1750 granted to Hans Nicholas MAAK .. surveyed
on Warrant dated 27 Jan
1757 granted to Adam TROREBACH.''
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Researcher Gene MOCK sent me the following York Co. Abstract:
"Deed 9 May 1763 between Michael MILLER of Codorus Twp. and
John BUCH.
Mentions adjoining land of Hans Nicholas MAAK and John KOONTZ in
Codorus Twp."
A Michel MULLER was aboard the Glasgow in 1738, along with his father
Joh. Adam MULLER. Michel
was baptized in Germany on 9 Feb. 1730. Johannes CUNTZ was
also on the Glasgow's 1738 list, age
45.
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Annette Burgert makes reference to other MACK individuals in
various parts of her book. From the
Hinzweiler Reformed Churchbook she quotes:
"Hans Jacob Gulcher, son of Michael Gulcher of Nertzweiler,
married 2 Oct. 1696 to Christina
Salome MACK, dau. of Conrad MACK of Oberalben. They had a son Thomas,
bpt. 1703."
Z.M.P. - Lichtenberg, 1744: Thomas Gilcher of Nertzweiller with wife
and 6 children
and Hans Jacob Gilcher of the same place, his old father, all move
together to America.
From another source (the I.G.I. from the LDS Family History Center), I found:
"Agnes MACK ........ M: 3 Jan 1696..... Spouse: Hans Peter
GUELCHER ....
Evangelische, Hinzweiler, Pfalz, Bayern."
From a HEYD Genealogy, which I believe was compiled largely from Ulmet Parish records, we learn:
In 1682 a child of Nickel Heyd (Bernard) was baptised at Lichtenberg.
Two of the sponsors
were Hans Conrad MACK of Oberalben and Bernard FAUST of Grunebach.
Another son, Jacob Heyd,
was baptized in 1693. Two of the sponsors were Hans Jacob
MACK, son of Conrad MACK of
Oberalben, and Agnes MACK, daughter of Peter MACK. Nickel
Heyd's 12th child, Adam, was baptized
in 1697. One sponsor was Friedrich MACK from Oberalben.
And lastly, in Burgert's book we learn that
"Abraham FAUST, son of Melchior Faust of Grunbach, married
Sara Catharina
MACK, daughter of the late Jacob MACK, on Oct. 9, 1738.........
In 1739, Melchior FAUST's widow,
her son Abraham and his wife, all move to America on the Ship Samuel."
I believe the Jacob MACK referred to here is the son of Conrad -
as opposed to Jacob
the son of Peter MACK (above). It is likely that Conrad
and Peter were brothers.
A close examination of Annette Burgert's writings, along with copies
of ship lists taken from
Strassburger-Hinke's "Pennsylvania German Pioneers", reveals
that a large number of the passengers
on the Samuel's 1739 voyage to America, which qualified in Philadelphia
on Aug.27, were close
relatives of Anna Margretha DOLL MACK.
Further study of German church records, along with passenger lists
and early American records, will
surely reveal the identities of many of our MACK/MOCK ancestors.
We are indebted to Annette
Burgert for the valuable research and writing she has published,
and is continuing to compile for future
publication under the sponsorship of the Pennsylvania German Society.