Saturday, May 28, 2011

Gideon Mellott-End of the Line

Gideon Merlitt or Mellott arrived in New Amsterdam on 12 October 1662 on the ship the Church Pumerland, or "De Purmerlander Kerck", with Captain Benjamin Barentsz in command. The passenger lists "Gideon Merlitt, wife and four children, 15, 8, 6 and 4 years old.
Gideon brought along a nephew who was his brothers son but the brother's and nephew's mane is not known in 1995.
This was copied from the Holland Society of New York's Yearbook of 1902, page 22. This French Hugenot family had fled to Holland earlier because of religious persecution. Their ancestors had held high government positions in France.
Gideon was a constable at Dover Staten Island New Amsterdam in 1671. In 1674 he was a magistrate under Governor Colve. In 1683 he was on the list of early settlers in Piscataway and Woodbridge, New Jersey. 

Copied from http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/m/Abigail-L-Hammond/GENE0001-0001.html


Ship Passenger information:
October 12, 1662.  In De Purmerlander Kerk (The Purmerland Church), Captain Benjamin Barentsz.
Claes Paulusz, from Ditmarsen, and wife.
Nicolaes Du Pui, from Artois, wife and three children, 6, 5, and 2 years old.
Ernou [Ernest or Anout] Du Tois, from Ryssel [Lisle], wife and child, 14 years old.
Gideon Merlitt, wife and four children, 15, 8, 6, and 4 years old.

From Google Books: New World immigrants: a consolidation of ship passenger lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature, Volume 1

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