Andreas Volck Jr. (abt. 1721 - 1790)

Born about 30 Apr 1721 in Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Margaretha (Romig) Volck — married 16 Nov 1743 in Berks, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 16 Aug 1790 at about age 69 in Bethania, Stokes, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Fulk Name Study.

According to records Andreas was born in "Hogeland or Hochland" in New York on 30 April 1721 and baptized there on 15 September 1721 by a pastor of the New York Lutheran Church.^[1][2] In New York Lutheran Church records of that time period, "the Highland" (English for Hogeland or Hochland) referred to the location of modern Newburgh, New York.

Baptismal Note, 15 Sep 1721, Andreas Volck, Jr. Click to see the image more clearly

Marriage

m. Maria Margaretha Romig on 16 November 1743 in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States^[3][4]

Death

Died 16 August 1790 in Bethania, Stokes, North Carolina, United States ^[5] He is buried in Bethania Moravian Cemetery.^[6]

Andreas Volck changed his German name to the English form, Andrew Fulk II. As a teenager, he moved with his parents to Allemaengel, Pennsylvania, a small village just west of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He and his wife moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina in 1767 and settled on a farm 3 miles from Bethania where he lived until his death in 1790. They had 12 children, 3 of whom died young. His children are listed in the Moravian Records as the 3rd generation of Fulks/Volks in America.

Memoir of Andreas Volck

"Brother Andreas Volck, who departed this life on 16 August 1790, near Bethania, has left the following written down of himself: ^[3]

'I was born at Hochland^[7], New York, 12 May (old style) 1722, of Lutheran parents. I was married 16 November 1743 to the single Maria Margaretha Romig, and moved to Allemangel 1747, where I became acquainted with George Schneider for the first time and thereafter with the Brethren Schnell and the old Nixdorf, who sometimes visited; afterwards when also the late Br. Petrus Boehler himself preached, I was awakened throug the blesed witness of the Lord that he showed me; then it was not otherwise to me than that the Brother had looked into my heart, for the condition of my sinful soul stood openly before my elese, and I was convinced that I was the sinner who caused the Lord so many sufferings and bitter death on the cross; so I felt great unrest and anxiety in my heart. In my perplexity I turned to Jesus, the Atoner for my sins, and He left me find grace in His blood, and assured me in my heart that He had forgiven all my sins; so I felt well again, with peace and joy. After that, in 1749, when Br. Johannes was on a visitation in Bethlehem, I was received into the congregation, and in the same year participated in the Holy Communion with the congregation in Emaus. When the little congregation in Schoeneck was established, I moved there and I helped to build the congregation house there, and from there to Hebron.^[8] So far in his own words:

In 1767 he moved with his family here to Wachovia, where they arrived on the 6th of November. They settled on a plantation three miles from here and belonged to this congregation as communicant members. He had a disposition that external difficulties did not easily affect. Even in poverty he was always in good humor. Many times, however, family circumstances disturbed his peace of mind, but because his heart had received the impression of Jesus' sufferings and death, he turned again and again with childlike confidence to Jesus and sought to find the comforts of grace anew, about which he often expressed himself fully. He was also concerned about the salvation of his children, and encouraged them to love the Lord who had redeemed them with His blood, to honor and to love as Father. In April of this year he was afflicted with dropsy and asthma and the accustomed remedies were used with some relief, but he became weaker and one could observe consumption. His joyous hope of soon going to the Lord was edifying to those who visited him. He desired once more to partake of the Holy Communion here below, which was administered to him and his dear wife. Soon thereafter he received, during a blessed liturgy, the blesing for his home-going, in the feeling of the Peace of God; and so he awaited the end, which followed at 8 o'clock on the evening of August 18th when he fell peacefully asleep. He was 68 years, 3 months of age. His 47 years of marriage were blessed with 4 sons and 8 daughters, of whom three had departed out of time, and of the others he has had fifty grandchildren.

Research Notes

• In 1730, when Andrew was only 8 years of age, his family moved from New York to Pennsylvania where they stayed, in various communities, until the move to North Carolina in 1767.^[3]

• Moved to North Carolina in 1767 with his nephew, Joseph Holder.

• Listed among men resident in Bethania 1775-1783 (Records 4:1923).

• Will recorded Stokes Co. will book 1, p. 14

• Foulke Lupfer genealogy gives his birth year as 1721. Records 4:1923 says 1722, as does Bethania graveyard record.

• Records 1:375, July 23, 1768, For some days the weather has been very hot and oppressive, with frequent thunderstorms. As Andreas Volk and his wife were approaching Bethania there was a sharp clap of thunder, the horse reared, the girth broke, and the saddle and Volk fell one way, and his wife fell the other. Neither was hurt.

• 2:735, May 20, 1772. Andreas Volk and six of his neighbors from the New Garden Settlement have been to the Allimance, where the battle with the Regulators was fought last year, and have secured 3000 lbs. of flour, at 15 shillings per 100 lbs.

• May 27. Andreas Volk was given a Certificate which frees him from attending Muster. A number have been issued this year, as the Captains are insisting on it in their districts.

• 5:2137. April 10, 1786. Br. Beck gave in the names of the friends near Bethania who wish to be received into the Society, namely, John and Anna Maria Krause and their two daughters, Margaretha and Maria; Johann and Maria Volk; Jacob and Johanna Volz; and the unmarried Andreas Volk. 5:2156 records that they were admitted to the Bethania society. Andreas is referred to as a youth.

• Johann Krause's wife Anna Maria, Johann Volk, Johanna Volk Volz, and Andreas Volk are all siblings.

• Fact: Burial Bethania Moravian God's Acre , Bethania, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA

Sources

1. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD2T-S9Q : 12 December 2014), Andreas Volck, 30 Apr 1721; citing Hogeland, New York, reference p47; FHL microfilm 17,136.
2. ↑ Holland Society of New York. Year book of the Holland Society of New-York, p. 85; Publisher: New York, The Secretary (1887 ); held by University of Virginia. (https://archive.org/stream/yearbookholland07yorkgoog#page/n112/mode/2up)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Lovell, p. 3
4. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Yates Publishing, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.
5. ↑ Elizabeth Harris had his death listed as Surry County, North Carolina, but since Stokes was formed from Surry in 1789, and his will is recorded in Stokes, she suspects the death was there.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #18560578
7. ↑ "Hochland" is the German word for "highlands."
8. ↑ Andrew's participation in this church is further documented in Transactions of the Moravian Historical Society. ... v.1 (1876), p. 393, where, in 1754, he is listed as a member of the parsonage.

See also:

• Moravian Historical Society. Transactions of the Moravian Historical Society. Nazareth, Pa. [etc.]: [s.n.], 1876.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 April 2020), memorial page for Andreas Volck, Jr (30 May 1722–16 Aug 1790), Find A Grave: Memorial #18560578, citing Bethania Moravian God's Acre, Bethania, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8).

• Lovell, Rosemary (Faulk). Owen County Cousins (J. G. Hauser, Inc., 1977) For repository information see: WorldCat; p. 1

• Fulk - Volck Family website.

• Ancestry Family Trees. Pages: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/42198024/family, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/225892/family, and https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/23020243/family