Johann Heinrich Schilling (abt. 1730 - 1802)

Born about 1730 in Germany

Died 1802 at about age 72 in Orangeburg District , South Carolina

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Biography

In legal documents and Salley's History of Orangeburg he is identified as Henry Schilling or Shilling. At his 1753 marriage to Ann Margaret McLennen (Anna Margretha Meckelein)^[1] and at the baptisms of his children, he is either Henry Shilling or John Henry Shilling. This Henry Shilling/Schilling, father of the John Jacob born in 1760, is the only person of that name recorded in Orangeburgh over the middle decades of the 18th century.

Here follows the record of marriages which Rev. John Giessendanner kept after his return from England, where he had been ordained as an Episcopal minister. This record was kept in English. That kept before his voyage to England was all kept in German, as already stated.

At the head of each of the five pages containing the entries from 6 to 24 is written A List of Persons marryed per Jno Giessendanner. V. D. M.; at the head of each of the remaining seven pages containing the entries from 25 to 69 is written Register of Marriages per John Giessendanner. V. D. M.:

A list of Persons marryed in the Church of Orangeburgh and on Sundry other places since my return from England according to the Liturgy of the Church of England and the Form prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer

Per J. Giessendanner, Minister of Orangeburgh and Amelia Townships.

(54) On Tuesday, August 6th. In Orangeburgh Church. By Banns. John Henry Shilling to Ann Margaret McLenne: both of Orangeburgh Township. Present: Henry Rickenbaker, Henry Mell, Sam Suther.

Sources

1. ↑ History of Orangeburg page 117