Eleanor (Unknown) Melick (abt. 1755 - 1827)

Born about 15 Apr 1755 in New Germantown, Hunterdon, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 7 May 1827 at about age 72 in Somerset, Perry, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Eleanor was born about 1758 and died 7 May 1827.^[1] She was buried in Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery in Somerset, Perry County, Ohio.^[1]

Conflation with Mary Todd

Most Melick researchers will be familiar with Andrew D. Mellick's “The Story Of An Old Farm”^[2], which is the first (and only?) major genealogical work on the Melick family in the US. Although it a remarkable and extremely useful source for family researchers, it is not without error, and it seems that one of those errors is that the author unwittingly conflated two John Melick/Malick's and their families. The John Melick in question appears twice, on p. 637 & 642, #24, where it appears that the father, marriage date, wife, and administration of the Appleman estate actually belong to the Hampshire Co., West Virginia John Malick (1762-1844) and the children and Ohio residence belong to the Perry County, Ohio, John Melick (1753-1834). This profile belongs to Eleanor, the wife of the Ohio John Melick, while the name Mary Todd belongs to Mary (Todd) Malick (1762-1830), the wife of the West Virginia John Malick.

A lot more work needs to be done to prove that these two couples are in fact separate people. A lot of Melick researchers have been trying to untangle them for much longer than me and there are all kinds of forum posts and discussions all over the internet about it. I plan to add more information/sourcing to the appropriate profiles in the future, but it may take a while. For now, I think Melick Professional Genealogists have given a pretty good summary of the main points in the blog "USE MULTIPLE SOURCES TO CONFIRM ACCURACY OF YOUR FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH". Any help from more knowledgeable researchers would be welcome, as long as there are sources to back up the facts.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 June 2021), memorial page for Eleanor Melick (13 Apr 1755–7 May 1827), Find A Grave: Memorial #28943504, citing Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Suzanne M Stewart (contributor 47033931) .
2. ↑ Mellick, Andrew D., The Story of an Old Farm Or, Life in New Jersey in the Eighteenth Century, Somerville, New Jersey: The Unionist-Gazette, 1889; image copy, Google Books (https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Story_of_an_Old_Farm/mEYVAAAAYAAJ : accessed 5 Aug 2021).

See also:

• p. 652, Eleanor Melick mentioned in Joshua Clark biography; N. N. Hill, Jr. History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 : containing a comprehensive history of Ohio... (Newark, Ohio: A.A. Graham & Co., 1881); image copy, Google Books (https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Coshocton_County_Ohio_Its_Pas/9gzVAAAAMAAJ: accessed 11 Aug 2021).