Melchoir Schultz was baptized in infancy on 28 June 1714 at age 1 day in Harpersdorf Church, Lower Harpersdorf, Harpersdorf village, Silesia. The sponsors at his christening were Balthasar Kriebel, Maria Kriebelin and Anna Scholtzin.
1 He was the son of
Melchior Scholtze and
Susanna Kriebel. He fled with his parents
Melchior Scholtze and
Susanna Scholtze, his brothers
George and
Christoph, and his grandmother
Anna Schultz to Berthelsdorf, Saxony, arriving on 1 May 1726.
2,1 He emigrated with his brothers
Rev. Christoph Scholtze and
George Scholtze in April 1734 from Saxony. The voyage, on the St. Andrew, took five months, arriving in Philadelphia on 22 September.
3 Melchoir Schultz and his brothers
George and
Christoph owned property in a dense wood two miles west of what is now East Greenville, Montgomery County,, then Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in 1736. Together with Melchior Neuman, a carpenter, they fell the trees and built a two-storey home for themselves. No saw-mill was within reach and there was no grist-mill for 15 miles. They raised their own flax and wool, using a single spindle and weaver's loom to turn it into clothing.
4 He married
Anna Maria Meschter, daughter of
Melchior Meschter and
Eva Yeakel, on 13 February 1741.
5 He and
Anna Maria Meschter had no children.
5 He witnessed the naturalization of
George Scholtze on 11 April 1743 in the Supreme Court, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
6 He and
Christoph sold to their brother
George the home they shared near East Greenville, Pennsylvania, in 1746. He married
Maria Hartranft, daughter of
Tobias Hartranft and
Barbara Jaeckel, on 29 April 1746.
5 He and
Maria Hartranft had no children.
5 He,
Rev. Christoph Scholtze,
Michael Bauer,
Samuel Bauer,
Jacob Stauffer and others petitioned the Court of Philadelphia asking for the creation of a new township to be bounded and described as follows: "Beginning at a heap of stones on land of Adam Trump, being chief corner of Philadelphia County in the line of Northampton County, bounded by Colebrookdale Township, etc. to be named Hereford" in 1753.
7 He died on 1 September 1787 at age 73 years, 2 months and 5 days.
5 He was buried in Washington Schwenfelder Cemetery, Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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