Individual Details

Ancestry.com, New Jersey Abstract of Wills: 1796-1800, p.249
1796, Jan 23
Melick, Tunis, of Tewksbury Twsp, Hunterdon. Intestate.
Admr: Peter Melick. Fellowbondsmen - David Todd and Philip Eick; all of Said place. From Lib. 36, p.306
1796, Jan 20 Isaac Farley, Mindert Farley, Eleonar Melick, Dorothy Melick, and Cornelius Vlet as heirs of said Tunis Melick, dec'd, agree that an Adm'r should be appointed. Witnesses - Philip Eick and David Todd.
1795, Dec 12 Inventory £567.18.3; made by Philip Eick and David Todd
1797, Aug 4 Account by Adm'r; total £731.0.11 File 1761J.


Church records have his date of death.

FindAGrave:
He used to have a different tombstone years ago and it read. Antony Melick. Died Nov. 27, 1795. Aged 65 yrs, 8 mos. & 21 days. Source: Genealogical Society of NJ, Zion Cemetery Oldwick records - Spouse: Elenor "widow of Anthony Melick" who died Jan 31, 1819, aged 84 y, 10 mo. & 10 days. She was the daughter of Abraham Van Horne & Annetje Couvenhoven.
There is a new gravestone for Tunis and wife erected by descendants, 2001; Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery

On Google Books:
Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume Ix, 1796-1800; Elmer T. Hutchinson, Heritage Books, 2009
"Calendar of Wills - 1796-1800", p.249
1796, Jan 23. Melick, Tunis, of Tewksbury Twp, Hunderson Co. Intestate. Adm'r - Peter Melick; Bondsmen: David Todd, Philip Eick. Lib. 36, p.306
1796, Jan 20. Isaac Farley, Mindert Farley, Eleonar Melick, Dorothy Mellick, and Cornelius Vlet, as heirs of said Tunis Melick, dec'd, agree that an Adm'r should be appointed.
1795, Dec. 12. Inventory, £567.18.3, made by Philip Eick and David Todd.
1797, Aug 4. Account by Adm'r. Total £731.0.11 File 1761J

https://sites.google.com/site/rmelick650/tunis-anton-melick
Tunis Anton Melick was born on March 6, 1730 at New Germantown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Tunis Anton Melick married Neeltje Van Horn, daughter of Abraham Van Horne and Annetje Cowenhoven. Tunis Anton Melick died on November 27, 1795 at age 65. His wife died January 3, 1819, from burns caused by her clothing igniting from the fireplace; both are buried in Zion churchyard, New Germantown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
He first settled at White House, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, where he built a gristmill on South Rockaway Creek, on land now owned by Wyckoff Van Horn, fronting on the read leading from the village to the railway station. Subsequently he moved to New Germantown, in the same county, where he purchased 200 acres of land from Ralph Smith, upon which he built a new mill, removing the gear from the old one. This property became his homestead, and, though not since then continuously possessed by his posterity, is now owned and occupied by a descendant, Peter W. Melick. Tunis was actively interested in the affairs of his vicinity; served as county freeholder from 1776 to 1794, inclusive, for a number of years was a leading member of Zion Lutheran Church, and was instrumental in founding the first Methodist congregation of his county.
A Melick relative was the engineer for the fabled, but ill-fated Rockaway Valley Railroad built in 1887. Known locally as the "Rock-a-bye Baby" because of rickety tracks that rocked the train as it made its way from Whitehouse Station to Morristown, the line was built to carry peaches from local orchards to the marketplace.

Birth	6 Mar 1730
Death	27 Nov 1795	New Germantown (Oldwick), Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Marriage		Neeltje "Eleanor" Van Horne

Spouse	Neeltje "Eleanor" Van Horne (1734 - 1819)
Child	Peter Melick (1758 - 1818)
Child	ANNETJE "Anna' MELICK (1760 - 1831)
Child	Mary Catherine Melick (1763 - 1832)
Child	Elizabeth Melick (1768 - )
Child	Margaret Melick (1769 - 1857)
Child	Eleanor Melick (1772 - 1861)
Child	Abraham Melick (1776 - 1793)
Child	Maria Dorothea Melick (1778 - 1803)

Father	Johan Peter MELICK (1708 - )
Mother	Living