Melchior OTT^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1698 - 1758  (~ 60 years)

• Name	Melchior OTT  [3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Meiringen, Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland   [3]
  Christening	1698	Meiringen, Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland
  Gender	Male
  Death	09 Mar 1758	Orangeburg, South Carolina, British Colonial America   [3]
  Burial	11 Mar 1758	Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I312684220913	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Barbara Strowman,   b. 1709, Waldenburg, Canton, Basel, Switzerland d. 21 Mar 1759, Orangeburg, Colony of South Carolina, British Colonial America (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	Orangeburg, Orangeburg, South Carolina
  Family ID	F3128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Margareth Von Bergen,   b. 1700, Guttannen, Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland d. 07 Apr 1742, Guttannen, Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland (Age 42 years)
  Children	1. Hans Ulrich Ott,   b. 08 Apr 1725, Seen, Winterthur, Zürich, Switzerland d. 22 Mar 1795 (Age 69 years)   2. Hans Otth,   b. 02 Nov 1732, Guttannen, Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland d. 07 Dec 1792 (Age 60 years)   3. Peter Otth,   b. 28 Aug 1735, of Guttinnen, Bern, Switz.   4. Melchior Otth,   b. Hasli im Grund, Oberhasli, Switzerland d. 10 Nov 1781  [Mother: unknown]   5. Magdalena Otth,   b. Guttannen, Bern, Switz.   6. Caspar OTT,   b. Hasli Im Grund, Bern, Switzerland d. 1790, Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States of America  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F3118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Information to follow up on: OTT - Oberhalse, Bern, Switzerland. On 18 March 1744 Melcher Oth paid 39 pounds 13 sh. 4 d. emigration tax for Carolina. Faust Vol.II, pg.27. On 17 Sept.1736 Melchior Ott Council Journal. May have returned to Switzerland to settle some financial matter. On return trip ship was captured by Spanish and Melchior Otts (Swiss) was help prisoner for two years in Cuba. Arrived South Carolina on 31 July 1746 per Council Journaal. However, Rev. Giessendanner did record the death of Melchior Ott (age 57) on 23 October 1755 and the death of Melchior Oth (age 60) on 9 March 1758. *On 31 Oct 1735 Melchior Ott was granted Orangeburgh(SC) Township lot nr.29 and 350 acres of land. Two Melchior Otts " Rev.Giessendanner did record the death of Melchior Ott (age 57) on 23 October 1755 and the death of Melchior Oth (age 60) on 9 March 1758."

  
  

• Sources

  [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Genealogy Trails "The History of Orangeburg County, South Carolina From Its First Settlement to the Close of the Revolutionary War" by A. S. Salley, Jr., 1898 Orangeburg County, South Carolina Genealogy Trails. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree. [S1173462472] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-PMP2 : Tue Apr 01 01:21:51 UTC 2025), Entry for Melchior Ott, 1758. [S1173462526] FamilySearch.org, Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996, "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FZV-CR7S : Fri Mar 08 20:31:47 UTC 2024), Entry for Melcher Oth and Casper Oth, 12 Feb 1699. [S1173462526] FamilySearch.org, Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996, "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FZV-7PFT : Thu Mar 07 22:42:18 UTC 2024), Entry for Peter Oht and Melchor Oht, 28 Aug 1735.