SEVENTH GENERATION

104. Johann Nicholas [Glueck] Click⁽¹⁾ was born on 11 Sep 1748 in Matzenbach, Saxony, Germany. He died on 22 Oct 1832 in Mocksville, North Carolina Jerusalem. He was buried in Click family cemetery, Mocksville, N.C.. He was a Farmer. Johann Nicholas Glueck (Click) died aged 84 years and 4 days old. Nicholas
Click is listed in the 1790 Rowan County Census with his wife, four sons under
the age of 16 years old, and three daughters.

The following article is an article that I got from my cousin, Kate Langston
Foster, in Mocksville, North Carolina. It is an article on early German
settlers like Johann Nicholas Glueck.
"Allemaengel"

The early German settlers in Pennsylvania were the descendants of the
Western District of Germany, known as "Allemagne" or "Allemaine" - an old name
for Germany. It included part of what was later Switzerland and Lyrol
(Swabia) together with that of the Lower Rhenish Palatinate and Alsace, along
the French border.
The territory in the northern limits of Berk Co. (now Albany Township)
and Lynn Township in Lehign County was designated "Allemaengel" meaning
destitute; with great sacrifice or more freely "all wants".
The early Germans were known as colonial Germans. They spoke the
language of the fatherland. The next generation brought forth men of another
type. They were cut off from the fellowship of the fatherland, and no longer
had preachers and teachers who spoke the German language. They were hemmed in
by a strange language and had severe language problems in communicating.
Perhaps this is the cause of so many variations in the spelling of the same
names. Everyone wrote it just as it sounded to him.
The Pennsylavania Germans were charged by some historians as being
opposed to education, stagnant in religion, and aloof from social movement.
Many of the returning Revolutionary soldiers, after the excitement of a
soldiers life, lost their desire for steady work and did not feel like farming
or working at a bench or anvil and also had become habituated to strong drink.
Nevertheless, they, as a whole were sober and moral people and did
establish a church and also a school. And one of the first was "Allemaengel"
Church. And new homes, free from persecution were, at last, found in
Pennsylvania.

The following is information that I include for future Click genealogist that
might be willing to follow up on it: 97th USAGH, Box 30, APO New York 09757,
21 October 1978. Miss Flossie Martin, Davie County Historian, Mocksville,
N. C., 27028. Dear Miss Martin, I was given your name and address by a mutual
friend, Mrs. Bettye Smith. I first met Bettye and her husband Lonnie last
spring at the chapel where I work here in Frankfurt, W. Germany. We have a
common interest: Genealogy. She suggested that I write to you and ask you
if you have any information in your files on the Click family of Rowan County.
I'm particularly interested in finding more information on a Nicolas Click Sr.
who I believe died in 1832 in Rowan County. I believe he may have been a
younger brother of my ancestor, Lewis Click, who settled in Washington County,
Tennessee, about 1787. While here in Germany I have been doing research to
establish my ties with my ancestry over here. I'm also interested in tying
together all Clicks in the U. S. who are related to me. Any help you can give
me on Nicolas Click and his early history will be appreciated. I will be glad
to pay for xeroxing and postage. Enclosed is my envelope. Thank you very
much. Sincerely yours, Gary D. Click. (I, Danny A. McBee, Click genealogist,
do not have a brother of John Nicolas Click listed as Lewis. I am not sure
whether Gary Click was right in believing this assumption or not).

Johann Nicholas Click, Sr. shows up in the 1815 Rowan County, North Carolina
Tax List of Capt. Tabb's Compy for the Year 1815. He is listed as having 1341
acres adjoining Richmond Pearson. [Danny A. McBee]

Nicholas Click is listed in the 1800 Rowan County, North Carolina Census with wife
and children. [Danny A. McBee, April 19, 1998]. He was married to Rebecca Elizabeth Harmon on 9 Jul 1771 in Pennsylvania.

105. Rebecca Elizabeth Harmon⁽¹⁾ was born on 25 Aug 1753 in Wuerttemburg, Germany. She died on 13 Oct 1834 in Mocksville, North Carolina. She was buried in Click family cemetery, Mocksville, N.C.. My cousin, Frankie Maxwell Goebel, states in her genealogical work that
Rebecca Elizabeth Harmon was born in Maryland. I have records that state
Henry Harmon lived in Davie County in the late 1780s. I have no idea if there
is a relationship to Rebecca Harmon Click or not. However, she named one of
her children Henry Harmon Click. I feel that her father moved down to Davie
County with her when Johann Nicholas Glueck (Click) came down and he died in
the late 1780s. I calculated Rebecca's birth date using dates on grave marker.
[Danny A. McBee].

I am not sure who Rebecca Elizabeth Harmon's father was. I am sure it may have been one of the following: Valentine Harmon, Daniel Harmon, or Philip Harmon. I will do more
research in the future to see if I can trace my Harmon ancestry. [Danny A. McBee, April
19, 1998]. Children were:

i. Johann Nicolas Click Jr.⁽¹⁾ was born on 5 Oct 1776 in Queen Ann's County, Maryland. He died on 25 Apr 1862 in Jerusalem Township, Mocksville, N.C.. He was buried in Click family cemetery, Mocksville, N.C.. He was a Farmer. Up until I found the 1850 Davie County, North Carolina census, I thought that
John Nicolas Click Jr. was born in Jerusalem Township, Mocksville, North
Carolina. The 1850 census clearly states he was born in Maryland. The 1850
Davie County, N. C. Census also shows daughters Magdalena and Susannah, 31,
living with him. The 1860 Davie County Census shows Nick Click, 80, farmer,
living with daughters, Magdelene, 50, and Susan, 40. [Danny A. McBee, April 19,
1998].
ii. Sophia Click⁽¹⁾ was born on 1 Apr 1778 in Jerusalem Township, Mocksville, N.C.. She died on 16 May 1813 in Jerusalem Township, Mocksville, N.C.. She was buried in Click family cemetery. Sophia Click, the second child of Johann Nicholaus Glueck (Click) never
married. Her death date is in question. Some say she lived to be 75 years
old. Some sources have her date of death as May 16, 1813 and some have her
date of death as May 16, 1853. Her tombstone has the death date of May 16,
1813 on it. I, Danny A. McBee, the writer, visited the Click Family Cemetery
on August 31, 1994 along with my cousin, Mildred Click McAlister.
52 iii. Daniel Harmon Click.
iv. Sarah Click⁽¹⁾ was born on 1 Jun 1783 in Mocksville, North Carolina. She died on 10 May 1845 in Mocksville, North Carolina. Sarah and Elisha Butler had no children. Sarah Click Butler's will is in Book
1, page 68, Davie County library. William Butler was bondsman at the wedding
of Sarah Click and Elisha Butler. John March Sr. was the witness.
v. John Click⁽¹⁾ was born on 4 Oct 1785 in Mocksville, North Carolina. He died on 26 Jul 1821 in Mocksville, North Carolina. John Click never married and he died at the very young age of 36.
vi. Jacob Click⁽¹⁾ was born on 21 Dec 1787 in Mocksville, North Carolina. He died on 22 Nov 1875 in Washington County, Indiana. He was buried in Caudle Cemetery, Washington Co., Indiana. Jacob Click married Margaret Ratts and moved to Indiana about 1830. There is
some confusion on the date of death of Jacob Click. Some have it listed as
November 22, 1875; while others have it listed as February 22, 1875. Jacob
settled the lands now known as the Anderson Daniel and Henry Beck lands. He
later moved to Washington County, Indiana. He lived to a great age and raised
a large family. How many more children Jacob had after moving to Indiana the
writer, Danny A. McBee, Gastonia, North Carolina does not know. [Danny A. McBee,
June 7, 1997].
vii. Michael Click⁽¹⁾ was born in 1790 in Mocksville, North Carolina. He died in Apr 1860 in Davie County, North Carolina. He had an estate probated 1815 Tax List in Rowan County, North Carolina. He was a Farmer. Michael Click, born 1790, was the fifth and youngest son of Johann Nicholaus
Glueck (Click), the original settler. Michael lived and died just east of the
Dr. Wiseman orchard in Jerusalem. His sons were Elisha, Nicholas, now living
with Billy Click and is 84 years old, and Michael who still lives. (This
writing was December 22, 1911). The writing date was not the time talked
about in the message line. Michael Click died of Dropsy after an illness of
three weeks (Mortality Census, Davie County, N.C. 1860). [Danny A. McBee].

Michael Click is listed in the 1810 Rowan County, North Carolina Census as head of
household with his wife. [Danny A. McBee, April 19, 1998].

Michael Click, age 67, is listed as head of household in the 1850 Davie County,
North Carolina Census with wife Sarah, 58, and children Michael, 19, Sarah, 32,
Clemencia, 23, and Angenetta, 16. [Danny A. McBee, April 19, 1998].
viii. Anna Maria Elizabeth Click⁽¹⁾ was born on 26 Apr 1792 in Mocksville, North Carolina. She was baptized on 21 Oct 1792 in Mocksville, North Carolina. She died on 8 Jul 1883 in Mocksville, North Carolina, Davie County. She was buried in Graves family cemetery, Mocksville, N.C.. While visiting the Davie County Public Library in Mocksville, North Carolina,
September 14, 1994 with my cousin, Mildred Click Cloninger, I found a listing
of the Graves Family Cemetery. The document was written by Marie Reavis Hall
and contained some dates and comments on the graves and cemetery. She lists
Elizabeth Click's date of birth as August 26, 1792. My records that I have
found so far has established a date of birth as April 26, 1792. I could have
miscopied the data. I will research it again to insure I have it correct.
ix. Rebecca Click⁽¹⁾ was born on 22 Dec 1794 in Mocksville, North Carolina. The Heidelberg Evangelical Lutheran Church Records (Old Dutch Meeting House),
Rowan County (Now Davie) North Carolina list Rebecker Gluck, b. Dec. 22, 1797,
and bapt.-----. Parents, Johann Nicolaus Gluck and wife, Rebecca. Rowan
Marriages have Rebecca Click marrying John Chesser (Cheshire) March 13, 1820
with Burch Chesheir as bondsman and R. Powell as witness.

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