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Hessian Troops in America

Outline map of Hesse
Place of Origin
Reinhards
Land
Germany (Hessen-Kassel)

Further Information

Storck, Melchior (* ca. 1757)

Record + Accumulated Data

Date:

7.1783 / → Timeline

Category of Presentation:

appointed (especially in the unit rolls)

Regiment:

HHE 4 (Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince)

Rank:

Corporal

Signature:

HStAM 4 h Nr. 3154 [= Kriegssachen / Musterlisten sämtlicher Hessen-Hanauischer Truppen, insb. in Amerika (Namenslisten ohne Ortsangabe), 1776-1783] (130)

born:

0/0

Reference:

HETRINA VI.II, 26051 [Page 167]

Further Information:

Database Dr. Joachim Fischer

Further Evidence

Storck, Melchior (* ca. 1757):

11.1775: other induction (especially through transfer) · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince 4 · Free Corporal
HStAM 10 d Nr. 51(286) → Request page

11.1775: other induction (especially through transfer) · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince 4 · Musketeer
HStAM 10 d Nr. 52(650) → Request page

11.1775: other induction (especially through transfer) · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince 4 · Musketeer
HStAM 10 d Nr. 50(650) → Request page

11.1775: recruited · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince 4 · Musketeer
HStAM 10 d Nr. 54(129) → Request page

11.1775: other induction (especially through transfer) · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince 4 · Free Corporal
HStAM 10 d Nr. 51(285) → Request page

3.1776: appointed · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince 4 · Private
HStAM 4 h Nr. 3154(11) → Request page

9.1779: appointed · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince · Private
HStAM 4 h Nr. 3154(39) → Request page

7.1780: appointed · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince · Corporal
HStAM 4 h Nr. 3154(43) → Request page

3.1781: appointed · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince · Corporal
HStAM 4 h Nr. 3154(48) → Request page

8.1781: appointed · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince · Corporal
HStAM 4 h Nr. 3154(61) → Request page

?: promoted · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince 4 · Corporal
HStAM 10 d Nr. 51(286) → Request page

8.1782: appointed · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince · Corporal
HStAM 4 h Nr. 3154(98) → Request page

2.1783: appointed · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince 4 · Corporal
HStAM 4 h Nr. 3154(122) → Request page

11.1783: promoted to a supernumerary position · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince 4 · Corporal
HStAM 10 d Nr. 51(285) → Request page

12.1783: other induction (especially through transfer) · Hesse-Hanau Regiment of the Crown Prince 4 · Corporal
HStAM 10 d Nr. 51(286) → Request page

→ create new result set from all (16) pertaining documents

Citation
„Storck, Melchior (* ca. 1757)“, in: Hessische Truppen in Amerika <https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/subjects/idrec/sn/hetrina/id/82862> (Stand: 8.6.2026)