Andreas Volck, the first of this family, was born in 1678 on the Wiese, near Worms. He was reared in the Lutheran Religion and became by occupation a husbandman and vine dresser. He married Catharine Meckel, who was born in 1620 in Durstein, near Worms. In 1709 he came to America with the Koehetihal colony, which settled in Dutchess County, New York He removed to Lynn township about 1735, where he warranted 150 acres of land in 1738, affiliated with the Moravian congregation there and died in September 1747, leaving eight children, 64 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.