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By Michael de V. Merriman
Based on the many hours of his own work plus the encouragement, support, resources and tea provided by family and friendsS |
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Apendix 6
Family Document from 1767
English Copy of the Family Document
In the name of the Father,of the Son and of the Holy Spirit who we revere to the end of the whole world. Amen.
We tell what follows from our knowledge of all the circumstances. Our Superior and Brother of the Holy Monastery dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary has informed us as follows:- We have found in the Register of our Convent that the family Bojidari who settled down during past centuries In Serbia were princes ( jupanes or zupanes ) and owned land and towns (in Serbia). But it was found that there was cruelty and enmity towards them and that persecution of them persisted. The Bojidari were compelled to leave. Once in different lands they adopted different names: Vesselitchik. One of the members of this family Vesseletchik (variable spelling) selected for himself a piece of land near to Trebinjein Hercegovina and he and his family settled there. They populated the town of Gomeliani at the same time they owned lands called Matchkoui, Liorite and Popoulitze. The said Vesselitchik had a son named Radomir, who had a son named Peter. Peter inherited land and property which continued in the same ownership up to the time of the war of 1711 on the River Pruth between the holy Muscovite Czar (Peter the Great) and the Ottoman Turks, during the course of which Vesselitchik lost all his possessions and land. The above mentioned Peter, son of Radomir—— left one heir, his only son, Peter. Whilst still a child it was decided that all possessions must be left behind also all ancestral goods and that he must travel away. Actually it is known that he arrived in the Holy Russian Empire. For this record it was discovered that evidence was found of the princely, noble and ancient line of Bojidari (or Bodari)and their descendants. We certify that these matters are precisely true. Accordingly we are delivering these documents which we have signed to the care of our Holy Convent.Given at the Convent dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Trebinje, Hercegovina.
This 11th day of July 1767
Superior for me and for the brotherhood.
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