Anthony Jacob HENKEL, Rev.

Bef 1668 - 1728  (> 59 years)

• Name	Anthony Jacob HENKEL
  Suffix	Rev.
  Born	Bef 27 Oct 1668	Mehrenburg (near Weilburg), Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Died	1728
  Buried	North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  Notes	Rev. Anthony Jacob Henkel came to America in 1718. He was instrumental in bringing to American the famous Rev. Peter Muhlenburg, who descended from the Henkel family. Rev. Peter Muhlenburg was a Major-General in the Revolutionary War, and as such gained much renown. Most every school boy knows the story of how Rev. Peter Muhlenburg, pastor of the Lutheran Church at Woodstock, Virginia, clad in his long black silk clerical gown, preached a patriotic sermon to his people, and then opening his robe, disclosed a Colonel's uniform underneath. Laying the robe aside, he said "The time to fight has come." He enlisted a hundred of his congregation in the service of his adopted country. St. Micheal's Lutheran Church at 6671 Germantown Ave in North Philadelphia, closed its doors with a final service on Sept. 11, 2016 after 288 years of ministry. The first pastor of St. Micheal's was a pastor from the old country who had immigrated to America even before there were 13 colonies. He died in 1728 after being kicked in the head by a horse, and is buried at St. Micheal's. His name was Rev. Anthony Jacob Hinkel.
  Person ID	I7276	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Georg HENKEL,   b. 1635, Allendorf-ad-Lumbda (near Giessen), Germany ,   d. 29 Jan 1677/8, Mehrenburg (near Weilburg), Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Anna Eulalia DENTZER,   b. 1640, Steinberg, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 11 Mar 1699/1700, Steinberg, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany  (Age 60 years)
  Married	2 May 1666	Steinberg, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany
  Family ID	F2451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Elizabeth [HENKEL],   b. Germantown, Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Jan 1743/4
  Married	Abt 1706	Germany
  Notes	THE HENKEL FAMILY Life Sketches of Lutheran Ministers, North Carolina and Tennessee Synods 1773-1965, pp. 86-91 The Henkel family line, which includes so many prominent Lutheran ministers, can be traced back to Reformation times. Count Conrad Henkel von Donnersmarck was a contemporary of the sixteenth century reformers. The first Henkel known to have come to America was a pastor, often called "The Pioneer", who arrived in 1717. For more than a century, through some unexplained confusion, "The Pioneer" was supposed to have been named Gerhart. The last will and testament of Anthony Jacob Henkel, found some fifty years ago, names Gerhart Anthony as "my oldest son"; and other mortuary records support this assumption. Another son of Anthony Jacob Henkel was John Justus. He and his wife Christine and their family moved to Rowan Co., N. C., at an early date. In 1760, he left North Carolina and, after several removals, finally located in Pendleton Co., Va., where he died in 1794.
  Children	1. Johann Justus HENCKEL, Sr,   b. 10 Feb 1705/6, Daudenzell, Baden, Germany ,   d. 24 Aug 1778, Hinkle's Fort, Germany Valley, Pendleton County, Virginia (WV)  (Age 72 years)   2. Jacob Henkel,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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