Jacob Anthony Henckel and Anna Margaret

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Husband Jacob Anthony Henckel ¹

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           Born: 7 Jul 1709 - Daudenzell, Germany
     Christened: 11 Jul 1709 - Evangelical Lutheran Church, Daudenzell
           Died: 21 Jan 1751 - Germantown, Pa
         Buried:  - St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Germantown, Pa.

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         Father: Anthony Jacob Henckel (1668-1728) 2
         Mother: Maria Elizabeth Dentzer (      -1744) 3

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       Marriage: Abt 1732 3

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Wife Anna Margaret ³

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           Born: 28 Jun 1711 - England
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Oct 1800 - Germantown, Pa
         Buried:  - St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Germantown, Pa.

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Children

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1 M Benjamin Hinkle

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           Born: 29 Mar 1751 - Germantown, Philadelphia Co., Pa
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Susannah Bryan (      -Abt 1811)
           Marr: Abt 1777

         Spouse: Mary Ann Harwood (      -      )
           Marr: 16 Jun 1812 - Rowan Co., North Carolina

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Anthony Henckel

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THE HENCKEL GENEALOGY:

The following is on page 22 of "The Henckel Genealogy":

10. Jacob Antonius (Anthony) Henckel born July 9, 1709 Daudenzell, Germany; baptized July 11, 1709 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Daudenzell; died January 21, 1751. (See Branch VI this genealogy.)

The following is a selection from pages 882-83 of "The Henckel Genealogy":

6 JACOB ANTHONY HENCKEL the tenth and sixth surviving child of Reverend Anthony Jacob Henckel, the German emigrant, was born July 7, 1709 in Daudenzell, Germany. He was christened July 11, 1709 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Daudenzell by his father who was pastor 1695 to 1714. The sponsors at this baptism were Herr John Jacob Rotter, Evangelical Lutheran pfarrer pro tem of Mossbach; and Herr Anthony Weber pro tem of Aglasterhausen. The original record found and photographed in 1926 in Germany by Dr. Burt Brown Barker, President of the National Henckel Association. The record in the original hand writing of Pastor Henckel had been preserved for 217 years.

Jacob Anthony Henckel, because of similarity of names with that of the father, has often been designated as Anthony the second (II) and like the father was an emigrant to the Province of Pennsylvania in 1717. He died at Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania January 21, 1751 and is buried in St. Michael's Lutheran Church cemetery where the remains of his parents had been interred.

Under the provisions of his father's will he inherited at the age of 19 the home and 100 acres of the parental homestead in Falckner's Swamp, New Hanover Township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, Pennsylvania. Here he lived when he married about 1732, Anna Margaret (name and parentage unknown). She was born June 28, 1711 in England. After their marriage, the mother, Maria Elizabeth Dentzer Henckel, continued to make her home with them until her death at Germantown, January 27, 1744.

Soon after the arrival in America of this family, the emigrant and his sons changed the spelling of the name by dropping the letter "c" and thereafter for a period the name Henkel appeared in common usage. In the succeeding generation a grandson, Anthony Henkel III again changed the spelling of the name, this time to Hinkle. While Henkel and Henkle continued in use in many families, the greater number of descendants retain the spelling Hinkle and this is especially true of descendants of this sixth branch.

Jacob Anthony and Anna Margaret Henckel were the parents of nine (9) children. After his death in 1751, Anna Margaret married (2nd) sometime prior to July 26, 1753 Martin Grove (Groff) and had one son, William Grove, born in Germantown in 1758. Martin Grove had several children by a previous marriage . . .

Martin Grove died in 1760 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the widow is said to have remarried again. The third husband's name was Eagle (Egle). No issue. Anna Margaret Eagle died at Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania October 1, 1800, age 89 years, 3 months, and 3 days and is buried beside her first husband, Jacob Anthony Henckel in the church yard of St. Michael's Lutheran Church at Germantown.

Jacob Anthony lived on the New Hanover homestead until 1739 when after selling the farm property he removed to Germantown Township on Creisham Road.

It is recorded he received by deed Febrary 23, 1739, from John Hyat and Tace, his wife, 66 acres of land. On this property, known as Lot 1, he built an Inn (probably Black Horse Inn, later operated and sold by his son, John), a blacksmith or wagon shop and residence. This was adjoining Lot 2 on which stood the famous Mermaid Inn and owned by John Conrad Jr. who had inherited the property from his father and later became the son-in-law of Jacob Anthony Henckel. On November 28, 1746, he was deeded a further 11 1/4 acres of land by Matthias Milan and wife, Mary Barbara. Other land was secured, for in the distribution of the estate, September 1866 [sic] there were four Messauges (houses) and 91 acres of land. The residue of this estate was to be divided equally among the nine (9) heirs.

The will of Jacob Anthony Henckle was executed January 17, 1750 and proved in court February 22, 1751. Letters of administration was granted the widow, Anna Margaret and son, John Henkel, who was sworn as not being of age.

It appears that the minor heirs were apprehensive as to their rights being protected for they appeared in Orphans Court (Docket No. 4, September 5, 1753) and petitioned that guardians be appointed. The petition was granted and the court appointed William Derwess, Peter Robinson, and Samuel Morris to examine and settle the accounts of the executors. This was done and report filed October 27, 1753. Guardians were appointed, Dewald Endt, John Conrad, and William Levering for the minor heirs.

Twelve men were selected to divide the estate which was decreed by the court September 1766 as above noted.

Will of Jacob Anthony Henckel as translated by I. B. Sculpius from the original German Script as found in the Historian's files:
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Jacob Anthony Henckel died on January 21, 1751 at an inn on Creisham Road, Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He was buried in the church cemetery of St. Michael's Lutheran Church at Main and Pila-lena streets, Germantown now in the city limits of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"A true and Perfect Inventory of all and singular the goods and Chattels, viz. all the personal estate of Anthony Hinckell late of Germantownship in county of Philadelphia, yoeman, deceased.
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1 William Sumner Junkin, Minnie Wyatt Junkin, The Henckel Genealogy 1500--1960, 1964, pg 22, 882-83.

2 William Sumner Junkin, Minnie Wyatt Junkin, The Henckel Genealogy 1500--1960, 1964, pgs 18, 26, 882.

3 William Sumner Junkin, Minnie Wyatt Junkin, The Henckel Genealogy 1500--1960, 1964, pg 882.