Georg Henckel 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1635 - Allendorf-ad-Lumda, Hesse, Germany
    Christening: 
          Death: 29 Jan 1678 - Mehrenberg, Hesse, Germany ( at age 43)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Matthias Henckel (Abt 1605-      )
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Anna Eulalia Dentzer (1640 - 1700)
       Marriage: 2 May 1666 - Watzenborn-Steinberg, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany
       Children:
                1. Anthony Jacob Henckel (1668-1728)
Notes
General:
The Henckel Genealogy, pages 22 & 23, images 21 & 22/1446:

"Herr Georg (George) Henckel, preceptor or schoolmaster of Mehrenberg; Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, father of Anthony Jacob Henckel was born in 1635 probably at Allendorf-ad-Lumbda near Giessen, Germany; died January 29, 1678 at Mehrenberg; married May 2, 1666 at Steinberg, Germany to Anna Eulalia Dentzer (1640-1700) daughter of Othmar and Louisa (Wagner) Dentzer. Parents of six (6) children.

"George Henckel matriculated at Giessen University July 25, 1650, in the fourth class, at the age of 15 years. He became a teacher and was made preceptor of the school at Mehrenberg (near Weilberg) in 1662 where he remained until his death in 1678. He was buried in the Lutheran Church Cemetery at Mehrenberg and his widow who returned with her family to Steinberg, her early home, died there and was buried on March 11, 1770[sic, probably 1700] in the Lutheran Cemetery."

George Henckel and his wife Anna Eulalia had 6 children, all baptized in Mehrenburg between 19 Apr 1667 and 17 Jul 1678. They are listed on pages 22-23.

ALLENDORF:

Allendorf is a small town in the district of Giessen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the small river Lumda, 16 km (9.9 mi) south of Marburg.

STEINBERG:

The locality referred to as 'Steinberg' in The Henckel Genealogy is a portion of the modern town of Pohlheim in the Landkreis of Giessen in the state of Hessen in Germany. Pohlheim is about 6 km south of Giessen. The locality is more fully known as 'Watzenborn-Steinberg'. The grave markers of Othmar Dentzer and his wife are in the church there.
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Sources

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

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