John Justus Henckel

1706 - 1778  (72 years)

• Name	John Justus Henckel
  Birth	10 Feb 1706	Daudenzell, Germany   [1]
  Baptism	17 Feb 1706	Evangelical Lutheran Church, Daudenzell, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aug 1778	Germany Valley, Augusta County, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I40073	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. Anthony Jacob Henckel,   b. Bef 27 Dec 1668   d. 12 Aug 1728, near Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age > 59 years)
  Mother	Maria Elizabeth Dentzer,   b. Bef 26 May 1672   d. 23 Jan 1744, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age > 71 years)
  Marriage	25 Apr 1692	Kirchain, Germany   [1]
  Family ID	F23530	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Magdalene Eschman,   b. Between 1710 and 1712, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
  Marriage	Abt 1730	Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Jacob Henkel,   b. 14 Mar 1733, Upper Milford Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania d. 14 Feb 1779, Hampshire County, Virginia (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F23528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  The Henckel Genealogy calls his place of death "now near Riverton, Pendleton County, West Virginia." Germany Valley has a reasonably detailed Wikipedia page, which discusses John Justis Henckel and his family, calling them the area's first European settlers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7208] The Henckel Genealogy 1500-1960: Ancestry and Descendants of Reverend Anthony Jacob Henckel, 1668-1728 by William Sumner Junkin and Minnie Wyatt Junkin. 1964.