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Male Abraham HENCKEL Click to view Abraham HENCKEL in the family tree

Abraham was born on March 20th, 1749 in Upper Milford Township, Berks, Now Lehigh Co., Pa and his baptism took place on March 26th, 1749 in New Hanover, Philadelphia, Pa.  Abraham's father was Johann Justus "Jost" HENCKEL and his mother was Mary Margaret Eschmann.  His paternal grandparents were Anthonius Jacobus HENCKEL and Maria Elisabeth DENTZER; his maternal grandfather was Abraham Eschmann OR Ashman and his maternal grandmother is Elizabeth UNKNOWN. He had three brothers and eleven sisters, named Jacob Anthony, John Justice, Isaac, Anna Maria Elizabeth, Mary Magdalena, Catharine, Rebecca, Catherine, Anna Margaret, Mary Ann Margaret, Mary Magdalena (Polly), Elizabeth, Susannah (Sunna) and Hannah.  He was the fourth youngest of the fifteen children.  He died at the age of 66 on September 3rd, 1815 in German Valley, Pendleton, Virginia.  He was buried in German Valley, Pendleton County, Va.


Abraham's family with Mary Catherine Teter


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Ancestral File (R), Ancestral File (R)


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