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Male Johann Justus "Jost" HENCKEL Click to view Johann Justus "Jost" HENCKEL in the family tree

Johann Justus "Jost" was born on February 10th, 1706 in Daudenzell, Mosbach, Baden, Germany and his baptism took place there on February 17th, 1706.  Johann Justus "Jost"'s father was Anthonius Jacobus HENCKEL and his mother was Maria Elisabeth DENTZER.  His paternal grandparents were George HINKLE (HENCKEL) and Anna Eulalia DANTZER DENTZER; his maternal grandfather was Johann Nicholaus DENTZER and his maternal grandmother is Barbara Catharine GEIBEL. He had seven brothers and five sisters, named Johann Nicholous, Johann Melchoir, Johann Gerhard Anthony, George Rudolphus, Anthony Jacob, Jacob Antonius (Anthony), Johann Phillip, Johanna Frederica (Fredrika), Maria Elizabetha, Anna Maria Christina, Benigna Maria and Maria Catherine.  He was the fifth youngest of the thirteen children.  He died at the age of 72 on August 17th, 1778 in Germany Valley, Pendleton Co., West Virginia, (near Riverton).  He was buried in August 1778 in Henkle's Fort, Pendleton, West Virginia.


Johann Justus "Jost"'s family with Mary Margaret Eschmann

‌Johann Justus "Jost" and Mary Margaret were married in a religious ceremony in 1730 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Penn..  They had four sons and eleven daughters, named Jacob Anthony, Abraham, John Justice, Isaac, Anna Maria Elizabeth, Mary Magdalena, Catharine, Rebecca, Catherine, Anna Margaret, Mary Ann Margaret, Mary Magdalena (Polly), Elizabeth, Susannah (Sunna) and Hannah.

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Ancestral File (R), Ancestral File (R)


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