Jacob Henckel 
Jacob was born on March 14th, 1733 in Macongie Creek, Upper Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Commonwealth.1 Jacob's father was John Justus Henckel and his mother was Maria Magdalena Eschmann. His paternal grandparents were Antonius Jacobus Henckel and Maria Elizabeth Dentzer; his maternal grandparents were Ashman Abraham Eschmann and Elizabeth. He had three brothers and eight sisters, named Abraham, John, Isaac, Anna, Catherine, Rebecca, Mary, Mary, Elizabeth, Susanna and Hannah. He was the second oldest of the twelve children. He died at the age of 45 on February 14th, 1779 in Hampshire County, Virginia. He was buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Mill Creek, Hardy County, Virginia.2 1 General Notes
Solomon and Ambrose Henkel, sons of Jacob Henkel, established the Henkel Press in 1806 at New Market, Virginia. They published, among other items, church minutes and pamphlets, small graded school books, and hymnals. In 1807, Ambrose Henkel began the publication of the first German newspaper in the South, "Virginia and New Market Popular Instructor and Weekly News." Nearly all the publications were in German; some pamphlets were in English. They were noted, however, for their publication of the works of Luther in the English language, sanctioned by the Tennessee Synod. Henkel family papers, correspondence, and items printed by their press have been preserved in the rare books and manuscripts collections at the College of William and Mary, the University of Virginia, and Duke University.
Jacob had five sons who became Lutheran ministers: John, Joseph, Benjamin, Isaac and Paul. Only Paul, the progenitor of a long line of distinguished Lutheran churchmen, was connected with the work of the North Carolina and Tennessee Synods; and sketches of Henkels found in this volume are limited to his descendants. This group is recognized as having rendered an invaluable service to the Lutheran Church in this country through undeviating support of the historic Lutheran Confessions.
Marriage 1 Mary Barbara TETER b: MAY 1734
* Married: 1 AUG 1753 in Dutchman's Creek, Davidson Co, NC
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1576 in Allerdorf, Lumda, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany d.02 Mar 1651 in Allerdorf, Lumda, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
- b.1605 in Allerdorf, Lumda, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
- b.1635 in Allerdorf, Lumda, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany d.~29 Jan 1677 in Mehrenberg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, Germany
- b.12 Oct 1668 in Mehrenberg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, Germany d.12 Aug 1728 in Chestnut Hill, Germantown, Phildelphia, Pennsylvania
- b.~ 1595
- d.<26 Aug 1676 in Steinberg (formerly Steinmerk) Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
- b.06 Jun 1640 in Steinberg, Odenwald, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia d.<11 Mar 1700 in Steinberg (formerly Steinmerk) Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
- b.1572 d.1633
- b.~ 1605 in Ranisch-Holzhausen, Hesse-Kassel, Germany d.05 Nov 1676 in Steinberg
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- b.10 Feb 1706 in Daudenzell, Moldenzell, Germany d.17 Aug 1778 in German Valley, Augusta, Pennsylvania
- b.~ 1564 in Steinbach, Odenwald, Germany
- b.~ 1595
- b.~ 1640 in Marburg, Hessen, Germany d.08 Feb 1703 in Frankenthal, Germany
- b.1672 in Birkenau, Germany d.23 Jan 1744 in Germantown, Pennsylvania
- b.1644 in Marburg, Hessen, Germany
- b.14 Mar 1733 in Macongie Creek, Upper Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Commonwealth d.14 Feb 1779 in Hampshire County, Virginia
- b.~ 1688 in Germany or Switzerland d.29 Nov 1749 in Berks County, PA
- b.~ 1710 in Berks County, PA d.1778 in Pendleton County, Virginia
- b.~ 1693 in Oley, Pennsylvania County, Pennsylvania
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Details of Jacob's family with Barbara Maria Dieter
1 Henckel Genealogy, 1500-1960, Ancestry and Descendants of Reverend Anthony Jacob Henckel, 1668-1728
2 Teter Family Records
2 Teter Family Records