Anthony Jacob Henckel immigrated to the United States in 1717, and is the patriarch of the Henckel (Henkel, Hinckel, Hinkel, and now most commonly Hinkle) family in the United States. He was born in Merenberg, Germany in 1668 to Georg Henckel and Anna Eulalia (nee Dentzer) Henckel.
He graduated from Giessen University, Giessen, Germany in 1688. He was pastor of several Lutheran churches in Germany before he moved to the United States and found what is now St. Michael's Lutheran church (which is still in use) located in Germantown, Pennsylvania (now part of Philadelphia.) He and his wife ( Maria Elizabeth (nee Dentzer) Hinkle ) are buried in the cemetary on the grounds of St. Michael's.
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