Fifth Generation

5. George HENKEL was baptized on 28 Nov 1635. He attended the University at Giessen and was schoolmaster of Merenberg from 1662 until his death there on 29 Jan 1677/78. He was buried in the Lutheran Church burial ground at Murenburg, Germany.

George and Anna Henckel had six children who were baptized in the Lutheran Church in Merenberg: Elizabetha Catherina, April 19, 1667; Anthonius Jacobus (the pioneer to America), October 27, 1668; Johannes Christianus, April 16, 1671; Johan Konrad, February 15, 1674; Johann Georg, November 28, 1675; Philipp Konrad, July 17, 1678.

George HENKEL and Anna Eulalia DENTZER were married on 2 May 1666. Anna Eulalia DENTZER (daughter of Othmar DENTZER and Loysa WAGNER) was born, ca 1637 and died on 11 Mar 1700 in Steinburgh, Germany and was buried on 11 Mar 1700 in Lutheran Church burial ground in Steinburgh. George HENKEL and Anna Eulalia DENTZER had at least six childern. This line follows the line of one of their children, Anthonius Jacobus (Anthony Jacob), the first known Henkel to arrive in America: