ST. MICHAEL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH - REV. ANTHONY JACOB HENCKEL

Rev. Anthonius Jacobus/Anthony Jacob Henckel 

was baptised on December 27th, 1668. 

In 1717, he brought his entire family to America; bought a farm at New Hanover and served several Lutheran congregations of the area as well as the congregation in Germantown. 

It is believed that he was the first pastor of the congregation here in Germantown.  

He died in the home of one of the members on August 12, 1728 after falling from his horse while traveling between Germantown and his home at New Hanover. 

I was not able to find this marker and this is the only photo in this blog post that was not taken by me.

(from- http://www.stmichaelsgermantown.org/?page_id=15)

His wife, Maria Elizabeth Dentzer Henckel was buried in 1744 and is one of the oldest legible stone marker in the church cemetery. 

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I happened to catch two church members 

in the church and they allowed us to view 

the inside for a quick few minutes. 

The inside photos were rushed and fuzzy.

This plaque is on the left side of the alter 

in the main church - 

In Memory of 

THE REV. ANTHONY JACOB HENCKEL

Founder and First Pastor of
St. Michael's Church

and of 

MARIA ELIZABETH,

His wife,

Whose Bodies repose in the 

Adjoining Church Yard.

Sprung from a Distinguished and God

Serving Ancestry, they emigrated from

Germany into Pennsylvania in the year 

1717, Became in their turn Progenitors 

Of a Stalwart race, which settled over 

a wide area of our country and gave to 

the State  many useful Citizens and to 

the Church, Theologians, Pastors and
Missionaries of Unswerving Faith

and Rare Ability.

Their Descendants

Have Erected this Memorial

A. D. 1917