Heinrich is sometimes reported to have been born in 1702 in the German Palatinate, the son of Heinrich "Hans" Funck (1661-1735) and Verena / Franey (1671-1741), although no sources are available to confirm this. It's likely that he was born somewhat earlier since he is reported to have settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and married in 1719 and was likely to have been well over 21 at that time.
He was a minister, an author of high reputation, and long a Bishop of the Franconia Congregations.[1]
Heinrich married Anna Meyer, a daughter of Christian Meyer and his wife Barbara,[2] in 1719. Heinrich and Anna became the parents of ten children :
Esther Funk, "lame in all her limbs, could neither walk nor stand alone",[2] born circa 1725
Johannes Funk,[2] born circa 1727, married Barbara Wismer
Heinrich Funk,[2] born 1730, died 1793, in Rockingham county, Virginia, married Barbara Showalter
Christian Funk,[2] born circa 1731, died May 31, 1811, in Indian Creek, Franconia Township, Montgomery county, PA, married Barbara Cassell
Abraham Funk,[2] born November 21, 1734, in Indian Creek, died April 16, 1788, in Springfield Township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, married Mary Landis
Mary Funk,[2] born circa 1736, in Franconia Township
Anna Funk,[2] born 1738, in Franconia Township, married Valentine Showalter
Fronicka Funk,[2] born circa 1740, in Franconia Township
Elizabeth Funk m. Jacob Bare,[2] born circa 1746, in Franconia Township
Heinrich made his will in Franconia on June 13, 1759, naming all his children : Esther (lame), John (oldest son), Henry, Christian, Abraham, Barbara, Ann, Mary, Fronicka and Elizabeth.[3]
He died in Franconia Township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, in 1760, and is buried in the Delps Cemetery, in Harleysville, Montgomery county, PA.[4]
Notes
An earlier version of the profile gave that Henry's daughter, Esther, married Johannes Showalter. This conflicts with Fretz, who records that Esther was "lame in all her limbs, could neither walk nor stand alone" and was unmarried at the time he made his will.[2][3]
Notes on the Findagrave report various conflicting accounts of Heinrich's family, and observe that he should not be confused with a different Heinrich Meyer who arrived in Pennsylvania c.1717 and settled in Lancaster County.
Sources
↑ Keyser, Charles William (1889). The Keyser family : descendants of Dirck Keyser of Amsterdam p.38. Philadelphia : William F. Fell
↑ 3.03.1 Fretz, A.J. (1899). A brief history of Bishop Henry Funck and other Funk pioneers, and a complete genealogical family register, with biographies of their descendents from the earliest available records to the present time p.17. Elkhart (IN): Mennonite Publishing House. Available online at : https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofbi01fret/mode/2up
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17426869/henry-funk : accessed 01 February 2022), memorial page for Bishop Henry “Heinrich Funck” Funk (29 Sep 1702–1760), Find A Grave: Memorial #17426869, citing Delps Cemetery, Harleysville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Gregory Speciale (contributor 31762373). Entry includes image of grave marker which appears to have been placed relatively recently, and a lengthy collection of biographic notes with sources.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1717; Page Number: 431, Ancestry Record 7486 #3025269 (accessed 8 December 2022) Name: [Heinrich Funck]; Arrival Year: 1717; Arrival Place: Pennsylvania; Primary Immigrant: Funck, Heinrich; Source Publication Code: 1031.8; Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of naturalization. Span indicates period between last mention of emigrant in country of origin and first mention of his residence in the New World. "Surname, ..." indicates a variation of a surname.; Source Bibliography: BURGERT, ANNETTE KUNSELMAN. Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-Speaking Lands to North America. Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society, 16/19. Birdsboro, PA: The Pennsylvania German Society. Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau. 1983. 461p.; Household Members (Name): Heinrich Funck.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, Genealogical Card File. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60592 #845563 (accessed 8 December 2022) Name: HENRY (Bishop) Funck; Relationship: Head; Death Date: 1760; Household Members (Name) Relationship: HENRY (Bishop) Funck Head Henry Funck Child Anna Meyer Spouse Christian Funck Child Christian Meyer Father-in-law Abraham Funck Child Barbara Mother-in-law Barbara Funck Child John Funck Child Anne Funck Child Mary Funck Child Fronicka Funck Child.
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The only sources for Mary appear to be Abraham Fretz's genealogies of the Meyer and Funk families, and Fretz notes only that no descendants of Mary were found.
Fretz records that Barbara, daughter of Henry Funck and Anna Meyer, married Jacob Souder. Please could the profile of Barbara (Funk) Dentler be removed and the profile of Barbara (Funck) Souder be added to this family? I have made the changes on the profile for Anna Meyer, but Heinrich is Project-Protected.
Barbara Souder is already connected as the daughter of one of the Henry's, so no need to move her to the other one. It will all be one family after the fathers are merged.
As for disconnecting Barbara Dentler, she has the same parents and birth information. Given that your source reports only the one son for Souder, have you looked at the possibility that these Barbara's are the same person and she married a second time?
Barbara Dentler's son, Solomon Dentler, was born 27 Sep 1790 (per Findagrave records which includes image of headstone and transcription giving his age at death in years, months, days.)
Barbara Souder's son, Christian Souder, was born 14 Feb 1791 (also per Findagrave record which includes image of headstone and transcription giving age at death in years, months, days.)
Assuming Solomon and Christian knew exactly how old they were, they clearly had different mothers.
It's possible that their ages (and thus their birth dates) were recorded in error. However, I can find no record to indicate that Barbara Souder was widowed and remarried. Her husband, Jacob, is reported to have died in 1814, well after Barbara is reported to have died, well after she would have been having children had she lived, and well after Solomon was born.
From census records, there appears to have been only one man named Solomon Dentler in Northampton, County, and that's the child born c.1790. A Jacob Dentler of Northampton County made his will on 6 Dec 1821 and named all his children, including Solomon, and also named his wife as "Elizabeth Dentler, late Elizabeth Geist". Unless Elizabeth was Jacob's second wife, then I would assume that she was the mother of Solomon Dentler, and not Barbara Funck.
Incidentally, other sources report more children for Barbara Souder, which I've now added to her profile, but which I will need to follow up to verify.
It looks like you've found the correct parents for Solomon Dentler and Barbara is not one of them. I would suggest that we detach her from Solomon Dentler and change her current last name as incorrect. Then the two Barbra's can be set to merge.
Funck-197 and Funck-6 appear to represent the same person because: Both profiles are for the immigrant Henry Funck (d.1760 PA), husband of Anna Meyer and father of Abraham Funck. Funck-197 has minimal detail and is unsourced and so all details from Funck-6 should be retained.
Bishop Heinrich Funk of Franconia in Montgomery County is NOT a son of Heinrich Funk of the Conestoga-Pequea community in Lancaster County.
See documentation in profile of Heinrich Funk (Funk-174), which proves his son, Henry Funk Jr. (Funk-163) received his father's land in 1735 and died the following year.
Funk-163 and Funck-6 are not ready to be merged because: Funck-6 wife and children listed up above to not match the info for the wife and children in the bio.
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As for disconnecting Barbara Dentler, she has the same parents and birth information. Given that your source reports only the one son for Souder, have you looked at the possibility that these Barbara's are the same person and she married a second time?
Barbara Dentler's son, Solomon Dentler, was born 27 Sep 1790 (per Findagrave records which includes image of headstone and transcription giving his age at death in years, months, days.)
Barbara Souder's son, Christian Souder, was born 14 Feb 1791 (also per Findagrave record which includes image of headstone and transcription giving age at death in years, months, days.)
Assuming Solomon and Christian knew exactly how old they were, they clearly had different mothers.
It's possible that their ages (and thus their birth dates) were recorded in error. However, I can find no record to indicate that Barbara Souder was widowed and remarried. Her husband, Jacob, is reported to have died in 1814, well after Barbara is reported to have died, well after she would have been having children had she lived, and well after Solomon was born.
From census records, there appears to have been only one man named Solomon Dentler in Northampton, County, and that's the child born c.1790. A Jacob Dentler of Northampton County made his will on 6 Dec 1821 and named all his children, including Solomon, and also named his wife as "Elizabeth Dentler, late Elizabeth Geist". Unless Elizabeth was Jacob's second wife, then I would assume that she was the mother of Solomon Dentler, and not Barbara Funck.
Incidentally, other sources report more children for Barbara Souder, which I've now added to her profile, but which I will need to follow up to verify.
See documentation in profile of Heinrich Funk (Funk-174), which proves his son, Henry Funk Jr. (Funk-163) received his father's land in 1735 and died the following year.
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