Heinrich Funck (abt. 1702 - 1760)

Born about 1702 in Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Husband of Anna (Meyer) Funck — married 1733 in Franconia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1760 at about age 58 in Franconia Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

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Biography

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 :

1. Esther Funk, "lame in all her limbs, could neither walk nor stand alone",^[2] born circa 1725
2. Johannes Funk,^[2] born circa 1727, married Barbara Wismer
3. Heinrich Funk,^[2] born 1730, died 1793, in Rockingham county, Virginia, married Barbara Showalter
4. Christian Funk,^[2] born circa 1731, died May 31, 1811, in Indian Creek, Franconia Township, Montgomery county, PA, married Barbara Cassell
5. Abraham Funk,^[2] born November 21, 1734, in Indian Creek, died April 16, 1788, in Springfield Township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, married Mary Landis
6. Mary Funk,^[2] born circa 1736, in Franconia Township
7. Barbara Funk m. Jacob Souder,^[2] born circa 1738
8. Anna Funk,^[2] born 1738, in Franconia Township, married Valentine Showalter
9. Fronicka Funk,^[2] born circa 1740, in Franconia Township
10. 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

1. ↑ Keyser, Charles William (1889). The Keyser family : descendants of Dirck Keyser of Amsterdam p.38. Philadelphia : William F. Fell
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} Fretz, Abraham James. "A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer and Other Pioneers: Together with Historical and Biographical Sketches, Illustrated with Eighty-seven Portraits and Other Illustrations" p.288. Harleysville, Pennsylvania: News Printing House, 1896. (Available online at Google Books.)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 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
4. ↑ 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.

See also :

• Wikidata: Item Q25703112, en:Wikipedia
• 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.

Acknowledgments

• This profile was created by Krystal Longnecker through the import of Wells Family Tree.ged on Sep 8, 2017