Heinrich Hendricks (abt. 1692 - 1749)

Born about 1692 in Germantown, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Linderman) Hendricks — married 24 Mar 1714 in Germantown, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1749 at about age 57 in Towamencin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

According to the Keith Gross Family Tree,

Hendrick (Henry) Hendricks was born in Philadelphia either in 1692 or 1697 [marriage in March 1714 makes 1692 more likely = 22 years old vs 17 years old when married] to a German father, the original family immigrant to America. It is likely the family were Mennonite as Henry was buried in a Mennonite cemetary and lived in a Mennonite community outside Philadelphia when he died in February 1749 [at age 56, if born in 1692].

On March 24, 1714, he married Rachel Linderman. It is likely they moved to Towamencin Twp, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, after their marriage as there was a Mennonite church and community there from the early 18th Century. It's possible Rachel Linderman was a Mennonite and Henry converted when he married...

Towamencin township was founded in the early 18th Century; it is good farmland located near Landsdale, PA. The name was Leni-Lenape Indian and meant "poplar trees" - that lined the area's two small creeks. "Henry Hendricks" was listed in 1734 as one of Towamencin Township's 34 original land-owning households, owning 123 acres at that time. Paul, Lawrence and Leonard Hendricks were also among the 34 original Township landowners. No doubt they were all related. They and most of the other early settlers are said to have moved to Towamenicin from Germantown, Philadelphia (where Henry was born) so they could buy farms.

Wilhelm, Heinrich, Lorentz and Gerhardt Hendricks were all immigrants to Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before 1700. Wilhelm (now called William) and his sons Heinrich (now Henry) and Lorentz (now Lawrence) Hendricks were naturalized as British subjects in 1709 in Philadelphia. They did this so they could "hold and enjoy land" in the British colony of Pennsylvania.^[1]

Nothing further is known about Henry and Rachel Hendricks except that descendants of the large Hendricks family were still farming in Towamencin township in 1884. Henry Hendricks was buried in the Towamencin Mennonite Cemetery.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "History of Montgomery County" published by Everts and Peck in 1884; see http://www.towamencin.org/documents/townshiphistory.pdf
2. ↑ This biography researched and added by Chet Snow, July 12, 2014.

• http://www.towamencin.org/documents/townshiphistory.pdf - History of Montgomery County, 1884; Everts & Peck.
• The Keith Gross Family Tree - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2716215&id=I553992304