There is much speculation as to the parents of Philip Hinckel/Hinkel/Hinkle but actually nobody knows where he was born nor the names of his parents. Various descendants have picked the first available on-line baptism entry for him and say he was from Frankfurt; others say he was from Rhineland-Palatinate or from Saarland because a ship left from Rotterdam carrying emigrants from there.
I am a Y (paternal) DNA match to Robert Harold Hinkel who was born in Wyoming in 1936.
My first known paternal ancestor was born in the mountains in Saxony, Germany, on the border to Bohemia.
I don't have any other Y matches with my surname, he is the only one.
This may be a pure coincidence i.e. that we both have this surname and are related 1500 years ago before there were surnames.
Realistically, the immigrant Philip Hinkel was probably from Saxony and not from Frankfurt am Main.
I don't believe the parents shown in the Geni tree can be verified as being his parents.
Comments are welcome.
A descendant writes as follows: Philip Hinkel/Hinkle was born in Germany on September 17, 1724, the son of Christian and Anna Elizabeth (Minck?) Hinkle, about whom nothing else is known. He married Maria Catherine (Medlar?) in 1747. They arrived in Philadelphia on September 15, 1749 on the Phoenix, which sailed from Rotterdam, Holland. His second wife was Anna Maria, whose last name is unknown. Philip settled in Windsor Township, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He appears on a list of people in Berks County who took an oath of allegiance to the newly-founded United States of America and is therefore considered a Revolutionary patriot. The family were members of the Zion Lutheran Church. Philip passed away on October 22, 1793 and is buried in Shoemakerville, Berks County. He and Maria Catherine had the following children. I should note that some researchers have suggested that Anna Elizabeth may have been the mother of some of the younger children, but it seems more likely that Philip married his second wife after the first wife died, and all of his children had been born before then.
1. Maria Magdalena, b. May 29, 1749 in Windsor Township; d. 1837 in Berks County, Pa.; m. John Phillip Alspach, who was b. 1742 and d. 1808. Children: Barbara Elizabeth, Ann Maria Kathrina, Catherina Magdalena, Phillip, Johannes George, Christine, Maria Anna, John Michael, Elizabeth, Margaretha.
2. Johannes Lenhardt, b. June 7, 1751 in Perry Township, Pa.; d. December 2, 1798 in Richland Township, Pa.; m. 1778 to Maria Elizabeth Zeigenfuss, who was b. March 1, 1742 in Beedenkirchen, Germany and d. March 31, 1817 in Somerset County, Pa. Children: John George.
3. Anna Christina, b. March 26, 1753 in Perry Township, Berks County; d. September 19, 1822; m. a man named Ley.
4. Johann George, b. April 25, 1755 in Perry Township, Berks County; d. December 29, 1816 in Windsor Township, Berks County; m. Maria Margaretha Kerschner, who was born February 20, 1757 in Windsor Township, Berks County and d. March 8, 1835, also in Windsor Township. He went by the name George, as it was the German habit to use the middle name. Children: George, Philip, Jonathan, Samuel, Johann Jacob, Catharine, Johannes and Jonas Johnson.
5. Anna Elizabeth, b. March 26, 1757 in Ralpho Township, Northumberland County; d. September 19, 1822 in Ralpho Township; m. 1787 Johann Adam Gilger, who was b. June 10, 1752 in Berschweiler/Wiesweiler near Lauterecken, Germany and d. December 22, 1826 in Shamokin, Pa. Children: Peter, Mary, Magdalene, Catherine Ann, John Adam, Jonas, Elizabeth, Mary Barbara Catherine, Susannah, Sarah, Samuel.
6. Maria Catharina, b. June 26, 1761 in Perry Township, Berks County, Pa.; d. January 1, 1845.
6. John Phillip, b. October 6, 1763 in Perry Township, Berks County; d. 1836 in Somerset, Pa.; m. Catherine Kaufman (?) who was born in 1755 and died in 1793. Children: Jacob.
7. Abraham, b. October 6, 1763 in Perry Township, Berks County; d. July 8, 1836 in Bear Gap, Northumberland County, Pa.; m. in 1785 Magdalena Maria Cooper, who was b. March 11, 1764 in Berks County, Pa. and d. July 8, 1836 in Bear Gap, Northumberland County, Pa. Abraham was presumably John Phillip's twin. Children: Hannah, Abraham Daniel, George, Magdalena Mary, Sara. More on Abraham below.
8. Barbara, b. June 15, 1771 in Windsor Township, Berks County, Pa.; d. December 13, 1831 in Ralpho Township, Northumberland County, Pa.; m. John H. Pensyl/Bentzel who was b. March 5, 1767 in Reteberg, Germany and d. April 2, 1849 in Ralpho Township, Northumberland County, Pa. Children: Anna Catherine, John Helfrich, John George, Leah, Elizabeth and Leonard.
9. Elizabeth Catharina "Lisa", b. July 10, 1768 in Perry Township, Berks County; d. January 1, 1845 in Pennsylvania; m. Casper Adam(s), who was b. April 25, 1755 in Bavaria, Germany and d. January 26, 1832 in Northumberland County, Pa. Children: Johannes, Frederick, Elizabeth, Samuel, Caspar, Leonard and Ellen.
