Bishop Heinrich Funck, II

• Heinrich Funk (Funck); Birth around 1697 in Palatinate, , Bayern, Germany Death 25 Apr 1760 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
• Bishop Heinrich Funck and family came to America from Ibersheim in the Palatinate, leaving on March 21, 1717 and arrived in Philadelphia on August 10, 1717. They traveled with a large group of Palatine Mennonites including Bishop Valentine Klemmer, Henrich Klemmer, Valentine Hunsicker, Henrich Ruth, John Landes, Hans Detweiler and his best friend Dielman Kolb. On August 15, 1717 another ship arrived with 150 Palatines Mennonites. On August 24, 1717 three more ships arrived with another 262 Mennonite passengers.
• Heinrich Funck is listed in Christian Meyer’s last will and testament, in writing, January 18, 1748. It was probated on June 6, 1751. It reads: My Loving Son-in-law the said Henry Funck to be Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament Impowering them hereby to raise and Levy all my dues and Demands as also to pay the Debts and Legacies herein mentioned utterly revoking and Disannulling all former and other Wills Testa.
• JF2 Barbara Oberholtzer b EUROPE - 2/3/1765 married c1729 Jacob Funk Sr- dp 6/14/1756 Jacob is nephew of Bishop Henry Funck; Patent for 140 acres May 16, 1734 Franconia Twp Will of Henry Funk 6/13/1759 REF: Phila Pat Bk A Vd 6 p311; Will Bk K #266 p 407 Phila PA; Funk Fam History p 626.
• Patent (deed) dated 1733, from John, Thomas and Richard Penn, to Henry Funk for 101 acres of land in Franconia Township. Signed by Thomas Penn, with the Great Seal of Pennsylvania attached. (Mennonite Heritage Center Collection).
• Our Immigrant Heritage: Funk
• Signatures of Henrich Funck and his fellow-minister Dielman Kolb, on a 1739 Declaration of Trust to the original male members of the Salford Mennonite congregation. (Mennonite Heritage Center Collection)
• Henrich Funck's (Henry Funk) second book, "Eine Restitution" (A Restitution, or an Explanation of the Chief-points of the [Old Testament Law), published after Funk's death, in 1763. (Mennonite Heritage Center Collection).]
• 18th-century walls of the Henry Funk house on Mill Road, Franconia Township. https://mhep.org/our-immigrant-heritage-funk/
• Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Volume V, Number 1, January 1982.
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, October 23, 1970 for Bishop Henry Funk
• History of Henry Funk and his wife Anna Christina Meyers, page 288 in A genealogical record of the descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer and other pioneers '
• Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck And Other Funk Pioneers, Volume 1 (1899)
• Bishop Heinrich Funck, II Find a Grave Memorial
• Heinrich Funck in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s. Source Citation Place: America; Year: 1730; Page Number: 10.
• FUNCK Family History

Married

• Married: Anna Christina Meyer Birth 1713 in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA Death 8 Jul 1758 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA.

Children

• Elizabeth Funk; Birth 1725 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Death 1806 in , Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
• Esther Funk; Birth 1725 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Death 1806 in , Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
• John Funk; Birth 1727 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Death 1807 in , Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
• Christian Funk; Birth 1731 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Death 31 May 1811 in Harleysville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA married Barbara Cassel. Christian is listed in his father’s Will. Page 14 Taylor and Lydia Bolton. The other tract containing 40 acres, for which he also paid £10, and received a conveyance dated Nov. 14. 1729. The three tracts constituted his farm of 201 acres on the Indian Creek. He afterwards divided this farm into two unequal parts, granting 137 acres 146 perches to his son Christian, and 63 acres 19 perches with the mill and other buildings and improvements to his son Abraham. Page 14 Christian Funk, in his "Mirror to all Mankind." says, that his father "came from Europe in 1719. settled at the Indian Creek: other of his brethren came over from Europe and then Henry Funk was elected as minister to serve the church at Franconia." of which he was the first minister, and later was ordained bishop in which office he served a long time.
• Abraham Funk; Birth 21 Nov 1734 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Death 16 Apr 1788 in Springfield, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
• Mary Funk; Birth 1736 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
• Anna Funk; 1738 – 1779
• Henry Funk; Birth 17 Sep 1739 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA, Death 1793 in , Rockingham, Virginia, USA
• Fronica Funk; Birth 1740 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
• Barbara Funk; Birth 25 Nov 1752 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Death in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Original Deed and Wax Seal for Henry Funk's House. Picture taken at Mennonite Heritage Center by Gene Funk and Posted to https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17426869/henry-funk on January 4, 2013

The Last and Will Testiment of Henry Funck, pages 13-20

Will of Bishop Heinrich Funk

A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funk Pioneers,By Abraham James Fretz

Abraham James Fretz, Mennonite Publishing Company, 1899 - 874 pages. A genealogy of the descendants of Henry Funck born in Europe. He immigrated to America in 1719 and settled at Indian Creek, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania where he died in 1760. He married Anne Meyer.

Anabaptist Families from Canton Zurich to Lancaster County, 1633 to 1729: A Tour, by Jane Evans Best

Kappel (4)

Adam Näf (NF13) and his Anabaptist wife, Kleiann Wäber (?WB5) lived at Kappel in 1588. In 1571 he and two of his brothers had been granted rights to the Sennhof (dairy farm) at Kappel because of the heroism of their father in the battle of Kappel on October 11, 1531. Their grandfather was killed in the battle, as was Ulrich Zwingli, founder of the Reformed Church. The Cloister at Kappel (Fig. h) was begun in the twelfth century, and after the Reformation the farms under its control were sold to the hereditary tenants, including the Näf family.

Hof Buch, Knonau (5)

The cause of the last Anabaptist persecution occurred in 1635 when Heinrich Frick (FR316) from Hof Buch in the parish of Knonau (Fig. i) resigned his office of Fandrich (standard bearer or ensign), to join the Anabaptists. His refusal to bear arms came less than two years after invasion of Zurich territory by the Swedish army, and officials feared others might follow his exam in Kunheim, Alsace, in 1660 when he signed the Dortrecht Confession. His cousin, Jacob Frick (FR334), was a servant in his household from 1634 to 1640, and was an Anabaptist living in Mussig, Alsace, in 1684. He was probably the grandfather of the Jacob Frick (FR3341.1) who came to Lancaster County in 1733.

Mettmenstetten (6)

In 1634 Heinrich Funk (FH1) was married in Mettmenstetten nearby to Cathrina Meylin (ML26), daughter of the Anabaptist minister. They had fourteen children, and some of their descendants came to North America.

From Switzerland to Quincy, Illious History of our Funks

Heinrich Funck (d. 1760), a European Mennonite settler who located along the Indian Creek in what is now Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Philadelphia. He married Anne, daughter of immigrant Christian Meyer and they became the parents of ten children, including Preacher Henry Funck and Bishop Christian Funk (1731-1811), the latter being the founder of the Funkites, who withdrew from the Franconia Conference in 1778 because they favored recognizing the independence of the American Colonies before the end of the Revolutionary War. Funck was a farmer, miller, and bishop. He wrote two books, Ein Spiegel der Tauffe (Mirror of Baptism) in 1744, and Eine Restitution, Oder eine Erklaerung einiger Haupt-puncten des Gesetzes (Restitution, or an Explanation of Several Principal Points of the Law), the latter being left as an unpublished manuscript at his death in 1760; his children arranged for its publication in 1763. Funck collaborated in sponsoring the publication of the 1748 German Martyrs' Mirror, and he and Dielman Kolb read the proofs page by page as they came off the Ephrata presses. Funck was the most important writer among the Mennonites in Colonial America. His grave is lost, but it is known that he was intimately associated with both the Salford and Franconia congregations of the Franconia Conference - https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Funck,_Heinrich_(d._1760)

• Henry FUNCK was born about 1690 in Palatinate, Germany. He died in 1760 in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. He was buried in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. He has reference number 152. BIRTH: Born Heinrich Funck in either Holland or Palatinate Abt 1690
• IMMIGRATION: Arrived in Philadelphia by 1718, lived in Germantown and, in 1719 settled at Indian Creek, Franconia Twp, Montgomery Co. PA. Said to have arrived with best friend Dielman Kolb, who landed 10 Aug 1717. Often confused with another Heinnrich Funk who arrived in 1717 and settled in Lancaster Co, PA. (See Francis Funk pp. 16-20)
• Title page of Eine Restitution, 1763 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000006581100178?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000103826678285&position=0
• LAND: 20 Dec 1718 land warrant to Heinrich Funck of Germantown for 101 3/4 acres on a branch of Perkeawming Creek. Later buys adjoining tracts. Total 201 acres. Also 166 acres "of ye Mannor Lands on ye upper part of a branch ", prob part of Perkasie Manor, Hilltown Twp, Bucks Co, PA willed to son Henry.
• PROBATE: Will filed in Philadelphia in Will No. 274, S427 dated 13 June 1759. Translated in A.J. Fretz pp. 13-20 and Frances Funck pp. 41-47
• OCCUPATION: First Mennonite Bishop in America; religious author and, translator, operated grist mill on Indian Creek, Franconia Twp, PA
• BURIAL: Delps Cemetary. Franconia Twp. This was the orignal Funk burying ground. Stone marker erected for Bishop Funk. Near Bucks Co line near Telford, PA
• 1718. Bishop Heinrich Funck, born Abt. 1702 in Germany; died 1760 in Franconia, Twp., Montgomery Co., PA. He was the son of 3436. Heinrich Funck and 3437. Franey. He married 1719. Anna Meyer.
• 1719. Anna Meyer, born Abt. 1706 in Saulford, Montgomery Co., PA; died July 08, 1758 in Indian Creek, PA. She was the daughter of 3438. Christian Meyer and 3439. Barbara Bergey.
• Notes for Bishop Heinrich Funck:

Notes
From Tom Kirkpatrick:
BIRTH: Born Heinrich Funck in either Holland or Palatinate Abt 1690

• IMMIGRATION: Arrived in Philadelphia by 1718, lived in Germantown and, in 1719 settled at Indian Creek, Franconia Twp, Montgomery Co. PA. Said to have arrived with best friend Dielman Kolb, who landed 10 Aug 1717. Often confused with another Heinnrich Funk who arrived in 1717 and settled in Lancaster Co, PA. (See Francis Funk pp. 16-20)
• LAND: 20 Dec 1718 land warrant to Heinrich Funck of Germantown for 101 3/4 acres on a branch of Perkeawming Creek. Later buys adjoining tracts. Total 201 acres. Also 166 acres "of ye Mannor Lands on ye upper part of a branch of Perkyoming", prob part of Perkasie Manor, Hilltown Twp, Bucks Co, PA willed to son Henry.
• PROBATE: Will filed in Philadelphia in Will No. 274, S427 dated 13 June 1759. Translated in A.J. Fretz pp. 13-20 and Frances Funck pp. 41-47
• OCCUPATION: First Mennonite Bishop in America; religious author and, translator, operated grist mill on Indian Creek, Franconia Twp, PA
• BURIAL: Delps Cemetary. Franconia Twp. This was the orignal Funk burying ground. Stone marker erected for Bishop Funk. Near Bucks Co line near Telford, PA
• SOURCES: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck

Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899; Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA -Frances Funk, Joseph Funk A Biography; Pub 1984, Frances unk, HC72, Box 557, Lake of the Woods, Locust Grove, VA 22508 -Richard & Kathryn Hott, Hott Ancestors; 1710-1984; Adelphi, MD, Mr. & Mr Richard D. Hott, 10423 Oakhill Ct, Adelphi, MD 20783

• Page information based upon 1) original research of Daniel W. Bly and published in his From The Rhine to The Shanendoah, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD 21202, vol I. (1993), vol II. (1996)*; research of 2) Karen Kellogg Stephen of Mehoopany,PA., 3) Christine Stephens of Ft. Thomas,KY and 4) Mike Judd.

The origins of the Funk family have been well researched and articulated by Mr. Bly. I borrow shamelessly from him; please be aware that any and all errors be they ommission or commission are my own responsibility. This lineage is believed to have been involved in the early Anabaptist movement in late 16th century Switzerland. Specifically Jacob Funk and his wife Anna Naff were born in Ober Mettmenstetten in the Knonau District of Canton Zurich about1575. Later generations moved to Germany and the region known as the Palatinate where they are well documented in Mennonite historical documents. Their movement can be seen as a result both of their persecution by authorities for their religious beliefs as well as their religious outreach activities. Heinrich Funk (abt 1662) was the first immigrant to the present USA in 1717 having left Bonfeld in Baden and settled with other family members in Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania. Later generations settled in Virginia and then Washinton Co, Kentucky

• Immigration: List 54 B] Palatines imported in the Snow Two Sisters,

James Marshall, Commander, from Rotterdam, but last from
Cowes in England. Qualified the 9th Day of September
1738. Heinrich Funk, age 36; Anna Funk age 31

• 1744 Wrote "Ein Spiegle Der Tauffe" mirror of baptism
• Notes for Anna Meyer:

Notes
Information on her ancestors is mostly from Jay D Weaver
who is quoting information from "Martin Kendig's Swiss
Relatives" by Jane Evans Best in the Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage
Publication, January, 1992. This is published by the Lancaster
Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, PA 17602.

• BURIAL: Delps Cemetary, Franonia Twp, Montgomery Co, PA

CHILDREN: Had 10 children

Children of Bishop Funck and Anna Meyer are:

• i. Esther Funk, born Abt. 1725 in Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA; died Unknown; married Johannes Showalter 1777; died Unknown. Notes for Esther Funk: IDENTITY: Described as "lame in all her limbs" in Bishop Hery Funck's will. SOURCE: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899; Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA
• ii. John Funk, born Abt. 1727 in Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA; died 1807; married Barbara Wismer; Notes for John Funk: OCCUPATION: Blacksmith and Farmer; Lived in Hilltown Twp. LAND: Will dated 13 Aug 1807, recorded 17 Oct 1807 Doylestown, PA, Will Book 7:290 (Francis Funk p.47) wills residence and 100a to son-in-law John Kolb for 750 pounds to be paid to named children (A. J. Fretz p.21) BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CONFLICT: Richard Hott, Hott Ancestors p.131 has as b. 1724 m. Nancy Shank lived in Franklin Co, PA, says had 12 children. Frances Funk p.47 has m. Barbara, dau. of Henry and Barbary Wismer. A.J Fretz does not name spouse and names seven children from will. SOURCES: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899; Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA -Frances Funk, Joseph Funk A Biography; Pub 1984, Frances Funk, HC72, Box 557, Lake of the Woods, Locust Grove, VA 22508 -Richard & Kathryn Hott, Hott Ancestors; 1710-1984; Adelphi, MD, Mr. & Mr Richard D. Hott, 10423 Oakhill Ct, Adelphi, MD 20783
• iii. Henry Funk, born 1730 in Franconia Twp, Montgomery Co., PA; died 1793 in Rockingham Co., VA; married (1) Barbara Showalter; born Abt. 1733 in Switzerland; died 1824 in Singer Glen, Rockingham, VA; married (2) Barbara Showalter Abt. 1762; born Abt. 1744 in Switzerland; died 1790 in Singers Glen, Rockingham Co., VA.

Notes: Henry FUNK BIRTH: ABT 1729, Franconia Twp,Montgomery,PA, DEATH: 1793, ,Rockingham,VA BURIAL: Trissels Cem,Rockingham,VA , REFERENCE: 76 Father: Henry FUNCK, Mother: Anne MEYER OCCUPATION: He and brother Christian were Mennonite ministers in PA preached to group known as "Funkites"
BIRTH DATE: Hott has both 1727 and 1739 ; Ancestor File Source has as Abt 1729. LAND: Henry & Barbara (Showalter) Funk granted over 400 acres south of Showalter homestead by father Jacob Showalter in 1767 will (probated 1773) Will P-279-400, Philadelphia Co Courthouse, Phila PA. (cited in P.Brown article). On 24 Sep 1783 Henry inherited 166 acre farm from father (Montgomery Co, PA estate papers) in Hilltown Twp, Bucks Co, PA. Lived there until 1786 when he and entire family (expcept Jacob) moved to VA. Settled 1.5 miles West of Singer's Glen, near Little North Mountain, Rockingham Co, VA. This land later purchased by his Joseph Funk's son John Funk (A.J. Fretz p 306) in 1975 was owned by John's son Joseph Earle Funk (D. MacAllister p. 48). DEATH: Bond dated 27 Jan 1794 names Henry Funk, John Funk, Christian Roth, and Anty Miller as administrators of his estate (Frances Funk p.62) SOURCES: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899; Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA, p.139 -Frances Funk, Joseph Funk A Biography; Pub 1984, Frances Funk, HC72, Box 557, Lake of the Woods, Locust Grove, VA 22508 -Richard & Kathryn Hott, Hott Ancestors; 1710-1984; Adelphi, MD, Mr. & Mr Richard D. Hott, 10423 Oakhill Ct, Adelphi, MD 20783 -Pamela A. Brown, article "The Showalters of Earl and Cocalico Townships, Lacnaster County, Pennsylvania" in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage journal p. 18, date uncertain, obtained from Richard Hott, Adelphi, MD. -Dale E MacAllister, Donovan Memorial Church in the Singers Glen Community, A Historical Sketch 1875-1975; Singers Glen, VA; Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, VA. Immigration: 1786, > Rockingham Co., VA Death: , Rockingham Co., VA , Occupation: Minister Religion: Mennonite. First Bishop of Mennonite Curch, Rockingham Co. 1786 first moved to Rickingham Co. Found forest land and cleared it 1786 - Caught betweeb church and State during revolution. BURIAL: Trissels Cem, Rockingham, VA

• Barbara Showalter: Notes from Tom Kirkpatrick IMMIGRATION: Arrived Philadelphin with parents and 10 siblings on 3 Nov 1750 on the ship "Brotherhood", commanded by Capt. John Thomson. Ship departed Rotterdam, with last port Cowes, England. (Rupp, Brown) LAND: Henry & Barbara (Showalter) Funk granted over 400 acres south of Showalter homestead by father Jacob Showalter in 1767 will (probated 1773) Will P-279-400, Philadelphia Co Courthouse, Phila PA. (cited in Brown article). SOURCE:Pamela A. Brown, article "The Showalters of Earl and Cocalico Townships, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania" in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage journal p. 18, date uncertain, obtained from Richard Hott, Adelphi, MD. -I. Danuel Rupp, A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand, Names of German Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania 1727 to 1776 Philadelphia 1876, reprint ed. Baltimore Genealogical Pub. Co. 1980 ,p. 173 (cited in Pamela Brown article) [S22]

[S55] Kerns, Wilmer L., "Showalter Family Antecedants", revised may 17, 1997, 4715 North 38th Place, Arlington, VA 22207-2914. Immigration: 3 NOV 1750, Philadelphia, PA. 

* iv. Christian Funk, born Abt. 1731 in Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA; died May 31, 1811 in Indian Creek, Franconia Twp, Montgomery Co., PA; married Barbara Casell; died December 29, 1792. Notes for Christian Funk: Notes RESIDENCES: Lived on Indian Creek on 137a, 19p inherited from father. Later purchased remainder of Bishop Funck homestead and mill from brother Abraham. Conveyed 241a, 51p and mill, etc. on 29 Jul, 1794 to son-in-law John Detweiler Mill possibly known as "Bechtel"s Mill" per Frances Funk p 47. BURIAL: Christian and wife buried at Delps Graveyard RELIGION-OCCUPATION: Became Mennonite minister at Franconia 1757. Split with He them during Revolutionaly War in 1774 over "oath" issue. He and brother Henry preached to group known as "Funkites." See Biographpy A.J. Fretz pp. 338-340. SOURCES: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899; Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA ,p.338. -Frances Funk, Joseph Funk A Biography; Pub 1984, Frances Funk, HC72, Box 557, Lake of the Woods, Locust Grove, VA 22508 , p.47 -IGI T998188-58 1126325; AFN:4GSH, 4GSJ-LV.

• v. Abraham Funk, born November 21, 1734 in Indian Creek, Franconia Twp, Montgomery Co., PA; died April 16, 1788 in Springfield Twp., Bucks Co., PA; married Mary Landis January 19, 1758; died February 1826.

Notes for Abraham Funk: LAND: Inherited 53 acre homestead and mill at Indian Creek from father; in 1763 sold to brother Christian SOURCES: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899; Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA p.499 -IGI T998195-144, Call No. 1126325; AFN: 4GSJ-M2

• vi. Mary Funk, born Abt. 1736 in franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA; died Unknown.
• vii. Barbara Funk, born Abt. 1738; died Unknown.
• 859 viii. Anna Funk, born 1738 in Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA; died Unknown; married Valentine Showalter Abt. 1765.
• ix. Fronicka Funk, born Abt. 1740 in Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA; died Unknown.

x. Elizabeth Funk, born Abt. 1746 in Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA; died Unknown.

SOURCES:

Bibliography Of Funck, Heinrich (d. 1760) - https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Funck,_Heinrich_(d._1760)

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 17.

Wenger, John C. "Funck, Heinrich (d. 1760)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 21 Aug 2019. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Funck,_Heinrich_(d._1760)&oldid=1....

Wenger, John C. (1956). Funck, Heinrich (d. 1760). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 August 2019, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Funck,_Heinrich_(d._1760)&oldid=1....

Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck, Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899; Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA -Frances Funk, Joseph Funk A Biography; Pub 1984, Frances Funk, HC72, Box 557, Lake of the Woods, Locust Grove, VA 22508 -Richard & Kathryn Hott, Hott Ancestors; 1710-1984; Adelphi, MD, Mr. & Mr Richard D. Hott, 10423 Oakhill Ct, Adelphi, MD 20783

153. Anne MEYER was born about 1702 in Salford, Montgomery, PA. She died on 8 Jul 1758 in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. She was buried in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. She has reference number 153. BURIAL: Delps Cemetary, Franonia Twp, Montgomery Co, PA

CHILDREN: Had 10 children Children were: i. John FUNK was born about 1727 in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. He died in Bucks, PA. He has reference number 2T6V-KW. OCCUPATION: Blacksmith and Farmer; Lived in Hilltown Twp.

FUNCK Family History - http://www.usfunks.net/genealogy/Funk/Research/Funck_Heinrich_1662....

LAND: Will dated 13 Aug 1807, recorded 17 Oct 1807 Doylestown, PA, Will Book , 7:290 (Francis Funk p.47) wills residence and 100a to son-in-law John Kolb for 750 pounds to be paid to named children (A. J. Fretz p.21)

A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer and By Abraham James Fretz - https://books.google.com/books?id=aB05AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA702&lpg=PA702&d...

BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CONFLICT: Richard Hott, Hott Ancestors p.131 has as b. 1724 m.
Nancy Shank lived in Franklin Co, PA, says had 12 children. Frances Funk p.47 has m. Barbara, dau. of Henry and Barbary Wismer. A.J Fretz does not name spouse and names seven children from will.

SOURCES: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899; Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA -Frances Funk, Joseph Funk A Biography; Pub 1984, Frances Funk, HC72, Box 557, Lake of the Woods, Locust Grove, VA 22508 -Richard & Kathryn Hott, Hott Ancestors; 1710-1984; Adelphi, MD, Mr. & Mr Richard D. Hott, 10423 Oakhill Ct, Adelphi, MD 20783 76 ii. Henry FUNK.

iii. Christian FUNK was born in 1731 in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. He died on 31 May 1811. RESIDENCES: Lived on Indian Creek on 137a, 19p inherited from father. Later  purchased remainder of Bishop Funck homestead and mill from brother Abraham.  Conveyed 241a, 51p and mill, etc. on 29 Jul, 1794 to son-in-law John Detweiler  Mill possibly known as "Bechtel"s Mill" per Frances Funk p 47. 

BURIAL: Christian and wife buried at Delps Graveyard

RELIGION-OCCUPATION: Became Mennonite minister at Franconia 1757. Split with He them during Revolutionaly War in 1774 over "oath" issue. He and brother Henry preached to group known as "Funkites." See Biographpy A.J. Fretz pp. 338-340

SOURCES: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899; Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA ,p.338. -Frances Funk, Joseph Funk A Biography; Pub 1984, Frances Funk, HC72, Box 557, Lake of the Woods, Locust Grove, VA 22508 , p.47 -IGI T998188-58 1126325; AFN:4GSH, 4GSJ-LV.

iv. Abraham FUNK was born on 21 Nov 1734 in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. He died on 16 Apr 1788 in Springfield Twp, Bucks, PA. LAND: Inherited 53 acre homestead and mill at Indian Creek from father;  in 1763 sold to brother Christian 

SOURCES: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899; Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA p.499 -IGI T998195-144, Call No. 1126325; AFN: 4GSJ-M2

v. Esther FUNK was born in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. She has reference number 2T6V-JQ. IDENTITY: Described as "lame in all her limbs" in Bishop Hery Funck's will. 

SOURCE: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899; Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA

vi. Barbara FUNK was born on 25 Nov 1752 in Franconia, Montgomery, PA. She has reference number 2T6V-RX. SOURCE: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck  Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899;  Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA 

vii. Anne FUNK was born in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. She has reference number 2T6V-HK. SOURCE: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck  Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899;  Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA 

viii. Mary FUNK was born in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. She has reference number 2T6V-NF. SOURCE: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck  Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899;  Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA 

ix. Fronica FUNK was born in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. She has reference number 2T6V-PL. SOURCE: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck  Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899;  Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA 

x. Elizabeth FUNK was born in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. She has reference number 2T6V-QR. SOURCE: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funck  Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co, 1899;  Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA

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A brief history of Bishop Henry Funck and other Funk pioneers, and a complete genealogical family register, with biographies of their descendants from the earliest available records to the present time (Google eBook)

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1717 Arrived in Philadelphia

1717 First Mennonite preacher at Salford and Franconia and bishop for the Franconia conference.

1718 December 20, land warrant to Heinrich Funck of Germantown for 101 3/4 acres on a branch of Perkeawming Creek. Later buys adjoining tracts. Total 201 acres. Also 166 acres "of ye Mannor Lands on ye upper part of a branch of Perkyoming", probably part of Perkasie Manor, Hilltown Twp, Bucks Co, PA willed to son Henry.

1719 Settled at Indian Creek, Franconia Twp, Montgomery Co. PA

1738 Henry Funck, Dielman Kolb, Christian Meyer, Jr & Abraham Reiff, deacons, purchased land for Mennonite meetinghouse in Salford

1749 Operated first grist mill on Indian Creek in Franconia Township

1759 Will filed in Philadelphia in Will No. 274, S427 dated 13 June 1759. Translated in A.J. Fretz pp. 13-20 and Frances Funck pp. 41-47

1760 Died at Indian Creek, Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA

1760 After the death of Funk which occurred in 1760, the executors John and Christian Funk, sold this tract in 1761 to Jacob Bear, a son-in-law of Henry Funk, who sold in 1763 to John Yellis, of Towamencin township. Funk was never naturalized and Bear also refused to be naturalized. He therefore procured a patent and then sold it the same year to George Kriebel, of Upper Milford who sold it to Daniel Rosenberger in 1769.

Henry built the first mill on Indian Creek. He was well educated for the time and became a Bishop in the Moravian Church

Henry Funk homestead - from Souderton take 113 south, at Schoolhouse Road turn right, at Mill Rd. turn right and the Funk homestead is the second farm on the right.

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Henry FUNCK was born about 1690 in Palatinate, Germany. He died in 1760 in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. He was buried in Franconia Twp, Montgomery, PA. He has reference number 152. BIRTH: Born Heinrich Funck in either Holland or Palatinate Abt 1690

IMMIGRATION: Arrived in Philadelphia by 1718, lived in Germantown and, in 1719 settled at Indian Creek, Franconia Twp, Montgomery Co. PA. Said to have arrived with best friend Dielman Kolb, who landed 10 Aug 1717. Often confused with another Heinnrich Funk who arrived in 1717 and settled in Lancaster Co, PA.

http://www.familyorigins.com/users/k/i/r/Thomas-B-Kirkpatrick/FAMO1...

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Title: Bishop Birth: in Germany (the Palatinate) or Holland Death: 1760 in Franconia Twp, Philadelphia Co (now Montgomery Co, ) PA Note: Per "Genealogy of the Moyer Family", A. J. Fretz, 1909: Bishop Henry Funk came from Europe (the Kraichgau, probably from the Bad R appenau community--per John Ruth via Willi Meyer,) in abt 1717 and settl ed at the Indian Creek in Franconia Twp, in what is now Montgomery Co, P A. He was a farmer and miller. He was the first minister at Franconia Men nonite church and was later ordained Bishop. He was appointed by the Menn onite church, in connection with Dielman Kolb, to supervise the translati on of "Van Bracht's Martyrs Mirror" from the Dutch to the German, print ed in Ephrata in 1748.

Will Abstract: FUNK, HENRY. Francony Township, Penna. June 13, 1759. April 25, 176 0. L.427. Children: Esther, John, Henry, Christian, Henry, Abraham, Barbara, Ann e, Mary, Fronica and Elizabeth. Poor of Congregation of Mennonists. Exe c: John and Christian Funk. Witnesses: Jacob Funck, Jacob Oberholtze r, Benedict German.

Father: Heinrich Funck \ Funk b: ABT 1664 in Germany Mother: Veronica \ Franey (nee unknown) Funck b: ABT 1669

Marriage 1 Anna Christina Meyer b: ABT 1707 in what is now Montgomery Co, PA Married: ABT 1724 in PA Children

John Funk b: ABT 1724 in what is now Montgomery Co, PA

Barbara Funk b: ABT 1726 in what is now Montgomery Co, PA

Esther Funk b: ABT 1728 in what is now Montgomery Co, PA

Henry Funk , Jr b: ABT 1730 in what is now Montgomery Co, PA

Christian M. Funk b: ABT 1731 in Franconia Twp, Philadelphia Co (now Montgomery Co, ) PA

Abraham Funk b: 21 NOV 1734 in Franconia Twp, Philadelphia Co (now Montgomery Co, ) PA

Anne Funk b: ABT 1738 in what is now Montgomery Co, PA

Fronica Funk b: ABT 1740 in what is now Montgomery Co, PA

Mary Funk b: ABT 1743 in what is now Montgomery Co, PA

Elizabeth Funk b: ABT 1746 in what is now Montgomery Co, PA

A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funk Pioneers, By Abraham James Fretz - https://books.google.com/books?id=KfwcAAAAYAAJ&q=Henry+Funck#v=snip...

Title: Bishop Birth: in Germany (the Palatinate) or Holland Death: 1760 in Franconia Twp, Philadelphia Co (now Montgomery Co, ) PA Note: Per "Genealogy of the Moyer Family", A. J. Fretz, 1909: Bishop Henry Funk came from Europe (the Kraichgau, probably from the Bad R appenau community--per John Ruth via Willi Meyer,) in abt 1717 and settl ed at the Indian Creek in Franconia Twp, in what is now Montgomery Co, P A. He was a farmer and miller. He was the first minister at Franconia Men nonite church and was later ordained Bishop. He was appointed by the Menn onite church, in connection with Dielman Kolb, to supervise the translati on of "Van Bracht's Martyrs Mirror" from the Dutch to the German, print ed in Ephrata in 1748.

Will Abstract: FUNK, HENRY. Francony Township, Penna. June 13, 1759. April 25, 176 0. L.427. Children: Esther, John, Henry, Christian, Henry, Abraham, Barbara, Ann e, Mary, Fronica and Elizabeth. Poor of Congregation of Mennonists. Exe c: John and Christian Funk. Witnesses: Jacob Funck, Jacob Oberholtze r, Benedict German.

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The following is research from Roots web whose contributor ,I am unable to contact.The following is not a direct quote. Heinrich may have been born in Holland, and immigrated to Colonial America in 1717. He was a Miller/Author and the First Minister for the Franconi Mennonite Church. Heinrich also was the First Mennonite Bishop in the Colonial America. Heinrich may be buried in Indian Creek or Delp's Cemetery.

• Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 17.

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Sources

• Strassburger Fam. and Allied Fams. of Pa; Jacob And. Strassburger, of Montgomery Co. Pa. By Ralph Beaver Strassburger. Gwynedd Valley, Pa. 1922. (520p.):38, 409
• Mennonite church history, by Hartzler, Jonas Smucker, 1857 - https://archive.org/details/cu31924029463811/page/n139/mode/2up?q=C...
• Historic background and annals of the Swiss and German pioneer settlers of southeastern Pennsylvania

Annals of the Pioneer Swiss and Palatine Mennonites of Lancaster County, and other early Germans of Eastern Pennsylvania, page 239.

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) - Heinrich Funck, Volume 59, Page number 470, Reference Strassburger Fam. and Allied Fams. of Pa; Jacob And. Strassburger, of Montgomery Co. Pa. By Ralph Beaver Strassburger. Gwynedd Valley, Pa. 1922. (520p.):38, 409.
• A brief history of Bishop Henry Funck and other Funk pioneers, and a complete genealogical family register, with biographies of their descendants from the earliest available records to the present time

by Fretz, A. J. (Abraham James), b. 1849. cn -https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofbi01fret/page/n17/mode/2u...