Judge Henry Wynkoop, US Congress

Patriot of the American Revolution with the rank of MAJOR. DAR# A129321

1) DEPUTY TO PROVINCIAL CONGRESS; MAJ, ASSOC BATT; MEMBER OF GEN COMMITTEE OF SAFETY;
2) DELEGATE TO CONTINENTAL CONGRESS; ALSO JUSTICE OF COURT

m1. Susannah Wanshaer
m2. Maria Cummings
m3. Sarah Newkirk

Henry Wynkoop (March 2, 1737 – March 25, 1816) was a member of the Continental Congress (from 1779) and later a United States Representative for the state of Pennsylvania during the First United States Congress, 1789 to 1791.

Prior to his term as a representative, he served as a Justice on the Court of Common Pleas and the orphan's court in Kingston, Pennsylvania from 1780 to 1789. After his term in Congress, he was appointed as an Associate Judge in Bucks County, as which he served until his death in that county on March 25, 1816; he was interred in the graveyard of the Low Dutch Reformed Church, Richboro, Pennsylvania.

of Doylestown, Pennsylvania

properties in Northampton Bucks County

• see the Northampton township project
• Henry was a member, trustee and benefactor of the Lower Dutch Reformed Church (LRDC)
• tax records of the 1780s indicate that Wynkoop farms had at least 7 slaves.