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Anna Margaret Witthaus Eagle

Birth
Mosbach, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death
1 Oct 1800 (aged 89)
Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Wife of Jacob Anthony Henckle. Mother of 9 children. She may be born in Daundenzell, Mosbach, Baden, Germany.

The Henkel Memorial written in 1910 states that Anthony Jacob Henkel, Jr's widow, Margaret, in less than two years from his death, was married to Martin Groff (generally written Grove.) The records of her oldest son, John, Esq., of York County, say she was first married to "Henkel" with whom she had a family, and after his death to "Groves" and lastly to "Eagle" and died in Philadelphia, aged over one hundred years.
She was born June 28, 1711 in England, the exact location and parentage is unknown. On June 24, 1731, she married Jacob Anthony Henckel, a native of Germany, son of Rev. Anthony Jacob Henckel and Maria Elizabeth Dentzer Henckel. They were parents of nine children: John, Mary Barbara, Anthony, Phillip, Charles, Henry, Peter, Michael, and Benjamin.

Following Jacob Anthony's death in 1751, she married second in 1753 to Martin Grove/Groff and they had one son, William Grove. Martin had several children by his previous marriage. He died in 1760 and she married a third time to a Mr. Eagle (Egle), with no issue.

Anna Margaret Eagle died at Germantown. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania on October 1, 1800, age 89 years, 3 months, and 3 days, and is buried beside her first husband, Jacob Anthony Henckel in the church yard of St. Michael's Lutheran Church at Germantown.
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Wife of Jacob Anthony Henckle. Mother of 9 children. She may be born in Daundenzell, Mosbach, Baden, Germany.

The Henkel Memorial written in 1910 states that Anthony Jacob Henkel, Jr's widow, Margaret, in less than two years from his death, was married to Martin Groff (generally written Grove.) The records of her oldest son, John, Esq., of York County, say she was first married to "Henkel" with whom she had a family, and after his death to "Groves" and lastly to "Eagle" and died in Philadelphia, aged over one hundred years.
She was born June 28, 1711 in England, the exact location and parentage is unknown. On June 24, 1731, she married Jacob Anthony Henckel, a native of Germany, son of Rev. Anthony Jacob Henckel and Maria Elizabeth Dentzer Henckel. They were parents of nine children: John, Mary Barbara, Anthony, Phillip, Charles, Henry, Peter, Michael, and Benjamin.

Following Jacob Anthony's death in 1751, she married second in 1753 to Martin Grove/Groff and they had one son, William Grove. Martin had several children by his previous marriage. He died in 1760 and she married a third time to a Mr. Eagle (Egle), with no issue.

Anna Margaret Eagle died at Germantown. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania on October 1, 1800, age 89 years, 3 months, and 3 days, and is buried beside her first husband, Jacob Anthony Henckel in the church yard of St. Michael's Lutheran Church at Germantown.
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