Display Patriot - P-289199 - Christian SCHENKEL/SHENKEL

Christian SCHENKEL/SHENKEL

SAR Patriot #: P-289199

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State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A102857

Birth: 10 Jul 1756 Heidelberg / Lancaster / PA
Death: 1833 Higginsport / Brown / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Capt. George Hudson, Heidelberg Co, 1775
  2. NSDAR cites
    • CAPT GEORGE HUDSON
    • CAPT JOHN MOORE 3RD BATT, LANCASTER CO MILITIA

Additional References:
  1. PA Arch., 5th Series Vol 7, pg 10, 157, 177
  2. County Hist, Beers, pg 462
  3. C. A. Shinkle, Higginsport, OH. Family Bible,
  4. Graves report submitted by Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR - Nov 2018

Spouse: Maria Magdalena Leininger
Children: George; John; Christian L; Elizabeth; Maria Barbara/Maria Magdalena;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1966-08-31 VA Unassigned Charles Alan Dostal (94450)   
1967-02-28 VA Unassigned Donald Robert Dostal (95190) John   
2019-02-22 KS 85404 Joel Mark Grimmett (210754) Christian   
Burial:
Shinkle Ridge Cemetery (C-0371698)
Location:
Higginsport / Brown / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
43418
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
9916323
Marker Type:
Military
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Joel Mark Grimmett

   Christian Schinkel (Schenckel /Shinkle/Shenkel) was born 10 July 1756 in Heidelburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Philipp Carl and Maria Elizabetha (Zimpel) Shinkle. 

   He married Maria Magdalena Leinger and their marriage was blessed with Maria Elisbetha, Maria Katharina, Maria Magdalena, Maria Barbara, John B, and Christian L.  

   Christian served 1775 as a Private under the command of Captain George Hudson in the Heidelburg Company Militia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania along with his two brothers, Han and Philipp Jacob Schinkel.  The Company was called into service but did not participate in any engagements.

   After the war, Christian and Maria crossed the Alleghenies in wagons to Pittsburgh, then by flatboat to Limestone (Maysville, Kentucky) where Christian left his family to see a location. On 15 June 1805, he purchased from R.C. Jacobs 1,000 acres on Bullskin Creek for $2,000. His ownership of the land gave the name of Shinkle’s Ridge to the section of country lying north of Higginsport. Land was donated for a church, cemetery, and school. Christian’s wife, Maria, died in 1814. Christian then married Mrs. Elizabeth Stayton on 2 October 1817.  

   He passed this life on 1833 and is buried in the Shinkle’s Ridge Cemetery. 

Sources:

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

https://heflingfamily.com/uploads/Shinkle_Story_Part_2.pdf

 




Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn
SHINKLE, JOHANN CHRISTIAN, (Brown County)                  [38.79860 -84.00810]
 
Born on July 10, 1756, Heidelburg, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania to Parents: Philip Carl Shinkel (son of Nicholas and grandson of Bartholomew Schenkel), Maria Elizabeth Shinkle.  
 
He served as a Pvt in the Heidelburg Twp., Lancaster Co, PA in 1775, Capt Geo Hudson. Took oath of allegiance to the State of Pa in Heidelburg Twp, June 22, 1778.  
 
He married 1st Maria Magdalena Leininger (1760-1814); 2nd Elizabeth Stayton (1817). 
 
Children (M#1): Maria, Elizabeth, Maria Katharina, Magdalena, Barbara, John B, Christian L., George, Christina, Margaret, Susannah; 
 
Children (M#2): Joseph, Henry, Jesse. 
 
He Died in 1833 Shinkle Ridge, Lewis Twp., and Buried at Shinkle Ridge Cemetery, Higginsport, Brown Co., OH. South central part of Cemetery (donated by him). 
 
He was a Farmer; 1000 acres in Jacob's survey. 
 
SAR Ancestor # P-289199.   Has a VA stone and 1776 marker.
 
Ref : County Hist, Beers, p 462, C. A. Shinkle, Higginsport, OH. 
 
Family Bible, Family genealogy while he was living. 
 
Taliaferro Chap. 12th-19th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC.
 
PA Archives, 5 Series, Vol V, VII, p 10.  



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