1702 Maria Salome, daughter of Christoph Bencker, burger alhier, and Anna Eva, was baptized, on February 19, 1702, at Wachenheim Reformiertes Church in Standesamt Neustadt parish. Sponsors: … Maria Salome wife of Jost Junger, burger und back (baker?), alhier [1]
1704 Maria Julian, daughter of Christof Bencker and Anna Eva, was baptized, on October 19, 1704, at Wachenheim Reformiertes Church in Standesamt Neustadt parish. Sponsors: Juliana [2]
1707 Catharina, daughter of Christophel Bencker, burger alhier, and Anna Eva, was baptized, on July 26, 1707, at Wachenheim Reformiertes Church in Standesamt Neustadt parish. Sponsors: jfr Catharina, daughter of Casimir Pfarr, burger u ?meister alhier. [3]
1710 Anna Margaretha, daughter of Christophel Benckert and Anna Eva, was baptized, on October 1, 1710, at Wachenheim Reformiertes Church in Standesamt Neustadt parish. Sponsored by Anna Margaretha, housewife of Johan Jacob Kenner gemeinsmann Zu Mochtenl: des?. [4]
1712 Catharina, daughter of Christopher Bencker and Anna Eva, was buried on November 27, 1712, alt 5 jahr 17 wochen, at Wachenheim Reformiertes Church in Standesamt Neustadt parish. [5]
1712 The baptism of Hans Casimir Beuckert has not been found.
1714 Hans Casimir, son of Christopher Benckert and Anna Eva, was buried on April 16, 1712, alt 3 ? jahr 19 tage, at Wachenheim Reformiertes Church in Standesamt Neustadt parish. [6]
1717 Johann Jacob, son of Christophel Benker and Anna Eva, was baptized, on November 25, 1717, at Wachenheim Reformiertes Church in Standesamt Neustadt parish. Sponsored by Hans Jacob R?enner, ? zu Mi?ff und ? uxor. [7]
1719 Anna Maria Bencker and Johan Jacob Nagel were married at Wachenheim. [8]
1722 Margarethe Eleanora, daughter of Christophel Bencker and Anna Eva his wife, was baptized, on May 12, 1722, at Wachenheim Reformiertes Church in Standesamt Neustadt parish. Sponsored by Johann Balthazar Muller, Metzger m?eister und Margaretha Eleanora his wife . [9]
1727 Daughter Maria Salome Bencker and Johann Peter Mittelkauff were married at Wachenheim. [10]
1728 Captain John Coultas' ship Mortonhouse reached Philadelphia on August 23, 1728. The 205 men, women, and children on board were qualified on August 24. Xtopher Benker / Christofel Bankert was named on each of two listings of the passengers. Various transcriptions have different spellings of the name. Peter Mittelkauff, spouse of daughter Maria Salome Bencker, and Johannes Kitsmiller, spouse of daughter Julianna, were listed on the same ship. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
Research Notes:
There are two different towns named Wachenheim in Germany. The Reformierres kirchenbuch cited above are for City Wachenheim in Bad Dürkheim, parish of Standesamt, Neustadt, province of Rheinland-Pfalz. The first records are dated 1700, so events prior to then are not yet documented. [18] The other Wachenheim is in Alzey-Worms. [19] Robert's lines of Yingling and Barnitz have some links to Bad Dürkheim, so that is the more likely place to look.
Family tradition reports that his wife, Anna Eva (Shriver or Schreiber, according to family tradition), four of their five daughters (Maria Salome, Juliana, Anna Margaretha, and Margaretha Elenora), and one surviving son, Johann Jacob, who was born in 1717 arrived on the ship. Another daughter, Anna Maria, came to America later, in 1752.
"Christofel and his family were from Wachenheim, a small town in the Rheinland-Palatinate. Born around 1680, in 1695 Christofel was considered a "servant" and "day laborer," later a "tenant" on the farm of Dr. Emrich of Spire in Wachenheim. He owned a house that was burned down in time of war. In 1718 he was a tenant on the farm of Baron von Sax, a successor of Dr. Emrich." [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~banker/Index.htm, Bankert Family website]
"After the family's arrival in Philadelphia, all records concerning Christofel [Bankert] disappear. His family, including his daughters and sons-in-law, moved to southcentral Pennsylvania, settling on "Digges' Choice" in the region between Hanover and York. Christofel's wife, Anna Eva, shows up as a sponsor for her grandchildren in baptismal records in that area." [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~banker/Index.htm, Bankert Family website]
"By the late 1730s and mid 1740s, Johann Jacob appears in records relating to land in Digges Choice. In 1751 he set his sights south, purchasing acreage in what is now the Union Mills area of north central Maryland. His will divided his property between his four oldest sons and oldest daughter. Portions of his property – his "plantation," including his mill property – were put up for sale in the late 1790's, leading to a long court battle between the purchasers, Andrew and David Shriver, and Johann Jacob's children." [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~banker/Index.htm, Bankert Family website]
Their marriage has also been reported in Flamborn, Palatinate, Germany.
Various researchers report the surname as Banckert, Bankert, Benchert, Bencker, Benkert.
1729 Christofel Bankert was buried at Christ United Church of Christ Cemetery, Union Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Christofel Bankert was born in 1673. [no documentation] [20] [21]
[1] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Wachenheim (BA. Dürkheim), [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[2] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Wachenheim (BA. Dürkheim), [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[3] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Wachenheim (BA. Dürkheim), [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[4] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Wachenheim (BA. Dürkheim), [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[5] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Wachenheim (BA. Dürkheim), [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[6] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Wachenheim (BA. Dürkheim), [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[7] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Wachenheim (BA. Dürkheim), [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[8] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Wachenheim (BA. Dürkheim), [FamilySearchImage], [FHLFilmCatalog].
[9] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Wachenheim (BA. Dürkheim), [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[10] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Wachenheim (BA. Dürkheim), [FamilySearchImage], [FHLFilmCatalog].
[11] Ralph B. Strassburger, William J. Hinke, ed., Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Vol. 1 (1934, Pennsylvania German Society), 17, 19, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[12] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 12, bottom, right, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[13] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 13, lower, right, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[14] I. Daniel Rupp, A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, 2nd ed. (1875), 56, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[15] Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, [AncestryRecord].
[16] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, [AncestryRecord].
[17] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, [AncestryRecord].
[18] Wikipedia article about Wachenheim, content subject to change, [Wikipedia].
[19] Wikipedia article about Wachenheim,_Alzey-Worms, content subject to change, [Wikipedia].
[20] Find A Grave Memorial 128911472, [FindAGrave].
[21] Find A Grave Virtual Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].