1703 Johannes Kunkel was born about this time. [1]
1748 Hans Kunckel, wife and 6 children emigrated from Hesse, Germany to Pennsylvania. [2]
Research Notes:
The Horrors of Immigrants' Voyage From "A Gathering and Mingling of Early Kunkel/Kunkle/Gunkel Families" by Jamers E. Kunkle and W.M. Kunkel gives the Translation of a letter, written by Johannes Kunchel (B 1709, Florsbach, Germany) who, with wife, Anna Magdalena, emigrated on the ship, "Patience" 16 September, 1748.
[1] Christina Hoffman and Bob Rowland, The Sons of Sebastian Kunkel (2000), 2.
[2] Jane Adams Clarke, "Emigrants from Hesse, Germany, Who Left One After Another for Pennsylvania 1748-1766," Pennsylvania German Roots Across the Ocean (2000), 151-, at 151, [GoogleBooks].