 1810 - 1874
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| Born |
15 Mar 1810 |
Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
27 Oct 1874 |
Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| Notes |
- Henry C. Hunsicker (grandfather) was born in Perkiomen township, where his early life was spent He learned the trade of a miller, and bought the old mill, built in 1747, at Iron Bridge, he purchasing it just one hundred years later. He remained there during the rest of his life. In religious faith he was a Mennonite, and in politics a Whig and Republican. He married in 1833, Lydia, daughter of Philip Markley, of the same township. Their children: Mary, Deborah, Charles M., Philip M. (father); Ann M. (Mrs. James Koons); Kate M., Lydia (Mrs. Benjamin Saylor). Mary married Henry Yelles. Deborah married H. T. Johnson. On the occasion of his marriage, Henry C. Hunsicker removed to Franconia, and was engaged in farming there until 1850, when he returned to his native township, where he combined milling with farming until a few years prior to his death, when he retired from business. Henry Hunsicker (great-grandfather) married Mary, daughter of John Detwiler, their children being: Henry C. (grandfather), John, Daniel, William, Elizabeth, Mary and Susanna. The progenitor of the family in America was Valentine Hunsicker, a native of Switzerland, who came to the United States in 1717 and settled in Skippack township.
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| Person ID |
I2401 |
ShowalterFunk |
| Last Modified |
9 Feb 2009 |
| Father |
Henry Hunsicker, b. 11 Jan 1782, Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, PennsylvaniaSkippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania , d. 17 Jan 1844, Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Mary Funk Detweiler, b. 14 Feb 1784, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania , d. 20 Sep 1847, Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| Married |
11 Oct 1804 |
| Family ID |
F168 |
Group Sheet |
| Father |
Henry Hunsicker, b. 11 Jan 1782, Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, PennsylvaniaSkippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania , d. 17 Jan 1844, Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Mary Funk Detweiler, b. 14 Feb 1784, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania , d. 20 Sep 1847, Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| Married |
11 Oct 1804 |
| Family ID |
F5406 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Lydia Markley, b. 20 Oct 1814, Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania , d. 27 Jun 1850, Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
| Married |
1833 |
| Children |
| | 1. Philip M. Hunsicker, b. 18 Nov 1836, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania , d. 25 Feb 1922, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Family ID |
F1783 |
Group Sheet |
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