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Phillip
Hinkle (Hinckel)
Phillip
Hinkle (Hinckel) (1751-1835)
Hanau
Regt. Erbprinz.
By: Butch Willard
He may be contacted
at: [email protected]
Butch is the 5th great grandson of Phillip Hinkle.
Phillip Hinkle was a soldier from the German province of Hesse-Hanau Erprinz. Coming through Canada to America in Dec of 1776 as part of British General John Burgoyne’s Army, Phillip was captured and taken prisoner by the Americans near Albany, New York on Oct. 17, 1777 and eventually transported to prisoner barracks in Albemarle County, Virginia. Phillip deserted the Albemarle Barracks June 20, 1780. He was 28 years old at the time and made his way to the Shenandoah Valley, reaching a well established German settlement near Harrisonburg, Virginia. There he blended in with his countrymen, thus escaping recapture by the British. It is believed that soon after his escape Phillip opted to join the Americans and fought with the Rockingham, VA Militia.
Phillip married a Pennsylvania girl by the name of Barbara Fulmore (daughter of Lewis Fulmore) on April 5, 1782 at Peaked Mountain Church in Rockingham Co., VA. Phillip later moved to Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and lived in a community called “Unus” (near Frankford). He owned and operated a store until his death on June 28, 1835. The couple had six sons: Philip born in 1787, Samuel born 1789, Jacob born 1786, John born 1785, Samuel born 1793 and Abraham born 1802. The couple had three daughters: Clare HINKLE Shirley born 1792, Polly HINKLE Branc born 1796 and Elizabeth HINKLE Correll born 1803. The names Philip, Jacob, Samuel and John are common in successive Hinkle generations. Phillip died at the home of his daughter, Elizabeth Correll and was buried at the McClintic Family Cemetery, Williamsburg District, Greenbrier Co, VA (WV) in 1835.
Philip II was a successful surveyor and county commissioner in Greenbrier County. Philip II married Nancy Ann Williams who was born around 1800 and the daughter of John “Captain Jack” Williams and Martha “Patsie” McMillion.
Philip II's son, John, born April 15, 1814, married Lydia HANNA, born December 20, 1820. She was the daughter of Nathan Hanna and Nancy Alice MCCOY. John and Lydia moved from Greenbrier Co., VA (WV) to Nicholas Co., VA (WV) about 1858. John’s uncle Abraham (youngest son of Phillip Hinkle Sr.) purchased property in Nicholas County, known as Hinkle Mountain, in 1828. John and Lydia were the parents of 13 children, one of whom, Philip III, was elected to the West Virginia State Legislature.
Philip III married Mary Elizabeth SPENCER. The couple raised ten children. Their son, WillardGrant Hinkle, was my great grandfather. Willard married Ellen McClintic BRIGHT. They resided next to the Nicholas County, WV home place where John and Lydia raised their family.
Willard Grant Hinkle and Ellen BRIGHT Hinkle raised two children, Wallace Benjamin and Nannie Lucille. Wallace married Lela Irene PERKINS Hinkle. Nannie Lucille Hinkle married Gerald Shawver. Wallace Hinkle was my grandfather. Their daughter, Phyllis Arden HINKLE Willard, is my mother. I’m very proud of my heritage and admire the journey from which I’ve arrived.
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