"Stinkee Becker" was the wife of "Felte (Valentin) Becker" listed as passengers (List A) on the Ship Allen in 1729. Who was she really? What was her maiden name? Research by George W. Andrews published in "Mennonite Family History" in October 1995 argues that her name was Christina [nee Stumpf] Becker. I have read the Andrews' article several times and it seems to have been researched and written very responsibly. Andrews could not arrive at a conclusion as to whether these Beckers were Brethren or Mennonite, although he did make links between Christina nee Stumpf and the Stumps who were associated with Peter Becker and with Conrad Beissel in Pennsylvania. Felte and Stinkee's presence on the Ship Allen also indicates that they may have had Brethren connections. Evangelisch church records of Krefeld in the Rheinland lists a 23 October 1723 marriage between Valentin Becker and Stintgen Frantzen. Could this have been the Stinkee and Felte Becker on the Ship Allen? Could Stintgen/Christina have been married twice, first to a Frantz and second to Valentine Becker? In his MFH article, Andrews states that there are 1684 and 1686 birth records for a Valentin Becker and a Christina Stumpf in the Marnheim parish baptismal registry, and he thinks this may be them, despite the fact that their known sons Peter and Arnold were not born until 1724 and 1726. The 1724 and 1726 birth years of the two known sons fit very well the 1723 marriage year in Krefeld. Also, Krefeld was where Peter Becker and his group set out from in 1719 in their move to Germantown. If Valentin Becker was also in Krefeld, he might have had a direct connection with Peter Becker. Dwayne Wrightsman