Thanks Joan & everyone! This information will give us some more clues to investigate. One of these days,I know, we will find all the answers. That will be a day to have a genealogy party for sure! Pam in IN. > Pam- > > Pennsylvania Dutch are not always Amish. And guess > what? Your Elizabeth > HINKLE is about as Pennsylvania Dutch as they come! > She is listed on page 157 > ofh the HENCKEL genealogy. > > She is the daughter of George and Anna Maria > (PLUMMER) HINKLE/HENKEL, Jr. > > George is the son of George Rudolphus > HENKEL/HENCKEL, Sr. and wife Maria > [--?--]. > > George Rudolphus is the 2nd son and 4th surviving > child of Rev. Anthony > Jacob HENCKEL and Maria Elisabeth DENTZER. > > Bucks County, PA, church records lists a William > DRAKE bapt. 21 Sept. 1788 > at Newtown Presbyterian Church. He was the son of > Jacob Drake and wife. I > suppose this could be your William because he could > have been bapt. as an > adult. But it could also be a later generation of > your DRAKE family. > > Joan