Michael Schenk

1756 -

• Name	Michael Schenk
  Born	1756
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I00074	Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Henry Schenk,   b. 1726,   d. 1805  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Anna Huber,   b. 1735,   d. 1801  (Age 66 years)
  Married	1755
  Family ID	F0054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Gingrich
  Children	1. Barbara Shank  [Natural]   2. Samuel Shank  [Natural]   3. Henry Shank,   b. 1780,   d. 1880  (Age 100 years)  [Natural]   4. John Shank,   b. 1784,   d. 1858  (Age 74 years)  [Natural]   5. Michael Shank,   b. 1786,   d. 1865  (Age 79 years)  [Natural]   6. Susanna Shank,   b. 1792  [Natural]   7. Adam Shank,   b. ABT. 1794,   d. Jan 1843  (Age ~ 49 years)  [Natural]   8. Elizabeth Shank,   b. ABT. 1796,   d. 8 Apr 1843  (Age ~ 47 years)  [Natural]   9. Fanny Shank,   b. 18 Apr 1801  [Natural]
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2014
  Family ID	F0056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Michael Schenk was the first Mennonite Minister in Rainham Township. From an article in Mennonite Family History, January 1986, by Robert J. Shank article: Application dated January 1816 made by Michael Shank of Rainham Township for a "grant of waste land" from the Crown. In it he stated that he was born in Pennsylvania, was about 60 years of age, came into the province from Pennsylvania in 1800, that he brought a wife and ten children, and had never received any land from the government.