Christian BINCKELE

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• Name: Peter BINCKELE
• Name: Peter Binggeli
• Name: Peter the Moravian
• Religion: ; Lutheran
• Religion: Alsace, France; Moravian
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• Baptism: 2 Mar 1704, Guggisberg, Bern, Helvetia
• Arrival: 1736, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
• Immigration: 16 Sep 1736; Immigrated on the "Princess Augusta," arriving in Philadelphia
• MilitaryService: 2 Sep 1782, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina

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Peter Binckele was born in 1704 in Guggisberg, Canton Bern, Switzerland, son of Christen Binckele or Binggeli and Elsbeth Berg/Burri. His father died when he was about 9, and when he was 13 his mother moved into Alsace. He was living with his brother in the Steinthal district of Germany when he met and married Anna Maria Werle (1704-1748). They came to America in 1736 on the Princess Augustus. They lived at Warwick (Lititz) and then near York, PA, where Anna Maria died in 1748. Peter married Anna Margaretha Geiger (1722-1803), widow of Johannes Schemel, in 1749, moved with her to Monocacy Maryland in 1763, and finally settled near Bethania NC in 1772. He died there in 1793, survived by 11 of his total of 23 children from the two marriages. Will of Peter Binkley Stokes County, NC, August 7, 1790 In the name of God Amen, I peter Binkley of the County of Stokes in the State of NC being of sound disposing mind memory and understanding through the Mercy of God, Do make and ordain this my last Will and testament in manner and from following that is to say, First and principally I resign my soul with the utmost Humility into the hands of the Almighty God my Creator humbly hoping for a blessed immortality through the Merits and meditation of my blessed Savior and redeemer Jesus Christ & my body I desire may be peacebly and decently buried. And as for such Temporal Estate as the lord in his great goodness & mercy has given me & whereof I am now in possession I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife MARGARETHA during her natural life all the rents interest profits and income of all my Estates both real and personal to have and to hold the same for and during her natural life and unto the full end & espiration thereof. And as for the Management of my said Estate I will that after my decease an exact inventory and appraisement of all my Estate borth real and personal be made by two knowing and honest Freeholders out of the Neighborhood the one of them to be chosen by my said wife Margartha and the other by my executors hereafter to be named and if two such freeholders cannot agree then the said freeholders shall choose the third freeholder to be arbiter between them . And I will that after the execution of such inventory and appriasement/: Copies whereof in writing are to be given, one unto my said wife Margaretha and another unto my executors. All my lands, tenements, -------livestock, and chattel by my said exectors shall be let out at and for the most impoved rent that may and can be gotten for the same for the benefit of my said wife Margaretha and therefore she shall be maintained for and during her natural life and so that the lands, tenements ------& buildings with every thing there unto belonging or appertaining and also every thing rented away shall be kept in good order by the renter or executor. I further will that my said wife MARGARETHA shall keep and rent the plantation whereon I now live together with the buildings thereon if she is willing to do so and in case she declines the keeping and the said plantation then the said plantation by my said executors shall be let out to any other person or persons to the best advantage as aforesaid and further I willl that in any case my said wife MARGARETHA during her natural life shall keep unto her own use my now dwelling house without an Gift or Maturation whatsoever. I further give and bequeath unto my sons JOHN Binkley, PETER Binkley, FREDRICK Binkley, JOSEPH Binkley, JACOB Binkley, CHRISTIAN Binkley, and JOHN SHEMEL all in the State of NORTH CAROLINA and likewise unto my son JOHN ADAM Binkley in CUMBERLAND to each of them the sum of three pound lawful money of the State to be taken into possession by each of them within one half year after the decease of my wife Margaretha. After deduction the above twenty four pounds which I have already disposed of, all my estate both real and personal shall be divided into fourteen equal parts of which I give unto my son John Binkley now in North Carolina one part. I give unto my son Peter Binkley now in North Carolina one part. I give unto my son Joseph Binkley now in North Carolina one Part. I give unto my son Fredrick Binkley now in North Carolina one part. I give unto my son Jacob Binkley now in North Carolina one part. I give unto my son Christian Binkley now in North Carolina two parts. I give unto my son John Adam Binkley now in Cumberland one part. I give unto my son John Shemel, who is a natural son of my wife Margaretha now in North Carolina 1 part. I give into my Daughter SARA BARTLY, wife of EDWARD BARTLY of North Carolina one part, I give unto my daughter CHRISTINA FISHER, wife of CHASPER FISHER of Cumberland one part. I give unto my daughter CATHERINE HONIG wife of HONIG, Dec'd of STOVERSTOWN in VIRGINIA one part. I give unto my Daughter MARGARETHA WOLLEWEATHER, WIFE OF ULRIC WOLLENWETHER of STANTON in VIRGINIA one part. I give unto my daughtger ELIZABETH HERBACH, deceased late the wife of GEORG HERBACH of MANAKOSEY in MARYLAND one part and whereas my daughter Elizabeth Herbach is deceased I will that the part belonging to her shall be given to and divided among the Children of her body equally to each one alike out of the above part. And I will that each of my sons and each of my daughters shall have their parts respectively within the span of one year after the above Division. And I will that my son Christian Binkley, who seems to be of a Simple & unthoughtful Mind and disposition shall Choose one of his own Brothers, with who he shall stay during the remainder of his life which Brother so chose if he is willing to perform it shall give a bond with approved Security unto my said son Christian to be secured by any honest & able friend he may choose for that purpose that my said son Christian during the remainder of his lifetime and to the full end and expiration thereof shall stay with him the said Brother. He, the said Brother during all such time shall find unto and for my said son Christian good and sufficient meat, Drink, clothing, washing, lodging, and good attendance in Sickness and after his decease shall cause him to be decently buried. He, the said brother as a reward for his services shall have all the benefit of my son Christian's labors and after having performed all and every such Article and Articles the said brother shall have then all the inheritance which my said son Christian may then have or which he may be entitled to take possession of by virtue of this my Last Will & testament and I further will that all and every of my Children who may have had of me money, land, good, or chattel or any other articles whatsoever on account of their respective inheritances before the signing of this my Last Will and Testament shall be accountable for the same unto my Estate and also shall pay interest at the rate of 5 per Centum per annum unto my Estate and the Interest to begin from the first Day of January AD, one thousand seven hundred & niney one and likewise I will that who afterward may get any Articles of what name soever of me or of my said Wife Margaretha on account of his or her inheritance shall therefore be accountable unto my Estate and shall pay interest as above mentioned unto my Estate after the decease of my said wife Margartha and I will that after the decease of my Wife Margaretha any real Estate by my executors hereafter to be name shall be sold to the highest Bidder ad to the best advantage and I herewife eimpower my said executors to make good, full and sufficient title of all my real Estate or any part thereof to any buryer thereof. And I will that my Execturos shall not be answerable the one of or the other or for the acts, deed or defaults of the other nor shall either of them be answerable for any part of my Estate but such as shall come to his respective hands. And I do hereby will and appoint they my executors shall by and out of my Estate retain & Satisfy themselves all such Costs and charges as they shall reasonable be put unto in the execution of this my last Will and testament. And I do revoke hereby all other wills by me formerly made & declare this only to be my last will & testament. And I do appoint my sons John Binkley Executors thereof And in Case they or any of them shall die or move out of this State then the next oldest of my sons living in this State shall be the executor and executor thereof. In Witness whereof I the said Peter Binkley heir for the two first Sheets & for this third & last sheet of this my last will set my hand and seal unto this third Sheet. And I do herewith acknowlege all the three Sheets comprehensively to be my last Will & Testament this third Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninty one. Peter Binkley (his Mark) Signed Sealed published and Declared by the said Testator Peter Binkley as and for his last Will & Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our names and witness thereto in the presence of the said Testator, Abraham Steiner, Juret; Christian Stauber, Matthew Esterlein.

Johann married Anna Margaretha GEIGER on 3 Feb 1749 in York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. Anna was born on 18 Jan 1721 in Wurttemberg, Germany; died on 11 Feb 1803 in Stokes County, North Carolina; was buried in 1803 in Bethabara Moravian God's Acre Cemetery Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Children of Peter Binckele and Anna Margaretha Geiger Elisabeth Binckele (1749-1780) m. George Harbaugh (1747-?), s/o George Harbaugh (Herbach, Herbock) and Catherine Williard (widow Bender) Christian Binckele (1751-1799) did not marry, referred to in his father's will as "simple-minded" Johann Peter Binckele (1753-1819) m. Susanna Margaretha Dull (1759-1822) Anna Maria Binckele (1755-1759,PA) Friedrich Binckele (1757-1834) m. Elizabeth Dull (1764-1849) Joseph Binkley (1761-1794) m. Catharina Holder (1762-1816) unnamed infant, born ca. 1763 Anna Maria Binckele (1764-1790). Records of the Moravians in NC 5:2312 refers to her as a single woman and simple-minded. Jacob Binckele (1767-?) m. Maria Barbara Demuth

Peter Binkley and wife Anna Margaretha came to Wachovia from Maryland in
1772 - The Weft, p. 36

Anna is buried in Dobbs Parish Cemetery indicating she was not a member
of the Moravian congregation

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• Name: Christian Binckele
• Name: Christian Binggeli
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• Baptism: 10 Oct 1669, Guggisberg, Bern, Schweiz

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Church Marriage and Birth Records of Guggisberg, Canton Bern, Switzerland; Memoir of Peter Binkley, Winston-Salem, NC; work of E.W. Stalder; Binggeli Family of Switzerland, pub. by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Utah.

Hans married Elsbeth BURRI on 20 Oct 1693 in Guggisberg, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Elsbeth (daughter of Jaggi (Jacob) BURRI, Jr. and Elsbeth ZBINDON) was born on 11 Apr 1669 in Guggisberg, Canton Bern, Switzerland; was christened on 11 Apr 1669 in Guggisberg, Bern, Schweiz; died on 14 May 1729 in Fouday, Niederrhein, Elsass, France; was buried on 16 May 1729 in Fouday, Niederrhein, Elsass, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Peter married Magdalena SPRING on 28 Apr 1656 in Guggisberg, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Magdalena (daughter of Joseph Benedict SPRING and Veronica KRIEG) was born in 1636 in Guggisberg, Canton Bern, Switzerland; died in 1686 in Guggisberg, Canton Bern, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jaggi married Elsbeth ZBINDON on 14 Nov 1659 in Bern, Switzerland. Elsbeth (daughter of Hans ZBINDON and Anna BYNGELLI) was born on 17 Jun 1638 in Switzerland, Guggisberg, Canton, Switzerland; was christened on 17 Jun 1638 in Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland; died in 1704 in Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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