L I N K

LINCK, LINCKH

Information on this page from Windows Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1 �1996, Judy Parsons Smith


The Link Family originates in Germany. The ancestor of this family is Hans Linck I.

Hans Linck I
Hans Linck I, b. 1370, Germany. He was a citizen of wimpfren. During the 15th Century he made loans to the city of Wimfren. Hans Linck I had four (4) children:

Bernard Linck (possible child)
Hans Linck II
Sebastian Linck (possible child)
Jacob Linck (possible child)

Hans Linck II
Hans Linck II, sonof Hans Linck I. Hans Linck II had a son:

Dieter Linck
Dieter Linck, sonof Hans Linck II, b. 1430, Germany.

Dieter Linck was chosen treasurer of Wimpfren, Germany in 1472. In 1477, he was elected to Council and made the city accountant.

Dieter Linck had a son:

Hans Linck III
Hans Linck III, son of Dieter Linck. Hans Linck III had three (3) children:

Bernhardt Linck I, b. 19 Apr 1561; m. prior 1540 to Anna (unknown).
Sebastian Linck
Jacob Linck

Bernhardt Linck I
Bernhardt Linck I, son of Hans Linck III, d. 19 Apr 1561; m. prior 1540 to Anna (unknown), d. 13 Oct 1582, "at great age. Bernhardt & Anna (unknown) Linck I had three (3) children:

Barbara Linck, m. 24 Jan 1556 to Michael Pfeffer.
Agnes Linck, m. 21 Sept 1560 to Hans Flayschoman.
Sebastian Linck, m. 22 Jun 1563 to Maria Hausser.

Sebastian Linck
Sebastian Linck, son of Bernhardt & Anna (unknown) Linck I, d. 28 Dec 1567; m. 22 Jun 1563 to Maria Hausser, daughter of Bartholome Hausser. Maria (Hausser) Linck, a widow, m 2nd 19 Aug 1568 to Heinrich Doctzbach. Sebastian & Maria (Hausser) Linck had at least one (1) son:

Bernhardt Linck II
Bernhardt Linck II, son of Sebastian & Maria (Hausser) Linck, b. christened 10 Dec 1564, Neuenstadt, Germany; d. ca. 1632; m 1st prior to 1590, Pfozheim, Germany to Barbara (unknown), d. prior 1614; m 2nd to Anna (unknown). Bernhardt & Barbara (unknown) Linck II had a (1) son:

Michael Linck I
Michael Linck, son of Bernhardt & Barbara (unknown) Linck II, b. ca. 1600, Pforzheim, Germany; d. ca. 1620, age 20 during the war; m. ca. 1618, Faurndau, Germany to unknown. Michael Linck I had one (1) son:

Michael Linck II
Michael Linck II, son of Michael Linck I, b. 1619, Faurndau, Germany; d. 1 pr 1674, Grossgartach, Germany; m 1st 23 May 1647 to Urslua Betz; m 2nd 25 Nov 1656, Schluchtein, Germany to Anna Maria Beltz, daughter of George Beltz, b. 1639. Michael & Anna (Beltz) Linck had one (1) known son:

Hanns Bernhardt Linckh
Hanns Bernhardt Linckh, son of Michael & Anna (Beltz) Linck, b. 24 May 1647, Heilbronn, Germany; m. 3 May 1681, Grossgartach, Germany to Anna Catharina Schuman, daughter of Michael & Margaretha (Ebelin) Schuman, b. 15 Jul 1657, Grossgartach, Germany. Hanns Bernahardt & Anna Catharina (Schuman) Linckh had three (3) children:

I. Hans John Jacob Linckh, b. 20 Oct 1682; m 1st Elizabeth Konig; m 2nd Ana Madlena Neuwirth.
II. Maria Christina Linckh, b. 27 Jul 1686; m. 24 Nov 1716, Grossgartach, Germany to John Jacob Lang.
III. Hans Jorg Linckh, (John George Linckh), b. 27 Nov 1689; m 22 Nov 1736 to Maria Susanne Scholler.

Hans John Jacob Linckh
I. Hans John Jacob Linckh, son of Hanns Bernhardt & Anna (Schuman) Linckh, b. 20 Oct 1682, Grossgartach, Germany; d. apr 1737; m 1st Elizabeth Konig; m 2nd 3 Sept 1720/1721 Biberach, Germany to Ana Madlena (Anna Magdalena) Neuwirth, daughter of Jeremias & Margaretha (Christ) Neuwirth, b. 13 Aug 1692, Biberach, Germany; d. 1758-1759, Berk Co., Pennsylvania.

On 28 August 1733, among the Palatines imported in the Ship Hope (Hope Galley), of London, Daniel Reid, Master, from Rotterdam, bt last from Cowes, as by clearance thence, we find:

Jacobes Linck, sick 50
Ana Madlena Linck 40
Hans Adam Linck 11
Resina Linck 7

Hans John Jacob & Anna (Neuwirth) Linckh had four (4) children:

Hans Adam Link, b. 1722, Germany; m. 29 Dec 1747, at Matetcha, Trappe, PA to Elizabeth M�ller at the Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Resina Link, b. 1726, Germany
Mathis (Matthias) Link, b. 11 Feb 1737, Berk Co., PA
*Catharina Link, m. 25 Apr 1751 to Johan Peter Bahrt at the Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trappe, PA.
*Johann Friedrich Link, m. 1 Jul 1760, Philadelphia, PA to Anna Maria Tieffenthaler at the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

$ Found in Pennsylvania German Church Records. They maybe children of Hans John Jacob & Anna Linck. The dates would be appropriate.

Mathis (Matthias) Link
Mathis (Matthias) Link, sonof Hans John Jacob & Anna (Neuwirh) Linckh, b. 11 Feb 1737, Berk County, PA; confirmation 29 Mar 1752; m. bef. 1767 to Anna (Mary) Maria Christina Schmidt, b. 1776, Pennsylvania; d. 12 Jun 1817, Augusta Co., VA. Mathis & Mary (Schmidt) Link had one (1) daughter:

Catherine Link
Catherine Link, daughter of Mathis & Mary (Schmidt) Link, b. 24 May 1767, Frederick Co., Maryland; d. 24 Aug 1837; m. 8 Apr 1785 (bond), Augusta Co., VA to Peter Hanger, Jr., son of Johann Peter & Hannah (Gobbert) Hengerer, b. 29 Jan 1761; d. 23 Dec 1828. Peter & Catherine (Link) Hanger had ten (10) children:

David Hanger, b. 1786; d. ca. 1850; m 1st 14 Sept 1807 to Sarah Crosby; m 2nd to Polly Lesley.
Elizabeth Hanger, b. 1787; d. 1817; m. Joshua Evans.b
Hannah Hanger, b. 1790; d. 1872; m.
James Allen,, b. 1789; d. 1839. They had eleven (11) children. See See Allen & Hanger
Catherine Hanger, b. 1791; d. 1803.
John Hanger, M.D., b. 1792; d. 1862; m. Mary Allen, d. 1882
Peter Hanger, b. 19 Aug 1795; d. Apr 1869; m. 24 Nov 1818 to Martha Elizabeth "Patsy" Crawford.
Mary Catherine Hanger, b. 1798; d. 1864; m. Samuel Woodward.
James Hanger, b. 1804; d. 1811.
William Smith Hanger, b. 1806; m. Margaret Ledgerwood Eidson.
Eveline Evans Hanger, b. 1809; d. 1865; m. Jacob Baylor.

This branch of the family tree shows the family’s relationship to the former President Dwight David Eisenhower. To see the exact relationship between the Parsons and Eisenhower families see Appendix C - Link Family - The Eisenhower Connection.


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