A Tale of Two Schencks

One of my Dad's cousins sent me an obit for someone who passed away this week in Clinton County at the age of 80. The person's maiden name was Schenck.

That's quite curious, since my great grandfather Schenck lived in Clinton County when he died in 1930. This person was born in 1936 in Clinton County.

                My tree                                                        Their tree
1. Ken Schenck was born to
↓
2. M. Lee Schenck, who was born in 1924
in Boone County, Indiana to
↓                                                                                    This person was born in 1936
                                                                                      in Clinton County, Indiana to
3. Dorsey Schenck, who was born in 1898                          ↓
in Carroll County, Indiana to
↓                                                                                    Arthur A. Schenck, who was born in 1903
                                                                                      in Lebanon, Indiana to
4. Samuel Schenck, who was born in 1871                          ↓
in Montgomery, Indiana to
↓                                                                                     Ethan A. Schenck, who was born in 1854
                                                                                       in Boone, Indiana to
5. Henry Schenck, who was born in 1833                            ↓
in Butler, Ohio to
↓                                                                                     Daniel Schenck, who was born in 1820
                                                                                       in Butler, Ohio to
6. William S. Schenck, who was born in 1804                     ↓
in Monmouth, New Jersey to
↓                                                                                     Samuel Schenck, who was born in 1786
                                                                                       in Monmouth, New Jersey to
7. Garret Koertse Schenck, who was born in 1777               ↓
in Monmouth, New Jersey to
↓                                                                                     John Roelofse Schenck, who was born in 1766
                                                                                       in Monmouth, New Jersey to
8. Courtenius Schenck, who was born in 1751                     ↓
in Monmouth, New Jersey to
↓                                                                                     Roelof Janse Schenck, who was born in 1742
                                                                                       in Monmouth, New Jersey to
9. Garret Koertse Schenck, who was born in 1725               ↓
in Monmouth, New Jersey to
↓                                                                                     Jan Schenck, who was born in 1721
                                                                                       in Monmouth, New Jersey to
10. Kortenius Schenck, who was born in 1702                     ↓
in Monmouth, New Jersey to                                  
↓                                                                                     Roelof Schenck, who was born in 1692
                                                                                       in Flatlands, New York to
                                                                                           ↓

11. Garret Roelofse Schenck, who was born in 1671         Jan Roelofse Schenck, who was born in 1670
in Flatlands, New York to                                                  in Flatlands, New York to
↓                                                                                       ↓

Roelof Martense Schenck

Who emigrated from the Netherlands in 1650

A raised cup of coffee to my Dad...

This is now my third Father's Day without Dad. Such a great Dad and a great man!  I raise my morning coffee to my father...


I think his favorite memory of his father, Dorsey, was him driving up to Kokomo, I think it was, in a blizzard to pick him up for Christmas his first winter in the Army.

He had the barest memories of his father's father, Samuel, since he was only 9 days away from his 8th birthday when Samuel died of an appendix birth in Kokomo, in the very hospital where Tom and Sophie were born. Dorsey led Samuel to pray the Sinner's Prayer in his hospital bed.

Dad also had good memories of his mother's father, Amsey, who lived in Camden, Indiana. He remembered running around their house, which I guess had a wrap-around porch or something. At least it had some fun nooks and crannies for a boy... and fun cousins like Herbert Mohler to play with.

If the connections I've made on ancestry.com are right, here's a Schenck style Matthew 1 genealogy:

1. This is the genealogy of Ken the Schenck, the son of Lee, the son of Dorsey.

2. Ken was the son of Lee Schenck, who was the son of Dorsey Schenck of Indiana.

3.  Dorsey was the son of Samuel and Samuel was the son of Henry, just west of Frankfort.

4. Henry was born of William in 1833 in Ohio. William was born of Garret in New Jersey in 1804.

5. Garret was born of Courtensius in 1777 and was right Dutch Reformed.

6. Courtensius fought in the Revolutionary War and was born of another Garret in 1751.

7. And Garret was born of Kortenius in 1725, all in New Jersey.

8. Kortenius was born of another Garret in 1702.

9. And this Garret was born of Roelof in New York in 1671.

10. And Roelof was born in Amersfoort in the Netherlands in 1620 of Martin Pieterse Schenck VanNydeck.

11. And Martin was born of General Peter VII Schenck VanNydeck in 1584.

12. And Peter was born of Dederick Schenck von Nydeck III in 1547 in Goch, Netherlands,

13. ... who was born of Dederick II in 1514 in Blyenbeck Castle, who was born of Dederick I in 1481.