Background
He was a descendant of Swiss Mennonites who were expelled from Bern Switzerland in the 17th Century based largely on their religious beliefs.
He was a descendant of Swiss Mennonites who were expelled from Bern Switzerland in the 17th Century based largely on their religious beliefs.
Heinrich Funck is commonly believed to have been born in the Palatinate region of Germany. Number baptismal record is known. During 1719, he settled in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
They would be the parents of ten children.
Heinrich Funck was the grandfather of Joseph Funk and of Jacob Funk, the original owner of the historic Jacob Funk House and Barn. In 1725, Heinrich Funck built and operated a grist mill on Indian Creek in Franconia Township in what is today Telford, Pennsylvania.
From 1745-1748, together with Dielman Kolb, he supervised the translation of the classic 1660 Dutch religious history, Martyrs Mirror into the German language. Heinrich Funck died during 1760 and was buried in the Delp Burying Ground in Harleysville, Pennsylvania.
A memorial gravestone there lists him as Henry Funk.