Henry Wynkoop (March 2, 1737March 25, 1816) was a member of the Continental Congress (from 1779) and later a

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for the state of

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during the

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, 1789 to 1791.

Life and career

Wynkoop was born in Northampton Township in the Province of Pennsylvania on March 2, 1737. He inherited his father's 153 acre farm in Newtown upon his death in 1759. He was admitted to

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but he did not complete his studies as he got involved in local politics. Prior to his term as a representative, he served as a justice of the

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and the orphan's court in

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from 1780 to 1789. After his term in Congress, he was appointed as an Associate Judge in

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, as which he served until his death in that county on March 25, 1816; he was interred in the graveyard of the Low Dutch Reformed Church,

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Family

Wynkoop married three times and had eight children. In 1761 he married Susannah Wanshaer, who died in 1776. In 1777 he married Maria Cummings, who died in 1781. He married his third wife, Sarah Newkirk, who died in 1813.Wynkoop, Richard. ''Wynkoop Genealogy in the United States of America'' New York, 1904. Knickerbocker Press

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* 1737 births 1816 deaths American people of Dutch descent Continental Congressmen from Pennsylvania 18th-century American politicians Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Place of birth missing 18th-century American judges 19th-century American judges Judges of the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub

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