Welcome to the Binkley Name Study

Profile managers: E. Gatlin [send private message], Bruce Fosnocht [send private message], One Name Studies WikiTree [send private message], Elizabeth Harris [send private message], Steve Hennings [send private message], Tim Miller [send private message], and Mary Mynatt [send private message]

Our Goals

This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about the surname Binggeli and the variants of that name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect. We're beginning here with Peter Binggeli/Binckele and his descendants, but 'representatives of all Binkley families, whatever the spelling, are welcome to add to this page.

How To Join Us

1. Project Leadership Contact: Julie R.
2. Send a trusted list request to this profile
3. Add the Binkley Name Study category and appropriate geographic category to your profile and any open Binkley profiles you manage or come across.
4. Add your questions to the bulletin board
5. Add details of your own research (make your own free space research page if needed)
6. Request to join our Google Group, WTBinkleys

Current Study Members

1. Elizabeth Harris
2. Steven Hennings
3. Summer Binkley Orman
4. Bruce Fosnocht
5. Mary Mynatt
6. Tim Miller
7. Elisabeth Gatlin
8. Eric Weddington

Binkley Name Study Project Pages

1. Communication and Issues
2. Binkley Brick Walls
3. Binkley Cemeteries, listing by state.
4. Line 1 - Peter Binggeli and Anna Maria Werle
5. Line 2 - Peter Binggeli and Anna Geiger
6. Binkley Name Study Project Images

Adding Profiles to the Project

When adding a profile to the project, please add the correct geographical category to the profile. Example: [[Category:Germany, Binkley Name Study]] or [[Category:Tennessee, Binkley Name Study]]. This helps keep the profiles organized by location. For a list of categories, please see here.

Note: Top categories are organized by country. "Category: United States, Binkley Name Study" contains the individual states.

For unsourced Binkley profiles, please add the template {{Unsourced|Binkley Name Study}} which adds the profile directly to the Binkley Name Study Unsourced Category Page.

For Binkleys who have no parents or parents cannot be located, add [[Category:Unconnected, Binkley Name Study]] to the profile. This adds them to a certain category so people can search there to try and make connections.

Binkley on WikiTree

1. Index to Binkley
2. Index to Binggeli
3. Index to Binckele
4. Index to Binkele

Binkley Surname Origins

Binggeli is a Swiss name. Following the death of his father, Christian, Peter Binggeli, born 1704 in Guggisberg (Canton of Bern), moved to Alsace, France in 1717. ^[1] In Alsace, the name was spelled Binckele and this spelling continues through the church records in German in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina. In 1725, Peter married and began what would become a large family. ^[2] In 1736, Peter took his family, and along with other "Awakened" families, immigrated to the New World. After arriving in Philadelphia, in September of 1736, Peter and his family settled in Pennsylvania. In 1748, his wife, Anna Maria, died. She had given birth to 14 children. Peter remarried in 1749, and continued to add to his family. Peter became a member of the Moravian Church in 1750. In 1772, The family moved to the Moravian settlement of Wachovia in North Carolina. By the end of his life, he had fathered 23 children. ^[1].

The Binkley spelling starts to appear in the North Carolina civil records, which were in English, in the late 1700s. Moravian records for Peter are consistently Binckele, but his children and more often, his grandchildren, became known as Binkley.

The records of the ship that brought Peter and his family to America, record the name as Pinkley, Pinkelie, Binckley, Pinckly, Bingly, Binckly, and Pinckley ^[3]

Name Variations

Banckly, Bankley, Benackle, Benckle, Benckli, Benkley, Benackle, Benckly, Benckle, Bickel, Bickle, Binackle, Binckli, Bincelli, Bincellie, Binckle, Binckley, Binckly, Binckeley, Binckele, Bincklie, Bingli, Bingle, Bingley, Binkli, Binkle, Binackel, Blinkley, Brinkley, Brinkele, Brinkeley, Brinckl, Brinckie, Bruckly, Bruckli, Brickle, Bruckly, Pinckli, Pinckle, Pinckelie, Pinkley, Pingle and Pingley, Hennings-109 00:29, 29 May 2016 (EDT)

Binkley Name Distribution

1. Binkley Maps at World Names - (copyright forbids reproduction of images but linking is acceptable) Binkley-335 18:42, 5 June 2016 (EDT)

1. Binkley Name History on Ancestry - with Maps - (copyright forbids reproduction of images but linking is acceptable) Binkley-335 18:44, 5 June 2016 (EDT)

Earliest Known Settlements

1. Switzerland
2. France
3. Pennsylvania
4. Maryland
5. North Carolina
6. Tennessee

DNA Studies

1. Binkley DNA on Family Tree DNA
2. Binkley DNA Connections on WikiTree
3. Summer Binkley Orman - GEDMatch ID A239508

Binkley Descendants on WikiTree

1. Summer Binkley Orman
2. Eric Weddington

Unconnected Binkleys

See the Binkley Unconnected category for profiles that are not yet connected to the main Binkley family tree.

Below are profiles that are not currently in the category, mostly because they are not Open profiles (and have not been added to the category).

1. Marjorie E. Binkley
2. Hooper Binkley
3. Ray Binkley See source cited in the public comments. b. August 14, 1924, Lima, OH, d. December 25, 2015, Dayton, OH. Parents are Ray and Neva (Long) Binkley.
4. ?? Elias Binkley
5. May Binkley Rainey 1871-1921
6. Martha Ellen Binkley
7. Rosella Frances Flory (Binkley) - 1781-1949
8. Jonathan Binkley b. 1820

Binkley Research Resources

1. Guild of One Name Studies, home page
2. Binkley Branches, Sara Binkley Tarpley
3. Binkley Research Database Finder
4. Binkley Military Records in the United States (searchable by name, date, war/conflict, and more)
5. Ellis Island, Binggeli Immigration Lists, late 1800s-mid 1900s

Lineage

The lineage of the Binkley last name in the United States can be traced from two brothers, and another man who may or may not be related:

• Johann Michael Binckeli (Hans Michael Binkley), born in Germany and immigrated to Pennsylvania.
• Johannes (Hans or John) Binggeli, who immigrated to Pennsylvania.
• Peter Binggeli, who immigrated to North Carolina - married twice and had a large number of children with both wives. This lineage is tracked on separate Binkley Name Study Project Pages:
  • Line 1: Peter Binggeli & Wife #1 Anna Maria Werle
  • Line 2: Peter Binggeli & Wife #2 Anna Geiger

Sources

• Maps created at Ancestry, using census records from 1840-1920

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Memoir of Brother Peter Binkele, Bethania Church Book, transcribed by Dr. Adelaide L. Fries, Archivist, Salem Moravian Archives.
2. ↑ Dr. James G. Binkley, "Binkley Family" (1956).
3. ↑ Record of Arrivals of the Binkleys in America. D. F. Binkley of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (1951).

G2G Discussions

1. Naming Conventions
2. Invitation to Join