Hottinger and Yankey Families, The

Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie

364 pages;  1991.

 Michael Honinger was the emigrant ancestor. He arrived in Pennsylvania in 1729. He was the father of Conrad Honinger (d.1804) who married Catherine Kutz. Conrad anglicized the name by changing it to Hottinger. Early in their marriage Conrad and Catherine moved to Rockingham County where they were the parents of nine children. One of their sons married Elizabeth Yankey while a daughter, Magdaline, married Michael Yankey. The Yankey family descends from a Michael Jenghe I (1690-?) who traveled from Berlin, Germany and settled in Virginia. His only known son, Michael Yankie II settled in Shenandoah County where he was the father of five children, one of whom was Michael Yankey (1775-1830) who married Magdaline Hottinger. Michael and Magdaline moved to Brocks Gap about 1800. Descendants live in Virginia and West Virginia.