Mary was a daughter of John Justus "Jost" Hinkle who was born in Daudenzell, Germany and Maria Magdalena Eschmann born in Upper Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Mary married Capt. John A. Skidmore in 1762 (what is now Pendleton County, West Virginia)

According to "The Skidmore Family of West Virginia" website (http://mysite.verizon.net/michael6076/id2.html)
John Skidmore, according to family stories related down through the years, was a quiet, serious man, very religious and devoted to his family.

He had married Mary Magdalena Henckel;, known as Polly, in 1743. She was the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the area who, with other German-origin families, had settled on a nearby enormous scenic farmland tract known as Germany Valley.

The Henckel family had its origins in Daudenzell, Germany. John Justus Henckel, Polly's father, accompanied his parents to Pennsylvania in 1717. He was the son of the Rev. Anthony Jacob Henckel, an Evangelical Lutheran minister from the German Palatinate, and his wife Maria Elizabeth (Dentzer) Henckel. John Justis Henckel later moved to North Carolina, but because of aggressive Indians moved again to Pendleton County, Va., and bought land in 1760.

In 1730 John Justus Henckle had married Magdalena Eschmann. His name was spelled in various ways: Henkel, Henckel and Hinkle. The family built "Hinkle's Fort" on the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac. It was used by the colonists for protection from Indians during the Revolutionary War. A history of the Henckel family says 30 Henckels served in the Revolutionary War in Virginia and Pennsylvania.

John Justice Hinkle and his wife were buried in the same grave on his farm in Germany Valley near the old Hinkle's Fort They were parents of 14 other children besides Polly."

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He and Mary Magdalena raised a large family in a fine brick house which he built on the South Branch. John died in Pendleton Co., VA. (WV) Oct. 12, 1809 and Mary died Oct. 18, 1829. They are buried in the John Skidmore Cemetery located 3 mile s north of Ruddle, Pendleton Co., WV. along US Rt. 220, on the east side of the South Branch of the Potomac River. There are between 15-18 unmarked graves, with Capt. John A. Skidmore having the only marked grave.

Mary is buried on a hill, overlooking site, 3 miles N. of Ruddle, E. of Rt. , 220, E. Side of S. Bridge.