Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Jacob HERSHEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1742 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 11 Apr 1825 in Salisbury Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Andrew HERSHEY Birth: 1702 Death: 1792 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John HERSHEY Birth: 21 May 1772 in Derry Twp, Dauphin Co, Pennsylvania Death: 23 Nov 1850 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  2. Jacob HERSHEY Birth: 1775 in Derry Twp, Dauphin Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1829
  3. Christian HERSHEY Birth: 20 Jun 1780 in Derry Twp, Dauphin Co, Pennsylvania Death: 5 Aug 1843
  4. Elizabeth HERSHEY Birth: 19 May 1783 in Derry Twp, Dauphin Co, Pennsylvania Death: 12 Jun 1875
  5. Abraham HERSHEY Birth: 24 Jan 1787 in Derry Twp, Dauphin Co, Pennsylvania Death: 9 Jan 1844
  6. Andrew HERSHEY Birth: 24 Jan 1787 in Derry Twp, Dauphin Co, Pennsylvania
  7. Joseph HERSHEY Birth: 10 Oct 1791 in Derry Twp, Dauphin Co, Pennsylvania Death: 12 Apr 1856

Bibliography
  1. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol I. Provo, UT: author, 1995. LMHS Ref E184.M45.D3 1995 v1. LDS Film#1573238#15. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007956425 images 739-959. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p[0-9]*].
  2. Hershey, Henry, Hershey Family History. Scottsdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1929. Reprinted: Kokomo, IN: Selby Publishing, 1989. NYPL APV (Hershey) 94-9058. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p[0-9]*].
  3. Mason, Floyd R, Hershey Family Tree of Pennsylvania. Bridgewater, VA: author, 2002. NYPL APV (Hershey) 05-3375. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Mason HERSHEY p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p15, Mason HERSHEY p11]
abt 1742 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p210],
place:
[Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p19],
father:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p210, HersheyH HERSHEY p15, Mason HERSHEY p11]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
mother:
Mary SCHNABLEY (#159018) [Ref: Mason HERSHEY p11]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p26]
after 1824 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p210, Mason HERSHEY p11],
place:
[Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p23]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna NEWCOMER
names:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p210, HersheyH HERSHEY p15, Mason HERSHEY p11],
child:
[Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p26, Mason HERSHEY p17, Mason HERSHEY p18]
Research Notes:
after marriage, lived on the farm owned by his father in Derry Twp, Dauphin Co, PA; land was deeded to him in 1791 [Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p19]

1792: moved to Salisbury Twp, Lancaster Co, PA [Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p19, Mason HERSHEY p17]

May 9 1792: purchased from William Morrison a farm of 218 acres [Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p19]



Pedigree of Jacob HERSHEY
                                              /-----Andrew HIRSHI
                                     /-----Andrew HIRSHI
                                    |         \-----Barbli SCHENK
                            /-----Isaac HIRSHI
                           |         \-----Christina DANNER
                   /-----Christian HERSHI
                  |         \-----Elisabeth SCHMIDT
          /-----Christian HERSHEY
 /-----Andrew HERSHEY
|        |         /-----Daniel STAUFFER
|         \-----Adelheid STAUFFER
Jacob HERSHEY



Descendants of Jacob HERSHEY
1. Jacob HERSHEY m. Anna NEWCOMER
m. Anna NEWCOMER father: Wolfgang NEWCOMER mother: Elizabeth WEBER

2nd generation

2. John HERSHEY m. Anna HORST
m. Anna HORST father: John HORST mother: Ann STRICKLER
4. Christian HERSHEY m. Susanna HERSHEY
m. Susanna HERSHEY
5. Elizabeth HERSHEY m. Benedict BRECKBILL
m. Benedict BRECKBILL
6. Abraham HERSHEY m1. Maria SIEGRIST m2. Anna EBY
m. Maria SIEGRIST
m. Anna EBY father: Peter EBY mother: Margaret HESS
8. Joseph HERSHEY m. Magdalena RUPP
m. Magdalena RUPP

3rd generation

13. John HERSHEY m1. Magdalena MUSSER m2. Margaret HOOVER
m. Magdalena MUSSER father: Henry MUSSER mother: Maria MUSSELMAN
m. Margaret HOOVER

4th generation

43. John M HERSHEY m. Elizabeth BRACKBILL
m. Elizabeth BRACKBILL
44. Magdalena HERSHEY m. Isaac BUCKWALTER
m. Isaac BUCKWALTER father: Henry BUCKWALTER mother: Barbara NEFF
47. Mary M HERSHEY m. Henry M SANDER
m. Henry M SANDER father: Henry SANDER mother: Nancy MILLER

5th generation

50. John B HERSHEY m. Anna M EBY
m. Anna M EBY
51. Magdalena HERSHEY m. Joseph HERSHEY
m. Joseph HERSHEY
52. Elizabeth HERSHEY m.
57. Anna BUCKWALTER m. Christian E BRACKBILL
m. Christian E BRACKBILL
58. Mary BUCKWALTER m. Chris ZIMMERMAN
m. Chris ZIMMERMAN
64. John H SANDER m. Fannie ZIMMERMAN
m. Fannie ZIMMERMAN