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    Person Info
  • Name: Abraham HERSHEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1743 b
  • Death: 1822 d


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

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Andrew HERSHEY
  2. Abraham HERSHEY
  3. Elizabeth HERSHEY Birth: 1780 Death: 1876

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:
abt 1743 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p210, Mason HERSHEY p11],
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: Mason HERSHEY p18]
Sources with Information about marriage to Veronica GREIDER
names:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p210, Mason HERSHEY p11],
child:
[Ref: Mason HERSHEY p18]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Abraham HERSHEY & Mary HERR [Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p15]
Research Notes:
1783: fined, at Hempfield [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p210]



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



Descendants of Abraham HERSHEY
1. Abraham HERSHEY m. Veronica GREIDER
m. Veronica GREIDER

2nd generation

2. Andrew HERSHEY m. Mary HOFFMAN
m. Mary HOFFMAN
4. Elizabeth HERSHEY m. John FRANTZ
m. John FRANTZ father: John FRANTZ mother: Elizabeth HOSTETTER

3rd generation

6. Elizabeth FRANTZ m. Benjamin ROOT
m. Benjamin ROOT

4th generation

9. Mary Ann ROOT m. Martin G MUSSER
m. Martin G MUSSER father: Michael B MUSSER mother: Elizabeth GERBER

5th generation

10. B Frank MUSSER m. Nora YOHN
m. Nora YOHN father: Edward YOHN mother: Mary BAKER