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    Person Info
  • Name: Benjamin HERSHEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1737 b
  • Death: 1774 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Andrew HERSHEY Birth: 1698 Death: 24 Dec 1754 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Maria SCHNEBELI Birth: Abt 1702 Death: Abt 1759

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Benjamin Jr HERSHEY Death: 1812
  2. Elizabeth HERSHEY
  3. Mary HERSHEY

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane E, European Roots of the Bear Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: An Update, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1984. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p[0-9]*].
  2. Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Bruppachers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, July 1993. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p[0-9]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. 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 1737 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211, Mason HERSHEY p11],
parents:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211, Mason HERSHEY p11]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211, Mason HERSHEY p11],
place:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211, Mason HERSHEY p11]
Sources with Information about marriage to Veronica D BARE
date:
first marriage of Veronica [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25, Best BRUBAKER p23],
names:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211],
child:
[Ref: Mason HERSHEY p18]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Benjamin HERSHEY
                                              /-----Andrew HIRSHI
                                     /-----Andrew HIRSHI
                                    |         \-----Barbli SCHENK
                            /-----Isaac HIRSHI
                           |         \-----Christina DANNER
                   /-----Christian HERSHI
                  |         \-----Elisabeth SCHMIDT
          /-----Hans HERSHI
 /-----Andrew HERSHEY
Benjamin HERSHEY
 \-----Maria SCHNEBELI



Descendants of Benjamin HERSHEY
1. Benjamin HERSHEY m. Veronica D BARE
m. Veronica D BARE father: John BARE mother: Elizabeth STONEMAN