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Name: Christian HERSHEY
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1702 ^b
Death: 19 Apr 1771 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^d

Parents:

Father:
Hans HERSHI Birth: Abt 1668

Family:
Marriage:

Barbara BOMBERGER on Abt 1728 at Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania .^m1
Barbara BOMBERGER

Children:

Andrew HERSHEY Birth: Abt 1729 Death: 1799 in Paradise Twp, York Co, Pennsylvania
Joseph HERSHEY Birth: Abt 1731 in Paradise Twp, York Co, Pennsylvania
Mary HERSHEY Birth: Abt 1734 in Rapho Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Jacob HERSHEY Birth: Abt 1737 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1798 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth HERSHEY Birth: Abt 1740 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
John HERSHEY Birth: Abt 1742 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1784 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Barbara HERSHEY Birth: Abt 1744 in Elizabeth Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1786
Peter HERSHEY Birth: 3 Aug 1746 in Paradise Twp, York Co, Pennsylvania Death: 17 Feb 1823 in Paradise Twp, York Co, Pennsylvania

Bibliography

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]*].
Shenk, Ellis, Harry Longenecker Shenk family, private email 7/8/2010. Author address ellisshenk at sprintmail dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ellis Shenk 7/8/2010].
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 1702 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211, Mason HERSHEY p9],
father:: [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211, Mason HERSHEY p9]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Mason HERSHEY p9]; 1771 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211],
place:: [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211, Mason HERSHEY p9]

Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara BOMBERGER

date:: abt 1728 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211, Mason HERSHEY p11],
place:: [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211, Mason HERSHEY p11],
child:: [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211, Ellis Shenk 7/8/2010, Mason HERSHEY p11, Mason HERSHEY p12]

Research Notes:
probably arrived by 1724 with his brother [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211]

May 17 1734: received 400 acdres by patent on Codorus Creek, York Co, PA; called "Hershey's Mount"; did not live there instead staying in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, the home of his father-in-law Christian Bomberger [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p211]

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

Descendants of Christian HERSHEY

1. Christian HERSHEY m. Barbara BOMBERGER

m. Barbara BOMBERGER father: Christian BOMBERGER mother: Maria (BOMBERGER)

2+ Andrew HERSHEY m. Elizabeth (HERSHEY)

3+ Joseph HERSHEY m. Magdalena (HERSHEY)

4 Mary HERSHEY m. Jacob SNIDER

5+ Jacob HERSHEY m. Barbara EBY

6 Elizabeth HERSHEY m. Jacob HIESTAND

7+ John HERSHEY m. Catharina HIESTAND

8+ Barbara HERSHEY m. John SCHENK

9+ Peter HERSHEY m. Anna BEITZEL

2nd generation

2. Andrew HERSHEY m. Elizabeth (HERSHEY)