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  • Name: John HERSHEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1 Oct 1810 b
  • Death: 19 Mar 1869 d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John HERSHEY Birth: 21 May 1772 in Derry Twp, Dauphin Co, Pennsylvania Death: 23 Nov 1850 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Anna HORST Birth: 3 Oct 1778 Death: 28 Aug 1861

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Henry HERSHEY Birth: 18 Dec 1831 Death: 31 Dec 1857
  2. Anna HERSHEY Birth: 13 Jun 1836 Death: 22 Sep 1860
  3. John M HERSHEY Birth: 29 Apr 1839 Death: 23 Nov 1925
  4. Magdalena HERSHEY Birth: 26 Jan 1844 in Salisbury Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 2 Dec 1925
  5. Elizabeth HERSHEY Birth: 22 Feb 1846 Death: 17 Feb 1928
  6. Hettie HERSHEY Birth: 22 Aug 1848 Death: 11 Apr 1925
  7. Mary M HERSHEY Birth: 7 Nov 1851 Death: 4 Mar 1928

Marriage: Children:
  1. David HERSHEY Birth: 11 Jan 1864
  2. Susan HERSHEY Birth: 18 Jan 1866

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Spartonburg, SC: Reprint Publishers, 1985. Orig pub 1903. LMHS rF157.L2B6 1985. Available at http://archive.org/details/biographicalanna00megi and at http://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog 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]*].
  4. Musser, Edgar A, Musser Genealogy. Lancaster, PA: author, 1980. LMHS CS71.M9892 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p.*].
  5. Wenger, Samuel S, The Wenger Book, Lancaster, PA: Pennsylvania German Heritage, 1978. NYPL APV (Wenger) 86-601. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p27, HersheyH HERSHEY p97]
1810 [Ref: Mason HERSHEY p28],
parents:
[Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p27, Mason HERSHEY p28]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p27, HersheyH HERSHEY p97]
1869 [Ref: Mason HERSHEY p28]
Sources with Information about marriage to Magdalena MUSSER
names:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p111, WengerSS WENGER p1088],
child:
[Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p97, HersheyH HERSHEY p98, LancasterCoPA Biog p1010, LancasterCoPA Biog p755]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret HOOVER
date:
second marriage of John [Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p98],
child:
[Ref: HersheyH HERSHEY p98]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of John 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
 /-----John HERSHEY
|        |                  /-----Peter NEWCOMER
|        |         /-----Wolfgang NEWCOMER
|         \-----Anna NEWCOMER
|                 |                                    /-----George WABER
|                 |                           /-----Heinrich WABER
|                 |                  /-----Hans WABER
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Uli RUGGIN
|                 |                 |         \-----Elsbeth RUGGIN
|                 |         /-----Henry WEBER
|                  \-----Elizabeth WEBER
|                          |                                    /-----Peter KUNDIG
|                          |                           /-----Jorg KUNDIG
|                          |                  /-----Hans Heinrich KUNDIG
|                          |                 |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
|                          |         /-----Hans Jacob KUNDIG
|                          |        |         \-----Dorothea SCHARER
|                           \-----Maudlin KENDIG
|                                    \-----Susanna WYMANN
John HERSHEY
|                           /-----Jacob HORST
|                  /-----Joseph HORST
|                 |         \-----Barbara SHENK
|         /-----John HORST
|        |        |                                             /-----Hans GRAF
|        |        |                                    /-----Jakob GRAF
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
|        |        |                           /-----Marx GRAF
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
|        |        |                          |         \-----Anna SPORRI
|        |        |                  /-----Hans GROFF
|        |        |         /-----Samuel GROFF
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
|        |        |        |         \-----Susanna KENDIG
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Martin MEILI
|        |        |        |                  \-----Elsbeth MEILI
|        |        |        |                           \-----Barbara BAR
|        |         \-----Mary GROFF
|        |                  \-----Christina HUBER
 \-----Anna HORST
         |         /-----Henry STRICKLER
          \-----Ann STRICKLER



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

2nd generation

4. John M HERSHEY m. Elizabeth BRACKBILL
m. Elizabeth BRACKBILL
5. Magdalena HERSHEY m. Isaac BUCKWALTER
m. Isaac BUCKWALTER father: Henry BUCKWALTER mother: Barbara NEFF
8. Mary M HERSHEY m. Henry M SANDER
m. Henry M SANDER father: Henry SANDER mother: Nancy MILLER

3rd generation

11. John B HERSHEY m. Anna M EBY
m. Anna M EBY
12. Magdalena HERSHEY m. Joseph HERSHEY
m. Joseph HERSHEY
13. Elizabeth HERSHEY m.
18. Anna BUCKWALTER m. Christian E BRACKBILL
m. Christian E BRACKBILL
19. Mary BUCKWALTER m. Chris ZIMMERMAN
m. Chris ZIMMERMAN
25. John H SANDER m. Fannie ZIMMERMAN
m. Fannie ZIMMERMAN

4th generation

28. Isaac E HERSHEY m. Hettie S BRACKBILL
m. Hettie S BRACKBILL
30. Henry Rine HERSHEY m. Grace D HERSHEY
m. Grace D HERSHEY
31. Roy HERSHEY m. Florence DONLEY
m. Florence DONLEY
35. Ira HERSHEY m. Elizabeth M STEFFEY
m. Elizabeth M STEFFEY
36. Ellis B BRACKBILL m. Alice GROFF
m. Alice GROFF
38. Anna M ZIMMERMAN m. Ezra S MARTIN
m. Ezra S MARTIN
39. Mary E ZIMMERMAN m. Samuel WEAVER
m. Samuel WEAVER
40. Isaac B ZIMMERMAN m. Hettie Z HIGH
m. Hettie Z HIGH
41. Alta B ZIMMERMAN m. Mahlon HURST
m. Mahlon HURST
42. Sarah B ZIMMERMAN m. Phares S MARTIN
m. Phares S MARTIN