Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: John HERSHEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 14 Sep 1775 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 1 Nov 1865 d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Christian HERSHEY Birth: 21 Feb 1719 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 21 Nov 1782 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Anna HERNLEY

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Christian F HERSHEY Death: 1823
  2. Anna HERSHEY
  3. Maria HERSHEY
  4. John F HERSHEY Birth: 1805 Death: 1807
  5. Andrew F HERSHEY Birth: 1807
  6. Elizabeth HERSHEY Birth: 1809
  7. Samuel HERSHEY Birth: 1812 Death: 1873
  8. Lydia Franz HERSHEY Birth: 1815 Death: 1868
  9. Jacob HERSHEY Birth: 1817 Death: 1896

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, The Groff Book, Volume 2, A Continuing Saga, Ronks, PA: Groff History Assiciates, 1997. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best GROFF p[0-9]*].
  2. Groff, Clyde L, Walter B Groff, Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, Ronks, PA: Groff History Associates, 1985. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v1. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p[0-9]*].
  3. Hostetter, Richard L, Descendents of Jacob and Anna Hostetter of Engleside, Lancaster County, PA. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1984. LMHS CS71.H8311 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HostetterRL HOSTETTER p[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:
[Ref: Mason HERSHEY p17],
place:
[Ref: Mason HERSHEY p17],
parents:
[Ref: Mason HERSHEY p17]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1795 [Ref: Best GROFF p88]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Mason HERSHEY p17]
1865 [Ref: Best GROFF p88]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth FRANTZ
names:
[Ref: HostetterRL HOSTETTER p6],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p39, Mason HERSHEY p27, Mason HERSHEY p28]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of John HERSHEY
                                                       /-----Andrew HIRSHI
                                              /-----Andrew HIRSHI
                                             |         \-----Barbli SCHENK
                                     /-----Isaac HIRSHI
                                    |         \-----Christina DANNER
                            /-----Christian HERSHI
                           |         \-----Elisabeth SCHMIDT
                   /-----Christian HERSHEY
          /-----Benjamin HERSHEY
         |        |         /-----Daniel STAUFFER
         |         \-----Adelheid STAUFFER
 /-----Christian HERSHEY
|         \-----Mary (HERSHEY)
John HERSHEY
 \-----Anna HERNLEY



Descendants of John HERSHEY
1. John HERSHEY m. Elizabeth FRANTZ
m. Elizabeth FRANTZ father: John FRANTZ mother: Elizabeth HOSTETTER