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Hans HESS (born 1 Jul 1683. died 1 May 1733).

To America in 1717 to Willow Street, Lancaster County, PA.

A shoemaker and a farmer. Faith - Mennonite.

Wife - Magdalena(about 1688- 1767). 11 children: Jacob (born about 1708), John (born about 1710), Michael (born 1715), Magdalena (born 1717), Abraham(born about 1719), Anna(born about 1721), Barbara (born about 1723), Elizabeth (born about 1725), Christian (born 1727), Veronica (born 1729), Samuel (born 1731)

Pleased define their parents names.

Where in Europe did they live just before they moved to Pennsylvania?

Were they living close to Baldenheim, now part of France?

Hi Joanne,

the name Hess can be from Switzerland or Germany, (Saarland, Baden Württemberg) Do you have some more information on Hans Hess?
Regards

Viktor

Bei www.familysearch.org finden sich folgende Daten:

Hans Hess
Birth: 01 JUL 1683 Wald, Zürich, Schweiz
Father: Samuel Hess
Mother: Barbel Reimann

Our Hess line is LIKELY from the Emmental region of Canton Bern is Dürrenbühl, Switzerland, (near Wyssachengraben and Eriswil). Due to religious persecution, since they chose the new Täufer faith (Anabaptists), our early relatives needed to flee Switzerland between 1680-1699. For a time they LIKELY lived in the north east part of the Alsace until William Penn open Penn's Woods. Known Fact: In 1717 they then left Europe and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Weitere Daten von www.familysearch.org

Samuel Hess
Birth: 25 DEC 1657, Wald ZH
Death: 09 APR 1744
Marriage: 25 FEB 1683 Wald Rueti, ZH
Spouse1: Barbel Reiman
Spouse2: Magdalena Zindel
Father: Hans Hess
Mother: Barbel Honegger

Original von Walter
Bei familysearch.org finden sich folgende Daten:

Hans Hess
Birth: 01 JUL 1683 Wald (ZH)
Father: Samuel Hess
Mother: Barbel Reimann

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Please give your PRIMARY Source documentation for the above details. Yes, I know of these names; however, to this date, I have not found them in any reliable primary source documentation. Peace. Joanne Hess Siegrist