There were two men named Andrew Hershey in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania alive in the same era: Andrew Hershey of East Petersburg (1698-24 December, 1754) and Andrew Hershey of Salunga (c 1702-1792). One of these was the son of Christian Hershey and Adelheit [Oade] Scholi. The other may have been the son of Hans Hershey [1]. One of them was also likely the husband of Maria Snaveley, named in her father's will as wife of Andrew Hershey of Hempfield. David R Johnson [2] states that the parents of Andrew Hershey of East Petersburg "appear to have been Christian and Oade Hershey", citing as evidence the History of York County, Pennsylvania by Gibson [3]. Richard Warren Davis has suggested that Andrew of East Petersburg was the son of Hans Hershey [4] and that Andrew of Salunga was the son of Christian and Oade Scholi Hershey [5]. We don't know which, if either, is correct. We note that Andrew of Salunga named a daughter Oti [Oade?]. With little other justification, we show the ancestry suggested by Richard Warren Davis.
1702 Andrew Hershey, son of Christian Hershey, was born 1702. [6]
1724 Andrew Hershey married Mary about this time. We seek evidence about the spouse of Andrew Hershey. [7] [8] [9]
1728 Andreas Hirschi, perhaps this one, signed the oath of allegiance to King George of England to be naturalized in Pennsylvania, which allowed him to hold land as a citizen. He was on the list of Mennonites. [10]
1733 Andrew Hershey received a warrant for a tract of 500 acres on the Little Conestoga River in Lancaster County on January 19. He received the patent in 1735. [11] [12] [13] Adjacent tracts were owned by George Derr [14], Philip Beels in right of Hans Adam Miller [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
1735 Andrew Hershey, son of Christian Hershey, entered a tract of land west of Pittsfield, obtaining the same from the Penns in 1735. [20]
1738 Andrew Hershey received a warrant for a tract of 200 acres on Codorus Creek in Lancaster County on October 24. [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]
1738 Andrew Hershey Jr received a warrant for a tract of 288 acres in Lancaster County on January 18, and received the patent in 1741. [30] [31] One survey returned in 1738 reported 88 acres [32]. Another survey dated 1731 reported 424 acres on Shickasolungo creek; 300 acres in right of Martin Kendrick and John Herr and 124 acres by consent of the Commissioners of Property. The whole quantity contained 388 acres. [33]
1741 Andrew Hershey Sr and Benjamin Moore received a warrant for a tract of 283 acres of land, in Lancaster County, on May 29. [34] The survey in Hopewell Twp, Lancaster County was made for Benjamin Moore and was assigned to Andrew Hershey. [35] Andrew Hershey Sr received the patent in 1741. [36] Adjacent landowners were George Hildebrand, Abraham Endloss, and Urich Chadwick.
1742 Andrew Hershey received a warrant for a tract of 300 acres, on the West Susquehanna River in Lancaster County, on April 13. [37] [38] [39]
1746 Andrew Hershey received a warrant for a tract of 356 acres in Lancaster County on October 28. [40] He received the patent on July 18, 1747. [41]
1751 There were two listings for And'w Hershaw, perhaps father and son, on the tax list in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County. [42]
1753 Andrew Hershey and wife Mary, of Hempfield Twp, with Henry Bostler of Philadelphia and wife Anna Maria, sold land, on April 5, to Christopher Grafford. The land was on Queen Street in the borough of Lancaster. Peter Warral and wife Sarah sold the land on 8 October 1746 to Andrew Hershey and Henry Bostler. [43]
1754 The will of Andrew Hershey [Hershy] was dated 9 December and was probated 19 February 1755 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The will named wife Mary and children Benjamin, Eva, Christian and Jacob. Executors were Jacob and Christian Hershey. [44] [45] [46]
… I give to Christian Hirshy the son of young Andrew Hirshy deceased, The Quantity of Two Hundred acers of Land, or thereabouts as it cane convient Divided from the other land being the same where his Mother now lives on for his only use his during life, situate on Catorres Creek in the County of Yorke. But if said Christian Hirshy should dye without any Heirs of his Body, That the said Land shall fall Back to my Heirs again, but if he have Heirs of his Body at the time of his Death, then I will that his Heirs shall have the said Land, their Heirs & Assigns for ever. Then It is my Will and I do order and give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved Wife Mary the Sum of One Hundred and Fifty pounds to be paid to her after my Decease, and also shall have the use & Benefit of this my Plantation whereon I now live with goods and chattles … to the time of marriage of my Son Benjamin Hirshy, which then shall have my said Plantation, and shall permit my said Wife and my Daughter Eva yearly and every year their Durring life with Thirty Bushell of good wheat redy ground to be Delivered to their Door, and also as much Indian Corn That They can fatten Two Hogs every year and Cyder as much they have occassion for drink or as Much Malt for Beer which They Chuse best and also apples for the Winder and to Dry, as much they have occasion, and to sew for them yearly Three Quartor of an acer with flax, and also to keep for them both two Cowes and three Sheeps for their use, and to treet them as his own and I order That my said Wife and Daughter shall have their living in the new house which I Built in my Orchard their during life but if one should dye from the other the longer liver shall have but the halfe of every of the above mentioned, and if one or the other should Marry Then the above mentioned articles to be Null and Void for the one that Married and shall have no further demand of them. Then I will that my said Wife and Daughter each of them shall have one pare of New Shues during the Term afores yearly. Then I give to my said Daughter Eva The Sum of Twenty Pounds Lawfull Money after my Decease which shall be her full proportion of my Estate. Then it is my Will and give and bequeath unto Barbara Kolb the Sum of One hundred Pounds to be paid her out of my Estate as soon She gets Married but if it should dye before Marriage Then it shall be of none effect and shall belong to my children. Then it is my Will that all the rest of my Estate shall be equally divided among all the rest of my Children in Share and share alike. Then it is my Will and I do order that the above named Christian Hirshy shall have no liberty to stop the Wather in the Dam or Mill raise which runs throu his Land but as much to Wather his, …, Not his, Mother shall sell no Timber of the said Land nor … any … Mache use of but what she have occasion for fencing building & fireing, and Lastly I nominate Mache and appoint My beloved Sons Jacob Hirshy and Christian Hirshy executers to this my last Will and Testament and I do utterly disavow revoke and annul all and every other former Will Legaces and Exicuters by me on any wise before this Time Named Willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming This and no other to be my Last Will andTestament. In writing whereof I have hereunto Sett my Hand and Seal This Ninth day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Four 1754. Andrew Hirshy. …
1756 Andrew's widow and three men named Hershey were taxed in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County.
1756 The widow of Andrew Hershey was taxed in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County for 500 acres, 25 acres grain, 6 horses, 2 mares, 6 cows, and 9 sheep. [47] [48]
1756 Andrew Hershey was taxed in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County for 350 acres, 20 acres grain, 4 horses, 2 mares, 6 cows, and 12 sheep. [49]
1756 Andrew Hershey [50] and Joseph Hershey [51] were listed as freemen.
1757 Andrew Hershy and Andrew Hershy jun'r and Widdow Hershy and Joseph Hershy (freeman) were taxed in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County. [52]
1760 The heirs of Andrew Hershey, late of Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, sold their shares of the estate to son Benjamin on June 10. The heirs included wife Mary Hershey; four sons: Christian, John, Joseph, and Benjamin; and three daughters: Mary Cryder and husband Peter, Anna Huber and husband John, and Elizabeth a minor. The land was owned by Andrew Hershey, who by a proprietary patent ? executed the fifteenth day of January 1735 became seized (inter alia) of & to a certain tract of land ? in Hempfield township … by a branch of ? little Conestoga creek … 500 acres … [53] [54]
1766 The identity of Andrew Hershey's heirs was further clarified when son Joseph Hershey's estate was settled. Joseph Hershey had been granted 200 acres by Benjamin Hershey on 20 July 1760. Joseph left his 200 acre estate (adjacent owners Benjamin Hershey, Jacob Shallenberger, Christopher Fry, Martin Hoofman, Peter Godshall) to son Christian with the condition that if Christian were to die without heirs that wife Mary was to have 500 pounds before division of the estate among Joseph's brothers and sisters. Son Christian died in his minority without issue. The estate descended to Joseph's brothers and sisters: Christian Hershey, Eva Hershey, Mary wife of Peter Kryder, John Hershey, Anna wife of John Hoover, Benjamin Hershey, Elizabeth wife of David Brubaker. Christian Hershey and David Brubaker paid the other heirs for their shares and divided the 200 acre estate. Bentz Hershey and sister Eva quit claim to Christian Hershey, all of Lancaster County. [55]
1769 David Eshelman, spouse of Maria Hershey, petitioned the Lancaster Orphans Court on December 22. Maria was a daughter of Jacob Hershey, deceased. Jacob was an heir of Andrew Hershey, late of Hempfield Twp, deceased. Christian Hershey, the surviving executor of the estate of Andrew Hershey, was summoned to finalize the distribution of the estate of Andrew. [56]
1771 Andrew Hershey was taxed in Leacock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [57]
1771 Andrew Hershey and Andrew Hershey Jr were taxed in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [58]
1772 Andrew Hershee and Andrew Hershee Jr were taxed in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [59]
1773 Andrew Hershey Sr and Andrew Hershey Jr were taxed in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [60]
1779 Andrew Harsha Sr and Andrew Harsha Jr were taxed in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [61]
1782 Andrew Hershey was taxed in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [62]
1790 On 21 August, Benjamin Hershey and wife Elizabeth and Henry Landis and wife Elisabeth, sold land to Jacob Naff and wife Mary, all of Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County. The land had been patented by Andrew Hershey in 1735. Andrew passed the land to his son Benjamin, father of the grantors of this deed. The remaining heirs of Andrew sold their shares to Benjamin in 1760 [63]. Benjamin died with heirs oldest son Benjamin, Elisabeth wife of Henry Landis and Mary wife of Jacob Neff, the parties to this deed. Another parcel was part of Andrew's patent A7-405. [64] [65]
Research Notes:
"Andrew Hershey, born Switzerland, 1702, brother of Bishop Christian Hershey, removed to the Palatinate, Germany; came to Lancaster, PA 1719; settled East Hempfield, PA, Rohrerstown, Chh. (perhaps 1719-1792, but certainly before 1775-1792); settled East Hempfield, Milersville Chh. 1757-1792; sett. Manor (Lanc.) PA, 1775-1792; Menn.; died Rohrerstown, PA, 1792, a. 90." [66]
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[2] David R. Johnson, "The Early East Petersburg Area Hershey Family," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 1 (January, 1978), 6-16, at 8.
[3] John Gibson, ed., History of York County Pennsylvania, Part II Biographical Sketches (Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing, 1886), 109, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
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[7] Scott Funk Hershey, History and Records of the Hershey Family from the Year 1600 (New Castle, PA: The Petite Book Company, 1913), 59, names spouse Mary Miller, [InternetArchive].
[8] Henry Hershey, Hershey Family History (Mennonite Publishing House, 1929), 15-18, names no spouse, [GoogleBooks].
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[11] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, H-33, [PHMC Warrant].
[12] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A7-405, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[13] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C76-52, dated 24 January, 1733/34, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[14] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C234-84, dated 1750 in Manheim Twp, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[15] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C115-296, dated 1757 in Hempfield Twp, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[16] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book H, 360-361, [360], [361], [FHLCatalog].
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[21] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, H-195, [PHMC Warrant].
[22] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA13-193, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[23] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A27-188, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[24] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A27-189, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[25] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A27-190, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[26] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D64-52, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[27] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D64-53, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[28] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D64-54, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[29] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D55-263, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[30] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, H-199, [PHMC Warrant].
[31] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A9-432, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[32] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D88-128, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[33] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D88-133, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[34] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, H-243, [PHMC Warrant].
[35] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C76-246, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[36] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A9-430, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[37] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, H-273, [PHMC Warrant].
[38] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A17-21, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[39] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, B5-178, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[40] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, H-407, [PHMC Warrant].
[41] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A12-518, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[42] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1751 Hempfield, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[43] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book G, 351-352, [351], [352], [FHLCatalog].
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[45] F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Wills 1732-1785 (2008), 94.
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[48] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1756, widdow Hirsha, left column, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[49] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1756, Hempfield, right side, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[50] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[51] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1751, Hempfield, right column, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[52] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1757, Hempfield, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[53] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A7-405, see 1733 warrant above, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[54] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book H, 360-361, [360], [361], [FHLCatalog].
[55] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed L-222 to 223, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[56] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Miscellaneous Book 1769-165, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
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[64] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed KK-675 to 678, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[65] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed KK-678 to 681, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[66] Frederick Lewis Weis, The colonial clergy of the middle colonies, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania 1628-1776 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1978), 72, [GoogleBooks].
[67] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Hershey B31, [Website].
[68] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[69] Notes and Queries Historical and Genealogical Chiefly Relating to Interior of Pennsylvania Annual Volume 1896, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].