Research Notes:
Christian Herr (born c 1707), Ulrich Michael Gingrich, and David Herr, son of half-brother Abraham, have been reported as the spouse of Barbara Hershey. We seek clarification about which, if any, was her spouse.
David Herr was born 1722. [1]
David Herr married Barbara Hershey. [2]
c 1766 A deed named Feronica [deceased?] as a sister of Peter Musselman. Peter Musselman died without issue. Samuel Herr, David Herr, Christian Kauffman (alias Coffman) and Barbara his wife, John Newcomer and Elizabeth his wife (the said Samuel, David, Barbara, and Elizabeth being the children of Frena one of the Sisters of the said Peter Musselman deceased) were named. Land from Peter Mussleman's estate was sold, on October 9, 1766, to Melchor Henneberger, by many of the heirs of his estate. [3]
1772 The will of David Herr was registered in Lancaster County. [4] [5] [6]
David Herr, 1722-1771, son of Abraham, married Barbara Hershey. Will (X2-290) probate 19 Oct 1772. Will of Barbara Hershey Herr (X2-305) probate 4 March 1804. [7]
[1] Jane Evans Best, "Martin Kendig's Swiss Relatives," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 15 (January, 1992), 2-18, at 15, HH118.
[2] Emily D. Phelan, "Descendants of Christian Musselman (d. 1734) of Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (January, 1989), 16-23, at 20, M22.
[3] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed 3M-542 to 557, at 548, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[4] USGenWeb, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Will Abstracts, Y2-290, David Herr, [USGenWeb].
[5] Theodore Herr, Genealogical Record of Rev. Hans Herr and his direct Lineal Descendants (1908), 4, of 4-5, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[6] Jane Evans Best, "Martin Kendig's Swiss Relatives," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 15 (January, 1992), 2-18, at 15, HH118.
[7] Theodore Herr, Genealogical Record of Rev. Hans Herr and his direct Lineal Descendants, Revised (1980), 789, [GoogleBooks].