1775 Bentz Hershey [Hearsay], minister of the Mennonist Church, wrote a treatise explaining his opposition to war, addressed to the Assembly of the Province of William Penn at Philadelphia. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Research Notes:
Benjamin Hershey, son of Andrew Hershey, son of Christian, was named in an ancestry of a descendant. [5]
[1] Ira David Landis, The Lancaster Mennonite Conference: History and Background (1956), 65.
[2] Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online Hershey,_Benjamin_(1697-1789), content subject to change, [GlobalAnabaptistEncyclopedia].
[3] Scott Funk Hershey, History and Records of the Hershey Family from the Year 1600 (New Castle, PA: The Petite Book Company, 1913), 45-48, The author Benjamin was reported to be the brother of Rev John B Hershey, [InternetArchive].
[4] Henry Hershey, Hershey Family History (Mennonite Publishing House, 1929), 10, 15. Transcription of the treatise. States that that the author, Benjamin Hershey, was the son of Andrew Hershey (1702-1792) and the brother of Jacob Hershey (1742-1825), [GoogleBooks].
[5] Luther Reily Kelker, History of Dauphin County, Vol. 3 (1907), 598, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].