Person Sheet


Name Heinrich HESS
Birth BET 1755 AND 1760, Hanover Twp., Lancaster (now Lebanon) Co., Pa.
Death BET 1807 AND 1808, East Hanover Twp., Dauphin (now Lebanon) Co., Pa. Age: 52
Death Memo His appears in the Property Tax Assessment List for East Hanover Township, Dauphin County in 1807, and his widow, Elizabeth Hess appears in his place in the 1808 list.
Father Johann Martin HÖß (~1721-~1773)
Mother Anna Barbara GÖTZGER (1731->1794)
Spouses
1 Elizabeth WAGNER
Birth Dec 176224
Death abt Feb 1839, Lebanon Co., Pa.365 Age: 76
Death Memo In 1839, her son Philip sells his claim on the messuage and nine acres that her husband willed to her and his claim on the $400.00 charged to the tract of land willed to her as a dower until her death. This means that she must have been still alive (or recently died) since the messuage and nine acres, and $400.00 dower were still in affect.
Burial 2 Feb 1839, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jonestown, Bethel Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.24
Burial Memo buried
Marriage 12 Feb 1788, Stouchsburg, Berks Co., Pa.366
Children Elizabeth (1789->1847)
Anna Barbara (1791-1858)
Johannes (1792-1846)
Heinrich (1793-1865)
Magdalina (1794->1850)
Martin (1796-1853)
Philip (1797-1856)
Michael (1800-~1861)
Catharina (1802-~1838)
Notes for Heinrich HESS
He is mentioned in his father's Will declared in 1772, and must have
been born sometime before then.

He is reported as 26 to 44 years of age in the 1800 census (b. 1755-
1774), and must have been born no earlier than 1755.

He is mentioned in the 1780 Property Tax Assessment list for Hanover
Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. He is probably at least 18 years of age to
appear in this list, therefore he must be born before 1762.

Henry takes the Oaths of Allegiance in 1778 and must be at least 18
years of age to take the oath. Therefore he must be born before
1761.
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