Andrew HERSHEY ⁸⁶⁴

  General Notes:

HERSHEY FAMILY. Andrew Hershey was born in Switzerland in the year 1702, and moved with his father to the Palatinate. In the year 1719 he and his brother Benjamin sailed for America and settled in Lancaster county. His brother Christian also came to America, settling in Lancaster in 1739. The three brothers were each of them chosen ministers in the Mennonite church. Andrew (lied in the year 1792, aged ninety years. He left twelve children, viz.: Christian, Andrew, John, Benjamin, Jacob, Abraham, Isaac, Henry, Catharine, Maria and Odti. ⁸³⁴

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Travel, 1702, Palatinate. ⁸³⁴

2. Residence, 1709, Friedelsheim, Germany. ⁸²¹ In the 1709 Friedelsheim, Germany Congregation, Andrew is listed as 7 years of age. He is here with his family.

3. Immigration, 1719, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁸³⁴ That part of Chester County is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

4. Property: land, 1733, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁸²¹ Andrew purchased land in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, near Salunga in 1733.

5. Alt. Death: Alt. Death, 1792, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.

Andrew married Mary CATHARINE in 1725 in , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.⁸⁶³

  Marriage Notes:

This part of Chester County, Pennsylvania is now in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.