Christian HERCHE (HERSHEY)
(Abt 1664-Abt 1720)
Adelheit (Oade) SCHELLI (SCHOLLI)
(Abt 1671-)
Benjamin HERSCHE
(1696-1789)

 

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Benjamin HERSCHE 898

  • Born: 1696, Friedelsheim, Palatinate, Germany
  • Died: 29 Jul 1789, Hempfield, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA at age 93
  • Buried: Abbeyville Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
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bullet  General Notes:

Obituary: Neue Unpartheyische Lancaster Zeitung und Anzigs-Nach-richten (a German language newspaper)

Benjamin immigrated in 1717 with his family. He lived 1 mile east of Manheim in Lancaster Co ., Pennsylvania. He was buried in a graveyard near the old Mennonite Meeting House. He Was a Bishop in the Mennonite faith.

Some information from Bonnie Covey and Joan Ruse.

Birth: IGI Film 1903725

In the 1709 Friedelsheim, Germany Congregation, Benjamin is listed as 13 years of age. He is here with his family.

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

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

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