c 1813 House built by Benjamin Hershey III
(Courtesy of and Reproduced pending permission of Conestoga House and Gardens [145])
1709 Christian Hershey, a Bishop in the Mennonite Church, and his three children, Benjamin, Andrew, and Anna, reportedly located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Son Benjamin succeeded his father as a Bishop of the church. [1]
c1717 Benjamin Hershey arrived in Philadelphia in August with his father, Christian Hershey, and settled west of Lancaster. [2]
1717 Mennonites settled on the Lower Conestoga river. Bishop Benjamin Hershey emigrated from Switzerland, and settled just west of Lancaster. He served as bishop until his health failed. [3]
1718 There were three apparently different entries naming Christian Hershy and son, perhaps this Christian and son Benjamin Hershey, on tax lists in Conestoga. "Christian Hershey and son" were on the Conestoga Twp, Lancaster County tax list, value 20 pounds. [4] "Christian Hearse & son" were taxed 5 shillings, Conestogoe Rate. [5] "Christian Hearsey and son" 30 [pounds] £0.7.6 appeared on the tax list for Conestogoe Rate, Dutch Inhabitants, Chester County, Pennsylvania. [6]
1719-1726 Tax records for the Hershey family in Conestoga [7] [8]:
1719 Christian Hourse & son value 52 pounds was taxed £0.17.4 in Conestogoe Twp. [9] [10] [11]
1720-22 Christian Hershey was not on the tax list for East Conestoga Twp and son Benedict/Benjamin was on the list. [12] [13] [14] Andrew and Benedict were listed in 1721. [15] Andrew and Benedict were listed in 1722-23. [16] [17]
1724-25 Andrew and Christian were listed on the Conestoga Twp, Lancaster County tax list. [18] [19] [20] 1724-25 Benjamin was listed. [21] 1725-26 Andrew was listed. [22]
1725 Andrew and Benjamin were listed on the Conestoga Twp, Lancaster County tax list. [23]
1726-27 Andrew and John and Christian Hershy were taxed. [24] [25]
1725 Benedict Hitchi, of one mile west of Lancaster Town, and others met at the first All-American Mennonite conference and endorsed the 1632 Dortrecht Confession. [26]
1727 Wendel Bowman, Martin Meiling, and Benedict Hershey [Hearsay] signed a petition on behalf of themselves and others called Menists to enable them to hold land and trade in [Lancaster County]. [27]
1728 Benss Hirschi signed the oath of allegiance to King George of England to be naturalized in Pennsylvania, which allowed him to hold land as a citizen. He was on the list of Mennonites. [28]
1729 The heirs of Christian Hershey: Andrew, Benjamin, widow Ode, and daughter Ann wife of Henry Long, did remise, release, and quit claim unto Hans Brubaker their interests in the SSWest side (Hans Brubaker's tract) of the dividing line. The deed was dated May 12. [29] [30]
1730 A Mennonite meetinghouse was built on Benjamin Hershey's land and was used until 1791, when the meetinghouse was moved to Rohrerstown. [31] Tradition says that Benjamin was buried near the site of the original meeting house and that his son Benjamin continued as a minister. [32]
1733 Bentz Hirschy warranted 100 acres on L Conestoga, Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, adjoining John and Jacob Brubaker, on March 2. [33] [34] The same Bentz sold the land to Jacob Brubaker for 5 shillings in 1776.
1733 Hans Brubaker of Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County and the heirs of Christian Hershey, late of the county of Chester, sold land to Christian Hershey's eldest son, (this) Benjamin Hershey of Lancaster, Lancaster County, on December 21. The heirs of Christian Hershey were youngest son Andrew (signed in german), daughter Ann wife of Herman Long, and widow and relict Ode (Adelheit) Hershey. The land had been patented on September 27, 1717. [35] [36]
1738 Benedict Hershey warranted 200 acres on a branch of the Cocalico in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, on May 26. The survey was dated 5 March 1738. [37] [38] [39] Adjacent tracts were owned by Peter Wisenant [40], Peter Rade [41], Nicholas Fiesar/Feezar [42] [43], George Nooley/Henry Frelich [44], and Jacob Smith/Thomas Hewes [45].
1747 Land of Benjamin Hershey [Horsha], John Brubaker, Adam Libhart, late John Taylor, and Daniel Eschelman was adjacent to a 62 acre lot in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County sold to Daniel Eshleman, blacksmith, by John Brubaker and wife Anne. The land was patented 11 May, 1747 by John Brubaker. [46]
1749 Benjamin Hershey, perhaps this one, and others were appointed to appraise the estate of Christian Peelman [Beelman] in Lancaster County. [47] [48]
1750-59 Benjamin Hershey was taxed with 250 acres in Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59]
1760 The heirs of John Brubaker, deceased [perhaps John Brubaker who died 1748], of Lancaster County, sold land, on September 1, to [this?] Benjamin Hersha the Elder of Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County. The land was on the little Conestoga Creek in Hempfield Twp, part of a 1000 acre patent granted in Lancaster County, then Chester County, on October 14, 1717 to John Brubaker (Hans Pupather) and Benjamin Hershey's father, Christian Hershey. [60] [61] [62] [63] The patented land was divided among John Brubaker and the heirs of Christian Hershey (including Andrew, Benjamin, widow Ode, and daughter Ann wife of Henry Long) upon Christian's death according to a division of the patent into two parts. The heirs of John Brubaker relinquished their rights to the share allotted to the heirs of Christian Hershey's land for payment of 5 shillings. [64] [65]
1763 pennes [Bentz] Hirshy was taxed in Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [66]
1766 Land of Bentz Hershey was adjacent to land that Christian Brubaker released to David Brubaker, both of Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, on Little Conestoga Creek, adjacent Kings Road. The land had been granted to John Brubaker, father of Christian and David. [67]
1767 The estate of John Dehuff included a lot on the little Conestoga creek adjacent to land of John Brubaker, Benjamin Hershey, and Abraham Dehuff. The tract was part of the estate of Christian Hershey, inherited by eldest son Benjamin Hershey. [68] [69] [70] [71]
1769-73 Benjamin Hershee was taxed with varying amounts of land (for example 120L + 40M cleared and with 230L + 100M woodland acres in 1769, also reported as 490 and 120 acres in 1771) in Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78]
1773-1784 The heirs of Benjamin Hershey, late of Lancaster Twp, settled the ownership of two tracts of land from Benjamin's estate by transferring them to Benjamin Hershey's son, Benjamin Hershey (Jr.). The agreement was dated May 14, 1773 but was not recorded until 1784. The agreement not only identifies the heirs of Benjamin Hershey, but also identifies Benjamin's parents and siblings.
The heirs of Benjamin Hershey Sr. were Benjamin Jr., Christian Hirshy and wife Ann, Jacob Hostetter and wife Ann, Benedict Mellinger and wife Mary, all of Warwick Twp, who were parties to the 1773 agreement. The parents and siblings of Benjamin Hershey Sr. were named in the description of the land. The first tract of 175 acres in Lancaster Twp was part of a 1000 acre tract patented on November 30, 1717 to Christian Hershy and Hans Papather (Brubacher). Christian Hershey died intestate with heirs Benjamin, Andrew, and Ann. Heir Benjamin, son of Christian, was granted the tract by Hans Brubacher, Andrew, Ode Hirshy (widow and relict of Christian Hershey deceased), and Herman Long, husband of Ann. This first tract was next to land of Hans Brubacher and of Jacob Brubacher. The second tract of 74 acres was next to the estate of John Dehuff, Jacob Brubacher, late Christian Stoneman, and John Meyer and James Hamilton. The second tract was also part of the 1000 acre patent which was granted to heirs of Christian Hershey, then by them to Hans Brubaker in 1731, then by the heirs of Hans Brubaker to Benjamin Hershey in 1760. This agreement was followed by another deed, date 1784, that clarified that Benjamin Hershey Sr. had not died in 1773, but was still alive in 1784. [79]
1784 Deed written in German. This follows the 1773 deed X-551. [80] This 1784 deed shows that Benjamin, father of Christian, Anna (m. Jacob Hostetter), Maria (m. Benedict Mellinger), and Benjamin, was alive in 1784. The text says that the purpose of the 1784 deed was to counteract any objections to the 1773 agreement that might arise because he [Christian] wasn't really dead at the time the 1773 agreement was written, even though the language of the 1773 agreement states that he was dead in 1773. The 1784 deed says that the 1773 agreement "was made with my complete consent and approval."
A possible explanation for the confusion is that although the 1773 agreement was made while Benjamin, Sr. was still alive, it was intended to be a private contract and was meant to be made public only after his death. This seems like an odd way to do things but it fits most of the evidence. The only thing that doesn't make sense is that in addition to describing Christian as deceased, the 1773 deed also stated that he died intestate, which his heirs wouldn't have known until after his death. Perhaps Christian, in 1773, had already made plans to not write a will before his death.
Transcription thanks to Heike Blumreiter in collaboration with Bill Horder [81]
Benjamin Hershy sen. to Benjamin Hershy jun.Ich, Benjamin Hershÿ (der eldere) von Lancaster Taunship in Caunty Lancaster in Pennsylvanien, thue hiemit allen und jeden, an die dieses Gegenwärtige kommen wird, kund und zu wissen. Nachdem ich, der gemelte Benjamin Herschy (der eldere), im eigenthümlichen Besitz habe zwey Stücker Land, ligent in gemeltem Taunship und Caunty, das eine enthält einhundert und fünff und siebenzig Acker und fünff und siebnzig Ruthen nebst der Erlaubung, das andere vier und siebenzig Acker und ein Viertel nebst der Erlaubung. Und weillen ich all mein Land unter meine Kinder vertheilt habe, so sind die obgemelten zwei Grundstücker meinem Sohn Benjamin Hiershy
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(dem jüngern) zugefallen. Und weillen zu gleicher Zeit meine übrigen Kinder, nemlich der Christian Hierschy und Anna sein Weib, Jacob Hochstetter und Anna sein Weib, und Benedick Möllinger und Maria sein Weib, durch ihre Kaufbrief, datier d. 14t. Tag May A.D. 1773 all ihr Recht Antheil und Gerichtigkeit an die obgemelten Zwei Stücker Land an meinen Sohn, den gemelten Benjamin Hierschy (den jungen), seine Erben und Assigns abgetretten und übergeben haben, welche Abtrettung und Übergebnug durch meine völlig Einwilligung und Approbation geschehen ist. Weillen aber zu besorgen ist, daß Einwendungen gegen den gemelten Kaufbrief möchten gemacht werden, aus Ursach weillen er für meinen Absterben gemacht ist worden, so habe [ich] beschlossen, durch dieses gegenwärtige Schreiben den gemelten Kauffbrieff zu bekräfftigen und zu verstärcken und allen Unruhen und Einwendungen, die nach meinem Tod dargegen gemacht mögen oder können werden, vorzubeugen und abzuhelfen. Derohaben thue ich, der gemelte Benjamin Hiershy (der eldere) in Consideration der gemelten Vertheilung und Stärckung des gemelten Kauffbrieffs und wegen der etrachtlichen Suma Geldes, welches mein Sohn Benjamin Hershy (der jüngere) an seine übrige Geschwister bezahlt hat, laut dem gemelten Kauffbrieff und aus Ursach andrer Dinge, die mich hierzu bewegen, gebe, übermache, trette ab, verschreibe und quittiere, und durch dieses gegenwärtige und krafft dieses thue ich geben, übermachen, abtretten, verschreiben und quittieren an ihn, den gemelten Benjamin Hirshy (den jungen), seine Erben und Assigns für ewig all, daß die gemelte zwey Stücker Land von einhundert und fünff und siebenzig Acker und fünff und siebenzig Ruthen und Erlaubung und vier und siebenzig Acker und ein Viertel und Erlaubung wie dasselbe in dem gemelten Kauffbrieff ist beschrieben nach seinen Angrentzungen und Wenungen. Samt allen Häussern und Gebäuden, die darauf erbauet sind, Wege, Wasser, Holtzungen, Felder, Wiesen, Freyheiten und andere dazugehörige Dinge, es mag Namen haben, wie es will. Und all mein Vermogen, Recht und Antheil an das gemelte Land oder einiger Theil darvon, dasselbe zu haben und zu halten an ihn, den gemelten Benjamin Hirshy (den jüngern), seine Erben und Assigns zum einigen? Nutzen und Gebrauch des Benjamin Hirhys (des Jüngeren), seiner Erben und Assigns für ewig. Und ich thue hiermit beteuern und declarieren, daß der gemelte Kauffbrieff allezeit soll angesehen[Page 3]
angesehen und gehalten werden als völlig gültig und hinlänglich, um die gemelte zwey Stücker Land an ihn, den Benjamin Hirshy (den jüngern), seine Erben und Assigns für ewig zu haben und zu halten. Und daß keines von meinen andern Kindern oder ihre Erben und Assigns einige Anforderungen an ihn, den gemelten Benjamin Hirshy (den jüngeren) machen oder haben sollen oder können wegen dem gemelten Land, sondern daß er, seine Erben und Assigns dasselbe ungehindert haben, besitzen und darmit thun wie sie wollen auff ewig. Zum Zeugniss dessen habe ich meine Hand und Siegel hierzu gesetzt am drei und zwantzige Tag Februarius im Jahr unseres Herren ein Tausend sieben hundert und vier und achtzig.[left side]
Gesiegelt und überlieffert in unserer Gegenwart / Christian Brubacher / Jacob Brubacher[right side]
Alles, was ich bezeuge, ist daß alle meine obgemelde Kinder sambt ihren Erben an diesem kein Recht habenBenß? Hirshy (Siegel)
Google (mostly) translation:
I, Benjamin Hershy (the elder) of Lancaster Township in County Lancaster, Pennsylvania, do hereby make known and known to all and sundry to whom this present will come. After I, the said Benjamin Herschy, have in my own possession two pieces of land, lying in the said Township and County, one containing 175 acres and 75 perches, together with the allowance, the other 74¼ acres plus allowances. And because[?] I have distributed all my land among my children, the two plots of land given to me fell to my son Benjamin Hiershy
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(the younger). And at the same time my other children, namely Christian Hierschy and Anna his wife, Jacob Hochstetter and Anna his wife, and Benedick Möllinger and Maria his wife, were present through their purchase letter, dated the 14th day May A.D. 1773 all their right to share and jurisdiction in the acquired two pieces of land were assigned and handed over to my son, the said Benjamin Hierschy (the younger), his heirs and assigns, which assignment and transfer was made with my complete consent and approval. However, because it is to be feared that objections will be made against the said purchase letter for the reason that it was made for my death, I have decided to reinforce and reinforce the written purchase letter through this current letter and to counteract all unrest and To prevent and remedy any objections that may or may be made after my death. This is what I do, the said Benjamin Hershy (the eldest), in consideration of the distribution and strengthening of the stipulated purchase certificate and because of the considerable amount of money that my son Benjamin Hershy (the younger) paid to his other siblings, according to the stipulated purchase certificate and Because of other things that move me to do this, I give, transfer, assign, prescribe and acknowledge, and through this present and powerful act I give, transfer, assign, prescribe and acknowledge to him, the said Benjamin Hirshy (the younger), his heirs and assigns for ever, that the said two pieces of land of 175 acres and 75 perches and allowance and 74¼ acres and allowance as the same is described in the said purchase letter according to his inscriptions and turns. Together with all the houses and buildings that are built on it, paths, water, tongues of wood, fields, meadows, freedoms and other things associated with it, it may have names as it pleases. And to have and hold all my property, right and share in the said land or some part of it to him, the said Benjamin Hirshy (the younger), his heirs and assigns? Benefit and use of Benjamin Hirhy (the Younger), his heirs and assigns forever. And I hereby affirm and declare that the stamped bill of sale must be viewed at all times[Page 3]
are viewed and held as completely valid and sufficient to have and hold the two pieces of land given to him, Benjamin Hirshy (the younger), his heirs and assigns forever. And that none of my other children or their heirs and assigns should or can make any demands on him, the said Benjamin Hirshy (the younger), because of the said land, but that he, his heirs and assigns have, own and have the same unhindered do with it as you will forever. To bear witness to this I have set my hand and seal upon it on the 23 day of February, in the year of our Lord 1784.[left column]
Sealed and handed down in our presence / Christian Brubacher / Jacob Brubacher[right column]
All I testify is that all my registered children and their heirs have no right to thisBenss? Hirshy (seal)
1776-77 Benjamin Hershey did NOT appear on the tax list in Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [82] [83]
1776 Bentz Hershey of Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County, sold land in Hempfield Twp to Jacob Brubaker for 5 shillings. Bentz had warranted the 100 acres adjoining John and Jacob Brubaker in 1733. Witnessed by Christian Kauffman and Cas Shaffner. [84] Many documents after this date use the name Bentz. Could the grantor refer to son Benjamin/Bentz? If so, son Benjamin may already have been of age by 1776.
1779 Bentz Hirshie was taxed with 240 acres in Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [85] [86]
Some tax record notations might reflect roles relative to the American Revolution by Benjamin or his son:
1780 Benjamin Hershey, refuse, was taxed with 750 acres in Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [87] [88] [89] Benjamin was listed for the class tax, class 3. [90]
1781 Benjm Hershy (Not Sworn, R) was taxed with 250 acres. [91] [92]
1782-1821 Benjm Hershy (perhaps 2 more generations: Benjamin II and Benjamin III) was taxed with 250-488 acres. [93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] [121] [122] [123] [124] [125] [126] [127] [128] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] [134] [135]
1789 The death of Benjamin Hirshe was reported. [136] [137] [138] [Photocopy, Newspaper extract August 5, 1789, from Lancaster Zeitung.] [Photocopy, Newspaper extract August 5, 1789, from Lancaster Zeitung, Title page.] [139] [140]:
Died last Wednesday night July 29 1789 on his plantation near this town Benjamin Hirshe old and tired of living. He was in his ninety third year of his age. His remains were interred on Friday morning in the near by God's acre attached to the meetinghouse about one mile from his home. His funeral was attended by a large following of all classes and denominations. He had been bedfast for the past five years owing to his great age. He came to this country from Germany in 1717, and since that time lived on his farm. He was one of the oldest inhabitants of this county. For more than fifty years he was a teacher and a worker in the vineyard of the Lord. He served the Mennonite congregation at all times with fidelity and by them he will be remembered in blessing forever. Mr Hirshe leaves a large number of descendants. He will be mourned by all who knew him.
The home of Benjamin Hershey was perhaps on tract 24A of a warrant map of the Conestoga Manor, Lancaster County. [141]
1822 Benjamin and Benjamin Jr Hershey (perhaps 2 more generations: Benjamin III and Benjamin IV) were taxed in Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County. [142] [143]
1813 Benjamin Hershey III (grandson of Benjamin Hershey) built a house on the original property of Benjamin Hershey I.
The historical Conestoga House has been a landmark of the Lancaster area since the early 1700s, when it was used as a tavern for the Conestoga wagon trade between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and then as an inn in the 1840s. It was originally owned by Christian Hershey, the first of the Hershey chocolate family to arrive in America. Purchased in 1927 by the late James Hale Steinman and Louise McClure (Tinsley) Steinman and remodeled by Architect Frank J. Everts in 1930, this three-story Colonial revivalist mansion still maintains much of the same beauty, grandeur, and elegance as it did in the early 20th century.
Christian Hershey, ancestor of the famous chocolate maker, Milton, was the first member of the Hershey family to come to America and was the owner of the portion of land that now involves Conestoga House & Gardens. The Hershey family owned the property for 4 generations. The central portion of the house was built by Benjamin Hershey the 3rd, between 1812 and 1815. It was constructed either on a previous structure's foundation or as a new one.
A stove base from the house has the initials of "B" and "H" and date 1813.
A stone base was carved about 1765 by an unknown stone cutter working in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This stone base originally supported a five-plate stove, that perhaps stood in the stone house of Bishop Benjamin Hershey (c. 1730-1812) and his wife Magdalena (Roadt) Hershey of Lancaster Township, Lancaster County. The stove was typically supported by a simple masonry support. Shaped and carved bases, such as this example, are rarely encountered in Pennsylvania. The date and initials on this stone leg were added by Benjamin Hershey III, the son of Benjamin Hershey II. The younger Hershey remodeled the farmhouse, added his initials and the date, 1813, to the old stove support, and then installed it as a datestone. Sandstone, 12" x 16.5", (Courtesy of The Conestoga House. Photograph by Lee F. Stoltzfus).
When the base was carved, it would not have included the initials or date because, at the time, it was a simple support stone for the stove. When the 1812-1815 house was built the 5-plate stove was dismantled, but the base was used as a date stone on the new mansion.
The decorated 5-plate stove was manufactured in the Reading area at a forge that is now called Hopewell, but that had been called Christine (Kristine) Furnace back in the 18th century. This plate is documented in their archives. The decoration was Pennsylvania Dutch, a German dialect spoken by many Mennonite farmers of the area. The images included the date, 1748, sheaves of corn and wheat, a wheel of life, a hand water pump, the initials of the iron master, Warren Barnes, and the initials of the furnace maker, K.F., spelled phonetically for Kristine Furnace. There is a Pennsylvania Dutch saying above the date, which in English is translated to "God’s well has water a plenty".
We know the house was built during the 1812-1815 period because there were Lancaster County Tax records indicating that a window tax was levied against the property beginning in 1812. (Notes abridged from the Conestoga House website) [144]
Research Notes:
The notes above are intended to follow Benjamin Hershey, son of Christian Hershey and Adelheit Scohli. Richard Warren Davis has published early research about this family which greatly helped our research. His notes have been updated and are available at FamilySearch. [148] There were several different men named Ben Hershey and it is not always clear which person was named in each document, so some of the events listed in the notes above might belong, instead, in the notes of different persons.
An article about the Hershey family of candy fame reports the same relationships that we do. [149]
One source indicates that Benedict and Benjamin (listed above in tax records of the 1720s) were brothers [150], although they never appear simultaneously in the same year in the tax records above. Another source reports that Benedict patented land in Cocalico Twp, died 1762, and shows no relationship to this Benjamin [151].
Research uncertainty:
Benjamin Hershey, son of Adelheit and Christian, reportedly married Mary Roth as his second wife. [152]. We seek evidence for this possible relationship. Note that land deeds suggest that Magdalena Roth married Benjamin Hershey Junior, as shown in our notes for the son of this Benjamin.
1719 Benedict Hershey was reportedly ordained as a minister at the Herr Church in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was ordained as a bishop about 1725. [History of Willow Street Mennonite Church 1710-2016, no longer online]
A biosketch of Bishop Benjamin Hershey reported [153]:
The first bishop for this area was Benjamin Hershey, son of immigrant Christian Hershey. Benjamin was born about 1696 and thus was about 21 years old when the family came to America in 1717. He seems to have had a better education for that time than those who were born in this country. He is reported to have been a great help to his people in writing skills. He is thought to have been the writer of what was known as the Declaration of Peace, a message of appreciation sent to the Pennsylvania state legislature after the Revolutionary War. He died on July 29, 1789, at the age of 92, after being bedfast for 5 years. He was buried in the cemetery along the Abbeyville Road where the first Mennonite meetinghouse in Lancaster County was built. In 1791 the location for worship was moved to the site along the Rohrerstown Road where the cemetery is now located. The cemetery along the Abbeyville Road was destroyed when the building development took place.
A summary report says that Bishop Benjamin Hershey (1696-1789), son of Christian, lived on the late Landis B Herr farm on the Marietta Pike. He was the father of Christian Hershey (1719-83). [154]
A biosketch of Bishop Benjamin Hershey reported [155]:
In the western end of the Mennonite settlement during the life of Hans Herr was Bishop Benjamin Hershey, who with his brother Andrew, also a preacher, lived with their father on 500 acres of land, most of which are now occupied by Herr's ice plant, Maple Grove swimming pool and mill, and Abbyville farms. There are two places on this farm where there are remains of old tombstones. Tradition has it that the bishop is interred in the one just south of the Abbyville barns, on a beautiful slope facing south, and that the old meetinghouse was near his tomb, which is unmarked. The plow has gone over the hallowed spot, and rich crops have been harvested by successive farmers, all ignorant of what has transpired here under the care of the first white owner who came into an unbroken forest to make a home for himself and his family.
A biosketch of Bishop Benjamin Hershey reported [156]:
The first bishop for this area was Benjamin Hershey, son of immigrant Christian Hershey. Benjamin was born about 1696 and thus was about 21 years old when the family came to America in 1717. He seems to have had a better education for that time than those who were born in this country. He is reported to have been a great help to his people in writing skills. He is thought to have been the writer of what was known as the Declaration of Peace, a message of appreciation sent to the Pennsylvania state legislature after the Revolutionary War. He died on July 29, 1789, at the age of 92, after being bedfast for 5 years. He was buried in the cemetery along the Abbeyville Road where the first Mennonite meetinghouse in Lancaster County was built. In 1791 the location for worship was moved to the site along the Rohrerstown Road where the cemetery is now located. The cemetery along the Abbeyville Road was destroyed when the building development took place.
A biosketch of Bishop Benjamin Hershey reported [157]:
Benjamin Hershey (1697-29 July 1789) came to Pennsylvania with his father Christian, his mother Oade, and his brother Andrew, emigrating from Friedelsheim, Palatinate, Germany, whither he had fled from Switzerland about 1671. They arrived in America about 1717 and Benjamin settled "one mile west of Lancaster Town" on the Marietta Pike in the same community as the Hans Brubakers and Peter Swarr. He was early a minister, signing the 1725 edition of the Dordrecht confession (published 1727 at Philadelphia) for the Lancaster area, became bishop and established the Abbeyville congregation and the churches to the northwest. He was moderator of the Lancaster Conference during the Revolution and the stormy days following. The name occurs on some extant documents. He steered the church through the divisions of Francis Herr, the United Brethren, and the Brethren in Christ schisms. His children were Christian, Bishop Benjamin II (died 1812), who became his successor, and two daughters. He was the author of the petition of 1775 to the Pennsylvania Assembly for release from military service, A Short and Sincere Declaration (in Mennonite Historical Library [Goshen, Indiana]).
Hempfield Twp tax records may have been for the family of brother Andrew:
1751 [158]
A different? Benjamin Hershey also lived in Hempfield Twp during this time:
1771 Benjamin Hershey was taxed £2.15.0 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County for 370 acres, 5 horses and 10 cattle. [161]
1772 Benjamin Hershey was taxed £2.15.0 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County for 375 acres, 4 horses and 10 cattle. [162]
1773 Benjamin Hershey was taxed £2.15.6 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County for 525 acres, 4 horses and 11 cattle. [163]
Benedict Hershey of Cocalico Twp, perhaps with son Jacob, could be a different person from Benns or Benjamin of Lancaster Twp, based on the overlap of tax records for them:
1751 Benedict Hershey was taxed in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [164]
1753 Benedict Hershey warranted, on May 26, 200 acres of land adjacent to Nicholas Verser and Valentine Wissenant in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The warrant was returned on June 7, 1753. [165]
1756 Benedict Hershey was taxed with 100 acres in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [166] [167] Jacob Harshey was taxed as a freeman. [168] [169] [170] [171] [172]
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[2] Gail Breitbard, "Some Names from the 1725 Pequea Tax Lists, Lancaster County, PA. (Conestoga Township)," The Lost Palatine 35 (1986), 7-11.
[3] Martin G. Weaver, Mennonites of Lancaster Conference (1931), 90.
[4] H. Frank Eshleman, "Assessment Lists and Other Documents of Lancaster County Prior to the year 1729," Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society 21, No.7 (1916), 155-194, at 163, 1718, 10 from top, [HathiTrust].
[5] William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries Historical Biographical and Genealogical Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania, Reprint First and Second Series in two Volumes, Vol. 2 (1895), 132, 1718, left column, 9 from bottom, [GoogleBooks].
[6] Chester County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1718, right column, 4 from bottom, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[7] Tax list of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1718-1726 (viewable only at FamilySearch libraries), [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[8] Tax list of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1718-1726 (viewable only at FamilySearch libraries), [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[9] Chester County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, page 11, left column, 14 from top, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[10] Chester County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1719, page 24, column 2, 19 from top, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
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[15] Chester County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1721, page 3, right, Benedict 19 from top, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[16] Chester County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1722, left page, left column, middle third down, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[17] H. Frank Eshleman, "Assessment Lists and Other Documents of Lancaster County Prior to the year 1729," Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society 21, No.7 (1916), 155-194, at 169, 1722-23, 26 from top, two lines, [HathiTrust].
[18] Chester County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1724, page 34, Andrew 14 from bottom, Christian 2 from bottom, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[19] H. Frank Eshleman, "Assessment Lists and Other Documents of Lancaster County Prior to the year 1729," Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society 21, No.7 (1916), 155-194, at 174, 1724-25, [HathiTrust].
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[23] Chester County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1725, page 5 right column, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[24] Chester County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1726, page 6, right column, Andrew+John bottom half, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
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[26] Ira David Landis, The Lancaster Mennonite Conference: History and Background (1956), 57.
[27] Ira David Landis, The Lancaster Mennonite Conference: History and Background (1956), 56.
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[30] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed QQ-517 to 519, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[31] Martin G. Weaver, Mennonites of Lancaster Conference (1931), 41.
[32] Martin G. Weaver, Mennonites of Lancaster Conference (1931), 41, no documentation.
[33] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, H-28, no survey or patent has been found under either the name Hershey or Brubaker, [PHMC Warrant].
[34] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed R-275 to 277, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[35] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed R-187 to 190, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[36] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed R-187 to 190, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[37] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, H-155, [PHMC Warrant].
[38] Bureau of Land Records, Pennsylvania Land Patent Books, A19-101, dated 26 May, 1755, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[39] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C076-123, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[40] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D16-21, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[41] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C190-58, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[42] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C048-88, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[43] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D07-24, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[44] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C143-255, dated 1747, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[45] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C203-115, dated 1765, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[46] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book B, 473-475, [473], [474], [475], [FHLCatalog].
[47] Pennsylvania Vital Records From the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine and the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 1 (1983), 332.
[48] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book A, 163-164, [163], [164], [FHLCatalog].
[49] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1750, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[50] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1751, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[51] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1756, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[52] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1757, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[53] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1757, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[54] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1758, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[55] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1758, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[56] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1759, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[57] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1759, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[58] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1759, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[59] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1759, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[60] Pennsylvania Records of the Land Office, RG-17, Old Rights index, Chester County, 1682-1740. (series #17.78), page 70, item 25, [PAHistoricalMuseum].
[61] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A5-268, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[62] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D73-156, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[63] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D82-29, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[64] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed R-190 to 193, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[65] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed R-190 to 193, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[66] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1763, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[67] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed M-256 to 257, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[68] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed M-120 to 121, at 121, describes the estate, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[69] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book G, 139-142, [139], [140], [141], [142], [FHLCatalog].
[70] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book G, 306-310, [306], [307], [308], [309], [310], [FHLCatalog].
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[72] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1769, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[73] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1770, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[74] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1771, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[75] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1771, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[76] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1772, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[77] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1772, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[78] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1773, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[79] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed X-551 to 555, followed by a deed proved in 1784 written in German, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[80] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed X-555 to 557, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[81] WikiTree for Benjamin Hershey, [URL].
[82] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1776, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[83] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1777, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[84] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed R-275 to 277, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[85] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1779, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[86] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1779, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[87] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1780, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[88] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1780 refuse, 750 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[89] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1780, 250 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[90] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[91] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1781, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[92] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1781, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[93] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1782, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[94] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1782, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[95] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1783, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[96] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1783, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[97] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1785, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[98] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1786, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[99] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1786, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[100] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1787, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[101] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1787, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[102] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1787, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[103] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1788, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[104] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1789, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[105] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1790, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[106] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1791, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[107] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1792, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[108] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1792, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[109] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1797, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[110] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1798, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[111] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1799, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[112] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1800, 340 acres, farmer, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[113] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1801, 332 acres, Benedict Feit renter, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[114] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1801, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[115] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1802, 332 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[116] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1802, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[117] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1803, 335 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[118] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1803, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[119] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1805, 332 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[120] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1806, 332 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[121] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1807, 380 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[122] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1808, 332 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[123] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1810, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[124] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1811, 330 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[125] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1811, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[126] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1812, 330 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[127] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1812, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[128] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1813 330 acre, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[129] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1814, 488 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[130] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1815, 424 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[131] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1816, 488 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[132] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1817, 330 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[133] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1818, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[134] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1819, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[135] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1821, 390 acres, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[136] Newspaper, Neue Unpartheyische Lancaster Zeitung und Anzeigs Nachrichten, Wednesday, August 5, 1789, page 3.
[137] Martin G. Weaver, Mennonites of Lancaster Conference (1931), 90.
[138] Martin G. Weaver, Mennonites of Lancaster Conference (1931), 120.
[139] Ira David Landis, The Lancaster Mennonite Conference: History and Background (1956), 55.
[140] David R. Johnson, "The Early East Petersburg Area Hershey Family," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 1 (January, 1978), 6-16, at 8.
[141] Pennsylvania Archives, Township Connected Warrant Map (large download), [PAConnectedWarrantMaps].
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[143] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1823, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[144] Conestoga House and Gardens website, [URL].
[145] Conestoga House and Gardens website, [URL].
[146] Conestoga House and Gardens website, [URL].
[147] Conestoga House and Gardens website, [URL].
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[152] Lawrence Berger-Knorr, The Relations of Milton Snavely Hershey (2005), 10, persons 32-33, reports Benjamin Stauffer Hershey, born 1696; died July 29, 1789. He was the son of Christian Schmidt Hershey and Adelheid Galle Stouffer. He reportedly married Mary Rhode, [GoogleBooks].
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[154] Ira David Landis, The Lancaster Mennonite Conference: History and Background (1956), 70.
[155] Martin G. Weaver, Mennonites of Lancaster Conference (1931), 40-41.
[156] Landis H. Brubaker, "The Brubakers and Their Lands in East Hempfield Township," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 5 (April 1982), 10-29.
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[158] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1751, Andrew twice, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[159] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1756, Andrew widow 500 acres, Andrew 300, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[160] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
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[164] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1751, Cocalico, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[165] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, H-155, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[166] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1756, Cocalico, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[167] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1756, Cocalico, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[168] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1756, Cocalico, Jacob, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[169] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1757, Cocalico, right, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[170] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1757 Cocalico, Jacob middle left, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[171] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1757 Cocalico, Jacob, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[172] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1757 Cocalico, Jacob, bottom right, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].