Person:Benjamin Hersche (1)

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Benjamin Hersche
b.1696 Friedelsheim, Palatinate, Germany
d.29 Jul 1789 Hempfield, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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m. Abt 1689
  1. Christian HerscheAbt 1692 - 1745
  2. Benjamin Hersche1696 - 1789
  3. Anna Elizabeth Hersche1698 - 1754
  4. Andrew Hershey1702 - 1792
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Name Benjamin Hersche
Gender Male
Birth? 1696 Friedelsheim, Palatinate, Germany
Immigration[1][4] 1719 , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Death? 29 Jul 1789 Hempfield, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial? Abbeyville Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania

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.

References
  1. ↑ By Alexander Harris. A biographical history of Lancaster County: being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublishe. (Published 1872 E. Barr & Co.)
    Page 306.
  2.   Richard Warren Davis. Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners CALN: 949.4 W2d.
  3.   GEDCOM file imported on 9 May 2003.
  4. ↑ That part of Chester County is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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