p 47 - JACOB HESS, son of Philip Hess, was born near Springtown, Pa., July 23, 1786. On March 18, 1806, he married Mary Muschlitz, born in Lehigh County, Pa., May 12, 1786, died April 2, 1861. They lived in a log house on a small tract on Flint Hill, in Springfield Twp., Bucks Co., Pa., near the intersection of Springtown road and Hellertown road, and followed farming. Jacob served in the War of 1812-14 as a private under Capt. Abraham Shafer, Pena. Militia, Second Brigade, Second Division, Lieut. Colonel Christian J. Hutter, commanding, stationed at Marcus Hook, on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, where they were quartered in an old church. This Company numbered 110 men exclusive of officers. After being honorably discharged, Jacob returned home and was stricken down with typhoid fever, which he no doubt contracted while in the service, confining him to his bed for 22 weeks. He recovered and lived to the age of 76 years. His death took place June 4, 1862 and lies buried by the side of his wife, in (Appel's) New Jerusalem Church burying-ground, Leithsville, Pa. They had eleven children, two having died in infancy: John, Peter, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Catharine, Jacob M., Christiana, Susanna, Samuel M. and William.
