Individual Details

Joseph Hershey was ordained a minister by 1840 and as a bishop by 1849 in the Mennonite Church, Pequea District. The Biographical Annals of Lancaster County listed six children for Joseph Hershey and Magdalena Rupp, but Henry Hershey listed only three. It may be that the additional three were born after Henry Hershey published his book, or that the Biographical Annals erred.
In 1792 Joseph and his family moved from Dauphin County to Salisbury Township. Part of his property now hosts the Hershey Mennonite Meetinghouse and Cemeteries.

Birth	10 Oct 1791	Derry, Dauphin, PA
Marriage	31 Dec 1816	New Holland, Lancaster, PA - Magdalena Rupp
Death	12 Apr 1856	Salisbury Lancaster, PA
Burial		Hershey Old Mennonite Cemetery, New Milltown, Lancaster, PA

Spouse	Magdalena Rupp (1797 - 1887)
Child	Jacob Rupp Hershey Reverend (1817 - 1910)
Child	Christian Hershey (1819 - 1837)
Child	Anna Hershey (1824 - 1825)
Child	Barbara Hershey (1829 - 1905)
Child	John Hershey (1830 - )
Child	Abraham Hershey (1831 - )

Father	Jacob Hershey Senior (1742 - 1825)
Mother	Anna Newcomer ( - 1832)
Sibling	Johannes B. Hershey Senior (1772 - 1850)
Sibling	Jacob Hershey Junior (1775 - 1829)
Sibling	Christian Newcomer Hershey Senior (1780 - 1843)
Sibling	Elizabeth Hershey (1783 - 1875)
Sibling	Abraham Hershey (1787 - 1844)
Sibling	Andrew Hershey (1787 - )