Individual Details

Jacob Hershey Senior

(2 Oct 1765 - 27 May 1821)

Jacob Hershey built the Hershey Mill in 1803. He and his descendants ran the mill.

Events

Birth2 Oct 1765Manor, Lancaster, PA
Marriage1787Barbara Hiestand
Death27 May 1821Manor, Lancaster, PA
BurialNeff-Hershey Cemetery, Manor, Lancaster, PA
Will

Families

SpouseBarbara Hiestand (1771 - 1850)
ChildJohn Hershey (1790 - )
ChildJacob Hershey Junior (1791 - )
ChildHenry Hershey (1793 - 1865)
ChildAndrew Hershey (1794 - 1837)
ChildElizabeth Hershey (1798 - 1824)
ChildMaria Hershey (1801 - )
ChildBenjamin Hershey (1804 - 1883)
ChildMary Hershey (1808 - )
FatherAndreas Hershey Junior (1734 - 1806)
MotherMaria Acker (1743 - 1831)
SiblingAnna Hershey (1762 - 1855)
SiblingMaria Hershey (1768 - 1849)
SiblingAndrew Hershey III (1770 - 1835)
SiblingHenry Hershey (1772 - 1838)
SiblingElisabeth Hershey (1775 - 1870)
SiblingJohn Hershey (1783 - 1831)

Notes

Birth

One source listed his birth in 1742. Biographical Annals of Lancaster listed him as 80 when he died in 1825.

Death

Jacob Hershey, Sr. died in 1825, according to the Biographical Annuals of Lancaster County.

Will

Jacob Hershey, Sr.'s will is N-1-15, Microfilm Vol. N-P, Image 12.