Individual Details
Christian Hirschi Senior
(Abt 1660 - 1670 - 1720)
Christian Hersche, Sr. fled Schangnau, Switzerland for Friedelsheim, Palatinate, Germany, either as a child in 1672 with his parents (most likely to Don Brubaker) or during the second great persecution of Anabaptists in 1710. In either case, he came to America with his family in 1717.
Christian Hersche was a bishop. Hans Brubaker and he purchased 1,000 acres along current Pennsylvania route 23 at Little Conestoga Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1717. President James Buchanan's home was built on this tract of land.
Peter Hersche has refuted any connection of the Hershey family line that include chocolate magnate Milton Hershey has having come from Appenzell Innerhoden, Switzerland.
Christian Hersche was a bishop. Hans Brubaker and he purchased 1,000 acres along current Pennsylvania route 23 at Little Conestoga Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1717. President James Buchanan's home was built on this tract of land.
Peter Hersche has refuted any connection of the Hershey family line that include chocolate magnate Milton Hershey has having come from Appenzell Innerhoden, Switzerland.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1660 - 1670 | Schangnau, , Swizerland |  | ||
| Death | 1720 | , , PA |  | | |
| Will | 8 Aug 1722 | | |||
| Marriage | Adelheit "Oade" Scholi | ||||
| Alt name | Christian Hershey Senior | ||||
| Alt name | Christian Hersche Senior |
Families
| Spouse | Adelheit "Oade" Scholi (1669 - ) |
| Child | Christian Hershey Junior ( - 1745) |
| Child | Benedict Hershey Senior (1696 - 1789) |
| Child | Anna Hershey (1698 - 1754) |
| Child | Andreas "Salunga" Hershey (1702 - 1792) |
Notes
Death
Christian Hershy, Sr. died in what was Chester County and is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.Will
Christian Hirschi, Sr.'s estate is File 146, Chester Co., Microfilm "Estates 1700-1810, number 116-261" Image 184. The 8 August 1722 is either a probate date or a proven date under the Julian Calendar.Endnotes
1. Landis, Regina R. "Readers' Ancestry" Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Volume 25, Number 3 (July 2002), pages 25-28., 27.
2. Peter Hersche, "Hersche-Herhsey: The Legend of the American Chocolate King of Canton Appenzell Innerhoden," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Volume 40, Number 4 (October 2017): 104.
3. Don Brubaker, "J. Hoffman Hershey Family and Their Legacy: Preserved in family photos, notebooks, voice recordings, and material objects," Pennsyvlania Mennonite Heritage, 43, Number 3 (July 2020): 76.