Individual Details
Elizabeth Hershey
(19 May 1783 - 12 Jun 1875)
Events
| Birth | 19 May 1783 | Derry, Dauphin, PA |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 Feb 1805 | Benedict Brackbill | |  | |
| Death | 12 Jun 1875 | Paradise, Lancaster, PA | |||
| Burial | Strausburg, Lancaster, PA | | |
Families
| Spouse | Benedict Brackbill (1779 - 1827) |
| Child | Ann Brackbill ( - 1840) |
| Child | Maria Brackbill (1805 - 1883) |
| Child | Jacob H. Brackbill ( - ) |
| Child | John Brackbill (1811 - 1812) |
| Child | Elizabeth Brackbill (1813 - 1896) |
| Child | Barbara Brackbill (1815 - 1892) |
| Child | Benjamin Brackbill (1818 - 1903) |
| Child | Susanna Brackbill (1820 - 1888) |
| Child | Martha Brackbill (1823 - 1863) |
| Child | Joseph Brackbill (1825 - 1886) |
| 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 | Abraham Hershey (1787 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Andrew Hershey (1787 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph N. Hershey Bishop (1791 - 1856) |
Notes
Birth
Maurice Umble, Jr. gave the 27th as Elizabeth Hershey's birth day.Marriage
Elizabeth Hershey and Benedict Brackbill were second cousins, with the common ancestors of Hans Jacob Kindig and Susanna Wymann.Burial
Elizabeth Hershey was buried in "an old cemetery, one mile southwest of Strasburg, Pa., possibly on the homestead of old Ulrich Breckbill..." according to Henry Hershey. Noah Oberholtzer, Jr. listed the burial site as Brackbill-Neff Cemetery in Strasburg Township, and David Ritter gave Twin Elm Road Cemetery as her resting place.Endnotes
1. Herr, Theodore W., Genealogical Record of Reverend Hans Herr and His Direct Lineal Descendants: From His Birth A. D. 1639 to the Present Time, Containing the Names, Etc. of 13,223 Persons. (Lancaster, PA: Examiner Printing House, 1908. Reprinted Lancaster, PA: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 1994), 23.
2. Ritter, David R. "Descendants of Henry Kindig (1708-1756) and Maria Wolfe of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania" Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. Volume XV, Number 3 (July 1992), pages 19-28., page 28.