Individual Details
Michael Hess Senior
(22 Apr 1715 - 25 Mar 1760)
Michael Hess patented 150 acres in present-day Pequea Township on 10 March 1737. He affirmed his British citizenship on 24 September 1753.
Events
| Birth | 22 Apr 1715 | , , , , Europe | |||
| Marriage | 5 Feb 1738 | Barbara Kryter | |||
| Death | 25 Mar 1760 | , Lancaster, PA |  |  | |
| Burial | Hans Hess Cemetery, Pequea, Lancaster, PA |
Families
| Spouse | Barbara Kryter (1721 - 1790) |
| Child | Johannes Hess (1739 - 1741) |
| Child | Abraham Hess (1741 - 1828) |
| Child | Johannes Hess (1743 - 1798) |
| Child | David Hess (1746 - 1815) |
| Child | Jacob Hess (1748 - 1795) |
| Child | Christian Hess (1751 - 1848) |
| Child | Samuel Kryter Hess (1753 - 1819) |
| Child | Barbara Hess (1755 - 1778) |
| Child | Michael Hess Junior (1757 - 1820) |
| Father | Hans Hess (1683 - 1733) |
| Mother | Magdalena (1688 - 1767) |
| Sibling | Jacob Hess (1709 - 1741) |
| Sibling | Johannes Hess (1710 - 1792) |
| Sibling | Magdalena Hess (1717 - 1784) |
| Sibling | Abraham Hess (1719 - 1803) |
| Sibling | Anna Hess (1721 - 1762) |
| Sibling | Barbara Hess (1723 - 1762) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Hess (1725 - 1800) |
| Sibling | Christian Hess (1727 - 1794) |
| Sibling | Veronica Hess (1729 - 1814) |
| Sibling | Samuel Hess (1731 - 1788) |
Notes
Death
Michael Hess died 17 November 1792, according to Leon Hertzler. He died in then-Conestoga, now-Pequea Township.Endnotes
1. Allan A. Garber, To God Alone The Honor: The Pioneer Mennonite Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Morgantown, PA: Mastof Press, 2017), 256.