Individual Details
Hans Herr Senior
(Abt 1720 - 1797)
Hans Herr was ordained a Mennonite minister in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, and a miller. He bought his father's Wheatland Mill, after his father's death, on 6 September 1748. Hans added a saw mill and a merchant mill. When his son, John, took over the mill, Hans and his wife, Hester, moved the 1740 home built by Hester's father, Henry Shenk--present-day 503 Twin Elm Road, near Strasburg, Pennsylvania. This home was a forerunner of the Strasburg Mennonite Meetinghouse.
Hans Herr's 1749 Martyrs' Mirror in in the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society Library.
Hans Herr's 1749 Martyrs' Mirror in in the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society Library.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1720 | ||||
| Marriage | 1744 | Esther Neff |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1752 | Hester Schenk | |||
| Death | 1797 | Strasburg, Lancaster, PA | | ||
| Will | 30 Aug 1797 | ||||
| Alt name | John Herr Senior | ||||
| Alt name | John Hare |
Families
| Spouse | Esther Neff (1724 - 1750) |
| Child | John Herr Junior ( - 1827) |
| Child | Francis Herr Senior (1748 - 1810) |
| Spouse | Hester Schenk (1731 - ) |
| Child | Esther Herr ( - 1833) |
| Child | Henry Herr (1755 - 1810) |
| Child | Martin Herr (1763 - 1821) |
| Child | Ann Herr (1776 - 1838) |
| Child | Adam Herr Senior (1768 - 1847) |
| Child | Eve Herr (1771 - 1844) |
| Child | Susannah Herr (1772 - 1850) |
| Child | David Herr Senior (1773 - 1825) |
| Father | Emanuel Herr (1689 - 1740) |
| Mother | Maudlin Brechbuehl (1701 - 1760) |
| Sibling | Emanuel Herr Junior (1722 - 1798) |
| Sibling | Martin Herr (1724 - 1810) |
| Sibling | Susanna Herr (1727 - 1807) |
| Sibling | Elisabeth Herr ( - 1760) |
| Sibling | Maria Herr (1737 - ) |
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), 2.
2. 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), 2.