Jeremiah Hess

Abt 1675 - 1739  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Jeremiah Hess
  Born	Abt 1675
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	15 Sep 1729	Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania
  	Ship Thistle of Glasgow
  Naturalization	29 Aug 1730	Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania
  Died	28 Apr 1739	Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania
  Notes	Jeremiah Hess was born about 1675. He first appears in Mutterstadt, Germany, at the beginning of the 18th century. (1) Married a woman named Anna. (2) Children: (3) Peter, possibly born in 1703. Hans Conrad, born May 3, 1705. Died in Ireland. Elisabeth, born Oct. 21, 1708. Died in Ireland. Christian, born July 14, 1713. Died in Mutterstadt. Hans Conrad, baptized Aug. 19, 1714. Balthasar (usually Baltzar in America), baptized Dec. 8, 1717. Eva. The Hess family first appears in Mutterstadt, which is southwest of Mannheim in the modern state of Rheinland-Pfalz. In her study of the immigrant from Mutterstadt to Pennsylvania, Annette K. Burgert says that the town was uninhabited following the Thirty Years? War (1618-1648). The village was slowly repopulated by migrants from France, Switzerland and other parts of Germany. (4) However, the Pfalz continued to be a poor and troubled region, causing many to move elsewhere. Many fled to Ireland. In 1709, Jeremy Hess and his family appear on the list of immigrants who arrived in England on June 2. Jeremy appears under the heading of husbandmen and vinedressers and is listed as 34 years old and Lutheran. In his party, were his wife; sons, ages 7 and 5; and daughter, age 2. Also on the list are Paul Heyn and Michel Andrus, both of Mutterstadt. (5) Once again, life was hard. Two children ? Hans Conrad and Elisabeth ? died in Ireland. In 1711, the Hess and Heim families were among those who gave up on Ireland and migrated to Holland. (6) The Hesses must have returned to Mutterstadt, where the births of three children are recorded after 1711. (7) Almost 20 years later, Jeremiah and his family again left Germany. In August 1730, Jeremiah arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Thistle of Glasgow, which had sailed from Rotterdam, Netherlands. Also aboard the ship were Thomas and Heinrich Hess, who may have been relatives. A Ludwig Has also appears on this list of immigrants, who qualified on Aug. 29, 1730. (8) In 1730, Jeremias Hess appears as the baptismal sponsor of a child of Johan Georg Schweinhart at Falckner Swamp in what is now Montgomery County. (9) On Sept. 9, 1734, Jeremiah received a warrant for 100 acres in Philadelphia County. (10) Jeremiah and his family settled in Salford in Philadelphia County, according to his will. By the time Jeremiah wrote his will April 28, 1739, Peter and Eva had moved to Maryland. Conrad and Baltzer remained in eastern Pennsylvania. Jeremiah died before April 11, 1743, when his will was proved. (1) "Early Pennsylvania Pioneers from Mutterstadt in the Palatinate," by Annette K. Burgert, page 11. Also in "The Palatine Families of Ireland," by Henry Z. Jones Jr., page 63. (2) Anna is identified by Jones as the daughter of Hans Paulus Heim of Mutterstadt. However, Burgert, who checked the same records, doesn?t make that connection. (3) Peter, Eva, Conrad and Baltzar are listed in Philadelphia County Will Book G, No. 73, as cited in "Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol., IV, Abstracts of Philadelphia Wills, Part II, 1726-1747," page 823. A facsimile of Jeremiah Hess? will appears in "I Shook My Family Tree," by Thelma (Hess) Parsons, pages 170-171. The birth dates come from the Mutterstadt church books, as cited by Burgert, page 11. Irish immigration records cited by Jones and Burgert also indicate that Jeremiah and Anna has a 7-year-old son when he arrived there in 1709. This son may have been Peter. (4) "Early Pennsylvania Pioneers from Mutterstadt in the Palatinate," page 2. (5) "Early Pennsylvania Pioneers from Mutterstadt in the Palatinate," page 2. She cites The Tribbeko and Ruperti lists, Board of Trade Miscellaneous Vol. 2, no. D68. (6) "Early Pennsylvania Pioneers from Mutterstadt in the Palatinate," page 11. She cites "Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration," by Knittle, Appendix D, page 281. (7) "Early Pennsylvania Pioneers from Mutterstadt in the Palatinate," page 11. She cites the village church books. (8) "Pennyslvania German Pioneers," Ralph Beaver Strassburger, page 31. (9) "Palatine Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers," by Annette K. Burgert, page 156. (10) "Pennsylvania Archives," Series 3, Vol. 24, page 19.
  Person ID	I3079	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2011

  
  

  Family	Anna Maria Heim,   b. 1687, Mutterstadt, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. Sep 1743, Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania  (Age 56 years)
  Married	1702
  Children	1. Johann Peter Hess,   b. 1703, Mutterstadt, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 01 Jan 1756, Great Swamp, Northampton, Pennsylvania  (Age 53 years)   2. Johann Conrad Hess,   b. 03 May 1705, Mutterstadt, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 1711, Ireland  (Age 5 years)   3. Elizabeth Hess,   b. 21 Oct 1708, Mutterstadt, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 1711, Ireland  (Age 2 years)   4. Eva Hess,   b. 1710, Ireland ,   d. Maryland   5. Christian Hess,   b. 13 Jul 1713, Mutterstadt, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 1729, Mutterstadt, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany  (Age 15 years)   6. John Conrad Hess,   b. 19 Aug 1714, Mutterstadt, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 06 Feb 1797, South Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania  (Age 82 years)   7. Balthasar Hess,   b. 08 Dec 1717, Mutterstadt, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. Franklin Co., Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F1380	Group Sheet