Wendel Hesson1

#792, (1737 - 5 July 1825)
Father*Balthasar Hesson1 (1713 - 1774)
Mother*Susanna Margretha Coblentz1 (c 1713 - 1786)

Family

Catherine Hull b. 1744, d. 1819
Children 1.Andrew Hesson12 (1766 - )
 2.Daniel Hesson+12 (1772 - 1845)
 3.Baltzer Hesson12 (c 1773 - )
 4.Abraham Hesson+12 (1774 - 1855)
 5.Catherine Hesson12 (c 1776 - )
 6.Jacob Hesson+12 (s 1779 - )
 7.Elizabeth Hesson10 (1779 - 1852)
 8.John Hesson11 (s 1781 - )
 9.Peter Hesson+12 (1783 - 1865)
 10.Margaret Hesson12 (1785 - 1873)
Wendel Hesson was also known as Ventel Hesson. 
Birth*1737He was born in 1737 at GermanyG.2 
3 September 1739He accompanied Balthasar Hesson and Susanna Margretha Coblentz on 3 September 1739 on the Friendship from Rotterdam by way of Deal. Passenger list includes Baltser Hissing, age 26, no family shown (other passengers have family members shown); Captain William Vittery. Arrival Philadelphia, 3 Sep 1739 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.3,4,5,6 
Marriage*He married Catherine Hull, daughter of Andrew Hull and Catherina Greenwood.7 
5 April 1773In Balthasar Hesson's will dated 5 April 1773 at Frederick Co., MarylandG, Wendel Hesson was named as an heir, as "Windle", the sum of £10, one year hence; also executor with Baltzer.1 
20 April 1791He and Catherine Hull appeared on the census of 20 April 1791 at Frederick Co., MarylandG; (poss; nei. Baltzer; sheet 202 has Frederick Heffner and Frederick Jr; sheet 203 has Michael Heffner and Michael Jr; count begins on sheet 156.)8 
1820He appeared on the census of 1820 at Taney Town Election Dist., Frederick (now Carroll) Co., MarylandG; neis. Balzer (45+), Peter (26-44), Daniel (26-44) Hesson; Peter and Daniel sons of Wendle or Baltzer.9 
10 January 1824He left a will on 10 January 1824 at Frederick Co., MarylandG.10
Death*5 July 1825He died on 5 July 1825 at Frederick Co., MarylandG.2 
Burial*circa 8 July 1825He was buried circa 8 July 1825 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Silver Run, Carroll Co., MarylandG.2 
Probate5 March 1827His estate was probated on 5 March 1827 at Frederick Co., MarylandG.11 

Citations

  1. [S1186] Maryland Prerogative Court (Wills), 1635–1777, Series S538 (1–60). Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland, online msa.maryland.gov, 1773–1774, WD4, MSA S538-57, liber 39, pp. (folio) 788–800. Will of Balser Heson of Frederick Co. MD, 5 Apr 1773. Names wife Margaret, son Balser, other children (in this order) Windle, Ulion, Peter, Elizabeth, Modlin, Christian, John, Catherine and Margaret; [grandchildren] Avoh and Michael Tanner. Executors Windle Heson and Balser Heson, witnesses Rudy Bruback, Henry Coonce, Rudy Bruback Jr. and Geo. Clark. Proved 24 Jul 1774. Document available at http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/stagser/s500/s538/000000/…
  2. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, old standing grave marker. "___tel Hesson / __parted this life / July 5th 1825 / Aged 88 Years. Narrative: Vintel Hesson; b. Jul. 5, 1737, Saarland, Germany; d. Jul. 5, 1825, Frederick Co., MD; husb. of Catherine Hull, children: Abraham Hesson (1774 - 1855), Catherine Hesson (1777 - 1864), Elizabeth Hesson (1779 - 1852), Peter Hesson (1783 - 1865), Margaret Hesson (1785 - 1873); bur. Saint Marys Cemetery, Silver Run, Carroll Co., MD. Memorial 21040855, created by CM, photo added by pat callahan.
  3. [S433] Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, original data P. William Filby, ed. (Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012), online Ancestry.com, Balthassar Hissong; 1739, Pennsylvania. Source Publication Code: 1804, Primary Immigrant: Hissong, Balthassar. Annotation: Taken from original manuscripts in the state archives. Names given throughout pages 1-677. Foreigners arriving in Pennsylvania named on pages 521-667. No. 3776, Kelker, supplements this. Source Bibliography: Egle, William Henry, editor Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, with the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808. (Pennsylvania Archives, ser. 2, vol. 17.) Harrisburg [PA]: E.K. Meyers, 1890. 787p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967. Page 190.
  4. [S433] Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, online Ancestry.com, Name: Balthasar Husson; Year: 1739; Place: America; Source Publication Code: 2883; Primary Immigrant: Husson, Balthasar.
    Annotation: Data on immigrants from France (Alsace-Lorraine), Switzerland, southern Germany, and some adjacent places, arriving between 1727 and 1775. Source Bibliography: Hall, Charles M. "Pal-Index": A Surname Index of Eighteenth-Century Immigrants. Salt Lake City: Global Research Systems, 1979. 147p.
  5. [S433] Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, online Ancestry.com, Goelzer, Bernd. "Saarland Immigrants, 1709-1799." In The Palatine Immigrant, vol. 11:2 (Winter/Spring 1985) [sic, this volume has been mislabeled, it should be vol. 11:3 (Winter/Spring 1986)], pp. 109-126.
  6. [S433] Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, online Ancestry.com, Hacker, Werner. Auswanderungen aus Rheinpfalz und Saarland im 18. Jahrhundert. Stuttgart, Germany: Konrad Theiss Verlag, Villastrasse 11, W-7000 Stuttgart, 1987. 797p.
  7. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, old standing marker: Catherine / Wife of Vintel Hesson / departed this life August 30th, 1819 aged 75 years." Narrative: Catherine Hull Hesson; b. 1744, Saarland, Germany; d. Aug. 30, 1819, Frederick Co., MD; bur. Saint Marys Cemetery, Silver Run, Carroll Co., MD.; parents Andreas Holl (1718-1825) and Catharine Hull (1727-1804). Memorial 21040870, created by CM, photo added by pat callahan.
  8. [S268] 1790 U.S. Federal Census, image viewed online Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.com. Wendle Hesson; 4 m (<16) [John, Peter, ____, ____], 4 M (16+) [Wendle, Andrew, Daniel, Abraham]; 4 F/f [Catherine, Elizabeth, Margaret, ____].
  9. [S115] 1820 U.S. Federal Census. Wendel (45+); 3 f (26-44) [Margaret ~35, Elizabeth ~41, ____].
  10. [S1274] Maryland, Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999; images (not indexed). Prerogative Court, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland, online FamilySearch.org, Frederick Co., Wills 1822-1828, vol. 3, Folio 386, image 205/339. Handwritten transcription. "I Vendel Hesson of Frederick County in the state of Maryland.." Directs the executors to sell his plantation, "it being part of a tract called the Resurvey on Hollow Spring part of a tract called Unity part of a tract called Lemons Choice a tract called Ground Oak Hill a tract called Red Stone a tract called Turkey Hill a tract called Resolution and a tract called Hesson Range lying contiguous to each other and containing together two hundred and forty acres of land more or less." Directs the executors to sell "all my personal estate except what is hereafter devised and the money arising from the sales of my real and personal estate I give and bequeath to my children share and share alike." Then names the children (all Hesson): Andrew, Daniel, Baltzer, Abraham, John, Peter, Catherine, Elizabeth and Margaret. Gives "my grand children of my son Jacob" an equal share. Daughters to receive one cow, one bedstead, bed and bedding complete, one hay and two bushels of wheat, and one chest, in addition to their equal share. Appoints sons John and Peter as executors. mark and seal Vendle Hesson, 10 January 1824. Witnesses James Mark, John Hull and Abraham Hull.
  11. [S1274] Maryland, Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999; images (not indexed). Prerogative Court, Hall of Records, online FamilySearch.org, Frederick Co., Administration Accounts 1827, vol. 3. Handwritten transcription. Statement of Peter Hesson, executor of the estate of Wendel Hesson. Has paid or secured to be paid equal sums of $228.716 to (all Hesson): Andrew, Daniel, Baltzer, Abraham, Peter, Catharine, Elizabeth and Margaret. Also "representatives of John Hesson dec ?" and "representatives of Jacob Hesson, dec'd to wit" William, George, Elijah, Elizabeth and Susan.
  12. [S1274] Maryland, Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999; images (not indexed). Prerogative Court, Hall of Records, online FamilySearch.org, Frederick Co., Wills 1822-1828, vol. 3, Folio 386, image 205/339. Handwritten transcription. Names the children (all Hesson): Andrew, Daniel, Baltzer, Abraham, John, Peter, Catherine, Elizabeth and Margaret. Gives "my grand children of my son Jacob" an equal share.