Andrew Hesson1

#3906, (3 August 1766 - )
Father*Wendel Hesson2 (1737 - 1825)
Mother*Catherine Hull2 (1744 - 1819)

Family

Mary Barbara Coblentz
Marriage*He married Mary Barbara Coblentz.1 
Birth*3 August 1766He was born on 3 August 1766 at Littlestown, Adams Co., PennsylvaniaG; prob.3 
BaptismSeptember 1766He was baptized in September 1766 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Littlestown, Adams Co., PennsylvaniaG; modern address 665 St. Johns Road, Littlestown, PA.4,3 
20 April 1791He appeared on the census of 20 April 1791 in the household of Wendel Hesson and Catherine Hull 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.)5 
10 January 1824In Wendel Hesson's will dated 10 January 1824, Andrew Hesson was named as an heir.6
Probate5 March 1827He received a distribution from the estate of Wendel Hesson on 5 March 1827 at Frederick Co., MarylandG.7 

Citations

  1. [S458] Vance - Hesson Family, online familytreemaker.genealogy.com, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/v/a/n/… [on 24 Nov 2012].
  2. [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. 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.
  3. [S1733] Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, online Ancestry.com, Pa - Adams > Littlestown > Lutheran > St John´s Evangelical Lutheran, img. 17/279, p. 7. Andreas, son of Wendel Hison and his wife Catharina, b. 3 Aug 1766, bapt. Sep 1766; sponsors Andreas Holl and his wife Catharina.
  4. [S1190] Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Germany Township, Parish Registers 1763–1858, Frederick S. Waiser, translator and transcriber, viewed online Ancestry.com., St. John's, Germany Tshp., near Littlestown, p. 7, img 17/279; Wendel Hison and his wife Catharina, a son Andreas; b. 3 Aug 1766; bap. Sep 1766, s/s Andreas Holl and his wife Catharina.
  5. [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, ____].
  6. [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. "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.
  7. [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.