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Christian HESS

Christian HESS

Male 1748 - 1834  (86 years)


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  • Name Christian HESS 
    Birth 7 Jan 1748  Easton, Northampton County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Apr 1834  Upper Mount Bethel Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Old Union Cemetery, Stone Church, Mt. Bethel, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I705  Tree
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2022 

    Father Johann Conrad HESS,   b. 1714, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1796, Williams Twp., Northampton Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Anna Maria BEST,   b. 1722 
    Family ID F217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna BEST,   b. 25 Jun 1748, Durham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1831, Northampton, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Children 
     1. Nicolas HESS,   b. 26 Nov 1772, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1849, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     2. Jeremiah HESS,   b. 6 May 1775, Upper Mount Bethel, Pa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1858, Upper Mount Bethel, Pa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     3. Peter HESS,   b. 2 May 1779   d. Oct 1800 (Age 21 years)
     4. Elizabeth HESS,   b. 2 Mar 1781, Upper Mount Bethel, Pa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1781, Upper Mount Bethel, Pa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F216  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Findagrave # 14981189

      Christian parents Emigrated to the United States aboard the Thistle of Glasgow. They arrived in Philadelphia on August 29, 1730. Johan was a member of the the Old Williams Township Lutheran Church in 1750. He was appointted one of the Justices of Northampton County, under the Crown and was prothonotary and Clerk of the Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer from 1760 to 1771. His father owned a hotel called "Lofty Oaks" situated on the old Philadelphia Road on what is now South Easton. Hess family origins are from Mutterstadt, Palatinate, Germanyate, Germany.

      Christian was a farmer in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County. He took the Oath of Allegiance at Lofty Oaks, near Easton, on Jun 29, 1778. He served with his cousin Michael in the Northampton County Militia in 1778, 1780 and Apr 29, 1782 as a Private 5th Class in the 5th Battalion Captain Patrick Campbell's Company.He was on the 1785 Mt Bethel, Northampton County tax rolls with 197 acres, 3 horses and 4 cattle.