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On August 29, 1730, Jeremias Hess (about 55 at the time) arrived in Philadelphia aboard the "Thistle of Glasgow", which had sailed from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with his wife Anna Maria HEIM Hess and his 4 surviving children: Peter (about 27), Eva (about 20), Johann Conrad (about 16), and Balthasar (about 13). Later that year, Jeremias Hess appeared as the baptismal sponsor of a child of Johan Georg Schweinhart at Falckner Swamp in what is now Montgomery County, outside of Philadelphia.
On Sept. 9, 1734, Jeremias received a warrant for 100 acres of land in Philadelphia County. Jeremias and his family eventually settled in Salford in Philadelphia County. By the time Jeremias wrote his will in Salford on April 28, 1739, Peter and Eva had moved to Maryland. Johann Conrad and Balthasar remained in eastern Pennsylvania. Jeremias died at about 68 years of age, before April 11, 1743, when his will was probated.
Jeremias may be buried in the "Old Goshenhopen Cemetery", near Woxall, Montgomery County, PA., or "Falkners Swamp Cemetery", Hanover, Montgomery County, PA. However, 85% of the grave markers in those cemeteries are unreadable so we may need to find him through other records.
JEREMIAS HESS was born about 1675. Jeremias married a woman named Anna Maria Heim, believed to be the daughter of Hans Paulus Heim. They had seven children, three of whom survived to adulthood: Hans Peter, born about 1703; Johann Conrad, born May 3, 1705, died Ireland 1711; Elisabeth, born Oct. 21, 1708, died Ireland 1711; Eva, born abt 1710; Christian, born July 14, 1713, died about 1729; Johann Conrad (named honoring his deceased brother, in the 18th century German naming tradition), baptized Aug. 19, 1714; and Balthasar, baptized Dec. 8, 1717-d.1800..
Jeremias Hess first appears at the beginning of the 18th century in Mutterstadt, which is southwest of Ludwigshafen in the modern state of Rheinland-Pfalz, otherwise known as the “Palatinate.” Mutterstadt was uninhabited following the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648), but was slowly repopulated by migrants from France, Switzerland and other parts of Germany. However, the Pfalz continued to be a poor and troubled region, causing many to move elsewhere. Many fled to Ireland..
Jeremias Hess and his family appear on the list of immigrants who arrived in England on June 2, 1709. Jeremias was listed under the heading of “husbandmen and vinedressers,” and as 34 years old and Lutheran. In his party were his wife; sons, ages 7 and 5; and daughter, age 2. Life in their new home proved once again hard for the Hess family. Two children – Johann Conrad and Elisabeth – died during their stay in Ireland. In 1711, the Hess and Heim families were among those who gave up on Ireland and migrated to Holland. The Hesses then returned to Mutterstadt, where the births of three children are recorded after 1711: Christian, Johann Conrad (named after his deceased older brother); and Balthasar. Almost 20 years later, Jeremias and his family again left Germany. .
On August 29, 1730, Jeremias (about 55 at the time) arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Thistle of Glasgow, which had sailed from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with his wife and his 4 surviving children: Peter (about 27), Eva (about 20), Johann Conrad (about 16), and Balthasar (about 13). Later that year, Jeremias Hess appeared as the baptismal sponsor of a child of Johan Georg Schweinhart at Falckner Swamp in what is now Montgomery County, outside of Philadelphia. On Sept. 9, 1734, Jeremias received a warrant for 100 acres in Philadelphia County. Jeremias and his family eventually settled in Salford in Philadelphia County. By the time Jeremias wrote his will in Salford on April 28, 1739, Peter and Eva had moved to Maryland. Johann Conrad and Balthasar remained in eastern Pennsylvania. Jeremias died at about 68 years of age, before April 11, 1743, when his will was probated..
Sources:
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Early Pennsylvania Pioneers from Mutterstadt in the Palatinate, by Annette K. Burgert, pages 2, 11. .
The Palatine Families of Ireland, by Henry Z. Jones Jr., page 63. .
Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol., IV, Abstracts of Philadelphia Wills, Part II, 1726-1747, page 823. .
I Shook My Family Tree, by Thelma (Hess) Parsons, pages 170-171. .
Pennsylvania German Pioneers, by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, page 31. .
Palatine Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers, by Annette K. Burgert, page 156. .
Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 24, page 19.
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1675 - 1739 (64 years)