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Heinrich Hess 1534–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 JAN 1534

Birth Location: Ruetschwill, Baretswil, Switzerland

Death Date: JAN 1587

Death Location: Wald, Zürich, Switzerland

Father: Johannas Hesse

Mother: Mechtild Hess

Spouse(s): Adelheid Kuntz, Elsi Tobler, Anna Knächt, Elsy Oberholzer

Children(s): Jacob Hess, Anna Hess, Anna Hessen, Barbara Hessen, Verena Hessen, Martha Hessen, Christian Hess, Catharina Hessen, Hans Hess, Heinrich Hess, Matheus Hess, Margaretha Hess, Elsy Hess, Dorothea Hess, Hans Hess

In 1534, Heinrich Hess entered the world in Ruetschwill, Baretswil, Switzerland, born to Johannas Hans Hesse And Mechtild Hess. Heinrich Hess married Adelheid Margaretha Kuntz, Anna Knacht, Elsi Tobler, Elsy Oberholzer, Margretha He, and had children including Anna Lener Hessen, Anna Margaretha Hess, Barbara Hessen, Catharina Hessen, Christian Hess, Dorothea Hess, Elsy Hess, Hans Heinrich Hess, Hans Hess, Heinrich Hess, Jacob Hess, Margaretha Hess, Martha Hessen, Matheus Hess, Verena Hessen. Heinrich Hess passed away in 1587 in Wald, Zürich, Switzerland.

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Biography

  • In 1534, Heinrich Hess entered the world in Ruetschwill, Baretswil, Switzerland, born to Johannas Hans Hesse And Mechtild Hess.
  • Heinrich Hess married Adelheid Margaretha Kuntz, Anna Knacht, Elsi Tobler, Elsy Oberholzer, Margretha He, and had children including Anna Lener Hessen, Anna Margaretha Hess, Barbara Hessen, Catharina Hessen, Christian Hess, Dorothea Hess, Elsy Hess, Hans Heinrich Hess, Hans Hess, Heinrich Hess, Jacob Hess, Margaretha Hess, Martha Hessen, Matheus Hess, Verena Hessen.
  • Heinrich Hess passed away in 1587 in Wald, Zürich, Switzerland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johannas Hesse
1512–1538
Birth Location: Wald Rueti, Zurich, Switzerland
JH
Mechtild Hess
1512–1539
Birth Location: –
MH

Spouses(s)

Adelheid Kuntz
1546–1584
Birth Location: Wald, Zürich, Switzerland
AK
Elsi Tobler
1538–1569
Birth Location: Brunn, Heiligenstadt in Oberfranken, Bamberg, Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany
ET
Anna Knächt
1549–1587
Birth Location: Hinwil, Zürich, Switzerland
AK
Elsy Oberholzer
1540–1569
Birth Location: Wald, Zürich, Switzerland
EO

Children(s)

Jacob Hess
1584–1639
Birth Location: Wald, Zürich, Switzerland
JH
Anna Hess
1570–1578
Birth Location: Wald, Zürich, Switzerland
AH
Anna Hessen
1562–1598
Birth Location: Sumiswald, Bern, , Switzerland
AH
Barbara Hessen
1562–1563
Birth Location: Wald, Zurich, Switzerland
BH
Verena Hessen
1563–1564
Birth Location: Wald, Zurich, Switzerland
VH
Martha Hessen
1573–1614
Birth Location: Mainz, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
MH
Christian Hess
1571–
Birth Location: Wold, Zurich, Switzerland
CH
Catharina Hessen
1565–1566
Birth Location: Wald, Zurich, Switzerland
CH
Hans Hess
1560–1616
Birth Location: Teningen, Emmendingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
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Heinrich Hess
1579–1580
Birth Location: Wald, Bern, Switzerland
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Matheus Hess
1571–1621
Birth Location: Wald, Zurich, Switzerland
MH
Margaretha Hess
1578–
Birth Location: Wald, Zürich, Switzerland
MH
Elsy Hess
1575–
Birth Location: Wold, Zurich, Switzerland
EH
Dorothea Hess
1581–1643
Birth Location: Wald, Zürich, Switzerland
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Hans Hess
1573–1610
Birth Location: Wald, Zürich, Switzerland
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Heinrich Hess's Ancestors

Self
Heinrich Hess
1534–1587
Birth Place: Ruetschwill, Baretswil, Switzerland
Parents
Johannas Hans Hesse
1512–1538
Wald Rueti, Zurich, Switzerland
Mechtild Hess
1512–1539
Grandparents
Kasper (Heinrich) Hesse
1480–1555
Stachelfcheid, Ober-Reger, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Anna (Maria Elizabeth) Wisskamp
1494–1579
Wald, Rueti, Zurich, Switzerland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Heinrich Hess's Descendants

1.
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Heinrich Hess (16 JAN 1534–JAN 1587) m. Adelheid (Margaretha) Kuntz (1546–29 MAY 1584) m. Elsi Tobler (ABT 1538–SEP 1569) m. Anna Knächt (1549–29 MAY 1587) m. Elsy Oberholzer (1540–SEP 1569)
  1. 1. Jacob Hess 1584–1639
    1. 1. Hans Hess 1617–1668 m. Barbel Honegger 1619–1668
      1. 1. Hans Hess –1717 m. Barbel Hürlimann 1651–1692
        1. 1. Magdalena (Regina) Hess 1682–1726 m. Christian Stauffer 1678–1734
        2. 2. Magdalena (Regina) Hess 1685–1737
        3. 3. Dorotheli Hess 1685– m. Samuel Egli 1685–1753
        4. 4. Anna Hess 1689–1731
        5. 5. Hans (Jacob) Hess 1679–1740
        6. 6. Jaggeli Hess 1682– m. Magdalena Muller 1686–1754
        7. 7. H (Caspar) Hess 1677–1734 m. Barbara Schaufelberger 1684–1762
        8. 8. Johannes Hess 1692–1762 m. Magdalena Brunner 1696– m. Lisabeth Schmid 1700–1775 m. Elisabeth Streller 1694–1741
      2. 2. Hans (Jacob) Hess 1654–
      3. 3. Barbel Hess 1663–1731
      4. 4. Regula Hess –1731 m. Hans (Rudolf) Bauman 1662–
      5. 5. Caspar Hess –1732 m. Maria Braendli 1642–
      6. 6. Maria Hess 1661–1737 m. Marx Brunner 1651–1719
      7. 7. Hans (Heinrich) Hess –1733 m. Maria Schenkel 1655– m. Maria Honegger 1675–
      8. 8. Elsbeth Hess –1728 m. Heinrich Kindlimann 1650–1721
      9. 9. Margreth Hess –1727 m. Barthalome Ingold 1642–1723
      10. 10. Samuel Hess 1657–1744 m. Anna (Barbel) Reimann 1661–1769
    2. 2. Anna Hess 1607–1627
    3. 3. Heinrich Hess 1615–
    4. 4. Verena Hess 1623–1634
    5. 5. Dorothea Hess 1627–1647
    6. 6. Samuel Hess 1621–
    7. 7. Christen Hess 1610– m. Verena WOLF 1609–
  2. 2. Anna (Margaretha) Hess 1570–1578
  3. 3. Anna (Lener) Hessen 1562–1598
  4. 4. Barbara Hessen 1562–1563
  5. 5. Verena Hessen 1563–1564
  6. 6. Martha Hessen 1573–1614
  7. 7. Christian Hess 1571–
  8. 8. Catharina Hessen 1565–1566
  9. 9. Hans Hess 1560–1616 m. Barbara WAGNER 1564–1608
  10. 10. Heinrich Hess 1579–1580
  11. 11. Matheus Hess 1571–1621
  12. 12. Margaretha Hess 1578– m. Hans Kunz 1568– m. Christian Reimann 1578–
  13. 13. Elsy Hess 1575– m. Jakob Oberholzer 1575–
  14. 14. Dorothea Hess 1581–1643 m. Heinrich Reiman –1643
  15. 15. Hans (Heinrich) Hess 1573–1610 m. Dorothea Huser 1601– m. Barbara Ruegg 1571– m. Katharina Stadelmann 1573–1615

Heinrich Hess's Timeline

3 Records

1534
16 JAN 1534
Birth of Heinrich Hess in Ruetschwill, Baretswil, Switzerland
Ruetschwill, Baretswil, Switzerland
1587
1587
Age 53
Burial of Heinrich Hess in Nußdorf, Vaihingen, Württemberg, Germany
Nußdorf, Vaihingen, Württemberg, Germany
1587
JAN 1587
Age 53
Death of Heinrich Hess in Wald, Zürich, Switzerland
Wald, Zürich, Switzerland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 JAN 1534
    Event Place: Ruetschwill, Baretswil, Switzerland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1587
    Event Place: Nußdorf, Vaihingen, Württemberg, Germany

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: JAN 1587
    Event Place: Wald, Zürich, Switzerland
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