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Jacob Hess 1597–1653 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Jun 1597

Birth Location: Baretswil, Canton, Zurich, Switzerland

Death Date: 02 Jan 1653

Death Location: Zürich, Bezirk Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Father: Johannes Graff

Mother: Katharina Stedelmann

Spouse(s): Anna Spiessmacher, Anna Spoerri

Children(s): Verena Haas

In 1597, Jacob Hess entered the world in Baretswil, Canton, Zurich, Switzerland, born to Johannes Graff And Katharina Stedelmann. Jacob Hess married Anna Elisabetha Wolfensberger Spoerri, Anna Maria Spiessmacher, and had children including Anna Katharina Hess, Jacob He, Verena Haas. Jacob Hess passed away in 1653 in Zürich, Bezirk Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

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Biography

  • In 1597, Jacob Hess entered the world in Baretswil, Canton, Zurich, Switzerland, born to Johannes Graff And Katharina Stedelmann.
  • Jacob Hess married Anna Elisabetha Wolfensberger Spoerri, Anna Maria Spiessmacher, and had children including Anna Katharina Hess, Jacob He, Verena Haas.
  • Jacob Hess passed away in 1653 in Zürich, Bezirk Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

Immediate Family

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Children(s)

Jacob Hess's Ancestors

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Jacob Hess
1597–1653
Birth Place: Baretswil, Canton, Zurich, Switzerland
Parents
Johannes Graff
1560–1615
Sunkt, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Katharina Stedelmann
1573–1620
Elgg, Zurich, Wold, Switzerland
Grandparents
Durs (Haas) Hess
1532–1603
Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Anna (Barbara (Weber) (Hess)) Frolich
1540–1598
Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Herman (Godly) Stedelmann
1543–1573
Elgg, Zurich, Wold, Switzerland
Frances Stedelmann
1545–1573
Elgg, Zurich, Wold, Switzerland
Great-Grandparents
Hans Hess
1505–1562
Magalena Eckher
1522–1562
Cnu STEDELMANN
1523–1610
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jacob Hess's Descendants

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Jacob Hess (25 Jun 1597–02 Jan 1653) m. Anna (Maria) Spiessmacher (20 Aug 1590–12 Sep 1635) m. Anna (Elisabetha Wolfensberger) Spoerri (22 February 1601–03 Nov 1634)
  1. 1. Verena Haas 1625–1668 m. Peter (Oppliger aka "Oblinger") Oppliger 1621–1696
    1. 1. Barbara Oppliger 1652–1686 m. Niklaus Rinehart 1647–1730
      1. 1. Peter (Aaron) Rinehart 1672–1732 m. Margreth (or Margareth) Kupferschmied 1676–1731
        1. 1. Ulrich ("Ulli") Rinehart 1704–1787 m. Barbara Sauer 1710–1753 m. Hannah Aft 1708–1754 m. Magdalena Jahnin 1730–1813
        2. 2. Valentine Reinhard 1703–1774
        3. 3. Abraham Rinehart –1770
        4. 4. David Rinehart 1706–1775
        5. 5. Georg (Valentine) Reinhart 1709–1774
        6. 6. Hans (Michael) Rinehart 1710–1751
        7. 7. Peter Rinehart 1707–1782
        8. 8. Johannn (Thomas) Reinhard 1709–
    2. 2. Barbli Stauffer 1547–1597

Jacob Hess's Timeline

2 Records

1597
25 Jun 1597
Birth of Jacob Hess in Baretswil, Canton, Zurich, Switzerland
Baretswil, Canton, Zurich, Switzerland
1653
02 Jan 1653
Age 56
Death of Jacob Hess in Derdingen, Wurttemberg, Deutschland
Derdingen, Wurttemberg, Deutschland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Jun 1597
    Event Place: Baretswil, Canton, Zurich, Switzerland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Family Book of Remembrance and Genealogy, with Allied Lines

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 02 Jan 1653
    Event Place: Derdingen, Wurttemberg, Deutschland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Zürich, Bezirk Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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