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Johann Diederich Hess 1720 – 1778 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Feb 1720

Birth Location: Rhosbach, Westerwald, Germany

Death Date: 1778

Death Location: , Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Joannes Hess

Mother: Anna Rick

Spouse(s): Maria Schaarschmidt

Children(s): Maria Hess

Johann Diederich Hess was born in 1720 in Rhosbach, Westerwald, Germany, the child of Joannes Petrus Hess and Anna Kunigunda Rick. Johann Diederich Hess married Maria Barbara Schaarschmidt, and had children including Maria Catharina Hess. Johann Diederich Hess passed away in 1778 in , Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Johann Diederich Hess was born in 1720 in Rhosbach, Westerwald, Germany, the child of Joannes Petrus Hess and Anna Kunigunda Rick.
  • Johann Diederich Hess married Maria Barbara Schaarschmidt, and had children including Maria Catharina Hess.
  • Johann Diederich Hess passed away in 1778 in , Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Johann Hess's Ancestors

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Johann Hess
1720 – 1778
Birth Place: Rhosbach, Westerwald, Germany
Parents
Joannes Petrus Hess
1696 – 1734
Katholisch, Meisenheim, Rheinland, Prussia
Anna (Kunigunda) Rick
1687 – 1747
Rheinland, Prussia, Germany
Grandparents
Joannis (Petri) Hess
1675 –
Ottweiler, Saarland
Mrs (Annae Mariae) Hess
1668 –
, Reinland, Prussia
Theodori Rick
1661 –
Rheinland, Prussia, Germany
Catharine (Catharinae Zimmerman) Rick
1659 –
Thalfang, Rheinland, Prussia
Great-Grandparents
Johann HESS
1641 – 1697
Anna KLEIN
1644 – 1717
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Wendel Hess
1604 –

Johann Hess's Descendants

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Johann (Diederich) Hess (27 Feb 1720 – 1778) m. Maria (Barbara) Schaarschmidt (1717 – 19 Aug 1794)
  1. 1. Maria (Catharina) Hess (19 Oct 1741 – 26 Oct 1818) m. Abraham Gruber (26 Nov 1737 – )
    1. 1. Margaret GRUBER (1765 – 18 Mar 1825) m. Josef ("Joseph") NOEL (21 Jan 1765 – 07 Apr 1799)
      1. 1. Margaretta (Mary) Noel (19 Mar 1796 – 11 Oct 1862) m. John (Phillip) Miller (5 Oct 1794 – aft 1880)
        1. 1. Margret Miller (14 Jul 1824 – 19 Nov 1899)
        2. 2. Philip Miller (abt 1827 – 4 Aug 1889)
        3. 3. Unk (male) Miller (abt 1828 – bef 1840)
        4. 4. Katherine ("Kate" Miller) (McFarland) (9 Feb 1830 – 10 April 1920)
        5. 5. Mary Miller (abt 1832 – )
        6. 6. Sophia (Ann Miller) (Ryan) (21 Apr 1834 – 30 Jan 1873)
        7. 7. William (George) Miller (1846 – 10 Jan 1926)
        8. 8. Otto ("Oat") Miller (31 Dec 1846 – 24 June 1931) m. Delilah (Lydia Stevens) (Miller) (6 Aug 1850 – 20 August 1934)
        9. 9. Andrew Miller
        10. 10. Orval Miller

Johann Hess's Timeline

2 Records

1720
27 Feb 1720
Birth of Johann Diederich Hess in Rhosbach, Westerwald, Germany
Rhosbach, Westerwald, Germany
1778
1778
Age 58
Death of Johann Diederich Hess in , Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA
, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Feb 1720
    Event Place: Rhosbach, Westerwald, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1778
    Event Place: , Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA

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