FINLAY HISTORY
1820 census - Frederick Hess, Letterkenny Twp., p. 98; John Findlay
in
Chambersburg, p. 80.
7 January 1828 - Frederick Hess will, of Letterkenny, wife Cathrine;
names
nephews John Lochbaum; Frederick Hess, son of John; Samuel Hess;
Abraham
Hollinger; John Hollinger, son of Jacob; John Hollinger, son of
Philip;
Samuel Hollinger, son of Philip; and brother-in-law, Peter Benedict.
Probated 26 August 1834. WB D:303-304. Salem Church Graveyard gives
date
of death as 8 August 1834, aged 70y. 20d.
13 December 1853 - Catherina Hess will. Most of estate goes to Susanna
Hess
wife of Samuel Hess; document extremely faded, others named. WB
F:71.
Salem Church Graveyard gives b. 18 April 1764, d. 26 September 1854.
28 March 1855 - Benjamin Huber, Executor for Frederick Hess, late
of
Letterkenny, to Francy and Lydia Peffley, 38 acres and 29 perches
;
neighbors include John Farmer, Henry Rife, Benjamin Huber and heirs
of
Frederick Hess. Franklin County DB 124:511, Deed No. 770.
Sonnie
[email protected]
From:
"J.A.L.Miller, Jr." <[email protected]>
For Ms. Seller's Hollinger site: Dec. 1999, Nat. Gen. Soc. Qtly,
page 300.
sister Mary Hess (died post 1786) wed Jacob Hollinger, her sister
Elizabeth
Hess born 1758, Lancaster Co., Penn.,
1779 wed Philip Hollinger, artical
gives sisters forebears in "Historical Hoodwinks, Finley-Hess Hoodwink
in
Colonial Penn."
Page 11.--In the name of God, Amen. I, AUGUSTINES HESS, yeoman, of
Burnatsfield, Tryon County,
being in perfect health of body. I leave to my eldest
son, John, for his birthright,
all my blacksmith's tools. Unto my dearly beloved
wife Anna, for life or
widowhood, the possession of my lot of lowland No. 31
for her support, if my
sons, Fridrich and Conrath, should refuse to maintain her
with every necessary
thing. I appoint my said two sons to maintain my son
Nicholas during his life,
and my daughter Eva, while unable to maintain
themselves in food, clothes,
and lodging. If they refuse so to do, my executors
are to provide the same
and charge the same against my two sons; they also, are
to pay my daughter Eva,
œ60, at her marriage. Unto my said two sons, my lot of
land No. 31, where I
now live; likewise my whole share of my grandfather lillos
land of Lot No. 29; Also,
the whole lot of woodland No. 31 which joins on my
lowland; my lot No. 20
in the fire busch, all to be divided into equal shares.
Unto my other six sons,
namely: John, George, Augustines, Christian, Jost, and
Daniel, the lot of woodland
Nos. 12, 54, 67 and 100, all in southermost tract,
No. 7 in middle tract;
to be divided equally. Unto my sons, Conrath, Jost, and
Daniel, each a horse
and a cow. Unto my daughter Anna, a cow and a feather
bed, and œ60 to be provided
by my two sons, Frederick and Conrath. The
remainder of my moveable
estate to be equally divided between all my children,
John, Frederick, George,
Augustines, Nicholas, Christian, Conrath, Daniel, Jost,
Elizabeth, Catharine,
Anna, and Eva. The wagons, plows, harrows, and chaise
to go to my sons, Frederick,
Conrath, and Daniel. I make my sons, John,
Augustines, Christian,
and Frederick, executors.
Dated May 29, 1779. Witnesses, Christian Schell,
Dated August 17, 1778.
Witnesses, Peter Bellinger, of the little falls in said
County, yeoman; Johannes
Hess, Isaac Johnson. Proved, September 9, 1783.