Anna (Schell) Hess (1725 - bef. 1823)

Born 9 Sep 1725 in Bach, Fürstentum Nassau-Oranien, Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Died before 1823 before age 97 in Fort Herkimer, Herkimer, New York, United States

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Biography

Anna Schell was baptized 9 Sep 1725 to Johann Christian "Christ" Schell and his wife Anna Elisabeth, née Zehrung of Bach, parish of Marienberg in the district of Beilstein, Principality of Nassau-Oranien (now Bad Marienberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). The entry reads:

[1725] Dom. 15 Trin.; Bach: Joh. Christ Schell, Anna Elß, Ehel. Tochter Anna. Gevattern: Joh. Theiß Weber zu Marienberg; Anna, Johannes Steuppen Ehefr. zum Pfuhl. [Nachtrag:] 1739, den 10. 8br. zur Unterweisung. ^[1]

Translation: "On the 15th Sunday after Trinity 1725 (= September 9th) was baptized Anna, daughter of Johann Christ Schell and his wife Anna Elß of Bach. Godparents were: Johann Theiß Weber of Marienberg; and Anna, the wife of Johannes Steupp of Pfuhl. [later note:] confirmed on October 10th 1739."

Emigration to America

Anna (Schell) Hess migrated from Holy Roman Empire to Colonial New York.

Anna Schell at some point ca 1749-1753 emigrated to Colonial America, probably together with one of her brothers (see there). They probably took the normal route on the river Rhine north to the harbor of Rotterdam in the Netherlands and boarded there on a ship leaving for Philadelphia. Later they ended up in New York. Her identity in the new world is secured by her interconnection with other immigrants, family and friends from the same area. The well known genealogist Henry Z Jones, Jr. covered this family in his book "More Palatine Families". ^[2]

Life in the new world

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Anna married Augustinus Hess (1718 - 1782) Their children were:

1. Christian Hess (1756 - 1804)
2. Johann Jost Hess (1758 - 1841)
3. Nicholas Hess (1760 - )
4. Conrad Hess (1762 - 1839)
5. Daniel Hess (1766 - )
6. Anna Eva Hess (1768 - ).

Anna died before 1823 in Fort Herkimer, Herkimer, New York, United States aged ~97.

Sources

1. ↑ Zentralarchiv der Evangelischen Kirche Hessen-Nassau, Dekanat Marienberg;
   Kirchenbücher der Gemeinde Marienberg, Mischbuch (1707-1745); image 53.
2. ↑ Henry Z Jones Jr.: "More Palatine Families: Some Immigrants to the Middle Colonies 1717-1776 and their European Origins. Plus New Discoveries on German Families Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710."; Picton Press 1991. pp. 230-232 (for the Schell family).

• Book: "Early Families of Herkimer County, New York"
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 49131 #30076 (accessed 29 April 2022), p. 129.

• Jone's book. “THE PALATINE FAMILIES OF NEW YORK” by Henry Z. Jones, Jr. Fellow, American Society of Genealogists, P.O. Box 8341, Universal City, California 91608