Abraham Hesson1

#8245, (20 October 1828 - )
Father*Daniel Hesson1 (c 1795 - c 1877)
Mother*Magdalena Harner1 (c 1798 - c 1872)

Family

Ann Margaret Waybright
Children 1.Abraham Waybright Hesson4 (1852 - )
 2.Mary Catherine Hesson5 (1854 - 1943)
 3.Ann Margaret Caroline Hesson6 (1856 - )
 4.John Peter Hesson6 (1856 - )
 5.Virginia Magdalena Hesson7 (1859 - 1956)
 6.Harriet Emeline Hesson8 (1866 - 1944)
Birth*20 October 1828He was born on 20 October 1828 at Frederick Co., MarylandG.1 
30 August 1850He appeared on the census of 30 August 1850 in the household of Daniel Hesson and Magdalena Harner at Freedom, Adams Co., PennsylvaniaG, age 21, carpenter; nei. Waybright.2 
Marriage*23 December 1851He married Ann Margaret Waybright on 23 December 1851 at Maryland or PennsylvaniaG; (recorded in Adams Co. PA and Carroll Co. MD.)1,3 

Citations

  1. [S779] Samuel P. Bates and others, History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania (Chicago: Warner, Beers and Co., 1886), III:484, entry for Abraham Hesson; does not name father of Daniel Hesson but states that he died at age 94, making him Baltzer Jr.; had eight children.
  2. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Daniel (55), farmer; Magdalena (52); both b. MD.
  3. [S1733] Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, online Ancestry.com, PA - Adams > Barlow > Lutheran > Mount Joy Lutheran, img. 54/171, p. 43. Marriages, Abraham Hesson and Ann Mary Waybright, 23 Dec 1851. MD - All counties > Taneytown > Lutheran > Trinity Evangelical Lutheran, img. 190/244, p. 162. Abm. Hesson and Ann Margt. Waybright, marr. 23 Dec 1851; place of license Adams Co. PA.
  4. [S154] Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995, online FamilySearch.org, Abraham Waybright Hesson, son of Abrm. Hesson and Ann Margt., b. 23 Nov 1852, bapt. 5 Mar 1853, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Taneytown, Carroll Co. MD; citing FHL Film 824392.
  5. [S1570] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1963/1964/1966/1968: 1943, File No. 3397, img. 1885/3782, Reg. No. 11, Prim. Reg. Dist. 01-07-81. Mary Catherine Benner, b. Adams Co. PA 8 Dec 1854, dau. of Abraham Hesson and Anna Waybright, both b. Adams Co. PA; wid. of John W Benner, res. Mt. Joy Twp., Adams Co. PA, housekeeper; d. Cumberland Twp., Adams Co. PA, 23 Jan 1943, age 88y 0m 5d, carcinoma of the sigmoid; inf. Mrs. Robert Duslorow, R.D. 4, Gettysburg PA; bur. Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg PA 26 Jan 1943, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, online Ancestry.com.
  6. [S1733] Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, online Ancestry.com, MD - All counties > Taneytown > Lutheran > Trinity Evangelical Lutheran, img. 157/244, p. 130. John Peter and Ann Margaret Caroline (wins), children of Abm. Hesson and Ann Margaret, b. 20 Nov 1856, bapt. 14 Apr 1857.
  7. [S1570] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1963/1968: 1956, File No. 30549, img. 2423/3958. Reg. No. 66, Prim. Reg. Dist. 0160-06. Virginia Magdalena Horner, b. Adams Co. PA 13 Mar 1859, dau. of Abraham Hesson and Ann Waybright; wid. of Theodore B Horner, res. 440 Carlisle St., Gettysburg PA, housewife; d. at res. 9 Apr 1956, age 97, heart failure; inf. Mrs. Edward Deardorff, 440 Carlisle St., Gettysburg PA; bur. Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg PA, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
  8. [S1570] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1963/1968: 1944, File No. 77829, img. 3086/3618. Reg. No. 118, Prim. Reg. Dist. 01-07-21. Harriet Emeline Sanders, b. Adams Co. PA 5 Jan 1866, dau. of Abraham Hesson and Ann K [sic] Waybright; husb. of Charles F Sanders, res. 135 Broadway, Gettysburg, Adams Co. PA, housewife; d. at res. 12 Sep 1944, age 78y 8m 7d, coronary occlusion; inf. Chas. F Sanders, same res.; bur. Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg PA 15 Sep 1944, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.