Dewalt Hess (1753 - abt. 1841)

Born 22 Sep 1753 in Stone Arabia, Albany, New York

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Died about 1841 at about age 87 in Clearfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

David Hess was born in New York.

This profile is part of the Hess Name Study.

Dewalt Theobald Hess was born on 22 Sep 1753 in Stone Arabia, Albany, New York, son of Johannes Hess Jr. (1721 - <1767) and Anna Margaretha (Young) Hess (1721 - 1771).

His siblings were:

1. Catherine (Hess) Fox (1744 - 1818)
2. Johannes Hess (1745 - )
3. Elisabeth (Hess) Fox (1747 - 1823)
4. John Frederick Hess (1751 - 1830)
5. Daniel Hess (1757 - 1842)

Dewalt married Rosina Nehrbass (1753 - 1813) Their children were:

1. Rebecca DeWalt (Hess) Miller (~1784 - 1867)
2. Abraham Hess (1785 - 1858).

Dewalt died about 1841 in Clearfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States aged ~87.

Dewald Hess's child Elizabeth Catharine Hess was baptized on 26 Jul 1767 in Dover, York, Pennsylvania, USA.^[1]

In the 1790 census Dewalt Hess was in Northumberland, Pennsylvania.^[2]

In the 1800 census Dewald Hess was in Haines, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA.^[3]

Dewald Hess was in a record on 10 Aug 1811.^[4]

David Dewalt Hess was in a family history or pedigree in Clearfield, PA (Clearfield), Pennsylvania, USA.^[5]

Dewald Hess was baptized.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of child Elizabeth Catharine Hess: "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013"
   Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2451 #2051499901 (accessed 9 May 2024)
   Dewald Hess's child Elizabeth Catharine Hess baptism on 26 Jul 1767 in Dover, York, Pennsylvania, USA.
2. ↑ 1790 Census: "1790 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 94; Family History Library Film: 0568149
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5058 #333421 (accessed 9 May 2024)
   Dewalt Hess in Northumberland, Pennsylvania.
3. ↑ 1800 Census: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Septennial Census, 1779-1863"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2702 #779228 (accessed 9 May 2024)
   Dewald Hess in Haines, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA.
4. ↑ Record of Dewald Hess: "York County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1749-1819"
   Original data: York County Wills. Originals housed at the York County Archives
   Ancestry Record 4899 #21196 (accessed 9 May 2024)
   Name: Dewald Hess; Description: Nephew; Date: 10 Aug 1811; Prove date: 11 Sep 1818; Remarks: Catharine Windemeyer. Aug. 10, 1811. Executor: George Simon. Dover Township. Legatees: Nephews John Simon and Dewald Hess. N.B. There was a bequest made to Dover Church - named ""Steveyers Church."".
5. ↑ Family History or Pedigree: "Geneanet Community Trees Index"
   Original data: Geneanet Community Trees Index. Paris, France: Geneanet
   Ancestry Record 62476 #6246850065 (accessed 9 May 2024)
   Name: David Dewalt Hess; Gender: M (Male); Birth Date: 22 sept. 1753 (22 Sep 1753); Birth Place: Mohawk Valley, Palatine (Mohawk), New York, USA; Death Place: Clearfield, PA (Clearfield), Pennsylvania, USA; Father: Johannes Frederick Hess,II; Mother: Anna Margaretta Margaretha Jung; Spouse: Rosina Nehrbass; Child: Rebecca Dewalt Hess Dewalt Hess Abraham Hess Anna Maria Hess Benjamin Hess Eva Catharine Hess Franciscus Hess Johan Hess Samuel Hess; View on Geneanet: https://gw.geneanet.org/kpkieft?n=hess&oc=&p=david+dewalt.
6. ↑ Baptism: "York County, Pennsylvania, 1764-1800: Strayer's (Salem) Reformed Church"
   Original data: Records transcribed from Family History Library copies of church records for this locality. For more information, see Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) #974.841/D1 K2y
   Ancestry Record 4943 #2051 (accessed 9 May 2024)
   Dewald Hess baptism.

• Dr. David K. Faux: Descendants of Johannes Young, Generation 4.

• Records of the Lutheran Trinity Church of Stone Arabia : in the town of Palatine, Montgomery County, N.Y.; Vol.1. Birth and baptisms, 1751 to 1815.