Jacob Hess

1740 - 1815  (75 years)

• Name	Jacob Hess
  Born	1740
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jul 1815
  Buried	Fairview Cemetery - Keedysville, Maryland, USA
  Person ID	I81	Hess Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	Jacob Hess,   b. 1706, Europe ,   d. 3 Mar 1744, Warwick Township, Lancaster CO., PA  (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Veronica Beer (or Bear or Behr),   b. 1703,   d. 1760  (Age 57 years)
  Married	1728
  Family ID	F33	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Orndorff,   b. 1750, Lancaster, PA ,   d. 9 Oct 1814  (Age 64 years)
  Married	29 Sep 1767	Frederick Co., Maryland
  Children	1. Christian Hess,   b. 17 AMr 1769, Keedysville, Washington Co., MD ,   d. 8 Jun 1788, Keedysville, Washington Co., Maryland  (Age 19 years)   2. Jacob Hess,   b. 27 Mar 1771, Keedysville, Washington Co., MD ,   d. 6 Jun 1848, Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., West Virginia  (Age 77 years)   3. Elizabeth Hess,   b. 17 Aug 1772, Keedysville, Washington Co., MD ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Washington Co., MD   4. Anna Rosina Hess,   b. 24 Feb 1774, Keedysville, Washington Co., MD ,   d. 27 Mar 1842, Funkstown, Washington Co., MD  (Age 68 years)   5. Margaret Hess,   b. 27 Feb 1776, Keedysville, Washington Co., MD ,   d. 1776-1780, Keedysville, Washington Co., Maryland  (Age 3 years)   6. Margaret Hess,   b. 8 Feb 1780, Keedysville, Washington Co., MD ,   d. 1 Jun 1848, Keedysville, Washington Co., MD  (Age 68 years) + 7. John Hess,   b. 9 Feb 1778, Keedysville, Washington Co., MD ,   d. 3 Jan 1815, Keedysville, Washington Co., MD  (Age 36 years)   8. Catharine Hess,   b. 24 Feb 1782, Keedysville, Washington Co., MD ,   d. 6 Apr 1815, Sharpsburg, Washington Co., MD  (Age 33 years)   9. David Hess,   b. 15 Oct 1785, Keedysville, Washington Co., MD ,   d. 20 Dec 1855, Keedysville, Washington Co., MD  (Age 70 years)   10. Susan Hess,   b. 1787-1789, Keedysville, Washington Co., MD ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2011
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  KEEDYSVILLE - The Maryland State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution will dedicate a memorial to Revolutionary War patriot Jacob Hess at the Hess gravesite in Fairview Cemetery here, Saturday, October 6. The service will begin at 3 p.m. Principal, speaker will be Judge Wilson K. Barnes, past president of the Maryland State Society, SAR. Other participants will include John W. Hoffman, president of the local Christian Ardinger Chapter, SAR, and Irvin David Hess of Yuma, Arizona, a direct descendant of Jacob Hess. Jacob Hess was born in 1740 and died in 1815. In 1768, he married Margaret Orndorff, the eldest daughter of Major Christian Orndorff, a prominent Washington County citizen, and later acquired from his father-in-law a tract of land along the Antietam Creek. Hess built a mill and a large stone dwelling house on the land. His military service began on September 19, 1776, as a private in the Maryland Militia "Flying Camp" under command of Capt. Richard Smith, Lt. Walter White and Lt. Thomas Hays. The Jacob Hess Mill was one of the landmarks in the early history of Washington County. In early land records, frequent reference is made to "the road leading to Jacob Hess' Mill." In later years, in the immediate area of the mill, the town of Keedysville was built, part of it on original Jacob Hess land. The old mill was operated for almost two centuries. The last owner was Russell Geeting, still residing in Keedysville, who operated it until 1956 and dismantled it in 1960. The present U. S. Post Office and Keedysville Citizens Bank are located on the mill site. Morning Herald, Friday, October 5, 1973