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Benjamin Hershey (1697-29 July 1789) came to [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] with his father Christian, his mother Oade, and his brother Andrew, emigrating from [[Friedelsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Friedelsheim]], [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]], [[Germany|Germany]], whither he had fled from [[Switzerland|Switzerland]] about 1671. They arrived in [[United States of America|America]] about 1717 and Benjamin settled "one mile west of [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster]] Town" on the Marietta Pike in the same community as the Hans Brubakers and Peter Swarr. He was early a minister, signing the 1725 edition of the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)|Dordrecht confession]] (published 1727 at [[Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)|Philadelphia]]) for the Lancaster area, became bishop and established the [[Abbeyville Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|Abbeyville]] congregation and the churches to the northwest. He was moderator of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]] during the Revolution and the stormy days following. The name occurs on some extant documents. He steered the church through the divisions of Francis Herr, the United Brethren, and the [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] schisms. His children were Christian, Bishop Benjamin II (died 1812), who became his successor, and two daughters. He was the author of the petition of 1775 to the [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] Assembly for release from [[Military Participation|military service]], <em>A Short and Sincere Declaration </em>(in Mennonite Historical Library [Goshen, IN]).

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−	Benjamin Hershey (1697-29 July 1789) came to [[Pennsylvania (USA)\|Pennsylvania]] with his father Christian, his mother Oade, and his brother Andrew, emigrating from [[Friedelsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)\|Friedelsheim]], [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)\|Palatinate]], [[Germany\|Germany]], whither he had fled from [[Switzerland\|Switzerland]] about 1671. They arrived in [[United States of America\|America]] about 1717 and Benjamin settled "one mile west of [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)\|Lancaster]] Town" on the Marietta Pike in the same community as the Hans Brubakers and Peter Swarr. He was early a minister, signing the 1725 edition of the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)\|Dordrecht confession]] (published 1727 at [[Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)\|Philadelphia]]) for the Lancaster area, became bishop and established the [[Abbeyville Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)\|Abbeyville]] congregation and the churches to the northwest. He was moderator of the [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches\|Lancaster Conference]] during the Revolution and the stormy days following. The name occurs on some extant documents. He steered the church through the divisions of Francis Herr, the United Brethren, and the [[Brethren in Christ Church \|Brethren in Christ]] schisms. His children were Christian, Bishop Benjamin II (died 1812), who became his successor, and two daughters. He was the author of the petition of 1775 to the [[Pennsylvania (USA)\|Pennsylvania]] Assembly for release from [[Military Participation\|military service]], <em>A Short and Sincere Declaration </em>(in Mennonite Historical Library [Goshen, IN]).	+	Benjamin Hershey (1697-29 July 1789) came to [[Pennsylvania (USA)\|Pennsylvania]] with his father Christian, his mother Oade, and his brother Andrew, emigrating from [[Friedelsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)\|Friedelsheim]], [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)\|Palatinate]], [[Germany\|Germany]], whither he had fled from [[Switzerland\|Switzerland]] about 1671. They arrived in [[United States of America\|America]] about 1717 and Benjamin settled "one mile west of [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)\|Lancaster]] Town" on the Marietta Pike in the same community as the Hans Brubakers and Peter Swarr. He was early a minister, signing the 1725 edition of the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)\|Dordrecht confession]] (published 1727 at [[Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)\|Philadelphia]]) for the Lancaster area, became bishop and established the [[Abbeyville Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)\|Abbeyville]] congregation and the churches to the northwest. He was moderator of the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches\|Lancaster Conference]] during the Revolution and the stormy days following. The name occurs on some extant documents. He steered the church through the divisions of Francis Herr, the United Brethren, and the [[Brethren in Christ Church \|Brethren in Christ]] schisms. His children were Christian, Bishop Benjamin II (died 1812), who became his successor, and two daughters. He was the author of the petition of 1775 to the [[Pennsylvania (USA)\|Pennsylvania]] Assembly for release from [[Military Participation\|military service]], <em>A Short and Sincere Declaration </em>(in Mennonite Historical Library [Goshen, IN]).
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−	Benjamin Hershey (1697-29 July 1789) came to [[Pennsylvania (USA)\|Pennsylvania]] with his father Christian, his mother Oade, and his brother Andrew, emigrating from [[Friedelsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)\|Friedelsheim]], [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)\|Palatinate]], [[Germany\|Germany]], whither he had fled from [[Switzerland\|Switzerland]] about 1671. They arrived in [[United States of America\|America]] about 1717 and Benjamin settled "one mile west of [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)\|Lancaster]] Town" on the Marietta Pike in the same community as the Hans Brubakers and Peter Swarr. He was early a minister, signing the 1725 edition of the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)\|Dordrecht confession]] (published 1727 at [[Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)\|Philadelphia]]) for the Lancaster area, became bishop and established the [[Abbeyville Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)\|Abbeyville]] congregation and the churches to the northwest. He was moderator of the [[~~Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)~~\|Lancaster Conference]] during the Revolution and the stormy days following. The name occurs on some extant documents. He steered the church through the divisions of Francis Herr, the United Brethren, and the [[Brethren in Christ Church \|Brethren in Christ]] schisms. His children were Christian, Bishop Benjamin II (died 1812), who became his successor, and two daughters. He was the author of the petition of 1775 to the [[Pennsylvania (USA)\|Pennsylvania]] Assembly for release from [[Military Participation\|military service]], <em>A Short and Sincere Declaration </em>(in Mennonite Historical Library [Goshen, IN]).	+	Benjamin Hershey (1697-29 July 1789) came to [[Pennsylvania (USA)\|Pennsylvania]] with his father Christian, his mother Oade, and his brother Andrew, emigrating from [[Friedelsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)\|Friedelsheim]], [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)\|Palatinate]], [[Germany\|Germany]], whither he had fled from [[Switzerland\|Switzerland]] about 1671. They arrived in [[United States of America\|America]] about 1717 and Benjamin settled "one mile west of [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)\|Lancaster]] Town" on the Marietta Pike in the same community as the Hans Brubakers and Peter Swarr. He was early a minister, signing the 1725 edition of the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)\|Dordrecht confession]] (published 1727 at [[Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)\|Philadelphia]]) for the Lancaster area, became bishop and established the [[Abbeyville Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)\|Abbeyville]] congregation and the churches to the northwest. He was moderator of the [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches\|Lancaster Conference]] during the Revolution and the stormy days following. The name occurs on some extant documents. He steered the church through the divisions of Francis Herr, the United Brethren, and the [[Brethren in Christ Church \|Brethren in Christ]] schisms. His children were Christian, Bishop Benjamin II (died 1812), who became his successor, and two daughters. He was the author of the petition of 1775 to the [[Pennsylvania (USA)\|Pennsylvania]] Assembly for release from [[Military Participation\|military service]], <em>A Short and Sincere Declaration </em>(in Mennonite Historical Library [Goshen, IN]).
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	Benjamin Hershey (1697-29 July 1789) came to [[Pennsylvania (USA)\|Pennsylvania]] with his father Christian, his mother Oade, and his brother Andrew, emigrating from [[Friedelsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)\|Friedelsheim]], [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)\|Palatinate]], [[Germany\|Germany]], whither he had fled from [[Switzerland\|Switzerland]] about 1671. They arrived in [[United States of America\|America]] about 1717 and Benjamin settled "one mile west of [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)\|Lancaster]] Town" on the Marietta Pike in the same community as the Hans Brubakers and Peter Swarr. He was early a minister, signing the 1725 edition of the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)\|Dordrecht confession]] (published 1727 at [[Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)\|Philadelphia]]) for the Lancaster area, became bishop and established the [[Abbeyville Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)\|Abbeyville]] congregation and the churches to the northwest. He was moderator of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)\|Lancaster Conference]] during the Revolution and the stormy days following. The name occurs on some extant documents. He steered the church through the divisions of Francis Herr, the United Brethren, and the [[Brethren in Christ Church \|Brethren in Christ]] schisms. His children were Christian, Bishop Benjamin II (died 1812), who became his successor, and two daughters. He was the author of the petition of 1775 to the [[Pennsylvania (USA)\|Pennsylvania]] Assembly for release from [[Military Participation\|military service]], <em>A Short and Sincere Declaration </em>(in Mennonite Historical Library [Goshen, IN]).		Benjamin Hershey (1697-29 July 1789) came to [[Pennsylvania (USA)\|Pennsylvania]] with his father Christian, his mother Oade, and his brother Andrew, emigrating from [[Friedelsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)\|Friedelsheim]], [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)\|Palatinate]], [[Germany\|Germany]], whither he had fled from [[Switzerland\|Switzerland]] about 1671. They arrived in [[United States of America\|America]] about 1717 and Benjamin settled "one mile west of [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)\|Lancaster]] Town" on the Marietta Pike in the same community as the Hans Brubakers and Peter Swarr. He was early a minister, signing the 1725 edition of the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)\|Dordrecht confession]] (published 1727 at [[Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)\|Philadelphia]]) for the Lancaster area, became bishop and established the [[Abbeyville Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)\|Abbeyville]] congregation and the churches to the northwest. He was moderator of the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)\|Lancaster Conference]] during the Revolution and the stormy days following. The name occurs on some extant documents. He steered the church through the divisions of Francis Herr, the United Brethren, and the [[Brethren in Christ Church \|Brethren in Christ]] schisms. His children were Christian, Bishop Benjamin II (died 1812), who became his successor, and two daughters. He was the author of the petition of 1775 to the [[Pennsylvania (USA)\|Pennsylvania]] Assembly for release from [[Military Participation\|military service]], <em>A Short and Sincere Declaration </em>(in Mennonite Historical Library [Goshen, IN]).
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