William Hesselgesser Or Hetsilgesser & Jane Beatty

William Hesselgesser Or HETSILGESSER & Jane BEATTY

Husband William Hesselgesser Or HETSILGESSER
       Born: 1778                    at: Westmoreland Co, Pa(?)
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       Died: 3 Feb 1837              at: Slate Lick Cem, Armstrong, Pa
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    Married: 25 Aug 1805               Place: Westmoreland Co, Pa(?)
Wife Jane BEATTY
       Born: 13 May 1784             at: Westmoreland Co, Pa(?)
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       Died: 10 Oct 1854             at: Slate Lick Cem, Armstrong, Pa
     Buried:                         at: 
     Father: William BEATTY
     Mother: Sarah "Sally" GUTHRIE ¹^,2
Children
1 M Robert HESSELGESSER
       Born: 3 Apr 1822              at: Butler Co, Pa
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       Died: 24 Apr 1887             at: Butler Co, Pa
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Spouse: Jane HAZELETT Marr: 29 Apr 1841, Fisk Chapel, Leasureville, Butler Co, Pa
2 M James HESSELGESSER
       Born: 12 Dec 1811             at: Westmoreland Co, Pa
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       Died: 20 Mar 1851             at: Butler Co, Pa
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Spouse: Susanna GRINDER Marr: 20 Dec 1838
3 F Sarah "Sally" HESSELGESSER
       Born: 19 Apr 1810             at: 
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4 M William HESSELGESSER
       Born: 10 Aug 1813             at: 
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5 M Samuel HESSELGESSER
       Born: 29 Apr 1815             at: 
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6 M John HESSELGESSER
       Born: 15 Mar 1817             at: Winfield, Butler Co, Pa
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       Died: 29 Nov 1897             at: 
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Spouse: Margaret HAZELETT
7 M David HESSELGESSER
       Born: 7 Dec 1818              at: 
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8 F Jane HESSELGESSER
       Born: 29 Jul 1820             at: 
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9 F Nancy HESSELGESSER
       Born: 8 Jul 1825              at: 
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10 F Elizabeth HESSELGESSER
       Born: 8 Sep 1827              at: 
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Husband's Notes
William Hesselgesser was "..a Pennsylvania Dutch (from Holland) man and a wealthy and influential farmer and stock man."

Subject:
HESSELGESSER
Date:
Sun, 5 Jan 1997 22:04:37 -0500
From:
JHazl@@aol.com
To:
joelinda@@ziplink.net

Information I have lists
Martha Ellen HESSELGESSER married to John NEWCOM 11 Dec, 1884. My info comes
from Rex_Ulmer@@ambassador.edu who you should contact asap. If you have a fax
I will send copies of my papers. The thrust of my work has been to identify
the immigrant who I believe to be Jacob H. who appears in Ben Franklin's
Almanac in 1751as a runaway indentured servant in Bucks Co. Pa. Aside from
Rex and I, you are the only people I know who are doing HESSELGESSER so maybe
we can work together on this. I look forward to hearing from you. Jim
Hazlett JHazl@@aol. com
Notes for Child: Robert HESSELGESSER
Robert Hesselgesser:

Quakers

Brought the first Belgian stallion to the United States. Unloaded it off the ship in Philadelphia and the next morning its throat was cut. He owned a stud barn in Philadelphia and had to go get another one.

Trader and auctioneer, went to Scotland annually to buy a ship load of sheep. He would then drive the sheep from Philadelpia with his dogs and pack mules to Santa Fe, Mexico. (New Mexico later) One year he was late getting back from Santa Fe. When asked by his wife, why he was late. The man of few words said simply, " they stole my dogs in Santa Fe." She asked him what he did next. He said, " I went after them."

Where did they go, she asked. He said, "California." She then asked "Did you get the dogs back?" He stated, " I'm back, aint I."

Many of his sons settled in Nebraska. There are still many Hesselgessers in Butler County, PA

Source: Personal Recollection of Rex Newcom on 12/25/1996, a great grandson, of stories told to him by his grandmother "Mellie" Hesselgesser Newcom about her father, Robert Hesselgesser. These stories inspired Rex who became one of America's most well known auctioneers in the 1970-90s.
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