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The Hess Homestead, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a historic Mennonite farmstead near the town of Lititz. The property is an ancestral home of the Hess family,〔Hess 1880, p. 1〕 who purchased the land from William Penn's sons in 1735. The primary buildings at this site were constructed by the Hess family in the 18th century, including a 1740s log farmhouse, a 1778 stone farmhouse, and a 1769 oil mill. Both houses served as church meeting houses for the local Mennonite community until 1856, when the first Hess Mennonite church building was constructed nearby.〔Siegrist, Hess 2004, p.45〕 The homestead structures survive today, on several adjoining properties, as examples of vernacular architecture of the Pennsylvania Germans. ==Hess Family History== The farmstead was first surveyed in 1730 as a 200-acre tract〔Gilbert 2005, p. 72〕 for Johannes Hess' grandfather, Hans Hess (ca. 1683-1733). This Hess patriarch immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1717 with his wife Magdalena (ca. 1688-1767) and their children from Germany or Switzerland. Hans and Magdalena are the first Hess immigrants known to arrive in America.〔Siegrist, 1998 (14 ).〕 Hans and Magdalena's oldest son Jacob Hess (c. 1706-1741) built the first house on this tract, circa 1730s, with wife Veronica. This Hess family received title to the farm from the William Penn family in 1735. The present log farmhouse was built ca. 1744 for Jacob's widow Veronica and their children.〔Hess 2004, p. 122〕 Their oldest son Johannes (1730-1778) was the next owner, with wife Susanna Landis Hess. In 1784 their eldest son Christian Hess (1757-1816) received this farmstead. Six years later, in 1790, Christian deeded this part of the farm to his brother, John Hess ( 1768-1830), and wife Esther Hershey Hess (1769-1824). The next farmstead owners were John and Esther Hess' youngest son Henry Hess, and wife Catherine Huber Hess. In turn, their youngest son became the next owner, Mennonite preacher Jonas Hess, with wife Annie Franck Hess, followed by their son Henry F. Hess and wife Anna C. Shenk. In 1922 the farmstead left the Hess famiy until 1985 when it was purchased by Clarke E. Hess,.〔Siegrist, 1998 (32 ).〕 a great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandson of the immigrant Hans Hess. Clarke Hess spent several years restoring the buildings for use as his residence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hess Homestead」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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