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Hans George Hege

Birth
Elsenz, Landkreis Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death
1781 (aged 81–82)
Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
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Immigration: "He came to America, PA, ship 'Dragon', captained by Charles Hargrave on 30 Sept., 1732...One hundred and eighty-five people were aboard the ship. The captain's list of passengers gives all three names in succession as Hayea. In the oath of allegiance and oath of abjuration lists, Hans Georg's name appears as Hans Jergi Hegi (from Strassburger's Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Vol. I, pages 96, 98). In Rupp's Collection of Thirty Thousand Names .., page 83, the surname is spelled Hagea...He settled in Lancaster County, PA, where he took up a tract of 200 acres which lay in a branch of Muddy Creek in the Ease Cocalico township, south of the present town of Swartzville. He was granted this land by a warrant dated 22 May, 1734, and on 27 May, 1738, a survey was made. On 2 Apr., 1745, he sold his rights to Michael Harper, of Chester County, PA.

Hans Hege married Anna Eva Frey January 20, 1736 in Muddy Creek, Lancaster, PA. George received a 200 acre land grant May 27, 1738. He moved to NC about 1757. Anna was Moravian.
Immigration: "He came to America, PA, ship 'Dragon', captained by Charles Hargrave on 30 Sept., 1732...One hundred and eighty-five people were aboard the ship. The captain's list of passengers gives all three names in succession as Hayea. In the oath of allegiance and oath of abjuration lists, Hans Georg's name appears as Hans Jergi Hegi (from Strassburger's Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Vol. I, pages 96, 98). In Rupp's Collection of Thirty Thousand Names .., page 83, the surname is spelled Hagea...He settled in Lancaster County, PA, where he took up a tract of 200 acres which lay in a branch of Muddy Creek in the Ease Cocalico township, south of the present town of Swartzville. He was granted this land by a warrant dated 22 May, 1734, and on 27 May, 1738, a survey was made. On 2 Apr., 1745, he sold his rights to Michael Harper, of Chester County, PA.

Hans Hege married Anna Eva Frey January 20, 1736 in Muddy Creek, Lancaster, PA. George received a 200 acre land grant May 27, 1738. He moved to NC about 1757. Anna was Moravian.


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