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- [[Category:Religious Martyrs]]
[[Category:Mennonites]]
[[Category:Anabaptists]]
== Biography ==
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From [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Hess Wikipedia.com:]
'''John Jacob Hess''' (German: Hans Jacob Hess) (May 17, 1584 – 1639)[[https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/e/n/Carole-Henson-CO/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0593.html Davis, Richard W. "... Information on Hans Jacob Hess (b. 17 May 1584, d. 1639)"]. Retrieved 8 August 2020.][[https://books.google.com/books?id=0cRRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA241&lpg=PA241&dq=hans+jacob+hess+1639&source=bl&ots=fZmBG0zeH3&sig=DtGjdlK0aYmH5Jt47LNy7jYhAoA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=e485U4WaO4aN2gWNnYHQAg&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=hans%20jacob%20hess%201639&f=false Genealogy of the Hess Family]. Google Books. 1896.] was a Swiss-German Anabaptist minister and martyr.[[http://www.mytrees.com/newanc/Other/Died-1639/He/Hess-family/Jakob-Hess-bootie1-2007.html Mytrees.com]]
=== Early life ===John Jacob Hess was born in Wald, Zurich, Switzerland on May 17, 1584 to Hans Heinrich Hess, a bailiff,[[https://www.geni.com/people/Hans-Hess/6000000008781702043 Henson, Carole. "Hans Jacob Hess"] Genealogy.com. Retrieved 31 March 2014.] (1534–1587)["Heinrich Hess". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 31 March 2014.] and Adelheid Kuntz (1546–1585).[ "Adelheid Kuntz". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 31 March 2014.] He was a direct patrilineal great-great-grandson of Johannes Hans Hess, and thus his Y-DNA was Haplogroup I-M170. He had eight older full siblings: Margaretha, Christian, Matheus, Hans, Elsy, Margaretha, Heinrich, and Dorothea; five older half-siblings from his father's first two marriages: Adelheid, Barbara, Veronica, Catharina and Anna; and one younger half-brother, Hans, from his father's fourth marriage.
=== Marriage and Children ===
He married Anna Egli (1584–1639) on April 27, 1606.
They had 7 children:
# Anna (b: September 1607)
# Christian (b. February 15, 1609)
# Heinrich (b. January 28, 1615)
# Hans Egli (b. May 24, 1617)
# Samuel (b. August 28, 1621)
# Veronica (b. February 10, 1623)
# Dorothea (b. October 7, 1627)
=== Imprisonment and death ===In 1637, he was arrested for being Anabaptist, and locked in Othenbach Prison for 19 days. Later that year, he was again arrested, this time spending eight weeks in Othenbach Prison. In 1638, he was arrested for the third and final time, and thrown in Othenbach Prison for 83 weeks. While imprisoned, he was stripped and put in iron bonds for 16 weeks. He, along with his wife, who was imprisoned for 63 weeks, contracted tuberculosis (then known as consumption), and died. His property was seized and sold for 4,000 guilders (approximately $800,000 in modern US dollars). None of the money was restored to his descendants.[[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_pPYMAAAAYAAJ/page/n93/mode/2up?q=jacob+hess Eshleman, Henry Frank (1917). Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and of Their Remote Ancestors, from the Middle of the Dark Ages, Down to the Time of the Revolutionary War.] Google Books. p. 88.][[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bloody_Theater/2VREAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=hans+jacob+hess+1639&pg=PA1013&printsec=frontcover The Bloody Theater, or Martyrs Mirror ... ]. Retrieved 6 August 2020.]
== Sources ==
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1584 - Abt 1639 (54 years)
