Father's Parents:
Johannes Philip Hey (1774-1813)
& Juliana Schloss (1781-?)
Mother's Parents:
Father & Mother:
Father: Jacob Hey (1813-1898)
Mother: Kristina Volk Hey (?-1851)
Children:
#1: Jacob Hey, Jr. (1845-1924)
#2: Mary Elizabeth Hey Reed (1847-1912)
#3: ? (?-1851)
Father & Mother:
Father: Jacob Hey (1813-1898)
Mother: Klementina Dal Hey (1821-1887)
Children:
#1: John Phillip (1856-1945)
#2: Carolina "Carrie" (1858-1882) Photo, Age 22
#3: Emma (1859-1890) Jacob & Emma Snavely, Info, Obit
#4: Peter (1863-1863)
#5: Abraham (1864-1885)
Jacob Hey,
father of John Phillip Hey,
father of Abram Hey
"Jacob Hey History"
(likely written by Clement Hey)
"Further Jacob Hey History"
(origin unknown)
Jacob Hey History
by Great Great Grandson James Hey
The first Hey to come to the Lee County area, Jacob Hey was born December 15, 1813 in Winden, Renish, Bavaria which at that time and until 1815 belonged to France. His older brother Abraham, a farmer, was set up with farm equipment and when Jacob was not set up, Jacob sold-out and came to the USA.
Jacob came to the USA in April, 1836, arriving in New York City, June 1, 1836 on the Ship Charlemagne. [He lived in] New York City, later moving to Poughkeepsie, New York where he married Christina Volk in 1843.
To this union with Christina were born three children, Jacob Jr., Mary Elizabeth, and a younger child. In 1851, Jacob came west with his family and purchased a farm near Milwaukee, but before moving onto the farm, his first wife and youngest child died. He immediately returned to Poughkeepsie, and after four years, married Clementina Dahl in 1855. She was born in Badin, Germany in 1820 and died April 21, 1887. They lived in Poughkeepsie, New York where Jacob worked in a pharmacy.
Jacob had a son by his first wife, Christina, who was also called Jacob and fought in the Civil War. Later, the son Jacob went to Overbrook, Kansas. Jacob attended his father Jacob Hey's funeral in 1898. Jacob's other children were Carrie, Peter, and Emma who married a Snavely and moved near Los Angeles. Jacob's other child, by his second wife, Clementina, was my great grandfather, John Phillip Hey. He was born in Poughkeepsie, NY on February 11, 1856. They moved to Illinois in March of 1856.
Jacob Hey bought part of his 160-acre farm in 1857 and another 40 acres during the Civil War, which he and his son John Phillip farmed. On February 26,1878, John Phillip married Elizabeth Baer and soon after purchased the farm from his father. He was supposed to pay six hundred dollars per year until the death of his father, but since there were no written records and no evidence that he had paid, John had to dig up twelve thousand dollars when Jacob died.