Born in Huguenot Religio, S. France
He was a Huguenot Soldier who fought in the Battle of Boyne, Ireland in 1690
Married a Irsh girl who died before he came to the US
Immigration to the US in 1718 with his 3 sons
Second wife: Priscilla Foulk
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Source: Rev. Stapleton's "Memorials of the Huguenots"
Quotation taken from this book in Howard Cessna's "The House of Cessna", page 5.
Quote: "De Cessna - Among the heroes of the Duke Schomburg at the battle of Boyne (1690) was a young Huguenot soldier, Jean De Cessna, who remained in Ireland after the forces of William, Prince of Orange, were withdrawn. In 1718 he came to Pennsylvania and located in Lancaster County. He later moved to York County, where he died in 1751. Several of his sons located in Shippensburg as early as 1751 and then later removed to Bedford county where the family became prominent. John De Cessna (1718-1800) of Bedford County, was one of the leading men of the Province. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly and Constitutional Convention of 1775 and a colonel in the Revolutionary War. His brother Charles De Cessna, was likewise a colonel in the War of Independence. The late Hon. John Cessna, State Senator and member of Congress was a great grandson of Col. De Cessna. Another son of the immigrant was Stephen De Cessna, who prior to 1750 was a resident of Cumberland County."
He was a Huguenot Soldier who fought in the Battle of Boyne, Ireland in 1690
Married a Irsh girl who died before he came to the US
Immigration to the US in 1718 with his 3 sons
Second wife: Priscilla Foulk
__________________________________________________
Source: Rev. Stapleton's "Memorials of the Huguenots"
Quotation taken from this book in Howard Cessna's "The House of Cessna", page 5.
Quote: "De Cessna - Among the heroes of the Duke Schomburg at the battle of Boyne (1690) was a young Huguenot soldier, Jean De Cessna, who remained in Ireland after the forces of William, Prince of Orange, were withdrawn. In 1718 he came to Pennsylvania and located in Lancaster County. He later moved to York County, where he died in 1751. Several of his sons located in Shippensburg as early as 1751 and then later removed to Bedford county where the family became prominent. John De Cessna (1718-1800) of Bedford County, was one of the leading men of the Province. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly and Constitutional Convention of 1775 and a colonel in the Revolutionary War. His brother Charles De Cessna, was likewise a colonel in the War of Independence. The late Hon. John Cessna, State Senator and member of Congress was a great grandson of Col. De Cessna. Another son of the immigrant was Stephen De Cessna, who prior to 1750 was a resident of Cumberland County."
Born in Huguenot Religio, S. France
He was a Huguenot Soldier who fought in the Battle of Boyne, Ireland in 1690
Married a Irsh girl who died before he came to the US
Immigration to the US in 1718 with his 3 sons
Second wife: Priscilla Foulk
__________________________________________________
Source: Rev. Stapleton's "Memorials of the Huguenots"
Quotation taken from this book in Howard Cessna's "The House of Cessna", page 5.
Quote: "De Cessna - Among the heroes of the Duke Schomburg at the battle of Boyne (1690) was a young Huguenot soldier, Jean De Cessna, who remained in Ireland after the forces of William, Prince of Orange, were withdrawn. In 1718 he came to Pennsylvania and located in Lancaster County. He later moved to York County, where he died in 1751. Several of his sons located in Shippensburg as early as 1751 and then later removed to Bedford county where the family became prominent. John De Cessna (1718-1800) of Bedford County, was one of the leading men of the Province. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly and Constitutional Convention of 1775 and a colonel in the Revolutionary War. His brother Charles De Cessna, was likewise a colonel in the War of Independence. The late Hon. John Cessna, State Senator and member of Congress was a great grandson of Col. De Cessna. Another son of the immigrant was Stephen De Cessna, who prior to 1750 was a resident of Cumberland County."
He was a Huguenot Soldier who fought in the Battle of Boyne, Ireland in 1690
Married a Irsh girl who died before he came to the US
Immigration to the US in 1718 with his 3 sons
Second wife: Priscilla Foulk
__________________________________________________
Source: Rev. Stapleton's "Memorials of the Huguenots"
Quotation taken from this book in Howard Cessna's "The House of Cessna", page 5.
Quote: "De Cessna - Among the heroes of the Duke Schomburg at the battle of Boyne (1690) was a young Huguenot soldier, Jean De Cessna, who remained in Ireland after the forces of William, Prince of Orange, were withdrawn. In 1718 he came to Pennsylvania and located in Lancaster County. He later moved to York County, where he died in 1751. Several of his sons located in Shippensburg as early as 1751 and then later removed to Bedford county where the family became prominent. John De Cessna (1718-1800) of Bedford County, was one of the leading men of the Province. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly and Constitutional Convention of 1775 and a colonel in the Revolutionary War. His brother Charles De Cessna, was likewise a colonel in the War of Independence. The late Hon. John Cessna, State Senator and member of Congress was a great grandson of Col. De Cessna. Another son of the immigrant was Stephen De Cessna, who prior to 1750 was a resident of Cumberland County."
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