So the John Hess who married Judy if Edward was the first child and they married c 1835 I would presume he was born c 1815 However it still does not explain who John Hess died 1870 age 76 birth c1794 was unless i am missing something hope all this make sense,
Going back to my original post we know John Hess married Mary Quinn 1867 it says full age usually reckoning on John being 20 when he married, so is this the John who died in Wexford in 1899 age 48 birth c 1851??Back a generation to the John Hess & Judy Cullen the first birth Ive found is Edward 1835 others followed and a John born 1841 ?? but who was he ??
So we now need to find where John Hesse Snr was born ?? c 1796.
Hate to say this again, but it is a Germanic surname!https://surnamedb.com/surname/hesse