Although the Hexter/Hoechster/Hoexter surname suggest that the family may have originated in the town of Höchst or Höchster at some point in their distant past, Hexters lived in the Hessen area at least from the beginning of the 17th Century.  The earliest documented Hexter is Nehm Höxter who came to Schweinsberg from Beidenkopf in 1627.  So this project hopes to learn if the Hexters of the various nearby communities  share a common direct male line ancestor.    

Here are the early generations of the various Hexter lines inthe Hesse area.  Throught the testing of one male from each community we hope to discover the relationship between these Hexters.   The records of Schweinsberg reveal that Nehm had a son Münsch (=Man).  Could this individual be the same as Mordche who is the patriarch of the Hexters of Storndorf?   We hope to answer this and many other questions.   Hopefully we will also find dna matches with other surnames in the area that will help re-attach some of these distant branches.   The records of Mardorf show that there was an Isaac who may be the son of Nehm of Schweinsberg.  

Here are some of the earliest Hexters who lived in Hessen.  Female lines have been pruned so it is easier to follow the male line which carries the Y-DNA.

Schweinsberg, Kirchhain Kreis

Nehm b. ca 1600 of Beidenkopf d. aft 1666 occuption:  butcher & Sara

|        Salomon 

|        Isaak (Eisig) HÖXTER 

|        |        Salomon  HÖXTER b. ca 1675 Schweinsberg

|        |        |        Nehm Schmuel (Samuel)  HÖXTER b. ca 1705 Schweinsberg d. bef 1771

|        |        |        |        Isaak Nehm Hoxter (1738 Schweinsberg -27 Feb 1817 Schweinsberg)

|        |        |        |        & Fradchen d. 8 Mar 1867

|        Munsch (possibly could be Mordche b. ca 1650 who was the patriarch of the Storndorf crew)

Mardorf, Hessen  (this may be the son of Nehm of Schweinsberg) 
|        Isaak (Eisig b. ca 1640 d. ca 1701 Mardorf  (Isaak and his sons were butchers)

|        |        Abraham (protected Jew in Mardorf in 1697 d. aft 1715)

|        |        Nehm d. 1737 Mardorf  (protected Jew in Mardorf in 1698)

Storndorf, Alsfeld Kreis

Mordechai  b. ca 1650  (could be Münch ofSchweinsberg???)

|           Salomon Mordechai (Kalonymus) (1680 -1770 Storndorf)

|           & Feigel d. 23 Jul 1784, Storndorf

|           |            Meshulam/KaufmannKolonymus (1715-1789)

|           |            & Rebekka   d. 1799 Storndorf

|           |           |            HerzHERZBERG (1750-1820 Breitenbach

|           |           |            AbrahamHÖCHSTER (ca 1750-bef 1822)

|           |           |            &Hendel b. ca 1765 d. 29 Jan 1855, Storndorf

|           |           |            KallmanHÖCHSTER (1751- Aug 1841 Storndorf)

|           |           |            &Scheindele "Jette" SCHLOSS (ca 1765-1837)

Levi HÖXTER  b. ca1660  d. bef 1721

|           Judas HÖXTER b. ca 1690

|           |            Levi HÖXTERb. 1721 Treysa& Mägden (ca 1734

|           |           |            Sussman HÖXTER(1757 Treysa- 1836 Treysa)

|           |           |            & Zippora HEINEMAN

|           |           |            Feisel HÖXTER b.ca 1768 & Fromet STEIBEL b. 1780 

Other Random Hexters from the Hesse area.  I would guess that the Kirchhein/Mansbach/Angenrod Hexters are closely related.   But the name Juda also ties in with the names in Treysa.    So maybe Juda is a grandson of Judas of Treysa! The father might even be that Isaak who was denied permission to live in Treysa as the first born son is also Isaak.  Both Juda and Löb have connections to the Wallach family & Mansbach.  Once we've received results for the 3 main Hexter lines, we can then venture to expand to some of the other Hexters in the Hesse area.

Angenrod, Alsfeld Kreis

Juda HÖCHSTER   b. ca 1770  

& Reisgen WALLACH  b. ca 1792 Mansbach  d. 20 Oct 1862  Angenrod

|           Isaak HÖCHSTER (30 Oct 1826 Angenrod-5 May 1846 Angenrod)

|           Joseph HÖCHSTER (1829 Angenrod-1848 Angenrod

Wolf HÖCHSTER   b. 1787 OfAngenrod  d. 4 Jun 1860

& Jettchen (Juedgen) KATZ  b.Storndorf, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany m. ca 1816

|            Meyer  HÖCHSTER* b. 21 Jan 1818, Angenrod m. 12 Sep 1843

|            & Caroline BAUM b. ca 1815, Glensdorf d. 16 Mar 1853, Angenrod

|            Meyer HÖCHSTER* b. 21 Jan 1818, Angenrod

|            & Gela WERTHEIM b. ca 1825, Borken (?) m. 21 Dec 1855, Angenrod

|            Isaak HÖCHSTER b. 10 Mar 1824, Angenrod d. 1888, NY

|            Salomon HÖCHSTER b. 3 Jan 1829, Angenrod d. 25 Dec 1905 NY., NY

|            &Adelhaide REISS b. Sep 1835, Bavaria d. 8 Jun 1906 NY.,NY

|            Marx Reiss HÖCHSTER b. 5 Nov 1833, Angenrod d. USA & Nancy LEHMAN

Kirtorf, Alfeld Kreis

|           Unknown HÖCHSTER

|           |          John  HEXTER (Julius or Juda???)  b. ca 1830 Kirtorf d. 1911 Pendleton, Oregon & Caroline

|           |          D Moses HEXTER b. 1 Apr 1836 d. 1898 Dayton, Washington & Lillie MAY

|           |          Levi HEXTER b. 1 Apr 1836 d. 8 Oct 1897 Portland, Oregon & Laura MAY

Kirchhain/Mansbach

Löb HÖXTER b. ca 1782  Of Kirchheim  d. 16 Apr 1859  occ. Butcher

& Rachel (Regina) METRO or  AMSCHEL  b. 1791 Kirchhain, Hesse-Kassel 

|           Aaron HOEXTER b. ca 1814 d. 7 Jan 1891, NY, NY

|           Salomon HOEXTER b. ca 13 Mar 1815

|           Jacob HÖXTER b. 16 May 1817 Hesse-Cassel d. 22 Dec 1882, NY

|           & Frommet "Fannie" WALLACH (1826 Bavaria-1897 NY., NY)

|           Amschel HOEXTER (7 May 1821 Kirchhain - 2 Nov 1893 Kirchhain)

|           & Gieta BIERMANN (ca 1825-28 Feb 1878 Kirchhain)

|           & Schöne GOLDSCHMIDT (1832- 1889, Kirchhain) m. 28 Feb 1854