 about 1691 - 1747 (~ 56 years)
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| Name |
Leonard Rieth |
| Born |
about 1691 |
Baalborn/Mehlingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Immigration |
1709 |
New York |
| Estate |
RITH, LEONHARD.
written: April 10, 1747.
recorded: April 17, 1747. H.251.
Executors: Wife Elizabeth Catrina and brother Michael Rith.
Children: George, Nicholas, Frederich, Leonhard, Peter and Margreda (Zeller).
Witness: Conrad Weiser. (Philadelphia) |
| Died |
2 Feb 1747 |
| Buried |
Zion's Reed's Lutheran Cemetery, Marion Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
| Notes |
- In 1723 fled through the wilderness in the deep snow to the land of the Tulpehocken valley in Penn's provence.
Crushed to death by a cogwheel in the mill.
Tombstone states he was born in 1691
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| Person ID |
I010973 |
Strausstown Roots | Rieth.G |
| Last Modified |
9 Aug 2008 |
| Father |
George Rieth, b. Jan 1652, Baalborn/Mehlingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany , d. before 04 Oct 1710, Atlantic Ocean (Age ~ 58 years) |
| Mother |
Anna Catherine Sterf, b. about 1661, Baalborn/Mehlingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany , d. Berks County, Pennsylvania |
| Family ID |
F01665 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Anna Elisabeth Catharine Cochran, b. estimated 1691, d. Jan 1754 (Age ~ 63 years) |
| Married |
- The Tulpehocken Reeds adds two additional children, Jacob, b. 1746, and Wilhelmina, no dates, who died young. I have omitted Jacob since he is over 20 years younger than his closest sibling, and have omitted Wilhemina since she appears to be an unproven rumor
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| Children |
| + | 1. Johan George Rieth, b. 04 Jun 1714, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 23 Jun 1791, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 77 years) |
| + | 2. Johann Nicolaus Rieth, b. 04 Jun 1716, d. 07 Jan 1788, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 71 years) |
| + | 3. Frederick Rieth, b. 15 Mar 1718, d. 24 Dec 1794, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 76 years) |
| + | 4. Anna Maria Margareth Rieth, b. 1720, New York |
| + | 5. Leonhart Rieth, b. 10 Sep 1723, New York , d. 28 Apr 1803, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years) |
| + | 6. Peter Rieth, b. about 1725, d. before 1777 (Age ~ 52 years) |
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| Family ID |
F03081 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Headstones |
 | Rith, Loenhard
Hr Ligd Begraben Ohan Loenhard Rith - Er ist Gebhoren 1691 und gestarben 1747 - Er hat mit sinr Haus Frau Ana Lisa Catarina - Ge zeugt 8 Kinder 65 Oenkelien == Here lies buried Johann Leonard Rith - He war born in 1691 and died 1747 - He had with his wife Annalisa Catharina 8 children ad 65 Grandchildren |
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| Rith, Loenhard
Hr Ligd Begraben Ohan Loenhard Rith - Er ist Gebhoren 1691 und gestarben 1747 - Er hat mit seiner Haus Frau Ana Lisa Catarina - Ge zeugt 8 Kinder 65 Oenkelien |
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| Sources |
- [S459] The Tulpehocken Reeds, Herbert P Reed, (The Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society), II-3, p. 75, 77.
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