circa 1820 Map of Reading, Pennsylvania with lot numbers.
Note that North is to the left [43]
1761 Joseph Ritner was taxed in Reading Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [1]
1768 "Rittner, Regina, lawful daughter of Joseph and Barbara Rittner, died September 7, 1768, of small pox [variolis], aged three years; buried September 9, in the church graveyard." [2] [3]
1768 Joseph Rittener, weaver, was taxed in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [4] [5]
1772 Daughter Barbara had a child: "Langhammer, Ann Mar., [daughter] of George Langhammer and his wife Barbara, born April 17, 1772, baptized May 10, at Reading; sponsors, Frederic Haffner and Anna M. Rittner." [6]
1773 Joseph Ritner, weaver, was taxed in Reading Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [7] [8]
1774 Joseph Ritner was taxed in Reading Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [9]
1773 Daughter Barbara, had a baby: "Langhammer, George Michael, of George Langhammer and his wife M. Barbara, born February 4, 1773, baptized February 14, at Reading; sponsors, Michael Rittner and Frances Fricker." [10]
1774 "Chaumont, John Bernard, of John Bernard Chaumont and Susanna Zinn, born December 1, 1774, baptized December 11, at Joseph Rüttner's house in Reading; sponsors, James Stahl and his wife Catharine." [11]
1779 Joseph Ritner was taxed as a weaver in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [12] Joseph Ritner was listed in Hereford Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania [13].
1779 "Altgayer, Joseph, of Sebastian Altgayer and his wife Catharine, born April 1, 1779, baptized April 11, in the chapel at Reading; sponsors Joseph Rüttner and Barbara Rüttner, maternal grandparents of the child." [14]
1781 Joseph Ritner was taxed as a weaver in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania with a lot and house. [15] [16] [17]
1781 "Altgayer, Catharine, of Sebastian Altgayer and his wife Catharine, born June 10, 1781, baptized June 20, at Reading; sponsors Joseph Rüttner and his wife Anna Maria [sic], grandparents of the child." [18]
1781 Joseph Ritter, weaver, was taxed for house and 1 cow in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [19]
1781 "Rüttner, M. Barbara, of Michael Rüttner and his wife Catharine, born the same day as above [September 9], 1781, baptized October 7, 1781, at Reading; sponsors, Joseph Rüttner and his wife M. Barbara, grandparents of the child." [20]
1784 Joseph Ritner was taxed as a weaver in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [21]
1784 In September, Joseph Rittner, widower, married Eva Martin, widow. [22]
1785 Joseph Reitner, weaver, was taxed for a house and lot in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [23] [24]
1786 Joseph Reitner was taxed for a house and lot in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [25] [26]
1788 Joseph Ritner, weaver, was taxed in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [27] [28] [29] Peter Rittner, weaver, was also listed, for the first time.
1789 Joseph Ridner, weaver, was taxed in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [30]
1789 "Rittner, John, four months old, son of Peter Rittner and his wife Barbara; baptized January 11 [1789]; sponsors, John Joseph Rittner and his wife Eva." [31]
1790 "Rittner, Peter, born March 4 [1790], of Peter Rittner and his wife Barbara; baptized March 14; sponsors Joseph Peter Rittner and his wife Eva." [32]
1790 Joseph Ritner lived in Reading Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in a household with 2 males age 16 and over, and 1 females. Peter Ritner was listed on the same page. [33]
1791 Joseph Ritner, weaver, was taxed with "1 poor house & lott" in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [34]
1792 A tax entry was marked out for Joseph Ridner, weaver, with "1 house & lott" in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. An entry for for Peter Ridner, weaver, with "1 house & lott" was shown below. [35] Joseph Ritner's will was dated in 1794.
1793 Son Peter Ritner was taxed in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Joseph was not listed. [36]
1794 The will of Joseph Ritner, weaver, of the borough of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, was dated on April 3, 1794 - July 26, 1794 The will was proved at Reading on July 26, 1794. [37] Letters of administration were issued to son Peter Rittner and son-in-law Sebastian Allgeyer on July 26. [38] The Estate papers include the original copy of the will with the signature of Joseph Ritner and the inventory. [39]:
I give bequeath to my beloved wife Eve Rittner all the house furniture which she brought to me and five pounds in money and her widow Seat hereafter mentioned and given her shall be in live [lieu?] and in full of her dower or thirds out of my estate both real & personal.
I give and bequeath unto my grand daughter Anna Maria Longkammer my bed and bedstead thereto belonging.
I give and unto my eldest son Michael Ritner the sum of £5 in specie and my house block beforehand as & for his first birthright.
It is my will and I do order that my hereinafter named executors or the acting servicer of them shall sell all the residue & remainder of my personal estates and also my messuage or tenement and lot of ground there belonging being no. 299, situate on the west side of Duck [sic Duke] Street in the borough of Reading aforesaid at publick sale for the best price that can be gotten for the same under and subject never the less that my said wife Eve Rittner shall have hold and keep in her garet and peacable possession during her natural life or as long as she remain my widow the southern most room and the garret above said room of the said messuage or tenement and the piece of garden thereto adjoining and commonly let with the southern most room with the liberty to cook in the kitchen and to put her things into the cellar with free ingress egress and regress at all times through the other room of said messuage ...
It is my will and I do order that the money arising from the sale of my personal estate ... shall be divided as follows ten pounds as thereof my said wife Eve Ritner is to have and receive and the residue to be divided to and amongst my children Michael Rittner, Peter Rittner, Anna Maria Shomo, Catharine Algaire, and Maria Margaret Wortner and my said grand daughter Anna Maria Longhammer ...
And lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my said son Peter Rittner, my son-in-law Sebastian Allgaier executors of this my last will & testament ... I have set my hand & seal the third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four.
in the presence of ... Simon Madera and Chester Medary.
1794 Joseph Rittner, aged 74, died July 19, 1794; buried on the 21st at Reading. [40] [41]
1831 Attorneys of the Penn family sold, to son John Ritner, in trust for himself and other heirs of Peter Ritner, deceased (John was a nephew of Joseph), lot 299 on the west side of Duke Street in Reading Pennsylvania, being the same lot reserved by Patent to Philip J Moyer. Dated April 6. [42]
1845 John and Elizabeth Ritner sold a certain house and half lot, part of lot 299, on the west side of seventh (formerly Duke) Street, in Reading, Pennsylvania, to the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Dated June 20. [44]
Research Notes:
The original St. Peter Church of Reading Pennsylvania was described as follows [45]:
The old Church of St. Peter which was mentioned by a certain writer in 1753 as "a Roman Catholic Meeting-house," was a block-house on the east side of old DukeStreet (now Seventh Street), between Franklin and Chestnut Streets (on the present property of the electric plant opposite the Franklin Street station of the P. & R. Railroad). Alongside the church was a graveyard; both church and graveyard were sold in 1845 and the bodies buried in the old graveyard were transferred to the new cemetery on Neversink Mountain.
1818 The members of the "Congregation of German Roman Catholics now worshipping in our church called St. Peters Church in the Borough of Reading in the County of Berks" recorded their articles of association in a deed. Dated August 18. [46]:
The trustees of the said Congregation are at this time Sebastian Allgaier, J? Eichhorn, Peter Rittner, Anthony Felix, Joseph Allgaier, JG Repplier, Joseff Obold, Jacob Lambert,
Members (Jno Allgaier, Wm Rehr, Wm Fricker, Peter Rittner Jnr, Jacob Hartman, Karl Clef, Johannes Hartman, Johannes Kunig (King), Michael Hartman, Georg Rittner, Martin Felix, Solomon Felix, Frans Hartman, Jacob Felix, Simon Seyfert, George Singfried, Jacob Allgaier, Joseph Lambert)
1847 The congregation of St. Peter's church in Reading, Cumberland County, petitioned for a change in the articles of the church. Dated March 3. The members, including several named Ritner and Allgaier, were named. [47]:
To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County. The petition and application of the trustees and members of St. Peter's Church in the Borough of Reading and the members of said Corporation, Respectfully represent, that they were incorporated by the style and name aforesaid under the act of the 6th of April 1791, as a Religious Society or Congregation of German Roman Catholics &c on or about the 30th day of April 1818. That the first and second articles of the instrument upon which said corporation is formed and established read as follows to wit, "Article 1 All those persons of the Roman Catholic Religion who have contributed to the building of the church aforesaid and all those who shall hereafter contribute any sum of money not less than one dollar annually towards the support of the said church, shall be capable of becoming members of the said Congregation or of continuing to be member thereof. Article 2, The affairs and concerns of the said Congregation shall be transacted and managed by eight trustees or a majority of them, except in the cases hereafter mentioned where the consent of the congregation ... Your petitioners therefore humbly pray the court to examine the said alterations ... Jno Allgaier, H F Felix, Michl Kn?, Hillary Clay, Johannis El?, Wm S Allgaier, Johness Wintner, Dominicus Gabriel, John Rittner, Arthur D?, Terence McManus, William Boyle, John Dunn, Adam Swank, John S?nk, Aaron H Clay, Thomas McDonough, Michl Murphy, John Ryan, Martin Noonan, Patrick Lowe, Henry J Clay, Aaron Clay, Martin Lemen, James Stewart, John Hunt, Thomas McCoffrey, John Sheridan, Patrick McGee, Hugh Tarle, Edward Meolagh, John Cahel, Redmond McManus, Hugh Brady, Bernard Brady, John Dugan, James Boylan, Patrick McGee, John Kiernan, Michel Heyel, John McManus, John Deery, Mich'l Mahony, Michal Mangar, Jacob Rittnour, Portner Witman, Henrich G?, Jacob Allgaier, John Allgaier, John Clay, Joseph I Clay, John H Clay, Lewis Allgaier, Patrick McKinney, John Haggans, John Garvin, Nicholas A Felix, Sebastian Leiber, Jacob Sciffner, John Kelly, Anthony Felix, Joseph Allgaier, P O'Reilly, A Purvelle, Johann? Singfrind, Samuel Singfrind, John Hausler, George Bohringer, Patrick Conly, Pat'k Hessen, Michael Hassen, Michael Hauser, Peter Clark, Francis Clark, Denis Callahan, Thomas McMahan, Joseph Ritner, ? Kriffrew, And? Schnabel, David Greath, John B Klemer, James Farrell, John Trout, Adam Mathis, ? A?, Johan M?, L? Johannes Hartman, Christian M?, John Rutz, Maichel Hartman. Application of the trustees and members ... being read ... and the court being of the opinion that the same would be lawful
Research Notes:
DNA A descendant reports several matches with descedants of Johann George Adam Reitenauer (b. 18 Nov 1718 in Tieffenbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France, d. 8 Aug 1789 in Conococheague, Washington County, Maryland), perhaps a son of Hans Johannes Rittenour (b. 3 Mar 1690 in Tieffenbach, d. 11 Mar 1755 in Pike Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania).
Notes for this family:
1738 Tieffenbach parish records are available back to 1738. [48]
1843 First Berks County deed is dated 1843. [49]
1739 This might be the family of Johannes Reytenaar, who immigrated on the ship Lydia in December 11, 1739. [50]
Wills are listed in Washington County, Maryland for Henry (1781, executors Matthias and David), Nicholas, and Mathias (1792). [51]
1789 Nicholas and Mathias Ridenour were named in the Orphans Court records in 1789. [52] [53]
1792 The estate sale for Mathias Redenour of Washington County, Maryland was dated in 1792. [54]
1810 The will of George Redenaur was mentioned in the Orphans Court of Washington County, Maryland. [55]
A biosketch is given by Montgomery. [56]
JONAS B. REIDENOUER, a successful citizen of Boyertown, where he is employed by the Colebrookdale Iron Company, is a member of a family which traces its American origin to a German from the Palatinate, who fled to the New World to escape religious persecution in the Old. This emigrant was Johannes Reidenour, who was born in 1690, son of Nicholas and Susanna Reidenour, of Rothenhal. He crossed the Atlantic on the ship “Lydia,” which qualified at Philadelphia Dec. 11, 1739, and on the same vessel came his son, Johannes, Jr., then sixteen years of age. In 1759 one John Reidenour was a taxable resident in District township. Berks county, and this must have been the son, as the father died in 1755. Both are buried at Hill Church. The father was married in 1716, and he and his wife, Maria Catharine, had children as follows: John, born in 1717, died in .1721. George, born in 1718, married Elizabeth Kippinger, and removed to western Maryland, where many of his descendants are found. George Nicholas, born in 1720, did not come to America until 1764. Margaret, born in 1722, married John Nicholas Philips. Johannes, born in 1723, married Elizabeth Herbein. John Jacob, born in 1725, died young. Catharine Barbara, born in 1728, married Peter Kohn. Christina, born in 1729, married John Adam Forch. Christopher was born in 1731. Maria Ellis, born in 1733, married Conrad Smith. Maria Albertina, born in 1735, died young. Elizabeth, born in 1737, died young. Anna Ursula was born in 1740.
In the hill country contiguous to the Maxatawny and Oley Valleys were seated the Oley, Hills, and the district now comprised in the townships of District, Pike, Rock land , and Ruscombmanor townships. This territory has an abundance of fine water. In these districts were lo cated a large number of Alsatians and Lorrainese at an early date, among them being the Reitenouers, Mosers, Gerbers, De la Camps, Beavers, John Ruhlin, Matthieu Morrett, Nicholas Guerin, John George Riehl, Henry Linville and John Michael Grauel. Johannes Reidenouer, the younger, was born in Ger many Dec. 26, 1723, and at his death June 14, 1805, was buried at Hill Church. He made his will Aug. 28, 1801, and it is on record in Will Book 4, page 294. To him and his wife, Elizabeth Herbein, born 1732, died Jan. 20, 1808, were born the following children: Johannes, 1759 1828; Frederick, 1762–1837; Jacob, 1764-1831; Abraham ; Mary Elizabeth, who married George Seibert; Susanna, who married John Stauffer, and had a son Jacob to whom her father bequeathed a sheep; Barbara, who mar ried Michael Hoffman; and Catharine, who never married, Johannes Reidenouer, born Dec. 3, 1759, son of Jo hannes, lived in District township, Berks county, where he owned a small tract of land which he cultivated in addition to working among the farmers. He died July 22, 1828, and is buried at Hill Church. He married Elizabeth Herb, born in 1752, and died Jan. 20, 1808, a tall, strong woman of decided character. Their children were: Abra ham, who lives at New Berlinville: Jacob, of Maxatawny township ; John, who died in Washington township; Daniel; Susan, m. to Abraham Herbst, of District town ship; Catharine, m. to a Mr. Lehr, and they lived in Philadelphia; and Peggy, m. to Peter Case, of Hereford township.
Daniel Reidenouer, son of Johannes and Elizabeth, was born Jan. 5, 1814. He devoted himself to the cultivation of his tract of twelve acres and to day labor, and at his death May 2, 1892, was buried at Hill Church. He mar ried Maria Polly Becker, who was born Feb. 11, 1817, and who died May 18, 1900. Their children were: Sarah, m. to William Mutter, of New Berlinville; Jonas B.; Reuben, of Lock Haven, Pa.; George, who died aged fifty years; David, twin to George, who died in the Civil war; Mary. m. to Andrew Kemmerer, of Washington township; Lizzie, m. to Jonathan Hoffman, of Wash ington township; Ellen, widow of Jacob Gildberg; Emma, widow of James Herbst.
Jonas B. Reidenouer, son of Daniel, was born in District township, Berks county, Nov. 10, 1839, and now lives in a fine brick home in Boyertown, which he erected in 1902. This is a double house, the one-half being occu pied by Mr. Reidenouer, and the other by his married daughter, Ella. Mr. Reidenouer learned the blacksmith's trade at the age of seventeen with John Deysher, of Boyertown, and this he followed two years, when he became the blacksmith for the Phoenix Iron Company at Boyertown, sharpening tools, and later he became the engineer of the Company, continuing in this employ for thirty-five years, and becoming one of their most valuable men. Since 1895 he has been employed by the Colebrook dale Iron Company. In politics he is a Democrat, and while actively interested in his party's welfare has never held any office except that of school director. He and his family are Lutheran members of St. John's Church, in which he has been a deacon. In 1863 Mr. Reidenouer married Emma Stetler, daugh ter of Christian and Mary (Fry) Stetler, of Gilbertsville, and their children are: Henry, of Boyertown; Thomas and Horace, of Pottstown; Ella, m. to Ray Hartlein, of Boyer town; and Charles, of Chicago. Besides his home Mr. Reidenouer owns a good house on Philadelphia avenue. He is one of the substantial citizens of the borough.
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