1750 "John Abraham Ritner bade adieu to his war-scourged home in Alsace and came to Pennsylvania and settled in Berks County. The family was originally seated in Silesia and was of noble origin." [1]
1750 On 11 August, Abraham Ritner emigrated to America of the Ship Patience, Captain Hugh Steel, from Rotterdam. [2]
1756 John Abraham Ritner was taxed in Berks County. [3]
Research Notes:
1782 John Ritner was taxed as a freeman in Lancaster Borough, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [4]
[1] A. Stapleton, Memorials of the Huguenots in America (Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Huguenot Publishing Co, 1901), 75, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[2] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 308, right column, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[3] A. Stapleton, Memorials of the Huguenots in America (Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Huguenot Publishing Co, 1901), 73, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[4] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 754, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].