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Geertruid Pieters Rittenhouse (Kersten)

Also Known As: "Gertrude Rittenhausen", ""Gertrude""
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Loenen Aan De Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland (Netherlands)
Death: 1708 (65-66)
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of Burial: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Pieter Kersten Pieters, II and Claerken Everts Pieters
Wife of Rev. William Rittenhouse; Rev. William Rittenhouse and William Rittenhouse, Mennonite Bishop
Mother of Reverend Nicholas Rittenhouse, Mennonite; Elizabeth Papen and Gerhard “Garret” Rittenhouse

Occupation: Wife & Mother of the major Rittenhouse & Writtenhouse Family in America, Married Wilhelm Rittenhausen in Holland June 7, 1665, House Keeper
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About Geertruid Pieters Rittenhouse

Geertruid Kersten PIETERS 5 6

Born: JUN 1642 in Loenen, Gelderland Holland 7   Died: 1708 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City County, Pennsylvania 8 Father: (Private) KERSTEN Mother: (Private) EVERTS

WILHELM RÜDDINGHUYSEN (CLAES RETTINGHAUSEN) married GEERTRUID KERSTEN PIETERS June 1665 in Leonen, Netherlands. (GEERTRUID KERSTEN PIETERS is #550.) GEERTRUID was born 1642 in Eerbeek, Netherlands. GEERTRUID was the daughter of PIETER KERSTEN and CLERKE EVERTS. GEERTRUID died 1708 in Germantown, Phil. Co. PA, USA, at age 66.



Birth: unknown, Netherlands Death: 1708

GEERTRUID KERSTEN "GERTRUDE" PIETERS , immigrant Birth: ABT 1642 in Eerbeek, Gelderland, Holland (Netherlands?) Death: 1708 in Rittenhouse Town, Germantown, now Philadelphia, Pa Burial: the Mennonite Churchyard, Germantown, PA

Note: SOURCES: "The Ahnentafel of Heath Vogel", Family

Father: PIETER KERSTEN , (PIETERS) Mother: CLAERKE EVERETS b: ABT 1621 in Holland

Married: WILHELM RITTENHAUSEN , 1st MennoniteMinisterAmer b: 1644 in Westphalia, near Mulheim, Holland-in Broich, a small village then part of the County of Berg, near Muelheim Married: JUN 1665 in the first week of June, at Loenen, near Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Holland

Children Nicholas "Klaus" Rettinghouse , Mennonite Ministr b: 15 JUN 1666 in Holland Elizabeth Rettinghouse b: BET 1670 AND 1672 in Geld, Arnhem, Netherlands (WFT Vol. 8, #3063, © 1997 Genealogy.com) GERHARD "GARRET" RETTINGHOUSE , immigrant b: ABT 1674 in Geld, Arnhem, Netherlands

Note for: Geertruid Kersten Pieters, 1646 - Feb 1708 Index Burial: Place: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Individual Note: ORDINANCE DATA: States she was born in 1642-1646 in Ferbeck or Erbeck, Loenen, Gelderland, Netherlands. She and Wilhelm Rittenhouse were married 7 Jun 1665 in Loenen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands. She died 1708 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was buried there in the Mennonite Churchyard. She had her work done in 2001-2002 in the Reno Temple. She has also had her work repeated in 2005 several times and cleared for more. Her father is given as Pieter Kersten and her mother as Clerke Everts.



She immigrated to America from Holland in 1688, with her German Husband and two sons and a daughter.

GEERTRUID KERSTEN "GERTRUDE" PIETERS , immigrant Birth: ABT 1642 in Eerbeek, Gelderland, Netherlands Death: 1708 in Rittenhouse Town, Germantown, now Philadelphia, Pa Burial: the Mennonite Churchyard, Germantown, PA

Note: SOURCES: "The Ahnentafel of Heath Vogel", Family

Father: PIETER KERSTEN , (PIETERS) Mother: CLAERKE EVERETS b: ABT 1621 in Holland

Married: WILHELM RITTENHAUSEN , 1st MennoniteMinisterAmer b: 1644 in Westphalia, near Mulheim, Holland-in Broich, a small village then part of the County of Berg, near Muelheim Married: JUN 1665 in the first week of June, at Loenen, near Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Holland

Children Nicholas "Klaus" Rettinghouse , Mennonite Ministr b: 15 JUN 1666 in Holland Elizabeth Rettinghouse b: BET 1670 AND 1672 in Geld, Arnhem, Netherlands (WFT Vol. 8, #3063, © 1997 Genealogy.com) GERHARD "GARRET" RETTINGHOUSE , immigrant b: ABT 1674 in Geld, Arnhem, Netherlands

Note for: Geertruid Kersten Pieters, 1646 - Feb 1708 Index Burial: Place: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Individual Note: ORDINANCE DATA: States she was born in 1642-1646 in Ferbeck or Erbeck, Loenen, Gelderland, Netherlands. She and Wilhelm Rittenhouse were married 7 Jun 1665 in Loenen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands. She died 1708 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was buried there in the Mennonite Churchyard. She had her work done in 2001-2002 in the Reno Temple. She has also had her work repeated in 2005 several times and cleared for more. Her father is given as Pieter Kersten and her mother as Clerke Everts.

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Geertruid Pieters Rittenhouse's Timeline

1642
June 1642
Loenen Aan De Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland (Netherlands)
1666
June 16, 1666
Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1672
1672
Mulheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1674
January 1, 1674
Mulheim, Ruhr,, Mülheim, Düsseldorf, NRW, Germany
1708
February 20, 1708
Age 65
Germantown Mennonite Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1708
Age 65
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA