Historical records matching Gerhard “Garret” Rittenhouse
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About Gerhard “Garret” Rittenhouse
GERHARD "GARRET" RETTINGHOUSE , immigrant b: ABT 1674 in Geld, Arnhem, Netherlands. He was the son of Rev. Wilhelm Rittenhausen and GEERTRUID KERSTEN "GERTRUDE" PIETERS
He had a mill on Cresheim Creek in Germantown . See pho link below.
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From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95816107/gerhard-rittenhouse
Child of Hans Umstead/Unstadt and Barbara is: Anna Margaretta Umstead, born 1675 in Germany; died February 10, 1696/97 in Germantown, Philadelphia Co., PA; married Gerhard Rittenhouse 1695 in Germantown, Philadelphia Co., PA.
Children of Gerhard Rittenhouse and Anna Umstead are:
- William Rittenhouse, born 1695 in Cresheim, near Germantown, PA; died April 13, 1767 in Prallsville, Hunterdon, NJ; married Catherine Howell 1719.
- Peter Rittenhouse, born February 1695/96 in Cresheim, Philadelphia Co., PA; died 1748 in Cresheim, Philadelphia Co., PA; married Ann Peters Heisler 1719.
photo of mill ruins : https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3464643593551624&set=pb.100064...
Source: Germantown Historical Soc.
This photograph shows one of the pages of Jellett’s nine-volume scrapbook series, his Wissahickon Anthology. For other images of Jellett’s scrapbook pages- and of photographs he took all over the Wissahickon and Germantown, visit here: https://germantown.pastperfectonline.com
The railway bridge referred to would be at 40.063502, -75.200348
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Gerhard “Garret” Rittenhouse's Timeline
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January 1, 1674
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Mulheim, Ruhr,, Mülheim, Düsseldorf, NRW, Germany
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1695
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Cressheim, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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February 1, 1696
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Cresheim, Germantown Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
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| 1741 |
February 19, 1741
Age 67
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Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Germany
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