DESCENDANTS OF WILHELM RITTENHOUSE
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Don Norman
1.WILHELM RITTENHOUSE
Wilhelm
Rittenhouse was born Wilhelm Rittinghausen in 1644 in the
German village of Broich, near Holland, and died in
Philadelphia County
PA in 1708. As a young man, he moved to Holland to live
with an uncle
and learn the paper making trade. He married and began
his family in
Holland. He joined the Mennonite faith and came to
America about 1687.
Known child of Wilhelm Rittenhouse.
2. (1). Claus
2.CLAUS RITTENHOUSE
1.WILHELM RITTENHOUSE
Claus
Rittenhouse, a son of Wilhelm Rittenhouse, was born Holand in
1666 and died in PA in 1734. His spouse is unknown.
Claus continued
in the paper making business established by his
father.
Known children of Claus Rittenhouse.
3. (1). William
4. (2). Henry
m.
Susanna Wool
4.HENRY RITTENHOUSE
2.CLAUS RITTENHOUSE 1.WILHELM
RITTENHOUSE
Henry
Rittenhouse, a son of Claus Rittenhouse, married Susanna Wool.
They lived in Montgomery County PA.
Known child of Henry and Susanna (Wool) Rittenhouse.
5. (1). Nicholas
5.NICHOLAS RITTENHOUSE
4.HENRY RITTENHOUSE 2.CLAUS
RITTENHOUSE
1.WILHELM RITTENHOUSE
Nicholas
Rittenhouse was a son of Henry and Susanna (Wool)
Rittenhouse. His spouse is unknown.
Known child of Nicholas Rittenhouse.
6. (1). Henry d. 1796
6.HENRY RITTENHOUSE
5.NICHOLAS RITTENHOUSE 4.HENRY
RITTENHOUSE
2.CLAUS RITTENHOUSE
1.WILHELM RITTENHOUSE
Henry
Rittenhouse, a son of of Nicholas Rittenhouse, died in Louisa
County, VA in 1796. His spouse in Unknown.
Known child of Henry Rittenhouse.
7. (1). Isaac
m. Elizabeth Kauffman
7.ISAAC RITTENHOUSE
6.HENRY RITTENHOUSE 5.NICHOLAS
RITTENHOUSE
4.HENRY RITTENHOUSE 2.CLAUS
RITTENHOUSE 1.WILHELM
RITTENHOUSE
Isaac
Rittenhouse, a son of Henry Rittenhouse, married Elizabeth
Kauffman in Augusta County VA. In January of 1829, Isaac
purchased two
hundred acres of land in Nelson County, Virginia, and
moved his family
there. Ten months later, he was dead and the younger
children, including
Henry, were placed under the guardianship of relatives.
Known children of Isaac and Elizabeth (Kauffman)
Rittenhouse.
8. (1). Henry b. 1821
m. Hannah
Roberts 1845
8.HENRY RITTENHOUSE
7.ISAAC RITTENHOUSE 6.HENRY
RITTENHOUSE
5.NICHOLAS RITTENHOUSE
4.HENRY RITTENHOUSE 2.CLAUS RITTENHOUSE
1.WILHELM RITTENHOUSE
Henry
Rittenhouse, a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Kauffman)
Rittenhouse, was born in Augusta County VA in 1821 and
died in Lewis
County WV in 1908. He married Hannah Roberts in Nelson
County VA in
1845. Hannah, a daughter of James and Mary
"Polly" Bridgewater, was born
about 1822 in VA and died in Lewis County VA in 1860.
Henry and
Hannah began their family in Albemarle County VA. Three of
Henry's sisters had relocated to Lewis County VA. Henry
and family came
to Lewis County in 1856, settling on Abram's Run near
Walkersville.
Henry married
Matilda Meeks about 1861. She was born in VA about
1823 and died in 1898. Henry married for a third time to
Sarah Alice
Wilfong about 1900. Sarah was born about 1867.
Children of Henry and Hannah (Roberts) Rittenhouse.
9. (1). Mary Lavina b.c. 1846
m. John
Slavens Bruffy
10. (2). James Isaac b.c. 1848
m. Mary
Robertson
11. (3). Samuel Ovington b.c. 1850
m. Sarah
Jane Chidester
12. (4). John B. b.c. 1852
m. Mary
Hardman
13. (5). David H. b.c. 1854
m. Lelia Spencer
14. (6). Sarah Ann Catherine b.c.
1857
m.
Fielding Herold
15. (7). Hannah b. 1860
d. infant
16. (8). Henry b. 1860
Children of Henry and Sarah Alice (Wilfong) Rittenhouse.
17. (1). Lucy
m. Clarence Morton
18. (2). Bluma
m. Benjamin
Knapp
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
"LEWIS COUNTY WV, HER PEOPLE AND PLACES", 2000,
pp. 169, 170
1860, 1870 Lewis County Wv census