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 Abraham Ritner emigrated to America on the Ship Patience, Captain Hugh Steel, from Rotterdam on August 11. [2] [3] [4] [5]
1756 John Abraham Ritner was taxed in Berks County. [6]
Research Notes:
1782 John Ritner was taxed as a freeman in Lancaster Borough, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [7]
[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] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, [AncestryRecord].
[4] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, [AncestryRecord].
[5] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, [AncestryRecord].
[6] A. Stapleton, Memorials of the Huguenots in America (Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Huguenot Publishing Co, 1901), 73, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[7] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 754, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].