Display Patriot - P-263494 - Johann Henrich ORTH/ORTT

Johann Henrich ORTH/ORTT

SAR Patriot #: P-263494

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State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A210525

Birth: 06 Apr 1749 Siegen / Westfalen / Prussia
Death: 07 Nov 1813 / York / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. He paid taxes in York County that supported the war effort
  2. In 1782, he was serving as a Private in the Company of Captain Simon Koppenhaffer of the 3rd Battalion of the York County, Pennsylvania Militia

Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. DAR Cites:
    • Martin, David and William H. Egle, Pennsylvania Archives Third Series, Volume XXI, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1897, pg 15, 186, 372, 499, 680
    • Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Sixth Series, Volume II, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, pg 655-656, 716

Spouse: Anna Catharina Hermen
Children: Abraham; Elizabeth; Jacob;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1989-09-12 CAN 219931 Roger Elwood Orth (133489) Abraham   
1990-05-17 MI 214566 David Roger Orth (135004) Abraham   
1997-12-05 AZ 200718 Calvin Mehnert Henry (149361) Elizabeth   
Burial:
Quickels Lutheran Church Cemetery (C-0373732)
Location:
Zions / York / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
691291
Grave Plot #:
Row 9 Stone # 17
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
51512753
Marker Type:
Headstone
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Upright stone is contemporary with the death of the Patriot
  • Images 1& 2, provided with permission from D Prichard, Find-A-Grave contributor #263494


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

GPS Coordinates: 40.0504230, -76.7660530



Author: Mark Andrew Davis

Johann Henrich “Henry or Hennery” Orth/Ortt was born on 6 April 1749 in Siegen, Westfalen, Prussia, the son of Johannes Henrich Ort.

He was married in 1765 at Siegen, Westfalen to Anna Catharina Hermen. Most of their children were born at Siegen.

His will, dated 5 November 1813, lists his wife, Catharina, and only calls out children Johannes and Catharina for special purposes. He then states that his estate should be divided equally among his children upon reaching 21 years of age but does list them by name. It is possible that daughter Catharina had predeceased her father, as he says her share goes to her two daughters.

Another document related to Henry’s daughter Eva’s death in 1823 lists her as single and her estate going to her siblings: Daniel, John, Abraham, Henry, Margaret (wife of Jacob Sorions[?]), Elizabeth (wife of Yost Kuhl), Maria (wife of Henry Weizle), Barbara (wife of Peter Gressley), Jacob, Adam, and the two children of Catharine Smith.

During the Revolutionary War in 1782, he was serving as a Private in the Company of Captain Simon Koppenhaffer of the 3rd Battalion of the York County, Pennsylvania Militia. Additionally, he paid taxes in York County that supported the war effort.

The Patriot died on 7 November 1813 in York County, Pennsylvania, and was buried at Quickels Lutheran Church graveyard.

 

Sources:

  1. Martin, David and William H. Egle, Pennsylvania Archives Third Series, Vol. XXI, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1897, page 15, 186, 372, 499, 680.
  2. Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Sixth Series, Vol. II, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, page 655-656, 716.
  3. York County, Pennsylvania Probate and Will Records
  4. Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971

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