Display Patriot - P-279584 - Johan/Peter RITZMAN Sr
Johan/Peter RITZMAN Sr
SAR Patriot #:
P-279584
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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 04 Jan 1735 Oberowishein / Baden / Germany Death: aft 1811 Rehrersburg / Berks / PA
Qualifying Service Description:
Private, Capt Folmer, Berks Co, PA Militia 1777-1779
Additional References:
PA Archives, 3rd Series, Vol 6, pg 321 - Peter Ritzman, sen
Hollenbach, Berks Co. Soldiers in the American Rev.
Spouse: Anna Christina Stuepp Children: Johan George; Johann Peter;
Johann Peter (aka Peter) Ritzman was born on 4 January 1735, in Oberowisheim, Baden, Germany. He was the son of Johann “Hans” Jacob & Eva Margaretha “Maria” (Krieger) Ritzman. Peter Ritzman’s father Johann Jacob Ritzman was killed by Native Americans during the French & Indian War on 15 November 1755, in Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. At that time this area was part of the frontier in Pennsylvania. The widow Ritzman married Peter Muench on 30 May 1756, in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
At about the same time as Peter Ritzman’s mother remarried, Peter married Anna Margaretha Christina Stupp (born about 1736 in the Tulpehocken region of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania). She was the daughter of Martin & Anna Catharina (Schultz) Stupp who came to the Tulpehocken area of Pennsylvania in the 1720s from Schoharie, New York. They were among the first settlers of the Tulpehocken region, of Pennsylvania when it was truly Penns Woods. Peter Ritzman was the father of seven children:
Eva Margaretha.
Peter Jr.
Andreas.
Maria Elisabetha.
Johann Georg.
Maria Magdalena.
Johannes.
During the Revolutionary War, Peter Ritzman was a private in Captain Jacob Kremer’s Company, Berks County, Pennsylvania Militia. Peter also paid the Supply Tax in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania in the years 1779 and 1780. The tax was used the raising supplies in the war against Great Britain.
Peter was a farmer in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania for over twenty years. However, it is not known when and where he was living when he passed away, although it was probably in the Tulpehocken region of Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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