Display Patriot - P-282616 - Lorentz/Lawrence/Lorenz RUCH

Lorentz/Lawrence/Lorenz RUCH

SAR Patriot #: P-282616

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A099450

Birth: 14 Nov 1744 North Whitehall / Northampton / PA
Death: 27 Oct 1825 North Whitehall Twp / Lehigh / PA

Qualifying Service Description:

Private 4th Class; Captain John Morritz, 2nd Battalion, Lt Colonel Balliet, Northampton, PA Militia

Additional References:

Pennsylvania, U.S, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 , Lehigh County
DAR cites - Military Accounts (Militia) Records of the Comptroller General at the Division of Archives & Manuscripts. William Penn Memorial Museium & Archives Building, Harrisburgh, PA
Roberts, Charles Rhodes and Stoudt, Rev Hohn Baer etal, History of Lehigh County, PA, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of its Families. PA. Lehigh County: Lehigh Valley Publishing Company, Limited, 1914. Volume III, pg 1098-110

Spouse: Charlotte/Charlotta Knaus
Children: Peter; Susanna; Catherine; Hannah;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1985-12-30	KS	228880	John Thomas Hoyne (126774)	Peter
1985-12-30	KS	228881	Stephen Timothy Hoyne (126775)	Peter
1989-10-05	KS	219652	Thomas Temple Hoyne (133670)	Peter
1990-02-14	KS	218969	David Will Nothern (134379)	Peter
2016-01-20	TX	67706	Maxwell Hoyne Lujan (197454)	Peter
2021-08-27	AZ	98607	Joseph Daniel Ruch (220327)	Peter
2021-08-27	AZ	98608	Joseph Daniel Ruch II (220328)	Peter
2021-08-27	AZ	98609	Avery Daniel Ruch (220329)	Peter

Burial:

Egypt (aka Egypt Reformed Church Cemetery, Egypt Community Church Cemetery, Old Church Cemetery) Cemetery_(C-0374724)

Location:

Egypt / Lehigh / PA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

44750

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

53621283

Marker Type:

Headstone

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Patriot contemporary stone, upright, legible with additional military stone
Image provided with permission from Peggy Spengler-Moser, Find-a-Grave member #15166225

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Mark Andrew Davis

Lorentz aka Lawrence Ruch was born on 14 November 1744 in North Whitehall, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of George (Hans George) and Susanna Ruch.

During the American Revolution, Lawrence served as a Private 4^th Class in the Company of Captain John Morritz under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Balliet of the 2^nd Battalion, Northampton County, Pennsylvania Militia

Lawrence was married on 5 November 1769 at Lehigh County, Pennsylvania to Charlotte Barbara Knaus. She was born on 2- June 1750 and died on 28 March 1810. They had the following known children:

The known children of Lorentz and Charlotte are listed below. There are doubtless other children that don’t appear in primary source records.

Elisabetha (1) was born on 27 June 1772 and died young.
Catherine was born on 30 October 1774 and married Henry Beary.
Marie Susanna was born on 11 March 1777 and married Salome Miller.
Peter was born on 28 February 1779.
Hannah was born on 12 October 1783 and married to George Frack.
Elisabeth Ruch (2) was born on 21 May 1786 and married Daniel Bleiler
Johan Henrich was born on 1 October 1791.

The Patriot died on 27 October 1825 in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Sources:

Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012, Lehigh County
Military Accounts (Militia) Records of the Comptroller General at the Division of Archives & Manuscripts. William Penn Memorial Museum & Archives Building, Harrisburg, PA
Roberts, Charles Rhodes, and Stoudt, Rev. Hohn Baer et al, History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of its Families. Pennsylvania. Lehigh County: Lehigh Valley Publishing Company, Limited, 1914. Volume III, pages 1098-1110.

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