John Rittase Facts and Links

Facts

Birth Name: Johannes Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: John Rittase (sic)
Birth Date: September 15, 1787
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, County of Wittgenstein-Berleburg
House of Origin: Wetzels
(Houses in German villages had common names that were often referred to in documents, and which to this day are sometimes used to identify individuals.)
Death Date: November 3, 1855
Place of Death: Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Place of Burial:
Marriage(s): Catherine Pott, about 1815
Emigration: 1814-1815
Settlement: Adams County, Pennsylvania

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