Martin Ridenour [Parents] was born Aug 8 1808 in Washington, Maryland. He died Feb 28 1873 in probobly Maryland. Martin married Margaret Rebecca Grosh on May 21 1832 in probobly Maryland.
Margaret Rebecca Grosh was born Feb 15 1810 in probobly Maryland. She died Apr 9 1885 in probobly Maryland. Margaret married Martin Ridenour on May 21 1832 in probobly Maryland.
They had the following children:
William Deibert was born Nov 25 1808 in Maryland. He married Elizabeth Ridenour.
Elizabeth Ridenour [Parents] was born Oct 8 1810 in Maryland. She died Oct 26 1899 in Maryland. Elizabeth married William Deibert.
They had the following children:
F i Susan Deibert. M ii Jacob Deibert. M iii Hezekiah Deibert.
Nicholas Reitenauer [Parents] was born 1683 in Tieffanbach, Alsace, France. He died 1760 in Maryland. Nicholas married Anna Magdelena Arnet on 1720 in Alsace, France.
Nicholas Reitenauer and his family arrived in Philadelpia, Pennsylvania on the ship Robert & Alice 3 September 1739. They came together with 238 other immigrants from the Palatinates, (78 men, 57 women and 88 children).
The story was told that the Ridenours were close friends of Marie Antoinette and planned to bring her to their home in America when things became difficult for her, but the plan failed and she was executed.
In the Land Office, Annapolis, Maryland, August 1743 a patent was issued to Nicholas Ridenour, of Prince George County, for 100 acres called Ridenours Pond. According to Certificate of Survey, October 22, it is near the road from John Thomas to N.E. of a pond about five miles from Conocoheague. Conocoheague is a village six miles directly west of present Hagerstown, Maryland on a stream of the same name which rises in Pennsylvania and flows into the Potomac at Williamsport. This tract, as appears from the patent, was called 'Nicholas Reitenaurer's Pond.'
The town of Hagerstown was named for John Jager a brother-in-law of Nicholas Ridenour.
Anna Magdelena Arnet [Parents] was born 1690. She died 1771. Anna married Nicholas Reitenauer on 1720 in Alsace, France.
They had the following children:
M i Peter Ridenour was born Jul 21 1723 and died 1786.
Nicholas "Claus" Reitenauer [Parents] was born Aug 7 1650 in Tieffenbach, Alsace, France. He died Feb 27 1717 in Tieffenbach, Alsace, France. Nicholas married Susannah Lufidach.
Susannah Lufidach was born 1652 in Switzerland. She died Mar 28 1713 in Tieffenbach, Alsace, France. Susannah married Nicholas "Claus" Reitenauer.
Early research indicated Susanna's maiden name was Windstein
They had the following children:
M i Nicholas Reitenauer was born 1683 and died 1760. M ii George Reitenauer was born about 1685. M iii Michael Reitenauer was born 1680 in Tieffenbach, Alsace, France. He died Feb 7 1731 in France. F iv Anna Eva Reitenauer was born Jan 20 1681 in Tieffenbach, Alsace, France. She died 1701 in France. M v Ludwig Reitenauer was born Mar 25 1685 in Bas-Rhin, France. F vi Catherina Margaretha Reitenauer was born Oct 31 1687 in Bas-Rhin, France. F vii Catharina Elisabetha Reitenauer was born Oct 31 1687 in Bas-Rhin, France. M viii Johannes Reitenauer was born Mar 5 1690 in Bas-Rhin, France. He died Nov 3 1755 in Pennsylvania. F ix Anna Christina Reitenauer was born May 8 1692 in Bas-Rhin, France. M x Mathias Reitenauer was born 1694 in Bas-Rhin, France. M xi Balthasar Reitenauer was born May 18 1696 in Bas-Rhin, France. He died Mar 8 1749 in New Hanover, Phillidelphia, Pennsylvania.
Heinrich Arnet was born about 1660 in France. He died about 1740 in probobly Maryland.
He had the following children:
F i Anna Magdelena Arnet was born 1690 and died 1771.
Hans Reitenauer [Parents] was born 1612 in Aargou, Switzerland. He married Katharina Schar on Feb 10 1634 in Gondiswill, Aargou, Switzerland.
Katharina Schar was born about 1615 in Aargou, Switzerland. She married Hans Reitenauer on Feb 10 1634 in Gondiswill, Aargou, Switzerland.
They had the following children:
M i Nicholas "Claus" Reitenauer was born Aug 7 1650 and died Feb 27 1717. M ii Jakob Reitenauer was born Jun 8 1634 in Gondiswill, Aargou, Switzerland. F iii Elizabeth Reitenauer was born Feb 3 1637 in Gondiswill, Aargou, Switzerland. M iv Anton Reitenauer was born Jan 17 1641 in Gondiswill, Aargou, Switzerland. M v Balthasar Ulrich Reitenauer was born Mar 17 1643 in Gondiswill, Aargou, Switzerland. He died Aug 3 1715 in Bas-Rhin, France. M vi Daniel Reitenauer was born Mar 2 1644 in Gondiswill, Aargou, Switzerland. F vii Eva Reitenauer was born Aug 1 1647 in Gondiswill, Aargou, Switzerland. F viii Miriam Reitenauer was born Aug 29 1649 in Gondiswill, Aargou, Switzerland.
Anton Reitnawer was born 1586 in Switzerland. He married Margaret Christian on Sep 24 1611 in Gondiswill, Aargou, Switzerland.
The origin of the Ridenour family is to be sought among the wild cliffs of the Rhine. In early times, they lived in the Rugesian Mountains, a warlike family, at the castle Shadeneck, a few miles from Koblenz.
The first man of whom we have knowledge, and who in all probability built the castle, was Pertinax Reitenauer. He with his man at arms, forced the people of the environment to help in the building of the castle. This proved so difficult, because of the high cliff, that five hundred men lost their lives in the work. His wife was Friedegund Von Ekenen: this name, however, has long since become extinct. Setting out from his fortress on the cliff, 'he laid waste the surrounding country for a great space.' He was killed by an arrow shot by mistake while on a hunt in 983 A. D.
In the year 1300, George Reitenauer was the only man of his family still living. In his nineteenth year, he married Isabella Fontenay, a countess of French extraction. Her estates lay in Picardy. He died in 1327 of wounds received in the Frierschin War. His son Bernard lived as his fathers before him. He carried off Anna Von Bauerheim, the beautiful daughter of Herman Von Bauerheim, Mayor of the City on the Rhine, and later married her. He had four sons, but only Rudolph remained at the castle Shadeneck, where in 1525 he took part in the suppression revolt.
Margaret Christian was born 1581 in Bern, Switzerland. She married Anton Reitnawer on Sep 24 1611 in Gondiswill, Aargou, Switzerland.
They had the following children:
M i Hans Reitenauer was born 1612. F ii Barbel Reitnawer was born Mar 14 1614 in Switzerland. M iii Daniel Reitnawer. M iv Anton Reitnawer. M v Ulrich Reitnawer.
Joseph Abbe [Parents] was born Aug 13 1673 in Wenham, Connecticutt. He married Abigail Severance.
Abigail Severance married Joseph Abbe.
They had the following children:
M i Joseph Abbe was born about 1690.
Joseph Abbe [Parents] was born about 1690 in Connecticutt. He married Thomasin Baker on Nov 5 1721 in Connecticutt.
Thomasin Baker was born about 1695 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. She married Joseph Abbe on Nov 5 1721 in Connecticutt.
They had the following children:
Shubael Geer was born about 1683 in Enfield, Connecticutt. He died after 1725 in Connecticutt. Shubael married Sarah Abbe on Jan 27 1702 in Enfield, Connecticutt.
Sarah Abbe [Parents] was born Mar 31 1684 in Windham, Connecticutt. She married Shubael Geer on Jan 27 1702 in Enfield, Connecticutt.
They had the following children:
M i Shubael Geer Jr. was born Dec 1 1702 in Enfield, Connecticutt. He died Mar 15 1703 in Enfield, Connecticutt. F ii Sarah Geer was born Jan 5 1704 and died after 1750. F iii Deborah Geer was born Aug 17 1707 and died Aug 12 1794. F iv Mary Geer was born Mar 10 1709. F v Tabitha Geer was born Jul 21 1712 and died Aug 30 1746. F vi Bathsheba Geer was born Jan 16 1714 and died Jan 7 1737. M vii Shubael Geer Jr. was born May 26 1717. F viii Elizabeth Geer was born Jan 15 1719 and died Oct 20 1757. M ix Thomas Geer was born Jul 1 1722 and died 1751. F x Anna Geer was born Dec 1725 and died Feb 15 1764.