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Ferdinand Ritter

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Exeter, Berks County, PA, United States
Death: March 1760 (41-42)
Exeter, Luzerne County, PA, United States
Place of Burial: Jacksonwald, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Son of Hans George Ritter and Anna Maria Ritter
Husband of Maria Ritter (Stetter)
Father of Maria Magdalena Ritter; Elisabeth Ritter; Deborah Kroll Ritter; Samuel Follweiler; Sarah "Sally" Follweiler and 3 others
Brother of Eva Rosina Kerst; Francis Ritter; Henry Ritter; Elizabeth Ritter; Elizabeth Ritter and 2 others

Managed by: Gerene Mae Jensen Mason
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About Ferdinand Ritter

Ferdinand Ritter

  • Son of Hans George Ritter and Anna Maria Drupler.
  • John D. mentions a small cemetery about 20 perches near the present dwelling enclosed by a stone wall for the families of Francis, George and Francis. Ferdinand and his family are buried here at a fence comer. Observations: Indicates 3 row of 6 graves abreast. Site address: Oley Turnpike just west of Ritter Lane Pin: 43-5337-03-40 8353* DB 1936 p. 0708.
  • Ferdinand Ritter Find A Grave Memorial
  • Ferdinand Ritter, Probate Place: Berks, Pennsylvania, USA, Item Description: Abstract of Wills, Vol 1, 1752-1798.

Married

  • Married: Maria Stetter,

Children

These 3 daughters are listed as Ferdinand Ritter’s Guardianship Court Document dated: March 26, 1761.

  • Mary Ritter, age 12,
  • Elizabeth Ritter, age 11
  • Deborah Ritter, age 9. Married: Johann (John) Jurg Kroll on October 21, 1770, in St. Gabriels Church, Douglassville, Berks County, Pennsylvania United States. John Kroll is listed in a bond for his wife Deborah Ritter/Rutter who was the daughter of Ferdinand Ritter.

Ritter Children Guardianship Court Document Dated: March 26, 1761. Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records for Ferdinand Ritter, Berks, Probate Estate Files, Resher, Gabriel-Seitzinger, Nich.

Maria Ritter Follweiler born (Stetter) Estate Probate Document. Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records for Ferdinand Ritter, Berks, Probate Estate Files, Resher, Gabriel-Seitzinger, Nich.

This court document list’s Deborah Ritter as being the daughter of Ferdinand Ritter/Rutter deceased and Maria Stetter. Maria Ritter Follweiler born Stetter has died and this is the court document in regards to Deborah Ritter’s inheritance.

Reading Probate Bond Document Dated: May 17 1771

I John Crul am intermarried with Deborah Ritter for whose is the above bondie given, do acknowledge that I have received the original bond. This document proves that Deborah was the daughter of Ferdinand Ritter/Rutter and Maria Stetter and married to John Kroll.

Sources

  • U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Find A Grave 1,60525::0
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Ferdinand Ritter's Timeline

1718
1718
Exeter, Berks County, PA, United States
1745
1745
1748
November 11, 1748
Exeter, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
1750
1750
1750
1752
1752
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
1760
March 1760
Age 42
Exeter, Luzerne County, PA, United States
1760
1762
1762