![]() ![]() ![]() (For more information on the Rittenhouse family, see Rittenhouse Cemetery, part one and The Rittenhouse Tavern. Please feel free to add corrections or additions in the Comments section, below. Many members of this family are not well documented. ![]() You may notice there are many “c.”s and question marks on the birth-death dates. Their spouses seem to have been susceptible to dying early. One noticeable characteristic of the Rittenhouse family is their tendency to marry several times. Their son Garret or Gerard married Mary Shoemaker and had at least two children, one of whom was William, born in 1696, below. This couple immigrated to Philadelphia shortly afterwards, where at least two children were born. The earliest identified Rittenhouse was Wilhelm (1644-1708) who married Gertrude Pieters (1646-1708) in 1665 at Mulheim, Westphalia, Germany. The Rittenhouse Family in America has been studied at some length and genealogies have been published covering all branches in America. ![]()
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