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Persoonlijke gegevens REV. NICHOLAS (CLAUS) PIETERS (NY 1687) RITTENHOUSE 

• Hij is geboren op 15 juni 1666 in Mulheim, Westphalia, Germany.
• Alternatief: Hij is geboren op 15 juni 1666 in Mülheim, Koln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
• Alternatief: Hij is geboren op 15 juni 1666 in Mülheim, Koln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
• Woonachtig:
• United States.
• United States.
• (Signed) in het jaar 1725 in Signed Dortrecht Confession of Faith with Christian Herr, Jacob Gottschalk, Valentine Clemmer, Daniel Longenecker, Michael Ziegler.
• (Emigrated) in het jaar 1688 in From Holland to New Amsterdam to Germantown, Pennsylvania.
• Hij is overleden op 4 juni 1734 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, hij was toen 67 jaar oud.
• Alternatief: Hij is overleden op 4 juni 1734 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, hij was toen 67 jaar oud.
• Alternatief: Hij is overleden op 4 juni 1734 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, hij was toen 67 jaar oud.
• Alternatief: Hij is overleden op 4 juni 1734 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, hij was toen 67 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.
• Een kind van WILHELM HAGERHOFF (NY 1688) RITTENHOUSE en GERTRUID KERSTEN (NY 1687) (PIETERS) PETERS
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 3 december 2021.

Gezin van REV. NICHOLAS (CLAUS) PIETERS (NY 1687) RITTENHOUSE

Hij is getrouwd met WILLAMYNTIE PIETRE (NY 1688) (DE WEES) DEWEES.

Marriage
Date: 29 May 1689
Place: Reformed Dutch Church, New York, United States

Zij zijn getrouwd op 10 mei 1689 te New York, United States, hij was toen 22 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Nicholas Dewees Rittenhouse  1689-????
2. Psyche (Sytje) Sophia Dewees Rittenhouse  1690-1748 
3. Wilhelm Dewees Rittenhouse  1691-1772 
4. Maria Christina DeWees (VA) Rittenhouse  1695-1757 
5. Anna Maria Dewees Rittenhouse  ± 1695-1765
6. Catharine Dewees Rittenhouse  1697-1769 
7. Susanna Dewees Rittenhouse  1696-1769 
8. Henderych "Henry" DeWees Rittenhouse  1700-1776 
9. Matthias Dewees Rittenhouse  1702-1792 

Notities over REV. NICHOLAS (CLAUS) PIETERS (NY 1687) RITTENHOUSE

Su Su Dale's Ancestor 1

Rev Nicholas —Claus“ Rittenhouse
Birth: 15 Jun 1666 Amsterdam Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Death: 4 Jun 1734 (aged 67) Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial: Germantown Mennonite Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Memorial #: 51585337
Bio: Rev. Nicholas "Klaus" Rettinghouse AKA Rittenhausen, Mennonite Minister b: 15 JUN 1666 in Holland
Second note:
Birth 15 Jun 1666 in Broich R. or Amsterdam.
Died: Before 1734 (?)

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Note: His home still exists in Historic Rittenhouse Town in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, PA., built in 1707. Several other Rittenhouse buildings are at the same location.

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Father: Wilhelm Rittenhausen AKA William Rittenhouse.
Mother: Geertruid Kerstein Pieters

Married: Wilhelmina Dewees born 13 March 1673 in Lieuwarden, Friesland, Holland
Married: 29 May 1689 in New York City, New York
Married: in the Old Dutch Reformed Church in New York City.

See the Rittenhouse Family Newsletter, Vol. 4, page 12-14.

Children

1) William Rittenhouse born in 1691 in Roxborough Ywp
Married: Liseth Jansen
2) Seikie/Psyche Peggy Rittenhouse born in 1683 at Roxborough
(Married: John Gorgas.)
3) Mary AKA Anna Maria Rittenhouse m. John Conrad/Casper Johnson/Jansen
4) Catharine Rittenhouse born in 1697 in Roxborough, PA
(Married: Jacon Engel.)
5) Susanna Rittenhouse born in 1698 in Philadelphia
(Married: Henry Heilig.)
6) Henry Dewees Rittenhouse AKA Rittenhausen born 1 Apr 1700 in Roxborough
(Married: Susanna Wool.)
7) Matthias Rittenhouse born in 1702 at the Papermill
(Married: Elizabeth Williams.)

Note: "Nicholas' daughter Anna Maria married Johannes Casper Jansen....its the German version of what is listed there as John Johnson, husband of Anna Maria."

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Suggestion from Ralph Brown:

dod 4 JUN 1734

1. Nicholas (Claus) Rittenhouse (b 15 June, 1666, d 1734) became a minister in
the Mennonite Church and took over his father's paper mill and business. He
married Wilhelmina Dewees. Their children were: William, Henry, Matthias,
Psyche, Mary, Catherine and Susannah. Wilhelmina was born in Friesland, Holland.

2.WILL of NICHOLAS RITTENHOUSE

Philadelphia County Will Book E page 280 Will # 358

Dated 4 May 1734 Proved 4 June 1734

IN THE NAME of GOD AMEN. I Claus Rittinghausen of Roxborough Township in the
County of Philadelphia in the Province of Pensilvania, papermaker being sick &
weak in body, but of a sound & disposing mind & memory, thanks be given unto
God, therefore Considering the uncertainty of this Transitory life & the
certainty of Death Do make & ordain this my last will & Testament in manner &
form following. That is to say: First of all I recommend my Soul into the hands
of God my merciful Creator & Saviour, and my body I commit to the Earth to be
decently buried at the direction of my Executors hereafter named, whom I also
desire to pay & satisfy all my just Debts which I owe to any manner of persons,
as also funeral expenses & Legacies herein mentioned within a convenient time
after my Decease. And for the settling of my worldly & Temporal Estate wherewith
it hath pleased the Lord to Bless mine endeavours I Devise and Dispose of the
Same as followeth, Imprimis, I give and Bequeath all & singular my movable Goods
&Chattels to my loving wife Willimijn during her Natural life & what remains thereof after her decease to be equally divided amongst all my children. Item. I
give, Devise & Bequeath to

** my Eldest son William Rittinghausen All & Singular that piece or parcel of Land Situate in the Said Roxborough Township and Joining North Easterly to German Town line containing Twenty Acres of Land (which I purchased of Samuel Carpenter) Together with the papermill, Buildings & Appurtenances, thereunto belonging, and also that piece or parcel of Land Situate in the Sd. Roxborough Township Joining North Easterly to the said
Germantown line & North Westerly to Jacob Rinkers land & containing Fifty Acres of Land which I purchased of .Matthew Holtgate, Together with the Improvements &
appurtenances thereunto belonging. To Hold the said Two pieces or parcels of Land & premises to him the said

William Rittinghausen his heirs & Assigns for Ever. He the said my son William Rittinghausen paying to my said wife Willemijn the Sum of Eighty pounds Lawfull money of Pensilvania in eight years time after my Decease, viz. Ten pounds part thereof yearly with Interest thereof, till the
whole is paid, and to let my said wife have a room at her choice in one of the Houses on the said Twenty Acres of Land during her life time.

** Item. I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Seikie one Shilling money afd, She having received her portion in my lifetime.

** Item I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Catherine one Shilling money afd, She having received her portion in my life time.

** Item I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Mary one Shilling money afd, she having Received her portion in my life time

** Item, I Give & Bequeath to my Son Henry one Shilling
money afd, he having received his portion in my life- time,

** Item I give & Bequeath to my son Matthias one shilling, money afd he having received his portion in my lifetime.

** Item I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Susanna one
Shilling money Afd she having received her portion in My lifetime, and my will is.

That if my said wife do not make use of all the said Eighty pounds to be paid to her by my Said son William in her lifetime, Then after her Decease, the Remainder to be Equally divided Amongst my said children Share & Share alike And I do hereby constitute & appoint my Said loving wife Willemijn and my Brother Gerard Rittinghausen to be my Executors of this my last will & Testament Lastly I do hereby Utterly disallow Revoke and Annull all & other former wills Legacies
& Executors by me in anywise before this time made Bequeathed & ordained.

Ratifying, Confirming this & no other to be my last will & Testament. IN WITNESS whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand & seal the twenty fourth day of May In the year of Our Lord, one thousand Seven hundred & Thirty four.

CLAUS RITTINGHAUSEN. [SEAL.]

Signed, Sealed, published and delivered by the said Testator as his last Will
and Testament in the presence of us Witnesses
Family Members
Parents
William Rittenhouse 1644-1708
Geertruid Kersten Pieters Rittenhouse 1646-1708
Spouse
Wilhelmina Dewees Rittenhouse 1673-1737
Siblings
Elizabeth Rittenhouse Papen 1672-1728
Gerhard Rittenhouse 1674-1741
Children
Psyche Sophia Rittenhouse Gorgas 1690-1748
Wilhelm Dewees Rittenhouse 1691-1772
Maria Christina Rittenhouse Jansen 1695-1765
Catherine Rittenhouse Engel 1697-1769
Henry Dewees Rittenhouse 1700-1776
Matthias Rittenhouse 1702-1792
Susannah Rittenhouse Heilig 1704-1772
Maintained by: Jennifer Hemphill (49752705)
Originally Created by: Zoe Tom (47000374)
Added: 24 Apr 2010
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51585337/nicholas-rittenhouse
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51585337/nicholas-rittenhouse : accessed 03 December 2021), memorial page for Rev Nicholas —Claus“ Rittenhouse (15 Jun 1666œ4 Jun 1734), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51585337, citing Germantown Mennonite Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Jennifer Hemphill (contributor 49752705) .
Nicholas Peters (Claus) "Claes" Rittenhouse
Born 15 Jun 1666 in Mülheim, Koln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
ANCESTORS
Son of Wilhelm (Rettinghausen) Rittenhouse and Geertruid Kersten Pieters
Brother of Elizabeth Rittinghousen [half], Gerhard Rittenhouse [half], Elizabeth (Rettinghausen) Papen, Gerhard Rittenhouse and Elizabeth Rittenhausen
Husband of Wilhelmina Pietre (Dewees) Rittenhouse – married 29 May 1689 in New York, New York
DESCENDANTS
Father of Sijten Sophia Rittenhouse, William Dewees Rittenhouse, Anna Marie Rittenhouse, Catherine (Rittenhouse) Engle, Susanna Rittenhouse, Henderych Dewees Rittenhouse, Henry Rittenhouse, Matthias Rittenhouse and Catharine Rittenhouse
Died 4 Jun 1734 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania colony
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Contents
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•1 Biography
•1.1 Name
•1.2 Birth
•1.3 Event
•1.4 Marriage
•1.5 Notes
•2 Sources
•2.1 Acknowledgments
•2.2 Research Notes
Biography
Name
Name: Nicholas /Rittenhouse/[1][2]
Name: Nicholas Claes /Rittenhouse/[3][4]
Birth
Birth:
Date: 15 JUN 1666
Place: Mülheim, Koln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany[5]
Birth:
Date: 15 Jun 1666
Place: Mülheim, Koln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany[6]
Event
Event:
Type: Arrival
Date: 1688
Place: Pennsylvania[7]
Marriage
Husband: Nicholas Rittenhouse
Wife: Wilhelmina Dewees
1Child: Sophia Rittenhouse
Marriage:
Date: 29 MAY 1689
Place: , New York, New York, USA[8]
Marriage:
Date: 1689
Place: NY[9]
Nicholas Claus Rittenhouse (son of Wilhelm Rittenhouse and Geertruid Kersten Pieters)2491 was born June 15, 1666 in Mulheim-an-der-Ruhr, Westphalia, Germany, and died June 04, 1734 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City County, Pennsylvania. He married Wilhelmina Pietre DeWees on May 29, 1689 in Reformed Dutch Church, Manhattan, New York.
Includes NotesNotes for Nicholas Claus Rittenhouse: 1. Nicholas (Claus) Rittenhouse (b 15 June, 1666, d 1734) became a minister in the Mennonite Church and took over his father's paper mill and business. He married Wilhelmina Dewees. Their children were: William, Henry, Matthias, Psyche, Mary, Catherine and Susannah. Wilhelmina was born in Friesland, Holland.
2. NICHOLAS RITTENHOUSE arrived in Germantown, Roxborough Township, Philadelphia County, Pa, in 1689 with his new wife Wilhelmina Dewees. It was in New Amsterdam (New York) that NICHOLAS married WILHELMINA on 29 May 1689 after their bans were published on 10 May 1689 at the Dutch Reformed Church. It is not known whether this was a ship-board romance or whether they knew each other in Holland. She was only 16 at the time of their marriage.
The family's arrival date in New Amsterdam is uncertain. NICHOLAS's father Willem, purchased a lot in Germantown on 8 August 1687. We also know that his sister Elizabeth and brother Gerhard came to America with the family. It is possible they all arrived in New Amsterdam as early as 1686/7 and all went to Germantown together. If this is the case NICHOLAS must have gone back to New Amsterdam to be married.
NICHOLAS RITTENHOUSE was awarded 2 half lots on Main Street (later Germantown Avenue) These were lots #20 and #21 which were on the East side of Main Street toward Bristol.
CLAES RITTINGHUYSEN (NICHOLAS RITTENHOUSE) is shown on the list of those"naturalized" when they took their Oaths of Allegiance in Germantown on 7 May 1691. A copy of this list is in my files as well as a copy of the actual "Oath". There were so many immigrants from Europe arriving by 1708 that Pennsylvania decided they should make anyone who had come from Europe take a second Oath Of Allegiance. So in 1708 NICHOLAS RITTENHOUSE took his second Oath Of Allegiance which was confirmed by The Queen In Council 20 February 1713. This is shown in the HISTORY OF SOUDERTON by Henry S. Landis 1930 pages 142/3.
NICHOLAS was a paper maker by trade and a Mennonite by religion. He was chosen as a Mennonite minister in 1712 and was a delegate to the first Mennonite Conference in 1725 when 16 Mennonite ministers adopted the "Dordech Confession of Faith".
NICHOLAS went into partnership with his father in the paper mill the latter had founded. This was at a time when his father purchased the shares from the 3 original partners. This paper mill was the first to operate in America. When Willem Rittenhouse died he bequeathed the mill to NICHOLAS. It was located on Paper Mill Creek which emptied into Wissahickon Creek on the west edge of Germantown in Roxborough Township, Philadelphia County, Pa. In 1994 all this land is contained in Fairmont Park.
They are now restoring any original buildings left standing such as the house built by Willem Rittenhouse in 1707 which NICHOLAS occupied after his father's death. There are a few other buildings but unfortunately the mill is not one of them. In my files are photographs taken in 1995 of the 1707 House and the mill site on the creek. There is also a copy of a painting that was made of the mill before it was destroyed. There is a copy of a historic map and modern map showing the location.
In my file is a copy of the cover of the Germantown Crier which was a publication issued by the Germantown Historical Society. They had researched all the original owners of property on Main Street (Germantown Avenue) and it shows the lots assigned to NICHOLAS RITTENHOUSE.
CLAWS RUTTINGHEYSEN (Nicholas Rittenhouse) is shown on the FIRST PENNSYLVANIA TAX LIST in 1693. He paid 6 shillings tax in Germantown. He also was one of the signers of the petition by landholders asking for relief from taxation. This was filed with the Pennsylvania Assembly on 10 3rd month (May) 1692.
CLAES RIGHTINGHOUS (Nicholas Rittenhouse) is shown as owning 50 acres in Roxborough Township in the list of Landholders in Philadelphia County in 1734.
In 1759 Mennonites in Germantown joined with neighbors to create a school "free to all denominations whatsoever without any regard to name or sect of people". The school as all other 18th century schools charged tuition. To keep that from becoming a hardship Mennonite NICHOLAS RITTENHOUSE joined with Christopher Sauer, the printer with German Baptist connections and John George Alsentz, pastor of the Reformed Church, to be a committee to reduce fees for the poor. This showed a strong ecumenical feeling when it came to schools.
WILL of NICHOLAS RITTENHOUSE
Philadelphia County Will Book E page 280 Will # 358 Dated 4 May 1734 Proved 4 June 1734
IN THE NAME of GOD AMEN. I Claus Rittinghausen of Roxborough Township in the County of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, paper maker being sick & weak in body, but of a sound & disposing mind & memory, thanks be given unto God, therefore Considering the uncertainty of this Transitory life & the certainty of Death Do make & ordain this my last will & Testament in manner & form following. That is to say: First of all I recommend my Soul into the hands of God my merciful Creator & Saviour, and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the direction of my Executors hereafter named, whom I also desire to pay & satisfy all my just Debts which I owe to any manner of persons, as also funeral expenses & Legacies herein mentioned within a convenient time after my Decease. And for the settling of my worldly & Temporal Estate wherewith it hath pleased the Lord to Bless mine endeavors I Devise and Dispose of the Same as followeth, Imprimis, I give and Bequeath all & singular my movable Goods &Chattels to my loving wife Willimijn during her Natural life & what remains thereof after her decease to be equally divided amongst all my children. Item. I give, Devise & Bequeath to my Eldest son William Rittinghausen All & Singular that piece or parcel of Land Situate in the Said Roxborough Township and Joining North Easterly to German Town line containing Twenty Acres of Land (which I purchased of Samuel Carpenter) Together with the paper mill, Buildings & Appurtenances, thereunto belonging, and also that piece or parcel of Land Situate in the Sd. Roxborough Township Joining North Easterly to the said Germantown line & North Westerly to Jacob Rinkers land & containing Fifty Acres of Land which I purchased of .Matthew Holtgate, Together with the Improvements & appurtenances thereunto belonging. To Hold the said Two pieces or parcels of Land & premises to him the said William Rittinghausen his heirs & Assigns for Ever. He the said my son William Rittinghausen paying to my said wife Willemijn the Sum of Eighty pounds Lawfull money of Pennsylvania in eight years time after my Decease, viz. Ten pounds part thereof yearly with Interest thereof, till the whole is paid, and to let my said wife have a room at her choice in one of the Houses on the said Twenty Acres of Land during her life time. Item. I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Seikie one Shilling money afd, She having received her portion in my lifetime. Item I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Catherine one Shilling money afd, She having received her portion in my life time. Item I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Mary one Shilling money afd, she having Received her portion in my life time Item, I Give & Bequeath to my Son Henry one Shilling money afd, he having received his portion in my life- time, Item I give & Bequeath to my son Matthias one shilling, money afd he having received his portion in my lifetime. Item. I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Susanna one Shilling money Afd she having received her portion in My lifetime, and my will is. That if my said wife do not make use of all the said Eighty pounds to be paid to her by my Said son William in her lifetime, Then after her Decease, the Remainder to be Equally divided Amongst my said children Share & Share alike And I do hereby constitute & appoint my Said loving wife Willemijn and my Brother Gerard Rittinghausen to be my Executors of this my last will & Testament Lastly I do hereby Utterly disallow Revoke and Annull all & other former wills Legacies & Executors by me in anywise before this time made Bequeathed & ordained. Ratifying, Confirming this & no other to be my last will & Testament. IN WITNESS whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand & seal the twenty fourth day of May In the year of Our Lord, one thousand Seven hundred & Thirty four. CLAUS RITTINGHAUSEN. [SEAL.] Signed, Sealed, published and delivered by the said Testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us Witnesses JACOB RINKER GEORGE HAAS WILLIAM DeWEES HENRY PASTOR1US
More About Nicholas Claus Rittenhouse and Wilhelmina Pietre DeWees: Marriage: May 29, 1689, Reformed Dutch Church, Manhattan, New York.
Children of Nicholas Claus Rittenhouse and Wilhelmina Pietre DeWees are: Sytje Rittenhouse, b. 1690, Roxborough, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, d. 1748.
1William Dewees Rittenhouse, b. November 28, 1691, Roxborough, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, d. March 08, 1767, Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
2Maria Rittenhouse, b. Abt. 1695, Roxborough Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, d. 1758, Frederick County, Virginia.
3Catherine Rittenhouse, b. February 1696/97, Roxborough, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvana.
4Susanna Rittenhouse, b. 1698, Roxborough Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, d. December 13, 1769, Worcester Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
+Henderych Dewees Rittenhouse, b. April 01, 1700, Roxborough Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, d. October 26, 1776, Worcester Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. +Matthias Rittenhouse, b. July 14, 1702, Roxborough, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania., d. 1779, Worcester Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.[10]
Notes
Note NI01642DO: Nothing
AKA: Ruttinghuysen or Rittinghausen
Birth: Genea-Biographical History of the Rittenhouse Fmaily, Danial K.
Cassel (1893)
Marriage: Genea-Biographical History (Cassel, 1893)
Death: Genea-Biographical History (Cassel, 1893)
Burial:
Occupation:
Military:

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