Person:Casper Rinker (1)

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Capt. Casper Rinker
b.25 Dec 1727 Zürich, Switzerland
  1. Johan Jacob Rinker, Sr.1724 - 1797
  2. Capt. Casper Rinker1727 - 1804
m. 11 Apr 1757
  1. Elizabeth Rinker1758 - 1758
  2. Mary Magdalena Rinker1759 -
  3. Elizabeth Rinker1761 - 1848
  4. Jacob Rinker1764 -
  5. Catherine Rinker1765 - Abt 1809
  6. Margareta Barbara Rinker1772 -
Facts and Events
Name Capt. Casper Rinker
Alt Name Hans Casper Ringger
Gender Male
Birth[3] 25 Dec 1727 Zürich, Switzerland
Immigration[2] 30 Aug 1743 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PennsylvaniaPrimary: Y
Marriage 11 Apr 1757 Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniato Mary Anna Schultz
Death? 17 Feb 1804 Frederick County, Virginia
Burial[1] 1804 Back Creek Quaker Cemetery, Gainesboro, Frederick County, Virginia

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

  • K-443: Casper Rinker of Frederick County, 800 acres on Dillon's Run of Cacapehon in Hampshire Co. Surv. Mr. George Washington. Adj. Mathias Elmore. 2 June 1762. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 134].
  • P-336: Casper Rinker of Frederick County, 191 acres on Hog Creek in said County. Surv. Richard Rigg. Adj. Evan Rogers, Robert Rutherford, William Pickering, Jesse Pugh, William Stuart, James McGill. 13 March 1775. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 229].


Records of Casper Rinker in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's Augusta County Records:

  • Vol. 2 - Rinker vs. Rinker--O. S. 89; N. S. 30--Bill, 29th March, 1805. Orator is Jacob Rinker, son and executor of Casper Rinker of Frederick County. Casper died 17th February, 1804. Widow Mary answers (6th July, 1806) that she and her husband settled near Winchester 49 years ago. Casper Rinker's will dated 22d April, 1802, of Frederick County. Wife, Mary; son, Jacob; daughter Mary, wife of John Rodgers; daughter Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Allemong; daughter Catherine, wife of William Chenowith; grandson, Casper Rinker; granddaughter, Catherine Allemong, now wife of Andw. Hieronimus; grandson Casper Rinker and Ephraim Rinker, son of Jacob Rinker of Shenandoah County. Proved in Frrderick, 3d April, 1804.
References
  1. Find A Grave.

    Capt Hans Casper Rinker
    Birth: Dec. 25, 1727
    Zurich, Switzerland
    Death: Feb. 11, 1804
    Frederick County
    Virginia, USA


    Family links:
    Spouse:
    Mary Anna Schultz Rinker (1730 - 1826)*

    Children:
    Maria Magdelene Rinker Rogers (1759 - 1823)*
    Elizabeth Rinker Allemong (1761 - 1848)*

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=rinker&GSiman=1&GScid=2250413&GRid=37377131&

  2. Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. (Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Research, 2006).

    Name: Hans Caspar Ringger
    Arrival Year: 1743
    Arrival Place: Carolina or Pennsylvania
    Family Members: Son Heinrich; Son Jacob; Son Hans Caspar; Son Hans Jacob
    Source Publication Code: 1952
    Primary Immigrant: Ringger, Susanna Bachmann
    Annotation: Swiss emigrants from the Canton of Zurich to Carolina and Pennsylvania, 1734-1744, with index of surnames. About 2,000 persons listed. For nos. 1952 and 1960 in one volume, with Leo Schelbert's "Notes on Lists of Swiss Emigrants," see item. no. 8040.
    Source Bibliography: FAUST, ALBERT BERNHARDT. Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: The National Genealogical Society, 1920. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1976. xi, 122p.

  3. Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Births (not a reliable source). (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    Name: Casper Rinker
    Father: Jakob Ringger
    Mother: Barbara Morff
    Birth Date: 25 Dec 1727
    City: Neurensdorf
    County: Zurich
    Country: Switzerland