Person:Gerhard Rittenhouse (1)

Name	Gerhard Rittenhouse
Immigrant Name^[2]	Gerrit Rittinghuysen
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Abt 1674	Mülheim, Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
Marriage	1695	Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvaniato Anna Margaretha Umstaat
Death`^?`	19 Feb 1742	Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

References

↑ [1], in National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.

Garret Rittenhouse ; says he was born in 1674
↑ Hull, William I. (William Isaac). William Penn and the Dutch Quaker migration to Pennsylvania. (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Swarthmore College, c1935)
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Dutch and German Settlers in Germantown, 1683-1709
I. FROM HOLLAND - Amsterdam

Rittinghuysen, Gerrit (Gerhard) ; Willem's son.
[2], in Rootsweb Message Boards.

William Rittenhouse, along with his sons Nicholas (Claus) and Gerhard (Garrett), both papermakers as well, and his daughter Elizabeth settled in German Town in 1688. William was a Mennonite, the first minister of that church in Germantown, and the first Mennonite bishop in America.