Person:Johann Riedt (1)

In the notes re: his brother Johann Georg it mentions they sailed to America on the ship, Midfort. He sp. (?) on that ship in 1710 (West Camp Lutheran Churchbook).

Leonhardt and wife listed in Neu Stuttgardt, New York in 1716/1717 (Simmendinger Register). Neu Stuttgardt was along the Scoharie Creek, near the Hudson River, about 40 miles from Albany in the Scoharie Valley

Moved to Tulpehocken Section of PA prior to May 13, 1723. On first tax list compiled Jan. 10, 1725 (1723-1973 Anniversary Magazine of Tulpehocken p. 48)

Leonhardt was a miller; crushed to death by a cogwheel in the mill (Reed's Churchbook and noted on his tombstone in Reed's Cemetery) A letter concerning his death is published in Die Shilgrut, Vol. VII, No. 1, Nov. 1976 The will of Leonhard Rith was dated March 28 1740 and probated as will #140 in 1747 (Philadelphia Co. Will Book H, p. 251).

Listed on Hunter List (4 Aug 1710)

A copy of his naturalization certificate was published in the Pennsylvania German, Vol. IV, No. 2 in the City and County of Albany (NY) Feb 9, 1715/1716.

Simmendinger Register: Leonhard Rieb, 5 brothers and the mother, were in Neu-Yorck ca. 1716/17 (next to Peter Helm's family, note the 1682 Otterberg sp.;

In Robert Moss' book, "The Interpreter" based on Conrad Weiser's experiences with the Indians from 1710 to about 1740, page 308 describes the Tulpehocken area in PA: "to the simple stone church Rieth had put up on his land for prayer meetings in the absence of a minister and for sermons and services when an itinerant preacher came to the valley". This was probably the Reed Church which stood on the land with the existing Zion Reed Cemetery on Stouchsburg Road. The church is no longer there.

In "The Tulpehocken Reeds" by Herbert P. Reed: "There is some dispute as to the year Leonhardt was born, but the date on the tombstone is being used, in the belief that he was the second son.

After the accidental death of Leonhardt Rieth in 1747, his land holdings of approximately 500 acres were divided into several tracts. Nicholas bought the mill and the SE protion of his father's land. Frederick also acquired the land to the SW bordering M. Ernst land, NE to the NS line of the Ernst-Michael Rieth land. The central portion, an area of 204+ acres extending E to the NS line bordering the Rieth's Church was sold by the heirs mentioned in the sale of the Mill to Christian Lower on May 8, 1755. George Rieth owned the northern part of the property. It is not know whether this George was son #1 of Leonhardt or the George who was a brother of Leonhardt. The original Leonhardt Rieth grist and saw mill, plus the original homestead, were demolished when the Union Canal was built and the canal flowed over their site"