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Nicholas 'Claus' Rittenhouse
b.15 Jun 1666 Mulheim, , Westfalen, Germany
d.4 Jun 1734 Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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m. Bef 1666
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m. 29 May 1689
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[edit] Information on Nicholas 'Claus' RittenhouseWilliam 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. [Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mikesell/gedgen/grpf4378.html] |