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Facts and Events
| Name |
William Rittenhouse |
| Immigrant Name[4] |
Willem Rittinghuysen |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2] |
1644 |
Broich, Kempen, Rheinland, Preußen, Germany |
| Marriage |
Bef 1666 |
to Unknown |
| Citizenship[2] |
23 Jun 1678 |
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands |
| Immigration[3][4] |
Abt 1687 |
Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Marriage |
1691 |
Pennsylvania, United Statesto Geertruid Kersten Pieters |
| Death[1] |
18 Feb 1708 |
Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Reference Number |
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Q142339 (Wikidata) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Rittenhouse, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
William Rittenhouse (1644 – 1708) was an American papermaker and businessman. He served as an apprentice papermaker in the Netherlands and, after moving to the Pennsylvania Colony, established the first paper mill in the North American colonies, helping to meet the growing demand for paper among the Early American publishers and printers. Rittenhouse was also the first Mennonite bishop in America. Along with his two sons, and their descendants, the Rittenhouse family maintained a papermaking business in Pennsylvania for well over one hundred years. The site of the original mill is now preserved as the Historic RittenhouseTown district of Philadelphia.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rowland, Olive Barrick. An ancestral chart and handbook: genealogical notes of the Sutton and Rittenhouse families of Hunterdon County, New Jersey : with Mattison, Bonham, Fuller, and Fox connections, and some record of the Barrick and Shepherd families. (Richmond: Garrett & Massie, 1935)
33-34.
"From these documents we know that he was born in the year 1644 in Germany in the principality of Broich, near Mülheim on the River Ruhr; ... and that he became a citizen of Amsterdam, Holland, before migrating onward to this country." Transcripts of the documents follow.
- ↑ Rittenhouse, Wm., in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014.
"born near Mülheim an der Ruhr, 1644, Germantown, Pa. 1708
Immigrated from Netherlands to NY. ; then to Phila. in 1687 or 1688; colonial papermaker
m 1691 Gertrut Peters"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hull, William I. (William Isaac). William Penn and the Dutch Quaker migration to Pennsylvania. (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Swarthmore College, c1935)
400.
Dutch and German Settlers in Germantown, 1683-1709
I. FROM HOLLAND - Amsterdam
Rittinghuysen, Willem ; born 1644, in "Mongowerland" (Monnicken-dam?), or Broich ; took the citizen's oath in Amsterdam, June 23, 1679 ; to Germantown, 1689 or 1690 ; first paper mill in British America ; first Mennonite minister, 1698-1708.
- "Descendants of Wilhelm Rittenouse", by Don Norman, in Rootsweb Message Boards.
- [1], 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.
- "Rittenhouse Mill and the Beginnings of Papermaking in America", by James Green.
On Sept. 29, 1690 the papermaking business began in British North America. On that day William Rittenhouse, papermaker, joined with William Bradford, printer, and others in an investing company to build a paper mill. The land was in Roxborough, in the county of Philadelphia, by the banks of a tributary of Wissahickon Creek. The mill was erected and in operation by 1691 and for almost 40 years thereafter the Rittenhouse family were the only papermakers in America. The site of the Rittenhouse mill has been preserved as part of Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park.
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