Regarding John Ritter, his obituary noted that he was Brethren (it probably said "Dunkard"). I can no longer find my copy of that obituary. Does anyone have a copy that they are willing to post? According to the y-chromosome of a descendant, the John Ritter who settled in St. Joseph Co., Indiana was not paternally related to my ancestor John Ritter (who settled in Tuscarawas, Ohio) . Nor was the St. Joseph John Ritter (who was born in North Carolina) paternally related to the NC Jesse Ritter who has a large number of descendants throughout the southern states (e.g. Tex Ritter). We have found no matches to the St. Joseph John Ritter among any of the other Ritters who have tested their y-chromosome and the origin of the NC/St. Joseph John Ritter family remains something of a mystery. My John Ritter has matched a descendant of Hans George Ritter, who was an early settler of Berks Co., PA and gave money to the Brethren (i.e. "Society of Germans, commonly called first day or Sunday Dunkers") in his 1760 will. We're still trying to find out if Hans George Ritter (who settled in Exeter) might be related to Daniel Ritter, who came with Peter Becker, was at the first love feast, and settled in Oley (adjacent to Exeter towship). At 10:44 AM 6/14/2008, you wrote: >John Ritter born 1777 in NC going from Tennessee to Kentucky to the (Dayton >Ohio area now.) About 1803 >married 1805 Barbara Garber born in Rockingham County, Virginia. >She was Brethren but John was in the war of 1812 under William Henry >Harrison so I don't think he was. >They moved to Wayne County, Indiana and then to St Joseph County, Indiana. > >This info. given to me by; Ira Hardman, _iraandhelen@juno.com_ >(mailto:iraandhelen@juno.com)

I did find on RootsWeb as Samuel Ritter bd 1791 Washington Co,MD dd 1869 LaGrange Co,IN who was the father of John, Solomon,Catherine, Samuel, Levi, David, Martha,, Ann, and Mary. I could not find any information on the birth parents of Sarah Ann Ritter. Lynn Hilty Sewell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Ritter" <philr@stanford.edu> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Ritter bio. > Regarding John Ritter, his obituary noted that he was Brethren (it > probably said "Dunkard"). I can no longer find my copy of that > obituary. Does anyone have a copy that they are willing to post? > > According to the y-chromosome of a descendant, the John Ritter who > settled in St. Joseph Co., Indiana was not paternally related to my > ancestor John Ritter (who settled in Tuscarawas, Ohio) . Nor was the > St. Joseph John Ritter (who was born in North Carolina) paternally > related to the NC Jesse Ritter who has a large number of descendants > throughout the southern states (e.g. Tex Ritter). We have found no > matches to the St. Joseph John Ritter among any of the other Ritters > who have tested their y-chromosome and the origin of the NC/St. > Joseph John Ritter family remains something of a mystery. My John > Ritter has matched a descendant of Hans George Ritter, who was an > early settler of Berks Co., PA and gave money to the Brethren (i.e. > "Society of Germans, commonly called first day or Sunday Dunkers") in > his 1760 will. We're still trying to find out if Hans George Ritter > (who settled in Exeter) might be related to Daniel Ritter, who came > with Peter Becker, was at the first love feast, and settled in Oley > (adjacent to Exeter towship). > > > > At 10:44 AM 6/14/2008, you wrote: >>John Ritter born 1777 in NC going from Tennessee to Kentucky to the >>(Dayton >>Ohio area now.) About 1803 >>married 1805 Barbara Garber born in Rockingham County, Virginia. >>She was Brethren but John was in the war of 1812 under William Henry >>Harrison so I don't think he was. >>They moved to Wayne County, Indiana and then to St Joseph County, >>Indiana. >> >>This info. given to me by; Ira Hardman, _iraandhelen@juno.com_ >>(mailto:iraandhelen@juno.com) > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >