This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ihB.2ACI/4209.2 Message Board Post: Randy, That is something I would lik to find also. The first Ridenhouse in America was Wilhelm Rittenhausen, who settled in the Germanna Colony in Pa. Wilhelm started the first Mennenite Church in Pa. The story is listed under the web site for the Germanna Colony. Good luck and God bless. Sandra