An old tombstone, translated from German reads:
Here lies buried Johann Leonard RITH, born 1691 and died 1747. He had with his wife Annalisa Catharina 8 children and 65 grandchildren. He was killed by the water wheel of his mill about Feb. 2, 1747 in what was then Lancaster Co., PA, but is now Marion Twp., Berks Co. His will or
Orphan's Court record is on file in Lancaster Co., PA.
He was naturalized in Schoharie Co., NY in about 1715. An article on him and his family was published in the "Pennsylvania German", Vol. III & IV, pages 253-257. Children were named Johann Nicholas, Johann George, Johann Frederick, Leonhart, Jr., Peter, and Maria Margaretha, wife of Henrich ZELLER. He is reputed to have been one of the scouts for the Schoharie settlers before they came to the Tulpehocken. He is to have been in Tulpehocken, with others as early as 1714 - 1715 on this scouting trip.
Blue Book of Schuylkill County: Who was who and Why, in Interior Eastern ... By Ella Zerbey Elliott
RIETHS OR REEDS
"Leonard Rieth, of the Tulpehocken, was one of three brothers, original settlers from the Schoharie, N. Y. He was the man about whom the "Tulpehocken Confusion," at Zion's or Rieth's church (Stouchsburg, Berks County), centered. (Map of Pioneer Homesteads, Part L Transactions of the Moravians.)
Leonard Rieth died from injuries received in his mill, on the Tulpehocken creek, next to the site of the old church, where he was caught in the cog wheel. His death was attributed, by his enemies, to a direct visitation of Providence. He, however, had forsaken the Moravians before his death and was buried from Zion's Lutheran church (Stouchsburg) and interred in that cemetery. It is related of his wife, that, when the church was locked, she crept in from an opening in the rear and opened a window admitting the opposing faction and that when the matter was to be arbitrated, she stood up in the church and bitterly denounced its opponents (the Orthodox Lutherans), when the so-called "Tulpehocken Confusion" ensued. (Part I, Tulpehocken Confusion.)"
Here lies buried Johann Leonard RITH, born 1691 and died 1747. He had with his wife Annalisa Catharina 8 children and 65 grandchildren. He was killed by the water wheel of his mill about Feb. 2, 1747 in what was then Lancaster Co., PA, but is now Marion Twp., Berks Co. His will or
Orphan's Court record is on file in Lancaster Co., PA.
He was naturalized in Schoharie Co., NY in about 1715. An article on him and his family was published in the "Pennsylvania German", Vol. III & IV, pages 253-257. Children were named Johann Nicholas, Johann George, Johann Frederick, Leonhart, Jr., Peter, and Maria Margaretha, wife of Henrich ZELLER. He is reputed to have been one of the scouts for the Schoharie settlers before they came to the Tulpehocken. He is to have been in Tulpehocken, with others as early as 1714 - 1715 on this scouting trip.
Blue Book of Schuylkill County: Who was who and Why, in Interior Eastern ... By Ella Zerbey Elliott
RIETHS OR REEDS
"Leonard Rieth, of the Tulpehocken, was one of three brothers, original settlers from the Schoharie, N. Y. He was the man about whom the "Tulpehocken Confusion," at Zion's or Rieth's church (Stouchsburg, Berks County), centered. (Map of Pioneer Homesteads, Part L Transactions of the Moravians.)
Leonard Rieth died from injuries received in his mill, on the Tulpehocken creek, next to the site of the old church, where he was caught in the cog wheel. His death was attributed, by his enemies, to a direct visitation of Providence. He, however, had forsaken the Moravians before his death and was buried from Zion's Lutheran church (Stouchsburg) and interred in that cemetery. It is related of his wife, that, when the church was locked, she crept in from an opening in the rear and opened a window admitting the opposing faction and that when the matter was to be arbitrated, she stood up in the church and bitterly denounced its opponents (the Orthodox Lutherans), when the so-called "Tulpehocken Confusion" ensued. (Part I, Tulpehocken Confusion.)"
An old tombstone, translated from German reads:
Here lies buried Johann Leonard RITH, born 1691 and died 1747. He had with his wife Annalisa Catharina 8 children and 65 grandchildren. He was killed by the water wheel of his mill about Feb. 2, 1747 in what was then Lancaster Co., PA, but is now Marion Twp., Berks Co. His will or
Orphan's Court record is on file in Lancaster Co., PA.
He was naturalized in Schoharie Co., NY in about 1715. An article on him and his family was published in the "Pennsylvania German", Vol. III & IV, pages 253-257. Children were named Johann Nicholas, Johann George, Johann Frederick, Leonhart, Jr., Peter, and Maria Margaretha, wife of Henrich ZELLER. He is reputed to have been one of the scouts for the Schoharie settlers before they came to the Tulpehocken. He is to have been in Tulpehocken, with others as early as 1714 - 1715 on this scouting trip.
Blue Book of Schuylkill County: Who was who and Why, in Interior Eastern ... By Ella Zerbey Elliott
RIETHS OR REEDS
"Leonard Rieth, of the Tulpehocken, was one of three brothers, original settlers from the Schoharie, N. Y. He was the man about whom the "Tulpehocken Confusion," at Zion's or Rieth's church (Stouchsburg, Berks County), centered. (Map of Pioneer Homesteads, Part L Transactions of the Moravians.)
Leonard Rieth died from injuries received in his mill, on the Tulpehocken creek, next to the site of the old church, where he was caught in the cog wheel. His death was attributed, by his enemies, to a direct visitation of Providence. He, however, had forsaken the Moravians before his death and was buried from Zion's Lutheran church (Stouchsburg) and interred in that cemetery. It is related of his wife, that, when the church was locked, she crept in from an opening in the rear and opened a window admitting the opposing faction and that when the matter was to be arbitrated, she stood up in the church and bitterly denounced its opponents (the Orthodox Lutherans), when the so-called "Tulpehocken Confusion" ensued. (Part I, Tulpehocken Confusion.)"
Here lies buried Johann Leonard RITH, born 1691 and died 1747. He had with his wife Annalisa Catharina 8 children and 65 grandchildren. He was killed by the water wheel of his mill about Feb. 2, 1747 in what was then Lancaster Co., PA, but is now Marion Twp., Berks Co. His will or
Orphan's Court record is on file in Lancaster Co., PA.
He was naturalized in Schoharie Co., NY in about 1715. An article on him and his family was published in the "Pennsylvania German", Vol. III & IV, pages 253-257. Children were named Johann Nicholas, Johann George, Johann Frederick, Leonhart, Jr., Peter, and Maria Margaretha, wife of Henrich ZELLER. He is reputed to have been one of the scouts for the Schoharie settlers before they came to the Tulpehocken. He is to have been in Tulpehocken, with others as early as 1714 - 1715 on this scouting trip.
Blue Book of Schuylkill County: Who was who and Why, in Interior Eastern ... By Ella Zerbey Elliott
RIETHS OR REEDS
"Leonard Rieth, of the Tulpehocken, was one of three brothers, original settlers from the Schoharie, N. Y. He was the man about whom the "Tulpehocken Confusion," at Zion's or Rieth's church (Stouchsburg, Berks County), centered. (Map of Pioneer Homesteads, Part L Transactions of the Moravians.)
Leonard Rieth died from injuries received in his mill, on the Tulpehocken creek, next to the site of the old church, where he was caught in the cog wheel. His death was attributed, by his enemies, to a direct visitation of Providence. He, however, had forsaken the Moravians before his death and was buried from Zion's Lutheran church (Stouchsburg) and interred in that cemetery. It is related of his wife, that, when the church was locked, she crept in from an opening in the rear and opened a window admitting the opposing faction and that when the matter was to be arbitrated, she stood up in the church and bitterly denounced its opponents (the Orthodox Lutherans), when the so-called "Tulpehocken Confusion" ensued. (Part I, Tulpehocken Confusion.)"
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