ID: I2419 Name: Psyche (Sophia) (Switzn) RITTENHOUSE Given Name: Psyche (Sophia) (Switzn) Surname: RITTENHOUSE 1 1 Name: Seikie RITTENHOUSE Given Name: Seikie Surname: RITTENHOUSE 2 Name: Seyniz RITTENHOUSE Given Name: Seyniz Surname: RITTENHOUSE 2 Name: Seyten RITTENHOUSE

Given Name: Seyten Surname: RITTENHOUSE Name: Suijten RITTENHOUSE Given Name: Suijten Surname: RITTENHOUSE Name: Sytje RITTENHOUSE Given Name: Sytje Surname: RITTENHOUSE Sex: F Birth: Abt 1690 in Roxborough, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Death: 1748 in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Burial: Mennonite Churchyard, Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Reference Number: 08 Ancestral File #: Will: Nicholas Claus Rittenhouse 1734 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Note: Psyche's legacy from her father was one shilling, "she havi ng received her portion in my lifetime". Her name as witnes s on her mother's will was the last record of her. The wif e mentioned in the will of John Gorgas, signed 1 June 1741 , was named SOPHIA. 3 Residence: 1741 Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Note:
After the death of John Gorgas, his widow, Sophia, with hi s minor children, moved to the Seventh Day Adventist commun ity at Ephrata (about 1741).
"Sister Sophia Gorgas" died there in 1748.
Will: Will of John Gorgas, Sr. 22 Jun 1741 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Note:
To my wife Sophia, power to sell my lands in Bristol townsh ip, provided that she pays Mary . (Will signed 1 June 17 41 and proved 22 Jun 1741)
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Will proved 22 Jun 1741
To my dear wife Sophia Gorgas, profits from all my estate , real and personal, except what I have given to my son Joh n, for her life; on her death all movables to be divided am ong my sons Benjamin, Joseph and Jacob;
also one half of the fulling mill and mill lands, these t o my sons Benjamin, Joseph and Jacob on her death.
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Named as an Executor of the will of John Gorgas, Sr.
_UID: Change Date: 23 May 2007 at 18:21 Note:
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BIRTH: LDS shows she was born 1690 in Roxborough Philadelph ia, Pa. and died 1748.

CHILD: LDS shows two individuals for Psyche (Sophia) (Switz n) Rittenhouse
1. Sex Name
F Suijten Or Sophia RITTENHOUSE (AFN:3GJ7-5J) Pedigree
Born: 1690 Place: Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pa
Died: 1748 Place:

2. Sex Name
F Psyche RITTENHOUSE (AFN:FV6D-TS) Pedigree
Born: 1693 Place: Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylva nia



MARRIAGE: LDS shows husband for Psyche RITTENHOUSE (AFN: FV 6D-TS) as John GORGAS born Abt 1700.

NAME: Listed as Seikie in her fathers will and Seyniz in he r mothers will. Also found as Suijten and Suijtne. She wa s probably named after her maternal grandmother whose nam e as been variously recorded as Zytian, Sytje or Sion.
Note: (Research):See attached sources.



Father: Nicholas Claus RITTENHOUSE b: 15 Jun 1666 in Mulheim, Westphalia, Germany
Mother: Wilhelmina Pietra DEWEES b: Abt 1664 in Lieuwarden, Friesland, Holland Netherlands c: 9 Nov 1664 in New Amsterdam

Marriage John Jacob GORGAS b: 1686 in Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
Married: Abt 1709 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 2 2 6 6
Change Date: 23 May 2007
Children
John GORGAS b: 14 Mar 1710 in Germantown Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mary GORGAS
Susannah GORGAS b: 16 Aug 1710 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Cynthia GORGAS
Samuel Benjamin GORGAS b: 22 Aug 1721
Joseph GORGAS b: 1724 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jacob GORGAS b: 9 Aug 1728 in Germantown Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Menno GORGAS b: Abt 1730
Mary (Gorges) GORGAS b: Abt 1736 in Germantown Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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