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Catharine Rittenhouse (Howell)

Also Known As: "Catharine"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA, United States
Death: 1778 (77-78)
Amwell Township,Hunterdon County,New Jersey,,,
Place of Burial: Flemington, Hunterdon County, NJ, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Daniel Thomas Howell and Hannah Howell
Wife of William B. Rittenhouse
Mother of Priscilla Search Search; Garret Rittenhouse; Abraham Rittenhouse; Peter Rittenhouse, Sr; Isaac Rittenhouse and 9 others
Sister of Hannah Howell; Captain Daniel Lakin Howell, II; Benjamin Howell; Joseph Howell; Thomas Howell and 8 others

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About Catharine Rittenhouse

Biography

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41372271/catharine-lakin-ritten...

Wife of William Rittenhouse. She is also referred to as Catherine Lakin (Howell) Rittenhouse.

  • Spelling of first name: Catharine
  • Birth: Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA
  • Death: Rosemont, Amwell (now Delaware) Twp, Hunterdon Co, NJ

I am told the stone says 1778 CR or visa versa.

They had the follwing children:

  • 1) Moses Hemphill died in 1774. Married: Mary
  • 2) Hannah Rittenhouse died 19 May 1798 (Married: A. H. Dairymple.)
  • 3) William Rittenhouse died 1799 (Two wives.)
  • 4) Peter Rittenhouse born 1720/1724 (Two wives.)
  • 5) Isaac Rittenhouse born 13 July 1726(Married: Susanna Baker.)
  • 6) Lott AKA Lot Rittenhouse born 1737. Died 1813.
  • 7) Sarah Rittenhouse (Married: Jeremiah King.)
  • 8) Anne Rittenhouse

Also possibly:

  • 9) Priscilla Rittenhouse b. 1719
  • 10) Garret Rittenhouse b. 1721 d. 1797
  • 11) Abraham Rittenhouse b. abt 1723/1725 d. 1815
  • 12) Jacob Rittenhouse b. 1725 s. 1811
  • 13) Henry R. Rittenhouse b. 1732 d. 1815 (Married Margaret Ottenstein.)

Notes

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95816107/gerhard-rittenhouse

Child of Hans Umstead/Unstadt and Barbara is: Anna Margaretta Umstead, born 1675 in Germany; died February 10, 1696/97 in Germantown, Philadelphia Co., PA; married Gerhard Rittenhouse 1695 in Germantown, Philadelphia Co., PA.

Children of Gerhard Rittenhouse and Anna Umstead are:

  1. William Rittenhouse, born 1695 in Cresheim, near Germantown, PA; died April 13, 1767 in Prallsville, Hunterdon, NJ; married Catherine Howell 1719.
  2. Peter Rittenhouse, born February 1695/96 in Cresheim, Philadelphia Co., PA; died 1748 in Cresheim, Philadelphia Co., PA; married Ann Peters Heisler 1719.
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Catharine Rittenhouse's Timeline

1700
1700
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA, United States
1719
1719
of Prallsville, Hunterdon, NJ
1721
1721
Cresheim, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1723
1723
Cresheim,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania,,,, Pennsylvania
1724
1724
New Jersey, United States
1726
July 13, 1726
Rosemont,Hunterdon County,New Jersey,,,, New Jersey
1728
1728
Roxborough, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
1729
1729
1732
1732
Hunterdon County,New Jersey,,,,