A genea-biographical history of the Rittenhouse family and all its branches in America, with sketches of their descendants, from the earliest available records to the present time, including the birth of Wilhelm in 1644
Binder's title: Origin and history of the Rittenhouse family. Vol. 1. Three generations in Europe, 1591 to 1644. Four generations in America, 1644 to 1825.
The author published a supplementary volume under title: The family record of David Rittenhouse, including his sisters Esther, Anne and Eleanor...Norristown, Pa., 1897.
Addresses delivered at the second stated meeting of the Lebanon County Historical Society, held in the court house, Lebanon, Pa., Friday, April 15, 1898.
Lebanon County Historical Society publications ; v. 1, no. 3
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Contents
Chapters: Great influx of Germans and Swiss -- Early residents -- The plan of the town -- The name of the town -- The old market house -- The Franklin House -- The water works -- Stiegle's Castle or Tower -- The Reformed church -- Early members of the Reformed church -- The Lutheran Church -- The Lutheran School House -- The founder of the town -- The old cemetery -- Copy of a paper found in the Reformed Church records ( in German ).
Geschichte der Mennoniten, von Menno Simons' Austritt aus der Kömisch-Katholischen Kirche in 1536 bis zu deren Auswanderung nach Amerika in 1683. Mehr speciell ihre Ansiedlung und Ausbreitung in Amerika. Enthaltend: Kurze Skizzen der einzelnen Gemeinden mit den Namen ihrer Prediger vom Jahre 1683 bis zur gegenwärtigen Zeit
