Veronica (Lehman) Reich (1743 - 1823)

Born 1 Mar 1743 in Zweibrücken, Zweibrucken, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Wife of Christoph Reich — married 1761 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1 May 1823 at age 80 in Salem, Stokes, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Veronica was the daughter of Benjamin Lehmann of Zweibrücken Germany and Berks Co. PA. Veronica came to America in 1756. During the voyage, a brother and a sister died. She was raised as a Mennonite, but was baptized a Lutheran in Reading, Berks Co., 1761, the same year she married Christoph Reich. [notes from Merrill Reich to Elizabeth Harris, 1996]

Christoph and Veronica Reich migrated to NC and settled in the "Stinking Quarter" on the Haw River, Orange Co. NC, in the 1760s, later moving to the Stokes Co. area. In 1801 Christoph Reich was drowned in the Staunton River in Virginia while on a journey to Pennsylvania. In 1813 Veronica moved to the home of her son Matthaeus near Salem, and joined the Moravian congregation there. She died in Salem in 1823^[1][2].^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 46093914
2. ↑ Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. See Records of the Moravians for information on this series.
3. ↑ Please see the notes for Veronica's husband Christoph Reich for specific entries from the Records of the Moravians in North Carolina that refer to this family.

• David Martin, g-g-g-g-g grandson

• http://www.fmoran.com/reich.html, web page on the Reich family by Faye Jarvis Moran and Elizabeth Harris