Caspar Rieth Jr (1738 - 1804)

Born 2 Feb 1738 in Tulpehocken Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabetha Shaffer — married 1760 in Berks, PA

Husband of Maria Magdelana (Fidler) Reed — married 11 Nov 1789 in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died Sep 1804 at age 66 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Caspar Rieth/Reed/Riedt was born in 1738, in Tulpehocken Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Caspar Reith (Sr.) and Anna Margaretha Barth.

Baptism: Zion's & Saint John's Reed's Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Marion Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

• name: Johann Casper Rith
• sponsor: Casper Leitbecker

Military? American Revolutionary war, Captain 3rd Battalion Pennsylvania Militia. [or, does this refer to Captain Caspar Rieth (1734-1802)?] DAR # A094212

About 1760, he married Elizabetha Schaefer, daughter of Michael Schaeffer and his wife Ann Margaretha Gleb. The couple had the following children:

1. John Frederick (1762-1836) m1 Elisabeth Klingler (~1767-~1790), m2 Mary E. Groves (1769-1865); children
2. Anna Margaretha (1764-1827) m Jacob Lauks/Loucks [perhaps he is a son of Casper Laux, witness to Caspar Rieth's will?]
3. Johannes (1767- ) m Maria Magdalena Schaefer (1768-1845)
4. Johann Phillip (1767- ) twin of Johannes, died as an infant.
5. Magdalena (1768- 1840) m Michael Kalbach (1768-1840)
6. Anna Maria (1773-1848) m Jacob Fidler
7. Catharina (1776-1798)
8. Johann Caspar (1778-1847) m Elizabeth Leiss (1780-1863)
9. Johann Michael (1781- )
10. Maria Barbara (1783-1867) m George Haag/Haak/Haeg? (1777-1852)

11 Nov 1789: following the death of his first wife Elizabeth Schäffer, Caspar Rieth (Jr) married Maria Magdalena Fedler, widow of John Bennetsch/Pennetsch at Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Marion, Berks, Pennsylvania

Will:^[1][2] The Will names the children of Johan Casper Rieth (1738) in the following order: Frederick, Anna Margaretha (wife of Jacob Loucks), John, Magdalena (wife of Michael Kalbach) Maria Ana aka Anna Maria (wife of Jacob Fiedler), Catharina, Casper, Michael, and Barbara (wife of Georg Haeg). It also names his second wife Maria Magdalena. The children in the will are listed according to birth order, which is documented in christening records, Find a grave records, or both - all except John, a twin who was born in 1766.

Will transcription:^[3] Rieth, Jasper, Tulpehocken Township Written: July 1, 1804 Recorded: September 22, 1804. Provides for wife Maria Magdalena. Mentions having sold his plantation to son Jasper. Remainder to be sold and divided into 9 equal parts: to son Frederick dau. Anna Margareta wife of Jacob LAUCKS son John dau. Magdalena wife of Michael KALBACH dau. Anna Maria wife of Jacob FIDLER dau. Catharine son Jasper son Michael dau. Barbara wife of George HAG. Son Jasper to provide for dau. Catharine who has some infirmity. Exrs: Neighbor Jacob KINTZER. Wits: Jacob SCHOENFELD and Casper LAUX.

Research Notes

FSID: LCY3-5MB

There are two Caspar Rieths who were contemporaries. The Caspar (1738-1804) represented by this profile was a son of Caspar Rieth, Sr.; he married Elizabeth Schaeffer (born 1743). He died in Tulpehocken Township, Berks, PA. The other Caspar Rieth (1733-1802), was a son of Johann George. On 12 Aug 1754 this Caspar married Anna Schaefer (~1735- ), as recorded by Pastor Stoever. He is buried buried in the Old Pioneer Cemetery (AKA Herrold Family Cemetery) located in Port Trevorton, Snyder, PA. There currently exists a Find A Grave: Memorial #12552063 that has conflated the two Caspars. Some of the information previously in the biography of this profile has been transferred to the other Caspar.

Daughter Anna Margaretha Rieth married Jacob Lauks 11 Apr 1786 at Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Marion Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Currently on Wikitree, there is a profile for a Jacob Lauks from York, Pennsylvania (married Margaret Ann Read) that is probably mis assigned/conflated.

The profile of John C. Reed born in Havre de Grace Maryland (Reed-5425) is not a child of these parents as is currently shown on Wikitree.

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899T-NVJ6?cc=1999196&wc=9PMZ-FMQ%3A268499201%2C284743501 : 3 July 2014), Berks > Wills 1753-1758 and 1778-1811 vol A2-B2 > image 265 of 655; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ Image of his will
3. ↑ Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834, (Broderbund Software CD #209), 22 Sep 1804

• Birth based on baptism February, 1738 at Reed's Church . Sponsor was Casper Leitbecker.

Death based on will dated July 1, 1804 and proved September 22, 1804

Named in Mother-in-Law's 1778 Estate Papers

Anna Margaretha Shaffer, widow of Michael Schaefer, of Tulpehacon, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Daughter: Margareth Elisabeth Rudy (alias Brown) - gives her ward, Rob

Daughter: Elisabeth, wife of Casper Reed Junior

Son: John Nicholaus Schaefer

Daughter: Anna Maria Catharina Schaukirchin

Executors: Friend, Casper Reed, Senior

Witn: John Meyer; Simon Augler

Will written: 30th Ocotber 1780

Will proven: 23rd December 1782

Inventory: taken 20th December 1782 - presented January 3rd, 1783

Berks, Pennsylvania Estate Papers

• Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever : baptismal and marriage, 1730-1779 : Stoever, Johann Casper, 1707-1779 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive, page 64. Link
• Blue book of Schuylkill County : who was who and why, in interior eastern Pennsylvania, in Colonial days, the Huguenots and Palatines, their service in Queen Anne's French and Indian, and Revolutionary Wars : b history of the Zerbey, Schwalm, Miller, Merkle, Minnich, Staudt, and many other representative families.Elliott, Ella Zerbey, 1916. pp 106- 107. Link to 1916 source on achive.org
• Strausstown roots for Johann Caspar Reed (1738-1804)

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Christopher Bitner for creating WikiTree profile Reed-4715 through the import of Bitner Directs_2013-01-29.ged on Jul 31, 2013.
• Thank You Ken Wise for adding historical information and burial information.