Johann Eberhardt (Riehm) Ream
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Johann Eberhardt (Riehm) Ream (1687 - 1779)

Johann Eberhardt Ream formerly Riehm
Born in Leimen, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reichmap
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Husband of — married 5 Apr 1712 in Leimen, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reichmap
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Died at age 91 in Reamstown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Johann Eberhardt (Riehm) Ream has German Roots.
This profile is part of the Ream Name Study.

Johann Eberhardt Ream was born/baptized, 6/8 October 1687, in Leimen, Heidelberg, Germany, the son of Hans Andreas Riehm. His mother's name has not been confirmed.[1][2]

He married Anna Elisabetha Schwab, 5 Apr 1712, in Leimen, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany. She is the daughter of Jost Schwab and Anna Katherine Wolfhardt.[3]

Children:

  1. Johann Jacob Ream (1713-1777) m. Christina HALLER
  2. Anna Catharine Ream (1716-1803) m. John LEINBACH
  3. Abraham Ream (1718-1783) m. Anna Mary LEINBACH
  4. Nicholas Ream (1721-1774) m. Sarah Elizabeth REITER
  5. John Ream (1723-1784) m. Maria Eva
  6. William Mathias Ream (1726-1789) m. Magdalena
  7. Susanna Ream (1730-) m. Daniel DIFT
  8. Tobias Ream (1733-1807) m. Juliana KELLER
  9. Adam Ream (1735-)
  10. Andreas Ream (1737-1813) m. Susanna FIESSER
  11. Samuel Ream (1739-1780)

Eberhard followed the trade of baker as did his father-in-law, Jost Schwab. He emigrated with his wife, two children, and his in-laws from Germany with the son of William Penn. They emigrated from Leimen to Rotterdam to Philadelphia/Conestoga in the fall of 1717. He is first mentioned in the records of the Pequea Valley where he asked for a grant of 200 acres of land bordering the Pequa Valley Creek that included a small Indian settlement called "Cocalico." He had the Indians' consent to settle there and the purchase money. The area was known as Mud River.[1] Eberhard Ream, Baker, appears in the 1718 Philadelphia tax list.[4]

Eberhard and his sons John, Jacob and Nicholas are listed in the 1751 tax list for Cocalico Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[5]

Eberhard Ream died, 22 Aug 1779, in what is now Reamstown, East Cocalico Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is buried in the Ream-Reddig Cemetery. The following inscription appears on his tombstone[2]

Inscription: age: 91 yrs 10 mos 14 days - born in: Leimen, Heidelberg, Baden, Palatinate (Palatinate is now part of Germany)


Land Transactions:

28 Jun 1734 Lancaster, PA: Land Patent,
389 Acres from Warrant dated 22 May 1734 [6]

23 Nov 1750 Lancaster, PA: Land Patent
133 Acres from Warrant dated 17 Nov 1736[7]

15 Feb 1759 (Bk EE, p.134) Lancaster, PA: Deed to son
Everhard (Elizabeth) REAM to son John REAM, of Cocalico Twp Lancaster; 100 A adj Everhard REAM…ENSWINGER…HERSHBARGER… part of 389 A patented to Everhard 18 Nov 1736[8]

15 Feb 1759 (Bk EE, p.135) Lancaster, PA: Deed to son
Everhard (Elizabeth) REAM to son Nicholas REAM, of Cocalico Twp Lancaster; 60 A adj Nicholas REAM… part of 389 A patented to Everhard 18 Nov 1736[8]

15 Feb 1759 (Bk EE, p.137) Lancaster, PA: Deed to son
Everhard (Elizabeth) REAM to son Nicholas REAM, of Cocalico Twp Lancaster; 62 A adj Everhard REAM… Mathias REAM … part of 113 A patented to Everhard 13 Nov 1750[9]

15 Feb 1759 (Bk EE, p.274) Lancaster, PA: Deed to son
Eberhard (Elizabeth) REAM to Mathias REAM, of Cocalico Twp Lancaster; 51A … for natural love and affection …HERSHBARGER …GOLDNYS…[10]

15 Feb 1759 (Bk P3, p.484) Lancaster, PA: Deed to son
Eberhard (Elizabeth) REAM to son Jacob REAM, Cocalico; 110 A … part of 389 A patent to Eberhard REAM in 1736… [11]

15 Feb 1759 (Bk U, p.349) Lancaster, PA: Deed to son
Eberhard (Elizabeth) REAM to son Andrew REAM, Cocalico; 62 A for love and affection …part of a larger tract of 389 A patented 1738…[12]

Note: Although the original deeds have not been located, Eberhard and Elizabeth REAM also deeded land to sons Tobias & Abraham REAM as evidenced by the descriptions contained in the following deed:

26 Jun 1773 (Bk X, p.160) Lancaster, PA: Tobias to REAM & RUPP
Tobias (Juliana) REAM to Andrew REAM & Jacob RUPP, Cocalico; Land in trust for a free school and burying grounds… part of tract patented to Eberhard REAM (398 A)…54 A conveyed 15 Feb 1759 to Tobias REAM…[13]

14 May 1783 Lancaster, PA:
Abraham (Anna Maria) REAM yeoman of Reamstown, Cocalico Twp to John SHIFFER of Oley Twp, Berks; ...whereas Eberhard (Elizabeth) REAM granted 32 A to Abraham REAM his son, 15 Feb 1759...[14]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elmer Leonidas Denniston, Genealogy of the Stukey, Ream, Grove, Clem, and Denniston Families (Harrisburg, PA: The author, 1939), p.245. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066110917&view=1up&seq=269&skin=2021&q1=eberhard
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 23 April 2020), memorial page for Johann Eberhard “John” Ream (6 Oct 1687–22 Aug 1779), Find A Grave: Memorial #34648970, citing Ream-Reddig Family Cemetery, Reamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Martha Prader (contributor 47288863).
  3. ↑ "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N8KB-VV9 : 25 October 2021), Hanss Andreas Riehm in entry for Johann Eberhard Riehm, 1712.
  4. ↑ Section: Minutes of the Common Council, 1710 to 1718 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26532464?h=8094f4 (Free Share)
  5. ↑ Family Search Film # 007857859 Screen# 15 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7W-MSJX-5?i=14&cat=201844
  6. ↑ http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17PatentIndexes/A-AAPatentIndex259.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17PatentIndexes/A-AAPatentIndex261.pdf
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Family Search Film# 008067079 Screen# 398 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF1-S133?i=397&cat=224489
  9. ↑ Family Search Film# 008067079 Screen# 399 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF1-S1ST?i=398&cat=224489
  10. ↑ Family Search Film# 008067079 Screen# 472 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFB-53HD-X?i=245&cat=224489
  11. ↑ Family Search Film# 008067095 Screen# 346 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFB-53HD-X?i=245&cat=224489
  12. ↑ Family Search Film# 008067075 Screen# 178 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFB-RQBK?i=177&cat=224489
  13. ↑ Family Search Film# 008067076 Screen# 116 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFB-K3Q7-B?i=84&cat=224489
  14. ↑ Elmer Leonidas Denniston, Genealogy of the Stukey, Ream, Grove, Clem, and Denniston Families (Harrisburg, PA: The author, 1939), p.277-280. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066110917&view=1up&seq=301&skin=2021

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bobby Jacobs for creating WikiTree profile Ream-79 through the import of Jacobs Family Tree.ged on Oct 8, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Bobby and others.





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Selvaggio-84 Lucy (Selvaggio) Selvaggio-Diaz
Ream-210 and Ream-79 appear to represent the same person because: These are the same person.
posted on Ream-79 (merged) by Lucy (Selvaggio) Selvaggio-Diaz
Selvaggio-84 Lucy (Selvaggio) Selvaggio-Diaz
Ream-210 and Riehm-55 appear to represent the same person because: These are the same person. I propose the spelling of Ream because Reamstown, Pa is name for this family and that is the spelling.
posted on Ream-79 (merged) by Lucy (Selvaggio) Selvaggio-Diaz

Johann Eberhardt is 15 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 24 degrees from Carl Sagan, 21 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 30 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 23 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 20 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 25 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 14 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 18 degrees from Isaac Newton, 25 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 23 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 12 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.

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