Johann Georg Reiffenberg (abt. 1685 - 1776)

Born about 1685 in Flammersbach, Haiger, Hesse-Nassau, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Husband of Maria Elisabetha (Deiken) Reiffenberg — married before 1709 in Germantown, Columbia County, NY

Descendants

Died 25 Nov 1776 at about age 91 in Livingston, Columbia, New York, United States

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Biography

Johann Georg Reiffenberg was a Palatine Migrant. Join: Palatine Migration Project Discuss: palatine_migration

Treated by Jones (1985) with Hunter lists id #591 as “perhaps” the son of Christianus son of Johannes. He goes on: "Johann Georg Reiffenberg made his initial appearance on the Hunter Lists 31 Dec 1710 with 4 pers. over 10 yrs. of age. The family showed 3 pers. over 10 yrs. 27 Mar 1712. Jno. Geo. Rieffenberg of Annsberg was a soldier in 1711 (Palatine Volunteers to Canada). Jury Ryvenberger was on the roll of the independent comanie of the Manor of Livingston 30 Nov 1715 (Report of the State Historian, Vol. I, p. 523). Jurich Reyfenburger was nat. 14 Feb 1715/16 (Albany Nats.). Georg Reiffenberger with wife and ch. was at Heessberg ca. 1716/17 (Simmendinger Register). Jury Ryvenberger was a Palatine Debtor in 1718, 1719, 1721, 1722, and 1726 (Livingston Debt Lists). The w/o Johann Georg (1) was called Maria Elisabetha in 1720 (HJ). The ch. of Johann Georg....", Quoted from Henry Z. Jones, Jr., The Palatine Families...., Vol. 2, p. 763.

Jones proposes a wife named Maria Elisabetha and 5 children with indirect evidence - Anna Margaretha, Daniel, Maria Catharina, Adam and Georg - and one - Johannes - with a baptism record. He treats these children and grandchildren in considerable detail (ib., p. 763fff).

Page: V. 2 p. 763

His name appears as Johann Georg Reiffenberg as the only one of that name (or alternate names ie. Reiffenberger, etc) on this list:

German, Swiss, Dutch & French (Palatine) immigrant ships to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Names of Male Palatines above twenty-one years old in Livingston Manor, NY in the Winter of 1710 and Summer 1711.

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Alternate spellings of surname:

The spellings Jones reproduces above suggest that major variants appeared after emigration (Rieffenberg, Reifenberg, Reiffenberger, Ryphenbergh, etc., etc.)

Research Notes

Note: All the information that appears here as Johann Georg's lineage was supplied by an email correspondent whose website is cited throughout. Her email reads as follows:

" this info that I corrected and put in was from a distant relative in Germany and had to ask him to translate it so I know who went where!!. the dates like I said are Betweens. You already know of course they family had a castle named after them AFTER it was HATTSTEIN Castle. This is the same family, the name changed after Kuno/Cuno took it over. The names were interchangable. ( I will have to find the little story I have abt it then send it to ya. interesting,) and We have a Crest they we ARE allowed to use!! I will send that to you too! The ancestry I added a not on it, so be sure to follow it. because when you come to Jutta's name, you start following HER line back, she is the Noble name Johann comes from , she IS a Reiffenberg! Also, it seems everyone has Johann George Reiffenberg's dad as Christophus, I thought that too until I got this info and found the confusion. I think you like this info and the crest. Enjoy that one because its ours to actually use since it was given to a direct ancestor!! that's how that works. One has to be from a Direct line to actually have to right to use or claim a crest. A lot of people think because it was given to a lets say, a cousin with the same surname they can use it too, no only the direct line."

Parentage

This profile is the result of a merge of two profiles, both of which showed different parents, neither of which offered any sources for same. The two sets of parents, now both detached were Johann Georg Reiffenberg (1650-) and Catherine Blass (1652-) or Christianus Reiffenberger (abt.1650-abt.1709) and Anna Catharina Cuntz (abt.1652-).

Immigration

Immigration:

Date: 1710

Type: Hunter List

Place: 6342 Haiger, nr. Dillenburg, Germany

Note: Per Jones: "The European origins of the family were at 6342 Haiger (5 km. w. of Dillenburg). The early chbks. of this village crucial to my study are no longer extant. Johann Georg Reiffenberg of Flammersbach in Amt Haiger petitioned to leave Germany in 1709 (Nassau-Dillenburg Petitions). Perhaps he was the s/o Christianus Reiffenberger, s/o the late Johannes Reiffenberger from Flammersbach in the Ampt Haiger, who md. Cathrina, d/o Johannes Cuntz from Amdorf, 6 Oct 1672 at 6348 Herborn (HJ). The earlier Johannes Reiffenberg of Flammersbach had a daughter Anna Elisabetha who sp. at 6349 Breitscheid at an early date."

Page: p. 763

Marriage and Children

Husband: Johann* Georg/Jurgen Reiffenberg

Wife: Maria Elisabetha Deiken

Child: Anna Margaretha Reiffenberg

Child: Daniel Reiffenberg

Child: Maria Catharina Reiffenberg

Child: Adam Reiffenberg

Child: Georg Reiffenberg

Child: Johannes Reiffenberg

Marriage:

Date: BEF 1709?

Place: Germantown, Columbia County, NY

• (Possible) Children:
  • Anna Catharina b. 1704 (Germany)
  • Anna Margaretha b. 1707 in Germany (or later in NY)
  • Tunis b. 1710 in Germany
  • Maria Elisabetha b. c1711 in NY
  • Daniel b. c1712 in NY
  • Adam Henrich b. 1715 in NY
  • George Johannes b. 1721 in NY

He married in Germany.^[2]

He petitioned to leave Germany in 1709 and immigrated to the United States in 1710 with his wife and 2 children.^[3][4]

His known children were:

1. Anna Maria Catharina Reiffenberger (1702–~1749)
2. Anna Margaretha Reiffenberger (1712– )
3. Jurg Johannes Reiffenberger (~1720–<1784)

Johann passed away about 1750 in Livingston Manor, Columbia, Province of New York, aged 74.

Research Notes: Alternate spellings of surname Rieffenberg, Reifenberg, Reiffenberger, Ryphenbergh, etc., trying to ascertain if they are all Reiffenbergs. The spellings suggest that major variants appeared after emigration.

It is believed he married Maria Elisabetha Deiken likely in Germany. They raised six including Maria Catharina. Jones proposes that “perhaps” he was a son of Christianus (p. 763). It is also believed that he married Maria Elisabetha Koch. "Johann Georg Reiffenberg made his initial appearance on the Hunter Lists 31 Dec 1710 with 4 people over 10 yrs. of age. The family showed 3 people over 10 yrs. 27 Mar 1712. Jno. Geo. Rieffenberg of Annsberg was a soldier in 1711 (Palatine Volunteers to Canada). Jury Ryvenberger was on the roll of the independent companie of the Mannor of Livingston 30 Nov 1715 (Report of the State Historian, Vol. I, p. 523). Jurich Reyfenburger was nat. 14 Feb 1715/16 (Albany Nats.). Georg Reiffenberger with wife and ch. was at Heessberg ca. 1716/17 (Simmendinger Register). Jury Ryvenberger was a Palatine Debtor in 1718, 1719, 1721, 1722, and 1726 (Livingston Debt Lists). " (Jones [1985] p. 763).

Sources

1. ↑ A Collection of upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727 to 1776; Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, Second Revised Edition, 1876, Philadelphia.
2. ↑ Mattice Family History, 1709 - 1961, Palatine Emigration: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061973590&view=1up&seq=9&q1=Reiffenberg
3. ↑ Passenger List: "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s"
   Place: New York, New York; Year: 1710; Page Number: 288
   Ancestry Record 7486 #1815301 (accessed 17 June 2023)
   Name: Johann Georg Reiffenberg; Arrival Year: 1710; Arrival Place: New York, New York; Primary Immigrant: Reiffenberg, Johann Georg; Source Publication Code: 3988.10; Annotation: Most are date and port of arrival; a few list date and place of settlement. Exhaustive historical and genealogical information are also provided.; Source Bibliography: KNITTLE, WALTER ALLEN. Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1997. 320p.;
   Household Members (Name):
   Johann Georg Reiffenberg.
4. ↑ Knittle, Walter Allen, Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010317660&view=1up&seq=7

• Henry Z. Jones, Jr., The Palatine Families...., Vol. 2, p. 763.
• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Author: Gale Research Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenge Note: APID: 1,7486::0
• "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH9Q-FL9 : 25 March 2020), Adamo Reiffenberg in entry for Anna Catharina Reiffenberg, 1704.
• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2CC-SPD : 14 February 2020), Johan Jurgen Reissenbergen in entry for Johannes Reissenbergen, 1720.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011.
• Thank you to Rhonda Kuhnle for creating Reiffenberg-48 on 5 Sep 13.
• Thank you to Jenn Presutto for creating WikiTree profile Rifenburgh-9 through the import of Judith Chilton Family Tree.ged on Apr 22, 2013.
• Nassau-Dillenburg Petitions