Margaret (Rice) Teeter (1757 - 1847)

Born 1757 in Hamilton, Northampton, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Peter Teeter — married about 1779 in Sussex County, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 10 May 1847 at about age 90 in Lansing, Tompkins, New York, United States

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Biography

Margaret Rice was born about 1757, possibly in Hamilton, Northampton County, PA. ^[1] She was the daughter of Jacob Reiss/Rice and Catherina (Mueller) Rice. ^[2]

Margaret’s sisters married brothers -- Cattrean married Jacob Teeter, and Christina married Peter Teeter. When Christina died, leaving two children, Margaret became the wife of Peter Teeter. Based on the birth of a daughter in June 1780, they probably married in the fall of 1779. ^[3] Researcher Linda Bloom Rossi added the following:

Around the time of the birth of Peter’s and Margaret’s second child in 1783, Margaret’s mother died and was buried at Stillwater. In less than eight years, during which time the Revolution had run full course, Margaret had lost her mother, her sister, and a brother. And by about this same time, Peter had lost his father and a brother. ^[4]

Peter and Margaret had a daughter baptized at Stillwater, Sussex County, New Jersey in October 1787. ^[5] After that, they seem to disappear from the Sussex County records.

On February 23, 1795, Peter bought land in today’s Lansing, Tompkins County, NY. ^[6] Records indicate the family was there as early as the fall of 1796. ^[7]

Peter and Margaret lived out their lives in Lansing. Their children were: Christina, married John Collins; Elias P., married Christiana Neuman and Prudence Knapp; Anna Maria (Polly), married Henry Snyder; Rachel, married Anthony Carter; Sally, married James T. Morgan; Peter, married Hannah Lee; and John, who died after 1832. In December 1803, Peter and Margaret had their last child, Margaretha, named after her mother. She was baptized at home and died a few weeks later. ^[8]

Peter died in 1832. Among other stipulations, the house and farm were to go to his son Peter, and his mother was to live there the remainder of her days. ^[9] Margaret lived another fifteen years.

Margaret (Rice) Teeter is buried in Asbury Methodist-Episcopal Church Cemetery in Lansing, Tompkins County, New York. Although cemetery records give her death as May 10, 1847, her tombstone reads: “MARGARET Wife of PETER TETER died Mar. 10, 1847 In the 91 Year of her age.” ^{[10] [11]}

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Sources

1. ↑ Manuscript, “One Line of Descent from Coonrod Teeter and Maria Catharine Weber,” Linda Bloom Rossi, 1990, source: Lansing Historical Association/Town Historian, Lansing, New York; source citing: “New York Genealogical & Biographical record” April 1923, p. 176; July 1923, p. 286; “Margaret, w/o Peter Teeter, d. May 10, 1847 in 91st year.
2. ↑ Coonrod Teeter Manuscript, referenced above; source citing: Jacob Reiss Probate Records: State of New Jersey, Dept. of State, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, NJ, File 647S; Lib 36; pp. 125+.
3. ↑ Coonrod Teeter Manuscript, referenced above; source citing: Church records, Stillwater Church, Sussex County, New Jersey; Records pub. By Genealogical Society of New Jersey; #37 Peter Dider, Margrith; daughter Christina, b. 10 Jun 1780, baptized 29 Sep 1780.
4. ↑ Coonrod Teeter Manuscript, referenced above; page xiv.
5. ↑ Coonrod Teeter Manuscript, referenced above; source citing: Church records, Stillwater Church, Sussex Co., NJ, Records pub. By Genealogical Society of NJ; #37 Peter Dieter, Margareth, daughter Anna Maria, b. 2 Jun 1787, baptized 7 Oct 1787; Sponsors: Jacob Reis & wife Maria Catarina.
6. ↑ The Teeter Family, by Norene Turcsik.
7. ↑ Coonrod Teeter Manuscript, referenced above; source citing: Abraham Bloom: His Riting Book (1788-1810), source: DeWitt Historical Society, Ithaca, NY; Peter Teeter, Pages 40, 41, 77: Oct 24 1796 to Mar 4, 1797.
8. ↑ Margaretha Teeter, source: Coonrod Teeter Manuscript, referenced above; source citing: Church Records: Evangelical United Congregation of Milton & Scipio, Tompkins County, New York; source: DeWitt Historical Society, Ithaca, NY, Peter Dieter & Margaret, daughter Margaret, ,b. Dec 3 1803, Dec 26, 1803 “at home of parents.”
9. ↑ Coonrod Teeter Manuscript, referenced above; source citing: Probate Records, Tompkins County Court House, Ithaca, NY; Peter Teeter 1830-1832, page 294.
10. ↑ Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery Records, Lansing, Tompkins County, NY; Part 3 and 4, transcribed by Mary Rumsy, Enfield Township Coordinator; http://www.nytompki.org/cemeteries/tcem051.htm
11. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 93360341

• The Teeter Family - Norene Turcsik.

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