Maria Elisabetha (Schweissguth) Ratts (1749 - 1806)

Born 3 Mar 1749 in Bierstadt, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Daughter of Lorentz Schweissguth and Catherina Elizabeth (Mayer) Schweissguth

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1806 at age 57 in Rowan, North Carolina

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Biography

Maria (Schweissguth) Ratts migrated from Germany 1780 to USA.

Margaret E. or Maria Margaretha Elisabetha Schweissguth (aka Schweirbgut or Swicegood in English) was born between 1739 and 1759 or Feb 1748/49 in Bierstadt, Wiesbaden, Germany. ^[1]

Around 1780, Sophia and Henry Clement, Margaret and Godfrey Ratz, Johann Adam Schweissguth and Phillip Schweissguth moved from Germany, via Pennsylvania to Rowan County (currently Davidson County), North Carolina. They settled near the Tyro Wagon Shops. The four familes recived many land grants.^[2]

She died in Mar 20, 1806 (1789-1848) in Rowan County (area that became Davidson County in 1822), North Carolina, USA.^[3]

She married Godfrey Ratz, sometime between 1778 and 1799. ^[4] They had the following children^[5]:

1. Elizabeth Rattz (Dob: About 1768, Dod: 8/26/1832), married Henry Cope and had son named John Cope
2. Henry T. Rattz (Dob: 10/14/1770; Dod: 12/30/1833), married Barbara Winkler (Dob: 1769; Dod: 1/8/1849) on 3/2/1790
3. Catherine Rattz (Dob: About 1772; Dod: About 1838), married Henry Blessing in 1807.
4. Godfried Rattz, Jr. (Dob: 4/22/1778 in Rowan County, NC; Dod: 12/1/1840 in Davidson County, NC), married Elizabeth Gobble
5. Margaret Rattz (Dob: About 1789, Dod: ?) married Jacob Gobble (Dob: ? ; Dod: 11/20/1849) in 1797.
6. Mary Magdeline Rattz (Dob: About 1782; Dod: 8/1842) married Warren Roberts (Dob: 1772; Dod: 1816) on 8/27/1804.
7. Anna Marie Rattz (Dob: About 1786; Dod: 1/17/1842) married Daniel Click (Dob: 10/30/1780; Dod: 12/7/1845) on 3/6/1807. They had a son named John Nicholas Click (Dob: 1/19/1814; Dod: 7/27/1880) who maried Eliza Brinegar (Dob: 1814; Dod: 3/1847) and they had Susan Stoker.

Buried 30 MAR 1806. St. Luke's Lutheran Church (Sandy Creek) Cemetery, Tyro, Rowan, North Carolina, USA.

Christening: 27 JUL 1766. York, Pennsylvania, United States. Age: 17.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth date could not be completely interpreted, #World tree 3097 and 4645, #Cole, #Blog, #FG, #Bierstadt
2. ↑ Land Records from Rowan and Davidson County, North Carolina
3. ↑ #World, #FG
4. ↑ #World, tree 3097
5. ↑ #Blog

• Source: FamilyTree

• Source: World Family Tree, Vol. 2, Ed. 1 Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Publication: Release date: November 29, 1995 Note: #NS20711 Repository: Call Number: Media: Other, Tree #3097, #4645, Data: Text: Date of Import: Sep 18, 2005

• Source: Title: Cole Loyd Ancestry file.FBK.FBK1.FTW Repository: Call Number: Media: Other

• Source: Tree #3097, Data: Text: Date of Import: Mar 3, 1999, Found multiple copies of Birth DATE. FEB 1748/49.

• Source: [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #4645, Date of Import: Mar 3, 1999], Parents: Name: Birth: Margaret Hendrickson, "The Henry T. Ratts Family" 1979

• Source: Sharing scrapbook Blog, by Sharon, Mom25dogs(at)gmail.com, Godfreid Rattz, Sr. (Dob: 4/22/1743; Dod: 12/1/1804) married Maria Margaretha Schweissgut (Dob: 3/3/1748-1749 in Wiesbaden, Bierstadt, Hesse-Nassau, Germany; Dod: 3/29/1806 in Tyro, Davidson County, NC) in Pennsylvania. See below for more info on the Schweissguts. They had 7 children. accessed Mar 4, 2017

• Source: Find a Grave for Margaret Swicegood Ratz, Sandy Creek Cemetery, Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, accessed Apr 9, 2017

• Wikipedia:Bierstadt, Note: Bierstadt was a city in the Holy Roman Empire in the mid 1800s with a population of about 500 residents.

• distributed by Virginia Lee Wingler Crager, 2000, Ray Eugene Wingler's book on Wingler Family, (1970), note: has name Margaret Unknown.

• Paul Arthur Zilz, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #3097, Date of Import: Feb 16, 2001. "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Feb 16, 2001 has name Marget Swicegood.

• Robert Diehl Kienzle, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #4645, Date of Import: Feb 16, 2001. "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Feb 16, 2001 has name Marget Swicegood.

• Michael Timothy Nance, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 23, 1996), "CD-ROM," Tree #3062, Date of Import: Feb 18, 2001. "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Feb 18, 2001 has name Marget Swicegood Ratz.