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From: Philip Ritter <>
Subject: RE: [BRE] Ritter Family
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:29:39 -0800
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Tex and John come from the NC Ritters (all believed descended from Jesse
Ritter who lived in Moore Co., NC in the 1700's). Donna Ritter Riley, who
started the Ritter DNA project with FTDNA, is from that family, and has
recruited 7 participants, all of whom share a y-chromosome
signature. We've made less headway with the many PA and MD Ritter
families, but are starting the reach a critical mass. The results so far
can be seen at http://www.stanford.edu/~philr/RitterDNA/RitterResults.html.

Phil

At 11:07 PM 11/23/2004, you wrote:
>Any relations to the famous Ritters - Tex and John?
>
>Just a curious observer!
>
>Mark Finlay :-)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Philip Ritter [mailto:]
>Sent: November 23, 2004 11:58 PM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [BRE] Ritter Family
>
>
>I'm from a different Ritter family (as confirmed by the y-chromosome test),
>but once wondered if the John Ritter who lived in St. Joseph Co., IN might
>have been from one of my two Ritter lines. My ancestor was also a John
>Ritter, who was born in PA sometime before 1775 and died in Tuscarawas Co.,
>OH about 1826. He was married to a Barbara Burket, according to one
>unconfirmed source. I haven't had any luck so far connecting to any of the
>other better known Ritter families, but since it's been several years since
>I made a query about him on this list, I'll try again. John Ritter's
>oldest son George (my great-great grandfather) became a Brethren minister
>according to family tradition. There must have been something to the story
>as George's occupation was listed as "Dunkard Preacher" in the 1850
>census. So two questions: (1) is anyone familiar with this Ritter
>line? So far I have no matches among the Ritters who have had their
>y-chromosomes tested (or to anyone else among tens of thousands of people
>who have been tested). (2) is anyone familiar with a Brethren congregation
>that once existed in Lawrence township, Tuscarawas Co., OH (where George
>Ritter would have ministered)? There is supposed to be a marker near the
>steps where the Dunker church once stood, but I've never seen mention of
>that congregation in the various Ohio Brethren histories. Most of the
>Brethren from that area migrated to NE Kosciuskso Co., IN (including Mock,
>Hamman, Kuhn, Fashbaugh, Strieby and other families), so perhaps the church
>went out of existence when most everyone left. George Ritter moved to West
>Creek Twp., Lake Co., IN in 1851 but died in 1855. There is no record of a
>Brethren congregation in southern Lake Co., and most of George's children
>subsequently moved to Kosciusko Co. and rejoined their old neighbors from
>Tuscarawas.
>
>Thanks, Phil
>
>At 06:13 PM 11/23/2004, you wrote:
>
> > My John Ritter was born in NC in 1777 . I do not know were. John and
> >his mother went to Tennessee for 2 years and then he took her back to
> >NC. He went to Ky 1800 and then to Dayton, Ohio. He married Barbara Garber
> >1805 ..daughter of John Jr Garber and Barbara Zook. They had there first
> >child in
> >Jacob Ritter January 1, 1806 in Ohio. There is a Michael Ritter in
> >Dayton,Ohio at the same
> > time and census info is that he was also born in NC. No records but
> > Family thinks that
> >John's parents names... Jacob born in Germany and Sarah. Can anyone help
>me?
> >My Ritter DNA doesn't match Moore County Ritter's that have done the DNA.
> >
> >Ferne...Do you have any Ritter info?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >I have been especially pleased to have recently come into possession of
> > > several resources which will be useful for those researching family in
> > > N. Carolina,,, especially those who went to Cape Girardeau andKy...
> >and
> > > other information especially focused on Muhlenberg Co, Ky.. If you
> >can
> > > cite a specific person or family I may be able to find some info.
> > >
> > > Ferne Baldwin
> > > Manchester College
> >
> >
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