Reiff(Rife), Abraham
| Birth Name | Reiff(Rife), Abraham |
| Gramps ID | I6919 |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | 71 years, 11 months, 9 days |
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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| Birth [E19275] | 1692 | Ibersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | ||
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| Death [E19276] | 1763-12-10 | North Coventry Township, Cheswter Co, Pa | ||
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| Burial [E19277] | North Coventry Township, Cheswter Co, Pa | |||
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Relation to the center person (Witt, Living) : seventh great grandfather
Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Reiff(Rife), Josef [I6944] | 1657-09-01 | 1750-03-16 | |
| Mother | , Anna [I6945] | about 1660 | ||
| Brother | Reiff(Rife), Hans [I6946] | 1685 | 1750-05-05 | |
| Reiff(Rife), Abraham [I6919] | 1692 | 1763-12-10 | ||
| Brother | Reiff(Rife), Johannes “John” Jacob [I6948] | about 1694 | 1756-02-09 |
Families
| Family of Reiff(Rife), Abraham and Meyer(Moyer), Barbara [F3281] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Married | Wife | Meyer(Moyer), Barbara [I6920] ( * about 1701 + about 1773 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Reiff(Rife), Mary Anna [I6931] | 1722-11-07 | 1798-01-09 |
| Reiff(Rife), Christian [I6930] | winter of 1723 | 1809-02-15 |
| Reiff(Rife), Veronica “Froncia” [I6928] | 1729 | about 1801 |
| Reiff(Rife), Isaac Sr [I6927] | 1733 | 1801 |
| Reiff(Rife), Abraham [I6929] | 1735-09-07 | 1788-08-19 |
| Reiff(Rife), Elizabeth [I6932] | about 1737 | |
| Reiff(Rife), Barbara Ann “Barbary” [I6916] | about 1739 | 1787 or 1803 |
| Reiff(Rife), Jacob(Jakob) [I6933] | about 1740 | 1814 |
| Type | Value | Notes | Sources |
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| _UID | A6EC0230F5F96F41B5DC329C1641D8B1A1EE |
Narrative
Abraham Reiff:
Mennonite:
Deacon
1696: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Immigration: Aug 1717 Pennsylvania, with his 2 brothers ( Hans Reiff and Jacob Reiff).
He married his neighbor's (Christian Meyer) daughter, Barbara Meyer.
(The girl next door)
Founder: Salford Mennonite Church
Harleysville, Montgomery Co, Pa
1746: Spacious log cabin in Lower Salford
used as a Meeting House, before one was bult by Franconia Conference.
1729: 212 acres: Franconia Township, Montgomery Co, Penn
1718: Deacon of Lower Salford Mennonite Church
1718-1746: Franconia Township, Montgomery Co, Pa
1746-1760: Leacock Township, Lancaster Co, Pa
1760: Lancaster Co, Pa: sold his land to his sons, Abraham Reiff and Isaac Reiff
1760-1763: North Coventry Township, Chester Co, Pa (at son, Christian Reiff's home)
Descendants of the Three Immigrant Mennonite Reiff Brothers of Europe & Pennsylvania
Pennyslvania Mennonite Heritage, Vol. 22, No. 2, p 11-23 (April 1999).
Emigrants, Refugees & Prisoners: Volume II, by Richard Warren Davis, 1999.
Attributes
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| _UID | BD86F62CB2116A43BBB950676FC42255AA57 |