Ulrich (Ulli) Rinehart

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• General Notes
  • 1.)
    Another spelling is ULRICH REINHARDT or ULRIG RAYNHART.
    
    The family roots have been traced to the 1500's in a village about 15 miles east of Berne or Bern. The official family Gemeinde or commune for their citizenship is "Sumiswald, Canton Bern, Switzerland". Confirmation of the family Heimatberechtigung or citizenship is confirmed in the official government record book: Familiennamenbuch Der Schweiz or Swiss Surnames, A Complete Registry.
    
    The actual verification that our first American emigrant Ulli Reinhard (Ulrich Rinehart 1704-1787) was "Swiss" came from a genealogist, Robert Crumbaker, who traced his own family. This identification was proven by triangulation with other people in Switzerland and then with the list of immigrants in Pennsylvania. Robert Crumbaker found four generations of inter-marriages in Switzerland between the Reist, Reinhard (Rinehart), Grumdbacker (Crumbaker) and Wissler (Wisler) families.
    
    These four families were part of the "Menn onite" or "Anabaptist" people in Switzerland. It was quite normal for these people to emigrate in groups seeking a location they could practice their religious beliefs. At this time the Berne area's officially declared state religion was the Swiss Reform Church.
    
    Information from A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776 by Prof. I. Daniel Rupp and the Pennsylvania German Pioneers, A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808 by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, LL.D. states Ulrich and his wife sailed from Rotterdam, Holland in 1733 on the ship "Hope." The ship's master was Daniel Reid. The ship then arrived in Cowes, England. From there the ship sailed to America and arrived in Philadelphia August 28, 1733. The crossing from Cowes was about 50 days. While at sea their first son Peter was born. The passengers included - males eighty-three abo ve sixteen, females eighty-one; males and females two hundred and twenty-five under sixteen - in all 389. The list of arrivals has Ulrig Rayenhart age 29 and Barbra Raynhart age 23. Another spelling on the same listing is Ulrich Reinhardt. In Switzerland it was Ulli Reinhard. The list includes his two cousins Ulrig Wisler and Hans Crombacker. The men were required to sign an "oath of allegiance" to the Province and State of Pennsylvania before disembarking.
    
    Please note it was common for people's names to be spelled in different ways on various records (spelling was often determined by the writer). In general, the name was spelled Reinhard in Switzerland and Rinehart in America, but other spellings appear on documents in America during the 1700's. Also, Ulli became Ulrich in America (Ulrich is equivalent to William). Changes in spelling were also influenced by English speaking people who had difficulty in pronunciation of unfamiliar German words. This led to simplification or changes in spelling as these emigrants fit into the American society.
    
    Some available genealogy information states the Ulli's wife Barbra was from Bavaria, but another strong possibility is that she came from a village called "Sigriswil" which is just south of Sumiswald, Canton Bern.
    
    Ulrich Rinehart settled on a farm on the west side of the Schuylkill River in Chester County, Pennsylvania, a half-mile below Frick?s Lock. In later years, the farm was passed on to his son, Rev. Martin Rinehart. Ulrich was buried in the Union Graveyard at Parkerford, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    
    Source: Information from Jim Gifford via e-mail (JGiffordpo@aol.com)
    
    (2)
    Ulrich and Barbara came with two other (male) cousins to the US on a ship
    called "Hope." It left Rotterdam for London, than London for Pennsylvania.
    This was 1733.  The ship's log have them as Rayenhart. As you know this was the interpretation of the writer. Their first son, Peter was born at sea.
    Reinhard became Rhinehart or Rinehart later. in the US, for at least Ulrich.
    In Cherokee County Alabama there is a place bearing the name of it's founder, Rhinehart. Ulrich grave, headstone and all is there.
    
    

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