{"id":1818,"date":"2012-01-10T21:13:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T21:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pasqualefamily.net\/web\/?page_id=1818"},"modified":"2020-07-07T14:42:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T19:42:39","slug":"casper-ritter-c1720-1792","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.pasqualefamily.net\/web\/ritter\/casper-ritter-c1720-1792","title":{"rendered":"Casper Ritter c1720 Germany &#8211; 1792 PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caspar Ritter was born in <a title=\"Germany\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pasqualefamily.net\/web\/locations\/germany\">Germany<\/a>. He and his\u00a0 brothers left Germany, arriving in Philadelphia on 11 September 1732. He spent the rest of his life in Pennsylvania. Caspar &amp; Anna Maria had nine children, born in<a title=\"Pennsylvania\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pasqualefamily.net\/web\/locations\/pennsylvania\"> Pennsylvania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_Toc289445980\"><\/a>Caspar Ritter was the youngest of the Ritter brothers. He also began in Lower Milford Township but soon after moved to Bethlehem. He was constable there and a member of the church in Hecktown. He and his wife, Anna Maria, had eight children: Casper, Michael, Susanna, Elizabeth, Anna Catherine, Johann Daniel, Barbara and John. Many of his children\u2019s names are shared with their cousins. Casper served in the Revolutionary War. He gave \u2018Patriotic Service\u2019 to Pennsylvania.<a name=\"_ftnref1\"><\/a>[1]He was still in Bethlehem in 1790<a name=\"_ftnref2\"><\/a>[2]and died in 1792.<a name=\"_ftnref3\"><\/a>[3]<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_ftn1\"><\/a>[1]Casper Ritter, Ancestor #A096288,National Society of the Daughters of the American RevolutionResearch Database.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_ftn2\"><\/a>[2]1790 United States Census, Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Casper Ritter family.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_ftn3\"><\/a>[3][3]Roberts, Charles Rhoads, John Stoudt, Thomas Krick, and William Dietrich. <em>History of Lehigh County<\/em><em>, Pennsylvania and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of its Families 1732 &#8211; 1914<\/em>. Allentown, Pennsylvania: Lehigh Valley Publishing Company, 1914.<\/p>\n<p>1 Caspar Ritter b: c. 1720 in Germany, d: 4 Feb 1792 in Bethlehem, Northampton, PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230; + Anna Maria<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;2 Casper Ritter b: 24 July 1747 in Hanover, Northampton, PA, d: 02 May 1824 in Hanover, Lehigh, PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Anna M. Germanton b: 20 July 1746, d: 30 March 1791 in Lehigh, PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;3 Margaret Ritter b: 17 April 1785, d: 11 Nov 1828<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + John Hoover b: 09 Sept 1780<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;4 Solomon Hoover b: 1822<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Sallie Frederick b: 1840<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;4 Anna Hoover<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + George Krick b: 14 Feb 1804<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;5 John Krick b: 14 Aug 1834 in PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Margaret Ellen Swank b: 20 Dec 1840<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;6 Emma S. Krick b: 06 Sept 1863, d: 25 March 1922<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;2 J. Martin Ritter b: Abt. 1749 in Lehigh, PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;2 Maria Elizabetha Ritter b: 06 July 1753 in Lehigh, PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Gilbert<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;2 Anna Catharina Ritter b: 26 May 1756 in Lehigh, PA, d: 14 Dec 1785<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Kleckner<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;3 Maria Kleckner<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;3 Casper Kleckner<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;2 Johann Daniel Ritter b: 04 Aug 1758 in Northampton, PA, d: 29 Aug 1836 in Northampton, PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Elisabeth Rohn b: 26 February 1763, d: 25 Feb 1841<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;3 John Michael Ritter b: 18 April 1782 in PA, d: 17 March 1854 in PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Margaret Orner<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;4 Charles Ritter b: 12 Jan 1806 in PA, d: 11 April 1883 in PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;4 Thomas Ritter b: 09 May 1808 in PA, d: 27 Nov 1883 PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Anna Maria Queer<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;5 Amelia Ritter b: 25 Nov 1833 in PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;5 Sarah M. Ritter b: Abt. 1834 in PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;5 Asher T. Ritter b: 05 Sept 1835 in PA, d: 14 May 1862<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;4 William Ritter b: PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;4 Franklin Ritter b: PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;3 Johan Peter Ritter b: 28 June 1784 in PA, d: 25 Nov 1848<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;3 Jonathan Ritter b: 11 July 1787, d: 09 May 1873 in Northampton, PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;3 Daniel Ritter Jr. b: 24 September 1800, d: 1888<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;2 Barbara Ritter b: 04 May 1761 in Dryland, PA, d: Dryland, PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Jacob Balliet m: 06 Nov 1781<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;3 Barbara Balliet<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;3 Susanna Balliet<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;3 Joseph Balliet b: 28 May 1784 in Dryland, PA, d: 30 Nov 1835 in Dryland, PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Susan Green b: 20 Oct 1794 in Easton, Northampton, PA, m: 1811<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;4 Stephen Balliet b: 11 Sept 1812 Easton, Northampton, PA, d: 25 July 1901 NJ<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Ann Lowery b: 06 June 1821 in Easton, Northampton, PA, m: 25 Sept 1836, d: 22 Nov1893<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;5 Albert Harrison Balliet b: 09 July 1852 Easton, Northampton, PA d: 26 Oct 1907 NY<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Josephine Edna Ebert<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;6 Anna Lowrey Balliet<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;2 John Ritter b: 27 Dec 1764 in Northampton, PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Elizabeth Kramer<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;3 Jacob Ritter b: 1806 in Adams, PA<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Rebecca Augustine<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;4 Charles Frederick Ritter b: 1846 OH<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Laura Bullick<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;5 Jacob Frederick Ritter<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Clara Smith<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;6 Kenneth George Ritter<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Rena Legnon<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;7 August Kenneth Ritter<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Louise Post<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;8 Karen Ritter<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Burlet<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;2 Susanna Ritter d: Unknown<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; + Dietel<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;2 Michael Ritter d: Unknown<\/p>\n<p>Selected Sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1772 Tax List for Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Database Ancestry.com, Casper Ritter.<\/li>\n<li>1790 United States Census, Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Casper Ritter family.<\/li>\n<li>Casper Ritter, Ancestor #A096288, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Research Database.<\/li>\n<li>Closson, Bob, and Mary . Will Abstracts of Northampton County, PA.: 1752 &#8211; 1802. Apollo, PA.: Closson Press, 1982. 572. RITTER, Casper, Sr. Bethlehem Twp<\/li>\n<li>Humphrey, John T. Pennsylvania Births in Northampton County: 1733 &#8211; 1800. Washington, D. C.: PA Genealogy Books, 1991. John Ritter, son of Caspar &amp; Anna Maria.<\/li>\n<li>Passenger List; 1732; Port of Entry, Philadelphia, PA, 11 Sept., 1732, &#8220;The Pennsylvania Merchant&#8221;, Sailed from Rotterdam; Obtained Photocopy from Pennsylvania Archives, P.O.Box 1026, Harrisburg, PA 17108-1026. Caspar is listed with the women and children.\u00a0 Hisbrothers and sisters are also listed. Ritter is spelled &#8220;Reyter.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Roberts, Stroudt, Krick, and Deitrich, THE HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENSYLVANIA AND A GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF IT&#8217;S FAMILIES; 1732-1914; Lehigh Valley Publishing Company, Ltd., Allentown, Pa., 1914, Vol. III; pp 1054-1063; Lehigh County Historical Society, Old Court House, P.O.Box 1548, Allentown, PA 18105.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caspar Ritter was born in Germany. He and his\u00a0 brothers left Germany, arriving in Philadelphia on 11 September 1732. He spent the rest of his life in Pennsylvania. Caspar &amp; Anna Maria had nine children, born in Pennsylvania. Caspar Ritter was the youngest of the Ritter brothers. 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