Catharine Mayer1

F, #608, b. 1 August 1715, d. 29 November 1793
Last Edited: 18 Dec 2021

Family:

Johann Peter Ruth b. c 1704, d. 14 Sep 1771

Children:

Eve Ruth4 d. c Jul 1824
Anna Catharina Ruth4 b. 30 May 1735, d. 3 May 1801
George Ruth4 b. 1740, d. 1812
Maria Barbara Ruth4 b. 1741, d. 1832
Maria Catharina Ruth4 b. 15 Oct 1741, d. 23 Apr 1813
John Ruth4 b. 20 Sep 1745, d. 1812
John Henry Ruth4 b. 1 Jun 1748, d. 28 Feb 1826
Francis Ruth4 b. 13 Dec 1750, d. 29 Oct 1808
Maria Magdalena Ruth+4 b. Apr 1751, d. c 1782
Margaret Ruth6 b. c 1757, d. b 1786

Notes

  • Name Variation: Catharine Meyer3
  • Note*: List of children:

    The children of Catharine Mayer are contained in two lists: All ten are listed in a Nov 1771 document in her husband's probate records. Nine are listed in a 8 Feb 1786 document in her step-son Peter's probate records. Her youngest daughter Margaret is not listed in the 1786 document, and is presumed to have died.4,5

Citations

  1. [S2] Akerboom, Jack and Anna Ruth Salzman, compilers, The Descendants of Peter and Sophia (Lauer) Ruth (Elverson, Pa.: Mennonite Family History, 1994), p. 9.   Akerboom--Descendents-Of-Peter-and-Sophia-Lauer-Ruth.pdf
  2. [S64] FindAGrave.com, online , Memorial ID 186171057, Eva Catherine Moyer/Mayer Ruth.
  3. [S2] Akerboom, Jack and Anna Ruth Salzman, compilers, Descendants of Peter Ruth, p. 3, 9.
  4. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196 Berks Co., file: "Estates 1752-1799 Resher, Gabriel-Seitzinger, Nich."; folder: "Ruth, Peter CU 1771", images 1501-1577. Eldest son's petition for real estate partition names Peter Ruth's widow and fourteen surviving children, image 1523.
  5. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196, Berks Co., file: "Estates 1752-1799 Resher, Gabriel-Seitzinger, Nich.", folder: "Ruth, Peter HB 1784", images 1578-1594. Planned distribution 8 Feb 1786 names siblings and half siblings.
  6. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196, #185 pr Penn Probate     Berks Co., file: "Estates 1752-1799 Resher, Gabriel-Seitzinger, Nich."; folder: "Ruth, Peter CU 1771", images 1501-1577. Eldest son's petition for real estate partition names Peter Ruth's widow and fourteen surviving children, image 1523.