Johann Michael Ruth1,2

M, #609, b. 6 November 1724, d. 21 October 1803
Last Edited: 16 Dec 2021

Parents:

Father: Johann Peter Ruth1 b. c 1704, d. 14 Sep 1771
Mother: Anna Sophia Lauer1 b. 4 Mar 1703, d. a 1733

Family:

Anna Maria Moser b. 13 Aug 1735, d. 13 Aug 1804

Notes

  • Note*: Note:
    Resided Heidelberg Twp. and Cumru Twp. Berks County.

    Served in the Revolutionary War as a Court Martial man in the 7th Company, 3 Bn. Berks Co. Militia.

    Children:
    Johann Adam Ruth
    Catharine Ruth
    Christian Ruth
    Margaret Ruth
    Maria Barbara Ruth
    Magdalena Ruth
    Michael Ruth
    John Ruth
    Leonard Ruth
    Elizabeth Ruth3
  • Note: Died testate. See citation of probate file.5

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S2] Akerboom, Jack and Anna Ruth Salzman, compilers, The Descendants of Peter and Sophia (Lauer) Ruth (Elverson, Pa.: Mennonite Family History, 1994), p. 3, 11.   Akerboom--Descendents-Of-Peter-and-Sophia-Lauer-Ruth.pdf
  3. [S2] Akerboom, Jack and Anna Ruth Salzman, compilers, Descendants of Peter Ruth, p. 11.
  4. [S64] FindAGrave.com, online , Memorial ID 18797879.
  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 1800-1850 Rothermel, Sophia-Seibert, George", folder: "Ruth, Michael CU 1803", image 1005.