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Johann Heinrich RATZ 1663-1717 m. Maria Catharina RUEFFER 1711-1768
s/o Johann Adam RATZ (1640-1668) and Anna Catharina EICHLIN (1626-1674)
d/o Johann Henrich RUEFFER (1676-1728) and Anna Maria ACKER (1687-1731)
p/o Philip Heinrich RATZ (1714-1773)
1663 Johann Heinrich RATZ born in Germany
19 Sep 1683 Johann Heinrich RATZ baptised at Sankt Johannes Bapt, Bislich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany [incorrect as lists parents as Derck RATZ and Catharina FURTZ, FHL Film #909696]
29 Aug 1711 Maria Elisabetha RUEFFER born in Grebenau (Kr. Alsfeld), Hessen, Germany; (probably Maria Catharina’s sister)
30 Aug 1711 Maria Elisabetha RUEFFER baptised in Grebenau (Kr. Alsfeld), Hessen, Germany; parents listed as Johann Henrich RUEFFER and Anna Maria ACKER (probably Maria Catharina’s sister) [FHL Film #1336960] [Birth record lists Johann Henrich RATZ, Maria Catharina RUEFFER]
1725 Johann Heinrich RATZ and Maria Catharina RUEFFER married in Alsfeld, Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Germany [Grebenau] [one source says bef 1714] [present at wedding: father Johann Henrich RUEFFER, spouse Johann Henrich RATZ, Johann Adam RATZ-father of groom – FHL Film#1336960; one source says 30 Jan 1744]
1714 son Philip Heinrich RATZ born in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; married Anna Catharina GEORG 11 Feb 1741 in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany; died 1773 in either York, PA or Cumberland Gap,
ab 1722 son Johann Peter RATZ born
19 Oct 1749 day Anna Barbara RATZ born; died 8 Mar 1791 in Grebenau, Hessen, Germany [Birth record lists Johann Henrich RATZ, Maria Catharina RUEFFER]
30 Jun 1752 son Johann Konrad RATZ born in Grebenau, Hessen, Germany; died 1828 in Grebenau, Hessen, Germany [Germany Select Marriages lists bride as Anna Margretha JAEGER; bride’s father Johannes JAEGER as well as groom’s father Johann Henrich RATZ present] [Birth record lists Johann Henrich RATZ, Maria Catharina RUEFFER]
27 Jul 1755 dau Anna Margretha RATZ born
3 May 1760 dau Maria Elisabetha RATZ born [Birth record lists Johann Henrich RATZ, Maria Catharina RUEFFER]
5 Mar 1763 son Johann Henrich RATZ born [Birth record lists Johann Henrich RATZ, Maria Catharina RUEFFER]
unk dau Anna Maria RATZ born [Birth record lists Johann Henrich RATZ, Maria Catharina RUEFFER]
22 Dec 1768 Maria Catharina RUEFFER died (age 73) in Grebenau, Hessen, Germany (FHL Film #1336960]
unk Johann Heinrich RATZ died in Germany [one source says 1717]