Individual Details
Elias RODKEY
(17 Aug 1732 - Bef 19 Dec 1801)
There was another Elias Rattge that died in 1788 in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. His children and some of his descendants are named in the biographical sketch for Abraham Redcay in the Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. This is not the father of our Elias.
Events
| Birth | 17 Aug 1732 |  | |||
| Baptism | 19 Aug 1732 | Pfungstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1761 | Rosina Barbara |  | ||
| Residence | From 1762 to 1776 | Berks County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Residence | From 1784 to 1791 | Carroll County, Maryland | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 14 May 1786 | and his wife took communion with their son Jacob and his wife - St. Benjamin's or Kreider's Evangelical Lutheran Church (The Pipe Creek Church), Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 12 Jun 1791 | and his wife Rosina took communion - St. Benjamin's or Kreider's Evangelical Lutheran Church (The Pipe Creek Church), Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 9 Oct 1791 | and his wife Rosina were sponsors for the baptism of Andreas, son of Georg and Maria Fletter - St. Benjamin's or Kreider's Evangelical Lutheran Church (The Pipe Creek Church), Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland | | ||
| Residence | 1794 | Baltimore County, Maryland | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1798 | Williamsburg, Woodberry Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1800 | Williamsburg, Woodberry Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1800 | appeared in Pennsylvania septennial census - Woodberry Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | Bef 19 Dec 1801 | Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Alt name | Elias RADGEN |
Families
| Spouse | Rosina Barbara (1740 - 1810) |
| Child | Rose RODKEY ( - ) |
| Child | Mary RODKEY ( - ) |
| Child | Johann Jacob RODKEY (1762 - 1831) |
| Child | Catharina Elisabeth RODKEY (1764 - ) |
| Child | George Adam RODKEY (1771 - 1800) |
| Child | Elizabeth RODKEY (1771 - 1776) |
| Child | Christine RODKEY (1773 - ) |
| Child | Daniel RODKEY (1775 - 1820) |
| Child | Christena RODKEY (1776 - 1859) |
| Child | Frederick RODKEY (1776 - 1825) |
| Child | John RODKEY (1781 - 1833) |
| Child | Henry RODKEY (1784 - 1844) |
| Father | Nicholas RATHGE ( - 1760) |
| Mother | Maria Ursula HELFFRICH ( - ) |
| Sibling | Catharina Elisabetha RADGE (1719 - 1737) |
| Sibling | Johann Adam RADGE (1723 - 1729) |
| Sibling | Johannes RADGER (1725 - ) |
| Sibling | Anna Margretha RADJE (1727 - ) |
| Sibling | Johann Valentin RADGEN (1730 - 1736) |
Notes
Marriage
She was probably married about 1761 since her first child was born in 1762.Residence
Elias and Rosina Barbara had children baptized from 1762 to 1776 at Friedens Union Church (known as the White Church) in Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.Residence
Elias and his wife Rosina Radge(h) appear in the records of St. Benjamin's Lutheran Church (also known as Krider's or Pipe Creek) near Westminster,Carroll County, Maryland, as communicants and sponsors in 1786 and 1791. Their son Jacob and his wife Margaret have two daughters, Elisabeth (1786) and Mary (1796) baptized at this church.Elias son Jac. Radgie, single, and his daughter, Cathr. Radge, single, were communicants on 7 November, 1784 at St. Mary's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Silver Run, Carroll County, Maryland. It is assumed that Elias and his wife Rosina were living in Carroll County, Maryland aslo at this time.
Residence
The Lutheran church record for St. Paul's Church of Arcadia, Baltimore County, Maryland was destroyed in a fire but the Rev. C. Stork Jones published a pamphlet in 1902 on the history of the church with the following information. It contains the names of the the male members of the church.. Among them is Elias Rathge. The communicants of 1794 contain the names of the female members. Among them are Rosina Barbara Radge and Christina Radge. Among the additional male names is Daniel Radge. Elias and Rosina Barbara Rathge and their children Christina and Daniel appear in the records for this church in 1794. They were in Williamsburg, Woodberry Township, Huntingdon County when Elias was enumerated in the 1798 U.S. Direct Tax. It is not known when they moved to Maryland.Endnotes
1. "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 16 January 2017), Elias Radgen, born 17 August 1732, baptized 19 August 1732; citing Pfungstadt, Hessen, Germany; FHL microfilm 1,195,494.
2. "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 16 January 2017), Elias Radgen, born 17 August 1732, baptized 19 August 1732; citing Pfungstadt, Hessen, Germany; FHL microfilm 1,195,494.
3. C. T. Zahn; Frederick S. Weiser, translators and editors, Benjamin's Reformed Church, near Westminster, Carroll County, 1766-1835; St. Benjamin's Lutheran Church, near Westminster, Carroll County, 1767-1837; Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Bachman's Valley, Carroll County, 1799-1881, Maryland German Church Records, Volume 9 (Westminster, Maryland: Historical Society of Carroll County , 1993), 56.
4. C. T. Zahn; Frederick S. Weiser, translators and editors, Benjamin's Reformed Church, near Westminster, Carroll County, 1766-1835; St. Benjamin's Lutheran Church, near Westminster, Carroll County, 1767-1837; Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Bachman's Valley, Carroll County, 1799-1881, Maryland German Church Records, Volume 9 (Westminster, Maryland: Historical Society of Carroll County , 1993), 62.
5. C. T. Zahn; Frederick S. Weiser, translators and editors, Benjamin's Reformed Church, near Westminster, Carroll County, 1766-1835; St. Benjamin's Lutheran Church, near Westminster, Carroll County, 1767-1837; Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Bachman's Valley, Carroll County, 1799-1881, Maryland German Church Records, Volume 9 (Westminster, Maryland: Historical Society of Carroll County , 1993), 42.
6. "United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 March 2014), Elias Rodkay, page 23, number 382.
7. "United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 March 2014), Elias Rodkay, page 29, number 382.
8. "United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 March 2014), Elias Rodkay, page 69.
9. 1800 U.S. census, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, Williamburg, Woodberry Township, page 126, Elias Rodkey; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 March 2014); from National Archives microfilm M32, roll 40.
10. "Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 March 2014), Elias Rodkey, 1800.
11. Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, Probate Records, Elias Rodkey (filed 15 January 1802), Inventory and appraisement of Elias Rodkey, 26 December 1801; Huntingdon County Courthouse, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.