Individual Details

Abraham Reiff

(29 Sep 1769 - 14 Apr 1818)

Descendants of the Three Immigrant Mennonite Reiff Brothers, p. 15, says he died intestate; "resided in Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., where he owned a farm of 180 acres; all but his two oldest ch[ildren] were minors at the time of his d[eath]; all his ch[ildren] except Jacob, Joseph and Elizabeth moved to Ashland Co., Ohio, in 1826."

Events

Birth29 Sep 1769
MarriageAbt 1792Anna Hershey
Death14 Apr 1818

Families

SpouseAnna Hershey (1771 - 1855)
ChildJohn Reiff (1794 - 1828)
ChildJacob Reiff (1798 - 1882)
ChildAbraham Reiff (1800 - 1843)
ChildAnna Reiff (1802 - )
ChildElizabeth Reiff (1805 - 1874)
ChildChristian Reiff (1807 - 1886)
ChildJoseph Reiff (1807 - 1894)
ChildFeronica Reiff (1810 - 1907)
ChildSamuel Reiff (1812 - 1892)
FatherAbraham Reiff (1735 - )
MotherBarbara (1746 - 1818)
SiblingAnna Reiff ( - )
SiblingBarbara Reiff ( - )
SiblingEsther Reiff (1768 - 1842)
SiblingMaria Reiff ( - )
SiblingReiff (1774 - )

Endnotes

1. Daniel R. Lehman, "Descendants of the Three Immigrant Mennonite Reiff Brothers of Europe and Pennsylvania," article, Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (http://www.lmhs.org/ : accessed 13 June 2013), p 15; citing prior publication in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (Vol. 22, No. 2, April 1999).

2. Daniel R. Lehman, "Descendants of the Three Immigrant Mennonite Reiff Brothers of Europe and Pennsylvania," article, Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (http://www.lmhs.org/ : accessed 13 June 2013), p 15; citing prior publication in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (Vol. 22, No. 2, April 1999).

3. Daniel R. Lehman, "Descendants of the Three Immigrant Mennonite Reiff Brothers of Europe and Pennsylvania," article, Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (http://www.lmhs.org/ : accessed 13 June 2013), p 15; citing prior publication in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (Vol. 22, No. 2, April 1999).