Individual Details

Joseph Reiff

(Abt 1739 - )

Descendants of the Three Immigrant Mennonite Reiff Brothers, p. 15, says he was "taxed as a freeman in Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. in 1758; later resided in what is now Derry Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa., where he purchased 114 acres from James Shaw on Jan 7, 1769."

Events

BirthAbt 1739
Will8 Jul 1813
Will17 Aug 1818
Probate9 Oct 1820Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
MarriageBarbara Fox
MarriageElizabeth Detweiler

Families

SpouseElizabeth Detweiler (1741 - 1788)
ChildElizabeth Rife (1764 - )
ChildEsther Rife (1766 - 1844)
ChildJoseph Rife Jr. (1770 - )
ChildJacob Rife (1772 - )
ChildAbraham Rife (1774 - 1823)
ChildAnna Rife ( - )
ChildBarbara Rife ( - )
SpouseBarbara Fox ( - )
FatherHans Reiff (1688 - )
MotherAnna ( - 1741)
SiblingBarbara Reiff (1718 - 1773)
SiblingHenry Reiff (1720 - )
SiblingAnn Reiff (1728 - 1773)
SiblingJohn Jacob Reiff (1733 - )
SiblingAbraham Reiff (1735 - )

Notes

Probate

Descendants of the Three Immigrant Mennonite Reiff Brothers, p. 22, note 50, says "executors were sons Jacob Reiff and Abraham Reiff; '. . . bury me by deceased wives at Michael Shank's burying ground . . .' "

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 22, note 50; 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 22, note 50; citing prior publication in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (Vol. 22, No. 2, April 1999).

4. 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 22, note 50; citing prior publication in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (Vol. 22, No. 2, April 1999).

5. 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 16; citing prior publication in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (Vol. 22, No. 2, April 1999).

6. 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).