Individual Details
Peter Reist
(Abt 1701 - 1742)
Peter Reist arrived in present-day Lancaster County in 1723. He warranted 540 acres in Penn (then Warwick) Township 30 December 1734, and Peter patented the acreage on 20 February 1738. Today, it is 50 Northview Drive. His Martyrs' Mirror, with handwritten record of his children's birth dates, is in the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1701 | Durrenroth, Bern, Switzerland |  |  | |
| Marriage | 29 Apr 1723 | Eppstein, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany - Anaclore Boyer | |||
| Death | 1742 | Warwick, Lancaster, PA | |
Families
| Spouse | Anaclore Boyer (1697 - ) |
| Child | Peter Reist (1726 - 1789) |
| Child | John Reist (1728 - 1812) |
| Child | Barbara Reist (1730 - ) |
| Child | Jacob Reist (1733 - 1755) |
| Child | Abraham Reist (1737 - 1813) |
| Child | Christian Reist (1740 - 1814) |
| Father | Hans Reist Junior (1650 - 1723) |
| Mother | Barbara Ryser ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
Peter Reist was born around 1696, according to Regina Landis.Death
Peter Reist's property was inventoried 10 June 1743 in what was then Warwick Township and now is Penn Township.Endnotes
1. Allan A. Garber, To God Alone The Honor: The Pioneer Mennonite Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Morgantown, PA: Mastof Press, 2017), 454.