ABRAHAM R. HAUZE, farmer and dairyman, P.O. Rock Glen, was born in Black Creek township, July 12, 1852, a son of John and Phoebe (Rittenhouse) Hauze. His paternal grandfather, Christian Hauze, was born October 1, 1780, in Berks county, Pa., and his grandmother, Susannah (Pettit), was born March 15, 1783, in the State of New Jersey. They were both taken to Berwick, Columbia Co., Pa., when quite young, where they were raised, and where they married. From Berwick they moved to Sugar Loaf township, this county, where they passed the remainder of their days. They had a family of nine children. Abraham R. Hauze’s maternal grandfather, Martin D. Rittenhouse, was born September 17, 1788, in Montgomery county, Pa., and died June 1 1865, in Black Creek township, Luzerne county. Grandmother Amelia Rittenhouse (whose maiden name was also Rittenhouse) was born in Columbia county Pa., July 22, 1790, and died December 30, 1864. They were married March 18, 1810, and had eight children: Amos, Ann, Sarah, Phoebe, Nicholas, Elizabeth, Mary and Susannah. Our subject’s great-grandfather was Martin Rittenhouse, and his great-great-grandfather was William Rittenhouse (founder of the Rittenhouse family), who was born in the year 1644 in Arnhem, Holland. In 1690 he erected the first paper mill in America, on the Wissahickon creek, near Germantown, Pa., and on paper manufactured at this mill the Declaration of Independence was written; also from paper purchased at this mill, the first Bibles in America were formed in the year 1743; Benjamin Franklin got his paper at the same place for his "Poor Richard’s Almannack
ABRAHAM R. HAUZE, farmer and dairyman, P.O. Rock Glen, was born in Black Creek township, July 12, 1852, a son of John and Phoebe (Rittenhouse) Hauze. His paternal grandfather, Christian Hauze, was born October 1, 1780, in Berks county, Pa., and his grandmother, Susannah (Pettit), was born March 15, 1783, in the State of New Jersey. They were both taken to Berwick, Columbia Co., Pa., when quite young, where they were raised, and where they married. From Berwick they moved to Sugar Loaf township, this county, where they passed the remainder of their days. They had a family of nine children. Abraham R. Hauze’s maternal grandfather, Martin D. Rittenhouse, was born September 17, 1788, in Montgomery county, Pa., and died June 1 1865, in Black Creek township, Luzerne county. Grandmother Amelia Rittenhouse (whose maiden name was also Rittenhouse) was born in Columbia county Pa., July 22, 1790, and died December 30, 1864. They were married March 18, 1810, and had eight children: Amos, Ann, Sarah, Phoebe, Nicholas, Elizabeth, Mary and Susannah. Our subject’s great-grandfather was Martin Rittenhouse, and his great-great-grandfather was William Rittenhouse (founder of the Rittenhouse family), who was born in the year 1644 in Arnhem, Holland. In 1690 he erected the first paper mill in America, on the Wissahickon creek, near Germantown, Pa., and on paper manufactured at this mill the Declaration of Independence was written; also from paper purchased at this mill, the first Bibles in America were formed in the year 1743; Benjamin Franklin got his paper at the same place for his "Poor Richard’s Almannack
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