The ship "Thistle of Glasgow" on it's 1730 voyage to Philadelphia, brought Fritz and his wife and their first seven children. His name, as stated on page 63 of Rupp's "30,000 Names of Immigrants in Pennsylvania" was "Frederick Reimer" but more correctly was Dionysius Friederich Reimer. He was also written about in the Penna. Genealogical Society's Magazine Volume XX page 115. In January 1731, he bought a 100 acre farm from Henry Pannybacker (Pennypacker) in Frederick Township, Montgomery County,(then part of Philadelphia County) Penna. and in 1736, added 41 acres to it. (Note: Henry Pannebacker, of Bebber's Township was granted 622 acres, located at and about the junction of Swamp Creek & Society Run by patent from the Penns on September 1, 1727. Per Bean's History of Montgomery County.)
He was naturalized on March 29, 1735. His wife's name was Elisabetha Weinacht sometimes spelled Weynacht, and they were both from Mutterstadt, Pfalz. Their first daughter, Elisabetha (their last child was also named Elisabetha and
neither died as a child) who was born in Mutterstadt Dec. 24, 1716, d. March 18, 1802, would marry Francis Shunk sometime in 1735 or early 1736.
Their children were:
1. Elisabetha
2. Salome, born April 15, 1719, in the Palatinate, married 3. John Herger and died November 24, 1800
4. Susanna
5. Barbara
6. Johann Peter, married, November 28, 1752, Rachel Zieber
7.Johannes, married, January 23, 1760, Maria Catharina Kuntz
8. Ludwig, married, September 11, 1763, Susanna Kuntz
9. Anna Margaret
10. Catharina
11. Elisabetha, married, Solomon Grimley.
Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834
REIMER, FREDERICK. Frederick, Co. of Philadelphia. May 9, 1755.
February 11, 1758. L.77.
Wife: Elizabeth. Children: Elizabeth, Salome, Susanna, Barbara, Anna
Maria, Cathrine, John Petter, Johannes and Ludwig. Exec: Elizabeth
and John Peter Reimer.
Witnesses: Henry Antes, John Philip Leydich.
Fritz Reimer, as Friederich was known, was an elder in the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church. He died in Dec. 25, 1757, and he and his wife are buried in Old Goshenhoppen Churchyard, Upper Salford, PA. Fritz and his daughters,
Susanna and the eldest daughter Elisabetha, were involved in what has been called the "First Ghost Story in America" supposedly in 1738, but more likely in the early 1730's. It was written about in many contemporary publications of the time both in America and Germany and has been included in at least two more recent books including the Montgomery County Historical Society Bulletin of Oct. 1955.
The story goes that Elisabetha's sister Susanna was believed to have seen a ghost named Miller, who was a roof thatcher, on the roof of the barn on the family farm in Frederick Township. Elisabetha asked questions of Miller through Susanna to find out why he was there. He asked them to repay a debt that he had died without seeing to. Their father Fritz got involved and he agreed to do this and the ghost disappeared. But after investigating by talking to the woman whom Miller said he was indebted, he found out no money was owed so the debt was not paid. In 1757, Fritz was found frozen dead in the snow on Christmas evening. and all the locals whispered about it for years that it was the ghost's revenge.
He was naturalized on March 29, 1735. His wife's name was Elisabetha Weinacht sometimes spelled Weynacht, and they were both from Mutterstadt, Pfalz. Their first daughter, Elisabetha (their last child was also named Elisabetha and
neither died as a child) who was born in Mutterstadt Dec. 24, 1716, d. March 18, 1802, would marry Francis Shunk sometime in 1735 or early 1736.
Their children were:
1. Elisabetha
2. Salome, born April 15, 1719, in the Palatinate, married 3. John Herger and died November 24, 1800
4. Susanna
5. Barbara
6. Johann Peter, married, November 28, 1752, Rachel Zieber
7.Johannes, married, January 23, 1760, Maria Catharina Kuntz
8. Ludwig, married, September 11, 1763, Susanna Kuntz
9. Anna Margaret
10. Catharina
11. Elisabetha, married, Solomon Grimley.
Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834
REIMER, FREDERICK. Frederick, Co. of Philadelphia. May 9, 1755.
February 11, 1758. L.77.
Wife: Elizabeth. Children: Elizabeth, Salome, Susanna, Barbara, Anna
Maria, Cathrine, John Petter, Johannes and Ludwig. Exec: Elizabeth
and John Peter Reimer.
Witnesses: Henry Antes, John Philip Leydich.
Fritz Reimer, as Friederich was known, was an elder in the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church. He died in Dec. 25, 1757, and he and his wife are buried in Old Goshenhoppen Churchyard, Upper Salford, PA. Fritz and his daughters,
Susanna and the eldest daughter Elisabetha, were involved in what has been called the "First Ghost Story in America" supposedly in 1738, but more likely in the early 1730's. It was written about in many contemporary publications of the time both in America and Germany and has been included in at least two more recent books including the Montgomery County Historical Society Bulletin of Oct. 1955.
The story goes that Elisabetha's sister Susanna was believed to have seen a ghost named Miller, who was a roof thatcher, on the roof of the barn on the family farm in Frederick Township. Elisabetha asked questions of Miller through Susanna to find out why he was there. He asked them to repay a debt that he had died without seeing to. Their father Fritz got involved and he agreed to do this and the ghost disappeared. But after investigating by talking to the woman whom Miller said he was indebted, he found out no money was owed so the debt was not paid. In 1757, Fritz was found frozen dead in the snow on Christmas evening. and all the locals whispered about it for years that it was the ghost's revenge.
The ship "Thistle of Glasgow" on it's 1730 voyage to Philadelphia, brought Fritz and his wife and their first seven children. His name, as stated on page 63 of Rupp's "30,000 Names of Immigrants in Pennsylvania" was "Frederick Reimer" but more correctly was Dionysius Friederich Reimer. He was also written about in the Penna. Genealogical Society's Magazine Volume XX page 115. In January 1731, he bought a 100 acre farm from Henry Pannybacker (Pennypacker) in Frederick Township, Montgomery County,(then part of Philadelphia County) Penna. and in 1736, added 41 acres to it. (Note: Henry Pannebacker, of Bebber's Township was granted 622 acres, located at and about the junction of Swamp Creek & Society Run by patent from the Penns on September 1, 1727. Per Bean's History of Montgomery County.)
He was naturalized on March 29, 1735. His wife's name was Elisabetha Weinacht sometimes spelled Weynacht, and they were both from Mutterstadt, Pfalz. Their first daughter, Elisabetha (their last child was also named Elisabetha and
neither died as a child) who was born in Mutterstadt Dec. 24, 1716, d. March 18, 1802, would marry Francis Shunk sometime in 1735 or early 1736.
Their children were:
1. Elisabetha
2. Salome, born April 15, 1719, in the Palatinate, married 3. John Herger and died November 24, 1800
4. Susanna
5. Barbara
6. Johann Peter, married, November 28, 1752, Rachel Zieber
7.Johannes, married, January 23, 1760, Maria Catharina Kuntz
8. Ludwig, married, September 11, 1763, Susanna Kuntz
9. Anna Margaret
10. Catharina
11. Elisabetha, married, Solomon Grimley.
Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834
REIMER, FREDERICK. Frederick, Co. of Philadelphia. May 9, 1755.
February 11, 1758. L.77.
Wife: Elizabeth. Children: Elizabeth, Salome, Susanna, Barbara, Anna
Maria, Cathrine, John Petter, Johannes and Ludwig. Exec: Elizabeth
and John Peter Reimer.
Witnesses: Henry Antes, John Philip Leydich.
Fritz Reimer, as Friederich was known, was an elder in the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church. He died in Dec. 25, 1757, and he and his wife are buried in Old Goshenhoppen Churchyard, Upper Salford, PA. Fritz and his daughters,
Susanna and the eldest daughter Elisabetha, were involved in what has been called the "First Ghost Story in America" supposedly in 1738, but more likely in the early 1730's. It was written about in many contemporary publications of the time both in America and Germany and has been included in at least two more recent books including the Montgomery County Historical Society Bulletin of Oct. 1955.
The story goes that Elisabetha's sister Susanna was believed to have seen a ghost named Miller, who was a roof thatcher, on the roof of the barn on the family farm in Frederick Township. Elisabetha asked questions of Miller through Susanna to find out why he was there. He asked them to repay a debt that he had died without seeing to. Their father Fritz got involved and he agreed to do this and the ghost disappeared. But after investigating by talking to the woman whom Miller said he was indebted, he found out no money was owed so the debt was not paid. In 1757, Fritz was found frozen dead in the snow on Christmas evening. and all the locals whispered about it for years that it was the ghost's revenge.
He was naturalized on March 29, 1735. His wife's name was Elisabetha Weinacht sometimes spelled Weynacht, and they were both from Mutterstadt, Pfalz. Their first daughter, Elisabetha (their last child was also named Elisabetha and
neither died as a child) who was born in Mutterstadt Dec. 24, 1716, d. March 18, 1802, would marry Francis Shunk sometime in 1735 or early 1736.
Their children were:
1. Elisabetha
2. Salome, born April 15, 1719, in the Palatinate, married 3. John Herger and died November 24, 1800
4. Susanna
5. Barbara
6. Johann Peter, married, November 28, 1752, Rachel Zieber
7.Johannes, married, January 23, 1760, Maria Catharina Kuntz
8. Ludwig, married, September 11, 1763, Susanna Kuntz
9. Anna Margaret
10. Catharina
11. Elisabetha, married, Solomon Grimley.
Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834
REIMER, FREDERICK. Frederick, Co. of Philadelphia. May 9, 1755.
February 11, 1758. L.77.
Wife: Elizabeth. Children: Elizabeth, Salome, Susanna, Barbara, Anna
Maria, Cathrine, John Petter, Johannes and Ludwig. Exec: Elizabeth
and John Peter Reimer.
Witnesses: Henry Antes, John Philip Leydich.
Fritz Reimer, as Friederich was known, was an elder in the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church. He died in Dec. 25, 1757, and he and his wife are buried in Old Goshenhoppen Churchyard, Upper Salford, PA. Fritz and his daughters,
Susanna and the eldest daughter Elisabetha, were involved in what has been called the "First Ghost Story in America" supposedly in 1738, but more likely in the early 1730's. It was written about in many contemporary publications of the time both in America and Germany and has been included in at least two more recent books including the Montgomery County Historical Society Bulletin of Oct. 1955.
The story goes that Elisabetha's sister Susanna was believed to have seen a ghost named Miller, who was a roof thatcher, on the roof of the barn on the family farm in Frederick Township. Elisabetha asked questions of Miller through Susanna to find out why he was there. He asked them to repay a debt that he had died without seeing to. Their father Fritz got involved and he agreed to do this and the ghost disappeared. But after investigating by talking to the woman whom Miller said he was indebted, he found out no money was owed so the debt was not paid. In 1757, Fritz was found frozen dead in the snow on Christmas evening. and all the locals whispered about it for years that it was the ghost's revenge.
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