REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE
Military. Captain, 4th Battalion, Berks County, Pennsylvania Militia under COL Joseph Hiester.
BIOGRAPHY
John Reithmyer was born 28 DEC 1741 somewhere in Europe and died 15 OCT 1799 in Reading, Pennsylvania. On about 1 JUN 1765, he married Anna Barbara
[--?--], who was born 17 APR 1743 and died 8 MAR 1807 in Reading, Pennsylvania
John and Anna had the following children:
i. John Peter, baptised 1 JUN 1765
ii. Daniel, baptised 20 JAN 1766
iii. Anna Maria Magdelena, born 21 JUN 1768, died 25 MAY 1831 in Reading, Pennsylvania, married Henry Homan
iv. Samuel, baptised 16 FEB 1780
v. Adam, baptised 16 OCT 1782
vi. Christina, married Samuel Homan
vii. John
GRAVE LOCATION
EXACT LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS AT PRESENT NOT KNOWN
GRAVE SITE
Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania
ORIGINAL TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION
INSCRIPTION NEEDED
DESCENDANTS IN WESTMINSTER CHAPTER, MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY, SONS OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
John Franklin Burk, Jr.
DESCENDANTS IN OTHER CHAPTERS, MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY, SONS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Alfred Ely Burk
Charles Summerfield Burk
James Steven Burk
John Franklin Burk, III
REFERENCES
Pennsylvania Archives 5th series volume 5 page 213
DAR # 519808 (Emma Mosner Price), 191671, 312840,
331291, 308793 (Maud Anderson Friend)
SAR Membership # 120304 (Charles Summerfield Burk), 120699 (John Franklin Burk, III),
121629 (John Franklin Burk, Jr.), 121996 (James Steven Burk),
123762 (Alfred Ely Burk)
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This page last updated 27 OCT 2008