Barbara Crites

1741 - Abt 1811  (70 years)

• Name	Barbara Crites
  Born	1741	Rotterdam, Holland
  Gender	Female
  Died	Abt 1811	Volga, Barbour Co, VA   [1]
  Person ID	I2646	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Philip CREUTZ,   b. Between 1710 and 1715, Palatinate, Germany ,   d. 7 Dec 1796, Hardy Co, WVa  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Mother	Isabellah SIEVELO,   b. 1722, Germany ,   d. 14 Jan 1797, Hardy Co, WVa  (Age 75 years)
  Married	1738	Germany
  Notes	Arrived on ship Europa from Rotterdam, Holland on 20 Nov 1741. (dw) Landed in Philadelphia (CD) Both are buried Old Mill Creek Cemetery (dw) From the Crites message board, Feb 7, 2011: Philip came on the Europa in 1741, also on that ship was Conrad Halm (Lamb) who also went to Virginia. In 1740, Conrad married Catherina Creitz (Creutz). Philip's sister? and had 18 children. The 11th child was born in Washington Co, PA in 1775. Their daughter Elizabeth Kintner married Jacob Crites, son of William in Washington Co, PA.
  Family ID	F881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hans Jacob Reger,   b. 22 Apr 1734, Benken, Basel Canton, Switzerland ,   d. 8 Nov 1786, Hampshire Co, WV (now Hardy Co)  (Age 52 years)
  Married	Abt 1760	Virginia, USA   [2]
  Notes	Picture and discription of a quilt http://www2.matrix.msu.edu/~quilti/fulldisplay.php?kid=50-8A-63B This quilt has passed through family via sons - typically @ their marriage. maker------>oldest son------>youngest son(1st married)---->son (Enter's note: names have been excluded) page 1 education: probably could not read or write maker's ancestry: German speaking Swill Switzerland via Philadelphia to Berks Co PA then to Hardy Co WV to Buckhannon WV Spouse"s birth place: then Lewis Co now Upshur Co, From a letter from owner: This quilt was made 1859 or earlier by Jemima Kessel Reger who was born March 27, 1815 and died Sept 22, 1902. The exact place of her birth is not known, but we assume it was in or near Buckhannon. She and her husband John Jackson Reger, born June 4, 1820 on Brushy Fork and died Aug. 8, 1896. Married Sept. 12, 1833. They lived their entire married life on the Brushy Fork Road in what is now Upshur County, just outside of Buckhannon. Their home was just beyond the present Reger Chapel Church for which they gave the land and where they are both buried. They raised a family of 5 children. Their eldest son Montreville Reger, born July 5, 1834, died April 20, 1887, married Sarah Elizabeth Carper, born Sept 28, 1834, died April 8, 1926, in 1859. This quilt was presented to them at that time, by Jemima and John J. It was given with a complete set of bedding for one bed; including feather tick, pillows etc. Sarah Carper Reger bequeathed the quilt to her youngest son who was the first married of her sons. That son was Elvie Robert Reger, bon April 7, 1876, died March 11, 1972. He married Mollie Flint Lewis, b. Jan 20, 1880, died Dec. 25, 1973, on April 11, 1903. The present owners are their son and daughter-in-law. Ancestry of John Jackson Reger: Son of Philip Reger and his second wife Mary Jane Fornash. He was the first sheriff of Lewis County (which included this area in 1816) He was a Revolutionary War Veteran and is buried in the Reger Cemetery at Red Rock. They moved to Brushy Fork in 1795 after the danger from the Indians subsided. Grandson of Jacob and Barbara Cretes Reger who settled in Volga c. 1782. Great grandson of Antony and Barbara Waertz Reger who were immigrants from Switzerland in 1737 and who received 2 landgrants from Lord Fairfax in 1748 on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac
  Family ID	F1566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1741 - Rotterdam, Holland Married - Abt 1760 - Virginia, USA Died - Abt 1811 - Volga, Barbour Co, VA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S67] Dave Weaver. [S83] Ann Carroll.