Maria Elizabeth Rinehart

1750 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Maria Elizabeth Rinehart  [1]
  Born	12 Apr 1750	Upper Saucon, Bucks (Now Lehigh) Cnty, PA   [2]
  Christened	13 Apr 1750	St. Paul's (Blue) Lutheran Ch, Upper Saucon, PA   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I961	SnoufferCampbell
  Last Modified	31 May 2010

  
  

  Father	Johann Valentin Rinehart,   b. 10 Oct 1725, Pfungstadt, Darmstadt-Hesse, Germany ,   d. 1792, Frederick Cnty, MD  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Maria Barbara Unknown (Steiber ?),   b. 1725,   d. Aft Aug 1793  (Age 68 years)
  Married	Abt 1750	Pfungstadt, Darmstadt-Hesse, Germany   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F73	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Frederick Sorrier / Surger,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Aft 1774  [2, 7, 8]
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2009
  Family ID	F327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	George Fischer,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	12 Feb 1770  [2]
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2009
  Family ID	F1032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth's father Valentine's will is located in Frederick County Will Book GM #2, pp. 437-438. The will was signed 20 June 1791; it appears that it was admitted to probate 5 June 1792, with an accounting filed 20 Aug 1793. «i»Ibid.«/i» The will is abstracted in "Frederick County Wills, Liber GM#2," vol. 8, Western Maryland Genealogy, at p. 137 (1992), and in M.B.Hageness, «i»Abstract of Wills, Liber GM#2, 1783-1794, Frederick County, Maryland«/i», pp. 58-59 (MLH Research, Anniston, AL (2001) [LDS Film 1440551]. The will provides among other things that "I Valentine Rinehart of Frederick County ... give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Barbary [sic] all my estate both real and personal during her life, ... and at the death of my said wife that he my said son [George] shall give to my four daughters whose names is [sic] as follows, viz, that is to say Elizabeth Sorrier, Catrin Shaul, Christenor Snowfer [sic], and Mary Weaver, the sum of forty pounds ... until one hundred and sixty pounds is paid ... and ... the rest of my estate real and personal not heretofore mentioned be equally divided amongst my son and four daughters abovementioned ***." Richard Ott, «i»Ott-Main2.ftw«/i», reports: Frederick Cnty land records (Liber V, folio 62), at request of Elizabeth, George Fischer, indicates they lived together only 4 months, did violence to her, left her for 2 1/2 years, and then came back. They then agreed to divorce.

  
  

• Sources

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