Johannes John Rima Sr. (abt. 1730 - 1780)

Born about 1730 in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Husband of Maria Catherina (Riemau) Wendel — married 31 Dec 1755 in Schuyler, Herkimer County, New York

Descendants

Died May 1780 at about age 50 in East Schuyler, Herkimer, New York, United States

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

Date: BET 1715 AND 1735

Place: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Imported only 1715 from Birth Date and marked as uncertain.

Note

Note: #N1096

Johannes (John) Rima Sr.^[1]

Johannis Rima. ^[2]

Joannis Remmi. ^[3]

Johannes John Reima. John REIMA, Sr.. Found multiple versions of name. Using Johannes (John) Rima Sr..

Marriage Husband @P502@. Wife @P501@. Child: @P491@. Marriage 11 Jul 1702. Evangelisch, Meisenheim, Rheinland, Prussia. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S1326369797 The Archives of the Reformed Church in America; New Brunswick, New Jersey; Stone Arabia Church, Baptisms, Members, Deaths, 1739-1987
2. ↑ Source: #S1326369797 Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Stone Arabia and Staten Island, Book 48
3. ↑ Source: #S1326657034
4. ↑ Source: #S1326657266

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Notes

Note N1096Tyron County Militia, 4th Regiment, Revolutionary War, Corporal

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From "Early Families of Herkimer County, New York" by William V. H. Barker:

John Riema, Sr. pr. born in German ca 1715 to 1735; pr. died 1779-1780; m by 1767 Catherine ... John Riema was listed in the German Flats militia in 1769, was naturalized 8 Mar 1773, and was later in Revolutionary service. John Sr. lived first at the New Petersburg (now Schuyler, NY) settlement of the Peter Hasenclaver immigrants of 1766, along with the Ayer/Oyer, Pinster, Lentz, Valentine Miller, and Witrig families. Then later he apparently moved with several neighbors to the New Germantown settlement in the Reimensneider's Bush area northeast of Herkimer. The Hatch Papers say John Riema was captured and shot during the Tory Indian raid of 1780, and at the same time his sons John Jr., Frederick, and Jacob were captured. However the aforementioned raid may have been in 1779 as in a position undated (undated but we think ca fall 1779), it is noted that widow Elisabeth Bowen's husband was killed by the Indians at German Town on the 2nd of August 1779 and widow Elizabeth Brown's husband (George Braun) was killed at the same time (Mohawk River in the Revolution, pp. 182-3). That petition also refers to an old widow named "CATHERINE ROMAR," as mother-in-law of Mrs. Elizabeth Hiller, and so we have placed an early daughter Elisabeth below on the off chance that Romar was a spelling variant of Riema.

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Johannes (John) Rema was born in the early 1730's in the Rheinland-Pfalz area of Germany. It is possible that the ancestors of Johannes Rema came from Switzerland. Researcher Stephen Rima of Massachusetts has found a reference of the Rima family in Switzerland in 1450 in a town called Mosgna. He believes this family relocated to Germany from Switzerland.

19 SEP 1765 aboard the ship Betsy from Rotterdam, Germany by captain John Osman, it took two months

Johannes Rema arrived via Rotterdam to Philadelphia, PA in 1765 with his wife, Catherine (her maiden name is unknown) and at least 3 children aboard the ship Betsy under Capt. John Osman. Another of the Hasenclever recruits, they traveled about two months, and were accompanied by several neighboring families.

John Rema was naturalized on March 8th, 1773, along with several neighbors. He was a member of the Tryon County Militia. Serving with him were sons John, Jr., Jacob, and George. Son Peter was two young but told stories of how his father and older brothers would leave the fort to go and fight. When they returned for supplies, Peter and George would run the clothes and provisions out to them.

During the raid in May 1780, sons John, Frederick and Jacob were captured Aby Indian Tories@@ and taken away to Montreal, Canada. They escaped (some records indicate after about two weeks, while others show them there from July to December) and made their way home. After that raid, the Rimas and many of their German neighbors removed to Caughnawaga/Fond, Montgomery County. After the war they returned to what was left of the farm in Schuyler, Herkimer County.

The book Early Families of Herkimer County, New York, confirms much of this information. It reports that "John Riema was listed in the German Flats militia in 1769, was naturalized 8 Mar 1773, and was later in Revolutionary Service. John Sr. lived first at the New Petersburg (now Schuyler NY) settlement of the Peter Hasenclaver immigrants of 1766, along with the Ayer/Oyer, Finster, Lentz, Valentine Miller, and Witrig families. Then later he apparently moved with several neighbors to the New Germantown settlement in the Reimensneider's Bush area northeast of Herkimer. The Hatch Papers say John Reima was captured and shot during the Tory Indian raid of 1780, and at the same time his sons John jr, Frederick, & Jacob were captured." (page 212).

The family name is found spelled in a variety of ways, including Rema, Riema, Reima, Rimah.

• Source: S1307958914 Repository: #R1300463540 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=108584194&pid=491
• Repository: R1300463540 Ancestry.com
• Source: S1326369797 Repository: #R1300463540 U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S1326657034 Repository: #R1300463540 Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.