Johann Henrich
(Henrich)
[uncertain]
Reitz
Born about in Büchelbach, Gelnhausen, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Deutschland
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sophronica (unknown) Reitz
— married
before 1713 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Johan Georg Henrich Reitz
Died before
before about age 54
in Büchelbach, Gelnhausen, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Deutschland [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
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Biography
Johan Henrich lived at Büchelbach, which is not acceptable to WikiTree. Where he was born and died is as yet unknown.
Family baptism and marriage records are in the records of Bieber Evangelisch Parish.
Research Notes
This Henrich was not the Father of 1748 emigrant Johan Freidrich, so not the son of Johannes and Magdalena Weygand, both born at Lohrhaupten according to information published by Rev. J. J. Reitz.
Sources
- Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel > Gelnhausen > Bieber > KB 1709 - 1744 Bild 2116.
- via Archion.de
Heinrich is indicated as his preferred first name. Johann was almost certainly his saint name; the German researcher said all males born in this time frame were given the saint name Johann. Supporting Heinrich as preferred is that his son George named his eldest son Heinrich.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henrich by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henrich by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Paul Reitz
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 838 markers, haplogroup R-BY7749, FTDNA kit #930265
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~1.17%
Larry Smith :
23andMe, GEDmatch M238801 [compare]
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~1.17%
Paul Reitz :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member prreitz
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #930265
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~0.39%
Jamal (Treon) Whittaker :
23andMe, GEDmatch FQ2187130 [compare]
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch TU6988743 [compare]
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~0.39%
A Hindman :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member homesteadcustom1
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #894664
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~0.39%
Patti (Schaffner) Kline :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member trish1389
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~0.39%
Richard Kroh :
AncestryDNA
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Rejected matches › Johann Reis (bef.1702-)
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Do you know any male line descendants who have had Y-DNA tested? If so, we should compare.
In present-day records, one often finds American families that were Rietz, that morphed to Reitz, and more often to Reetz, and back again. The spellings of these surnames doesn't reflect how it was pronounced, which was fairly consistent over generations. Typically [rights, ritts, reets], but all 3 exist in my clan - said to be attempts to Anglicize the name.
I've look on a site that has counts of immigrants to America by surname. There was around 5-10x as many Reitz as Rietz, and the Rietz were largely from northern Europe.
I relish the chance to compare, because it's hard to understand how my DNA is 97% British Isles, when I know my father's entire family, at least 7-8-9 generations back, were all Germanic and Swiss. (Yeah, yeah, crossover... but that much?) And recently, a good DNA match to a 7th gen descendant of Johan Friedrich Reitz validates the surname consistency back to before 1700.
edited by Paul Reitz