Godfreid “Godfrey” Rattz, Jr. (DOB 4/22/1778 in Rowan County, NC; DOD 12/1/1840 in Davidson County, NC) married Elizabeth Gobble (DOB 10/2/1783 in Rowan County, NC; DOD 1/30/1861 in Davidson County, NC) on 1/12/1799 in NC. Sometimes the last name was spelled Ratts, Rats, Ratz.
This is what I found about Elizabeth Gobble Rattz on the Internet. I cannot verify this information at this time:
Hans Johann Jacob Gabel (DOB 1670 in Offenbach, Germany; DOD 1770 in Offenbach Am Glam, Germany) married Maria Margretha Rheinmueler (DOB 1/9/1672-1673 in Offenbach, Am Glam, Germany to Hans Conrad Rheinmueller and Maria Margretha; DOD 1770 in Germany) on 1/9/1690-1691 in Offenbach, An-Glam, Zweibruecken, West Germany. They had Johann Friedrich Gabel.
Johann Friedrich Gabel (DOB 4/14/1701 in Offenbach, Am Glam, Zweibruecken, Germany; DOD 1768 in Frederick, Maryland) married Maria Magdalene Spiess (DOB 3/19/1700-1701 in Offenbach, Am Glam, Zweibruecken, Germany to Hans Georg Spiess; DOD 1744 in Old Goshenhoppen, Montgomery, Pennsylvania) on 5/22/1725 in Julian, Church, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. They had John Nicholas Gabel.
John Nicholas Gabel (DOB 4/10/1744 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; DOD 1830 in Rowan County, NC) married Christina Mary Helmstetler (DOB 1754 in NC; DOD Abt 1793 in Rowan County, NC) in 1772. They had Elizabeth Gobble.
This is what I found about Godfreid Rattz, Jr. on the Internet. I cannot verify this information at this time:
Henrich Ratz (DOB Abt 1695 in Germany; DOD ? ) had Philip Heinrich Ratz (DOB 1714 in Deu, Germany; DOD 1775 in York, Pennsylvania) who married Anna Catharina George (DOB 1721 in Traubach, Germany; DOD 1775 in York, Pennsylvania) on 2/11/1742-1743 in Weisbaden, Germany. They had Godfreid Rattz, Sr.
Godfreid Rattz, Sr. (DOB 4/22/1743; DOD 12/1/1804) married Maria Margaretha Schweissgut (DOB 3/3/1748-1749 in Wiesbaden, Bierstadt, Hesse-Nassau, Germany; DOD 3/29/1806 in Tyro, Davidson County, NC) in Pennsylvania. See below for more info on the Schweissguts. They had 7 children:
1) Godfried Rattz, Jr. (see above info) married Elizabeth Gobble
2) Henry T. Rattz (DOB 10/14/1770; DOD 12/30/1833) married Barbara Winkler (DOB 1769; DOD 1/8/1849) on 3/2/1790.
3) Catherine Rattz (DOB About 1772; DOD About 1838) married Henry Blessing in 1807.
4) Elizabeth Rattz (DOB About 1768, DOD 8/26/1832) married Henry Cope and had son named John Cope.
5) Margaret Rattz (DOB About 1789, DOD ?) married Jacob Gobble (DOB ? ; DOD 11/20/1849) in 1797.
6) Mary Magdeline Rattz (DOB Abt 1782; DOD 8/1842) married Warren Roberts (DOB 1772; DOD 1816) on 8/27/1804.
7) Anna Marie Rattz (DOB About 1786; DOD 1/17/1842) married Daniel Click (DOB 10/30/1780; DOD 12/7/1845) on 3/6/1807. They had a son named John Nicholas Click (DOB 1/19/1814; DOD 7/27/1880) who married Eliza Brinegar (DOB 1814; DOD 3/1847) and they had Susan Stoker.
To follow the Swicegoods (Americanized of the German Schweissgut/Schweissguth/ Schweisguth) I found this on the Internet. I cannot verify it as of now:
Sterengen Schweissguth (DOB 1406 in Germany; DOD 1496 in Germany) had Hans De Schweissguth (DOB 1466 in Nesselwangle, Austria; DOD 1530 in Germany). Hans had Wolfgang Oswald Van Schweissguth (DOB 1495 in Lechund, Reuth, Germany; DOD ? in Tyrol Region, Austria). Hans had Gerald Oswald Schweissguth (DOB 1555 in Tyrol Region, Austria; DOD ? in Tyrol region, Austria). Gerald had Veth Schweissguth (DOB 1581 in Germany; DOD 1647 in Germany) who married Anna Schadlin (DOB 1580 in Germany; DOD ? in Germany). They had Johann Jackob Schweisguth (DOB 1610 in Elbigenalp, Tyrol, Austria; DOD 1690 in Lehrback, Hessen, Germany) who married Margaretha Lengin (DOB 1605 in Elbigenalp, Tyrol, Austria; DOD 1645 in Lehrbach, Oberhessen, Germany) in 1625 in Elbigenalp, Tyrol, Austria. They had Johann Christoph Schweissguth (DOB 7/9/1626 in Elbigenalp, Tyrol, Austria; DOD 6/18/1699 in Lehrbach, Oberhessen, Germany) who married Anna Martin (DOB 1655 in Lehrbach, Hessen, Germany to Wilhelm Martin; DOD 6/18/1699 in Lehrbach, Hessen, Germany). They had Johannes George Schweissguth (DOB 10/1685 in Lehrbach, Hessen, Germany; DOD 7/5/1766 in Wiesbaden, Bierstadt, Hesse-Nassau, Germany) who married Anna Katherine Girsius (DOB 1685 in Wiesbaben, Bierstadt, Hesse-Nassau, Germany; DOD 7/6/1766 in Wiesbaden, Bierstadt, Hesse-Nassau, Germany). The dates of birth and dates of death on Johannes George Schweissguth and his wife, Anna Katherine Girsius are the same so I don’t know if this is correct. Johannes George Schweissguth and Anna Katherine Girsius had Lorentz Schweissguth (DOB 2/10/1723-1724 in Weisbaden, Nassau, Hessen, Germany; DOD 3/12/1799 in Paradise, York, Pennsylvania) who married Catherine Elizabeth Weyer (DOB 1/23/1719-1720 in Bierstadt, Hesse-Nassau, Germany; DOD 1760 in Paradise, York, Pennsylvania) on 8/16/1746 in York, York County, Pennsylvania. See the Weyer info below. Lorentz and Catherine had Maria Margaretha Schweissgut (see her information above where she married Godfried Rattz, Sr.
To follow the Weyers (Weiher) I found this on the Internet. I cannot verify it as of now:
Hans Weiher (DOB 1590 in Germany; DOD ? ) had Mathias Weyer (DOB 1610 in Niedersalbach, Saar, Germany; DOD ?) who married Margreth I Sixt (DOB ? ; DOD ? ). Mathias Weyer and Margreth I Sixt had Deietrich Weyer (DOB 1645 in Saarbrucken, Germany; DOD ?) who married Anna Elizabetha Kurtz (DOB 1645 in Saarbrucken, Saarland, Germany to Mathias Kurtz and Margretha; DOD ? ). Deietrich Weyer and Anna Elizabeth Kurtz had Hans Stephan Weyer (DOB 10/29/1668 in Saarbrucken, Saarland, Germany; DOD 3/15/1725 in Saarbrucken, Saarland, Germany) who married Anna Juliana Sehmer (DOB 8/24/1673 in Saarbrucken, Saarland, Germany to Jacob Lorenz Sehmer and Elizabeth Magdalena Werner; DOD 9/13/1747 in ? ). Hans Stephan Weyer and Anna Juliana Sehmer had Philipp John A Weyer (DOB 10/29/1694 in Saarbrucken, Saarland, Germany; DOD 3/5/1750-1751 in Bierstadt, Hesse-Nassau, Germany) who married Maria Catherina Kayser (DOB 1696 in Bierstadt, Nassau, Hessen, Germany; DOD ? ). Philipp John A Weyer and Maria Catherina Kayser had Catherine Elizabeth Weyer (DOB 1/23/1719-1720 in Bierstadt, Hesse-Nassau, Germany; DOD 1760 in Paradise, York County, Pennsylvania). Catherine Elizabeth Weyer married Lorentz Schweissguth (see above info).
Godfreid Rattz, Jr. and Elizabeth Gobble had 10 children:
1) Margaret Rattz (DOB 10/30/1817 in Davidson County, NC; DOD 1/7/1890 in Davidson County, NC) married John Barnes on 3/18/1841 in Davidson County. My direct ancestor.
2) Cynthia Suretha Ratz (DOB 8/15/1808 in Davidson County, NC; DOD 11/18/1817 in ? )
3) Katherine Rattz (DOB 11/6/1802 in Rowan, NC; DOD 3/10/1877 in Davidson County, NC) married John Wilson, Sr.
4) Burrel Robert Ratz (DOB 9/25/1819 in Davidson County, NC; DOD 8/23/1882 in Smith, Mississippi)
5) Valentine T. Rattz (DOB 1/10/1805 in Davidson County, NC; DOD 7/27/1886 in Davidson County, NC) married Camilla Brinager.
6) Ellen Ratts (DOB 2/1/1810 in Davidson County, NC; DOD ? )
7) Obadiah Ratz (DOB 9/1811 in Davidson County, NC; DOD 1887 in Davidson County, NC) married Catherina Sink.
8) Mary Ratts (DOB 5/25/1801 in Davidson County, NC; DOD 1/17/1852 in Davidson County, NC) never married.
9) America Merky August Rattz (DOB 11/12/1813 in Davidson County, NC: DOD 7/23/1837 in NC) married Jefferson Wilson.
1810 U.S. Census of Rowan, North Carolina; Roll: 43; Page: 241; Image: 00076; Family History Library Film: 0337916, “Godfery Rats“
Name: Godfery Rats [Godfried Ratts]
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Rowan, North Carolina
Free White Persons – Males – Under 10: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons – Females – Under 10: 3
Free White Persons – Females – 26 thru 44: 1
Numbers of Slaves: 2
Number of Household Members Under 16 : 4
Number of Household Members Over 25 : 2
Number of Household Members: 9
1820 U.S. Census of Battalions 2 and 4 or Lexington Side, Rowan, North Carolina; Page: 342; NARA Roll: M33_81; Image: 194, “Godfrey Ratts“
Name: Godfrey Ratts
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Battalions 2 and 4 or Lexington Side, Rowan, North Carolina
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons – Males – Under 10: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons – Females – Under 10: 3
Free White Persons – Females – 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 26 thru 44: 1
Slaves – Males – Under 14: 2
Slaves – Males – 14 thru 25: 1
Slaves – Females – Under 14: 2
Slaves – Females – 14 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons – Engaged in Agriculture: 4
Free White Persons – Under 16: 7
Free White Persons – Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total Slaves: 6
Total All Persons – White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 16
1830 U.S. Census of Davidson, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 120; Page: 233; Family History Library Film: 0018086, “Godfred Rats“
Name: Godfred Rats [Godfred Rts]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Davidson, North Carolina
Free White Persons – Males – 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons – Females – Under 5: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons – Females – 40 thru 49: 1
Slaves – Males – Under 10: 3
Slaves – Males – 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves – Males – 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves – Females – Under 10: 4
Slaves – Females – 10 thru 23: 2
Free White Persons – Under 20: 6
Free White Persons – 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total Slaves: 11
Total – All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 21
1840 U.S. Census of Davidson County, North Carolina; Roll: 359; Page: 256; Family History Library Film: 0018093, “Godfrey Ratts“
Name: Godfrey Ratts
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Davidson, North Carolina
Free White Persons – Males – Under 5: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 50 thru 59: 1
Slaves – Males – Under 10: 5
Slaves – Males – 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves – Males – 36 thru 54: 1
Slaves – Females – Under 10: 1
Slaves – Females – 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves – Females – 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves – Females – 36 thru 54: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 8
Free White Persons – Under 20: 3
Free White Persons – 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total Slaves: 13
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 21
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Godfrey Ratts
BIRTH 22 Apr 1778
DEATH 1 Dec 1840 (aged 62)
BURIAL Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery (aka Wesleys Cemetery, the church burned down), 1432 Old Wesley Chapel Road, Linwood, Davidson County, NC, 35.237076, -81.873071
MEMORIAL ID 17010078
Added by Emily Rebecca Gobble
Parents
Godfrid Ratz 1743–1804
Maria Margaret Elizabeth Schwisguth Ratts 1749–1806
Spouse
Elizabeth Goble Ratts 1783–1861
Siblings
Henry T. Ratts 1770–1833
Magdalen Ratts Roberts 1787–1842
Half Siblings
Margaret Ratts Gobble 1773–1859
Mary Ann Ratts Click 1785–1840
Children
Katharine Ratts Wilson 1803–1877
Cinthy Suretha Thompson 1808–1847
Margaret Ratts Barnes 1817–1890
Inscription ae 62y 7m 9d, h/o Elizabeth Goble
Elizabeth Goble Ratts
BIRTH 2 Oct 1783
DEATH 30 Jan 1861 (aged 77)
BURIAL Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery (aka Wesleys Cemetery, the church burned down), 1432 Old Wesley Chapel Road, Linwood, Davidson County, NC, 35.237076, -81.873071
MEMORIAL ID 17010082
Inscription w/o Godfrey
I found some information on the areas of Germany mentioned in the above family trees.
Lehrbach, Hessen, Germany is just east of the city of Kirtof in Hessen, Germany.
Elbigenalp, Tyrol, Austria is in the Alps in northwest Austria. Elbigenalp lies embedded between Lechtal Alps and Allgäu Alps. Elbigenalp nestles right up to the mountains, the Bavarian, Lechtal and Allgäu Alps. It is set in a region of castles and palaces, mountains and lakes, the loveliest spot in the eastern Allgäu. Two famous castles built by King Ludwig of Bavaria, Neuschwanstein – audacious and other-worldly – and Hohenschwangau – romantic and welcoming – sit boldly on their hilltops as if they had been there forever. They are a little northeast. Since the Middle Ages (1312) Elbigenalp is the political and spiritual centre of the parish Lechtal.
Nesselwangle, Tyrol, Austria is in the Alps in northwest Austria. Elbigenalp lies embedded between Lechtal Alps and Allgäu Alps. Elbigenalp nestles right up to the mountains, the Bavarian, Lechtal and Allgäu Alps. It is set in a region of castles and palaces, mountains and lakes, the loveliest spot in the eastern Allgäu. Two famous castles built by King Ludwig of Bavaria, Neuschwanstein – audacious and other-worldly – and Hohenschwangau – romantic and welcoming – sit boldly on their hilltops as if they had been there forever. They are a little northeast.
Saarbrucken, Saarland, Germany is slightly south on the west side of Germany. It borders France and Luxembourg.
Hesse-Nassau, Germany was part of Hessen which is situated between Germany’s Westfalen (northwest), Rheinland (west), Baden (southwest), Bavaria (southeast), Thuringen (east) and Nieder-Sachsen (northeast). Hessen’s a little left of central Germany. Hesse-Nassau was the northern part of Hessen.
Weissbaden, Germany is west of Frankfurt on the southern border of Hessen.
York, Pennsylvania is on the southern border of Pennsylvania with Maryland just across the line. York was founded in 1741 by Philadelphian settlers. During the Revolutionary War, York served as a temporary capital for the Continental Congress. The Articles of Confederation were drafted in York.
Davidson County, NC was formed from part of the old Rowan County, NC in 1822. It is in central North Carolina just above Rowan County’s Salisbury and below Forsyth County’s Winston-Salem. It’s county seat is Lexington and the other town of size is Thomasville in it’s far north.
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