1809


Bartle righter, 1809.
Will recorded at Norristown. Mentions wife Charlot. Daughters, Hannah,
Mary, Rebeckah, Catharine and Elizabeth. Grandson, Bartholomay
Keetch. Three sons, William, Joseph, Rudolph. Ecexutors, son Rudolph and
George Jaret. Signed Oct. 1807. Witnesses, Algernon Roberts, John
Roberts. Proved Nov. 14, 1809.
The name of Bartle Righter appears in the List of Taxables for Lower
Merion, 1780, 1769, 1779, 1783.
Barthol Writter was naturalized in Philadelphia County, 1740. See
Pennsylvania Archives, Second series, Vol. II, p. 298.
The names of John Righter, Peter Righter, ferry, and Peter Righter, Jun.
are on the List of Taxables for Lower Merion, 1769.
10, 30, 1759. Peter Righter, of Merion, and Elizabeth Tunis, daughter of
Anthony of the same place at Merion Meeting. Witnesses: Elizabeth, Bartel
and Hannah Righter; Anthony, Mary, Abraham and Joseph Tunis.
The marriage of John Righter and Hannah Tunis is recorded at Swedes'
Church, Philadelphia, Feb. 26, 1754.
In the U. S. Census, 1790, appears the name of Bartle Righter, head of a
family in Lower Merion. In this family were 1 male over 16; 2 males under
16; 5 females.
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