Rev. David Rife^[1]

1751 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	David Rife
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	1751	Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00092-5275
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I10555	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Christian Rife,   b. 1723,   d. 1809  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Veronica Reiff,   b. 1732,   d. 1800  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F3030	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. John Rife,   b. Abt 1780, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Abraham Rife,   b. Abt 1782, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. George Rife,   b. Abt 1785, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Samuel Rife,   b. 15 Apr 1788, , Adams Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 10 Mar 1856, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   5. Joseph Rife,   b. Abt 1790, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. David Rife,   b. Abt 1792, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Isaac Rife,   b. Abt 1794, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Mary Rife,   b. Abt 1796, Of, Adams Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F3029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  David Rife, "a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was born in the year 1751 (My grandmother, Mrs. John Shoemaker, daughter of Barbara Reiff, used to say that her uncle, David, was two years older than her mother and that her uncle was ordained as minister of the Mennonite Church when he was in his thirty-ninth year, consequently he entered the ministry in 1790). All attempts made to obtain names of his parents and of all his brothers and sisters proved fruitless. We know of one sister he had, named Barbara, who was born in 1753, and died in Waterloo County in 1820. She was married to Isaac Shantz, father of all the old Shantzes that settled in this county during the early part of the present century. When a young man he moved to Adams County, Pennsylvania. He was a Mennonite and in 1790 was appointed a minister of that church. He was married and had a family of eight children" Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 180.