Descendants of the Three Immigrant Mennonite Reiff Brothers of Europe and Pennsylvania

Daniel R. Lehman
1999 Apr
Excerpt from p18
 

J27, Magdalena Rife, b. ca 1764; d. 1790; 3 ch m. Sept 28, 1786, Abraham Beery; b. 1762; d. ca. 1818; son of Abraham Beery and Mary Gohenour; resided near Edom, Rockingham Co., VA; Mennonite; bu. Lindale Mennonite Cem.; he m.(2) Barbara Good (b. ca. 1763), dau. of Jacob Good (GC22) and Elizabeth Stoner; 10 ch. to m.(2)

Children of m.(1)

J271. Elizabeth Berry, b. 1785; d. Jan 26, 1826 m. John Detrick, d. Mar. 6, 1835; Mennonite; resided in Rockingham Co., VA; 6 ch.

J272. John Beery, b. Oct. 6, 1787; d. Oct. 15, 1868; Mennonite; bu. St. John Lutheran Cem., Singers Glen, Rockingham Co., VA; 14 ch. m. Lydia Showalter, b. July 15, 1797; d. Feb. 25, 1869

J273. Abraham Beery, b. June 23, 1789; d. Mar. 1, 1853; Mennonite; resided near Singers glen, Rockingham Co., Va., later resided near Harrisonburg, VA; bu. Lindale Mennonite Cem.; 9 ch. m. April 14, 1818, Elizabeth Wenger; b. April 13, 1796; d. Feb. 27, 1869; dau. of Joseph G. Wenger and Anna Hockman

*Footnote--Joseph H. Wenger, History of the Descendants of Abraham Berry (South English, Iowa: Author, 1905), p. 12. John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr. Rockingham County Virginia Marriages, 1778-1850 (Athens Ga.: Iberian Pub. Com., 1984), p. 379 gives the 1786 marriage date, although this is after the 1785 birthdate for J271 given in History of the Descendants of Abraham Beery; either date could be in error or correct.

Provided by Romaine Stauffer, 2008 Feb 17.
 

Reference

o Daniel R. Lehman, "Descendants of the Three Immigrant Mennonite Reiff Brothers of Europe and Pennsylvania" in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (Lancaster, PA: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 1999 Apr), p18. Excerpt at www.dgatx.com/family...bs/1999/Rife/hs.html.

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