Second Generation

6. Ferdinand RITTER^1,10 was born about 1718 in Exeter Township, Berks Co., PA. He died before 1760. Not mentioned in father's will of June 1760, presumed dead. He was on the Exeter Tax list of 1754, so apparantly moved to Albany Township after 1754. Thought to be buried in a Ritter burial ground in Albany Township.

Northampton Co.
Mortage 26 April 1769
Mortgagor; Barbara Ritter, Albany township, Berks County, widow, Ferdinand Ritter, Albany township, yeoman
Mortgagee Valentine Probst, Albany township, Berks County, innkeeper
58 acres by land of Ulrich Moyer and vacant land (both tracts were
granted to Jacob Ritter, 5 Nov 1767 from Barbara and Ferdinand Ritter

Ferdinand RITTER and Maria Elizabeth STETTER were married about 1743. Maria Elizabeth STETTER¹⁰ was born on 10 Feb 1722 in Berks County, PA. She died on 24 Jun 1810 in Philadelphia, PA. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church has a baptism of a daughter of Ferdinand and Maria, born 11 November 1748 and baptised 4 May 1769, as an adult and now a wife of Martin Beyer. Mother was given as Maria Elizabeth Ritter. The witness at this adult baptism was her mother, now Mary Elizabeth Fulweiler, so we assume Maria had remarried to a John Fulweiler after Ferdinand's death. Ferdinand RITTER and Maria Elizabeth STETTER had the following children:

+26	i.	Ferdinand RITTER Jr..
+27	ii.	Anna Maria RITTER.
28	iii.	Deborah RITTER10 was born about 1751 in Berks County, PA.
29	iv.	Elizabeth RITTER10 was born about 1754 in Berks County, PA.