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Jacobus RIMA, Sr.

M, #I08601, b. abt. 1760, d. 24 December 1819

Father: Johannes "John" RIMA, b. abt. 1730, d. May 1780
Mother: Catherine ?, b. 1735

Birth: abt. 1760 Rheinland-Pfaltz, Germany
Death: 24 December 1819 Rome, New York

Family

Marriage 1 : Dorothea PLANTZ m. 12 April 1785 Caughnawaga, New York, b. abt. 1762, d. 26 May 1841

+ Johannes "John" RIMA, b. 29 February 1788
+ Magdalena RIMA, b. 1785
+ Catharina RIMA, b. 18 July 1789
+ Elisabetha RIMA, b. 18 July 1791
+ Margaretha RIMA, b. 19 February 1793
+ Jacob RIMA, Jr., b. 19 March 1795
Peter J. RIMA, b. 1797, d. abt. 1859
+ Maria RIMA, b. 06 April 1800
+ Daniel A. RIMA, b. 24 September 1802
+ Christian RIMA, b. 1805
+ Hannah RIMA, b. 1807

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Dorothea PLANTZ

F, #I08602, b. abt. 1762, d. 26 May 1841

Father: Johannes Mathias PLANTZ, b. 1725, d. 1790
Mother: Maria Margarietta RICKERT, b. 1730, d. aft. 1775

Birth: abt. 1762 Caughnawaga, New York
Death: 26 May 1841 Amboy, New York

Family

Marriage 1 : Jacobus RIMA, Sr. m. 12 April 1785 Caughnawaga, New York, b. abt. 1760, d. 24 December 1819

+ Johannes "John" RIMA, b. 29 February 1788
+ Magdalena RIMA, b. 1785
+ Catharina RIMA, b. 18 July 1789
+ Elisabetha RIMA, b. 18 July 1791
+ Margaretha RIMA, b. 19 February 1793
+ Jacob RIMA, Jr., b. 19 March 1795
Peter J. RIMA, b. 1797, d. abt. 1859
+ Maria RIMA, b. 06 April 1800
+ Daniel A. RIMA, b. 24 September 1802
+ Christian RIMA, b. 1805
+ Hannah RIMA, b. 1807

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Magdalena RIMA

F, #I08603, b. 1785

Father: Jacobus RIMA, b. abt. 1760, d. 24 December 1819
Mother: Dorothea PLANTZ, b. abt. 1762, d. 26 May 1841

Birth: 1785 East Schuyler, Herkimer County, New York

Family

Marriage 1 : Henry LINCE

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Henry LINCE

M, #I08604

Father: Jacob LINCE
Mother: Catherine BENDER

Family

Marriage 1 : Magdalena RIMA , b. 1785

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Jacob LINCE

M, #I08605

Father: ?
Mother: ?

Family

Marriage 1 : Catherine BENDER

+ Henry LINCE

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Catherine BENDER

F, #I08606

Father: ?
Mother: ?

Family

Marriage 1 : Jacob LINCE

+ Henry LINCE

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Catharina RIMA

F, #I08607, b. 18 July 1789

Father: Jacobus RIMA, b. abt. 1760, d. 24 December 1819
Mother: Dorothea PLANTZ, b. abt. 1762, d. 26 May 1841

Birth: 18 July 1789 Herkimer, South Carolinahuyler County, New York

Family

Marriage 1 : Archibald ARMSTRONG

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Archibald ARMSTRONG

M, #I08608

Father: ?
Mother: ?

Family

Marriage 1 : Catharina RIMA , b. 18 July 1789

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Elisabetha RIMA

F, #I08609, b. 18 July 1791

Father: Jacobus RIMA, b. abt. 1760, d. 24 December 1819
Mother: Dorothea PLANTZ, b. abt. 1762, d. 26 May 1841

Birth: 18 July 1791 Herkimer, South Carolinahuyler County, New York

Family

Marriage 1 : Barth BRODOCK

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Barth BRODOCK

M, #I08610

Father: ?
Mother: ?

Family

Marriage 1 : Elisabetha RIMA , b. 18 July 1791

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Margaretha RIMA

F, #I08611, b. 19 February 1793

Father: Jacobus RIMA, b. abt. 1760, d. 24 December 1819
Mother: Dorothea PLANTZ, b. abt. 1762, d. 26 May 1841

Birth: 19 February 1793 Herkimer, South Carolinahuyler County, New York

Family

Marriage 1 : Reuben BLAKESLEY

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Reuben BLAKESLEY

M, #I08612

Father: ?
Mother: ?

Family

Marriage 1 : Margaretha RIMA , b. 19 February 1793

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Jacob RIMA, Jr.

M, #I08613, b. 19 March 1795

Father: Jacobus RIMA, b. abt. 1760, d. 24 December 1819
Mother: Dorothea PLANTZ, b. abt. 1762, d. 26 May 1841

Birth: 19 March 1795 Herkimer, South Carolinahuyler County, New York

Family

Marriage 1 : Dorothy ?

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Dorothy ?

F, #I08614

Father: ?
Mother: ?

Family

Marriage 1 : Jacob RIMA, Jr. , b. 19 March 1795

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Peter J. RIMA

M, #I08615, b. 1797, d. abt. 1859

Father: Jacobus RIMA, b. abt. 1760, d. 24 December 1819
Mother: Dorothea PLANTZ, b. abt. 1762, d. 26 May 1841

Birth: 1797
Death: abt. 1859

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Maria RIMA

F, #I08616, b. 06 April 1800

Father: Jacobus RIMA, b. abt. 1760, d. 24 December 1819
Mother: Dorothea PLANTZ, b. abt. 1762, d. 26 May 1841

Birth: 06 April 1800 East Schuyler, Herkimer County, New York

Family

Marriage 1 : George RIMA

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George RIMA

M, #I08617

Father: ?
Mother: ?

Family

Marriage 1 : Maria RIMA , b. 06 April 1800

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Daniel A. RIMA

M, #I08618, b. 24 September 1802

Father: Jacobus RIMA, b. abt. 1760, d. 24 December 1819
Mother: Dorothea PLANTZ, b. abt. 1762, d. 26 May 1841

Birth: 24 September 1802 Herkimer, South Carolinahuyler County, New York

Family

Marriage 1 : Selina PATTERSON

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Selina PATTERSON

F, #I08619

Father: ?
Mother: ?

Family

Marriage 1 : Daniel A. RIMA , b. 24 September 1802

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Christian RIMA

M, #I08620, b. 1805

Father: Jacobus RIMA, b. abt. 1760, d. 24 December 1819
Mother: Dorothea PLANTZ, b. abt. 1762, d. 26 May 1841

Birth: 1805

Family

Marriage 1 : Esther ?

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Esther ?

F, #I08621

Father: ?
Mother: ?

Family

Marriage 1 : Christian RIMA , b. 1805

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Hannah RIMA

F, #I08622, b. 1807

Father: Jacobus RIMA, b. abt. 1760, d. 24 December 1819
Mother: Dorothea PLANTZ, b. abt. 1762, d. 26 May 1841

Birth: 1807 Schoharie County, New York

Family

Marriage 1 : Michael PLANTZ

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Michael PLANTZ

M, #I08623

Father: ?
Mother: ?

Family

Marriage 1 : Hannah RIMA , b. 1807

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Johannes "John" RIMA, Sr.

M, #I08624, b. abt. 1730, d. May 1780

Father: ?
Mother: ?

Birth: abt. 1730 Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death: May 1780 Captured, shot during Tory Indian raid

Family

Marriage 1 : Catherine ? m. 31 December 1755 Schyuler, Herkimer County, New York, b. 1735

+ Jacobus RIMA, Sr., b. abt. 1760, d. 24 December 1819
Johannes "John" RIMA, Jr., b. abt. 1759
+ Johann George RIMA, b. abt. 1762, d. abt. 1830
Margaretha RIMA, b. abt. 1766
+ Johann Christian RIMA, b. 14 August 1767, d. 21 July 1852
Johann Theobald "David" RIMA, b. 12 December 1770
Peter RIMA, b. 18 April 1772
+ Johann Friedrich RIMA, b. abt. 1774
Elizabeth REIMA, b. abt. 1776
Catherine RIMA, b. abt. 1779

Notes:

Johannes (John) Rema was born in the early 1730's in the Rheinland-Pfalz area of Germany. It is possible that the ancestors of Johannes Rema came from Switzerland. Researcher Stephen Rima of Massachusetts has found a reference of the Rima family in Switzerland in 1450 in a town called Mosgna. He believes this family relocated to Germany from Switzerland.

19 SEP 1765 aboard the ship Betsy from Rotterdam, Germany by captain John Osman, it took two months

Johannes Rema arrived via Rotterdam to Philadelphia, PA in 1765 with his wife, Catherine (her maiden name is unknown) and at least 3 children aboard the ship Betsy under Capt. John Osman. Another of the Hasenclever recruits, they traveled about two months, and were accompanied by several neighboring families.

John Rema was naturalized on March 8th, 1773, along with several neighbors. He was a member of the Tryon County Militia. Serving with him were sons John, Jr., Jacob, and George. Son Peter was two young but told stories of how his father and older brothers would leave the fort to go and fight. When they returned for supplies, Peter and George would run the clothes and provisions out to them.

During the raid in May 1780, sons John, Frederick and Jacob were captured Aby Indian Tories@@ and taken away to Montreal, Canada. They escaped (some records indicate after about two weeks, while others show them there from July to December) and made their way home. After that raid, the Rimas and many of their German neighbors removed to Caughnawaga/Fond, Montgomery County. After the war they returned to what was left of the farm in Schuyler, Herkimer County.

The book Early Families of Herkimer County, New York, confirms much of this information. It reports that "John Riema was listed in the German Flats militia in 1769, was naturalized 8 Mar 1773, and was later in Revolutionary Service. John Sr. lived first at the New Petersburg (now Schuyler NY) settlement of the Peter Hasenclaver immigrants of 1766, along with the Ayer/Oyer, Finster, Lentz, Valentine Miller, and Witrig families. Then later he apparently moved with several neighbors to the New Germantown settlement in the Reimensneider's Bush area northeast of Herkimer. The Hatch Papers say John Reima was captured and shot during the Tory Indian raid of 1780, and at the same time his sons John jr, Frederick, & Jacob were captured." (page 212).

The family name is found spelled in a variety of ways, including Rema, Riema, Reima, Rimah.

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