Upper Level: George Michael Rote (Rhoades/Rhodes) 1729-1797 Sarah 1734

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George Michael Rote (Rhoades/Rhodes) 1729-1797 Sarah 1734

Mifflinburg was once known as Rotestown and Northumberland became Union county.
I've also seen other records that may or may not be right about the children in this family - some of them have the in-laws marrying different siblings than I have. However, I'm still looking for proof of the marriages and trying to correct what I have. If you have sourced information, please share in the comments.

George Michael Rote (Rhoades, Rhodes, etc.)
Parents: Anthony Rote and Anna Barbara Widmayer

Birth and Christening 24 January 1729 Kandel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Occupations: Farmer, Tavern Keeper, Miller

Married abt 1750 Germany
Immigration to United States: aboard Ship Hamilton 6 Oct 1767
Note: Residence: In 1797, George M Rote/Rhoades developed the land from Third Street eastward, in Mifflinburg, Union Co. Pa. This extension acquired the name Rhoadestown, or Rotestown (or Greenville), George Rote owned the Ensign Foster tract of 246 acres
Died 18 Jan 1797 Buffalo Valley, Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania
Sources
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kbnaycwin&id=I1908
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Book: Annals of Buffalo Valley by John Blair Linn page 236, 311
Elizabeth (unknown surname)
(For those who thought her name was Sarah like I did, see comment section)
Born abt 1734 Germany
Unknown Parents
Married 2) Daniel Scholtz
Died Pennsylvania
Sources
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CHILDREN

Roade (Rhody) Rote
Born 1753 Germany
Note: When she was abt 14 and her brother George was 12, they were captured by Indians and carried away in the Cornplanters country (Cornplanter was a native American) and not released until peace was proclaimed (some say 7 years, others say less). They met at a furnace near Clarion, Pennsylvania, and returned home together.
Married James Ben who remarried a widow with the surname Murphy after Roade died.
Sources
Book: Annals of Buffalo Valley by John Blair Linn page 199

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Esther Rote
Born 1755 Germany
Married Frederick Bortages
Note: this is an error - see comment section below
Sources

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*Sarah Rote
Born 1756
Married Johan Adam Colpetzer 1776
Note: Adam Colpetzer appears in what was West Buffalo township tax assessment in 1775 along with a Michael Shirtz (who would marry Sarah's sister Elizabeth) and confirms at least Michael's place in Union County. Adam was fined 20 pounds for refusing to march with the militia between March 1777 and April 1783
Children: Adam, William, Nicolas, Peter, George, Minerva, Sarah, Annie, Henry, James, John

Died

Buried
Sources
Tax: History of that Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys ..., Volume 2 edited by Franklin Ellis, Austin N. Hungerford page 17
Fine: Pennsylvania archives By Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania. Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library
Idaho Genealogical Society 1961
George Michael Rote
Born 1758 Germany
Married Rachel Skiles
Children: Michael, George
Death: Abt 1829 Pennsylvania
Sources
Book: Annals of Buffalo Valley by John Blair Linn
Ancestry.com
Peter Rote
Born 1760 Germany
alternative day: 12 May 1768 in New Jersey - this is possible since his parents came in 1767.
Occupation: Carpenter, Farmer
Married Elizabeth Kiester
Children: George, John, Henry, Anne, Abraham, Peter, George, Michael, Elizabeth, Griffin, Margaret, Francis, Simon, Jacob
Died 30 March 1826 Logan, Centre, Pennsylvania
Sources
http://www.speakingoffamily.com/g0/p58.htm#i1733
Online ancestry boards
Mary Rote
Born 1763 Germany
Married Joseph Ultz abt 1784 Pennsylvania
Sources

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Jacob Rote
Born 1766 Germany
Sources

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Abraham Rote
Born 1768 Bucks Co, Pennsylvania
Married Margaret ? 7 April 1798
Children: George, Elizabeth
Died 17 December 1842 Jackson, Pike, Ohio
Sources

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Elizabeth Rote
Born 1770 Bucks Co, Pennsylvania
Married Michael Shirts (Schertz)
Note: Michael appears in a 1775 tax assessment of Buffalo Township. He built the grist and sawmills at Penn's Valley Narrows
Sources
History of that Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys ..., Volume 2 edited by Franklin Ellis, Austin N. Hungerford page 17

Lydia's headstone

Lydia Rote
Born 30 May 1772 New Jersey (according to her death cert.)
Married John Kiester
Children: Margaret, Peter, Sarah, John, Ann, Elizabeth, Benjamin, George, Levi, Lydia, Elias, Isaac
Died 18 Feb 1854 Hartley Township, Union, Pennsylvania
Buried Kiester Burial Ground
Sources
Pennsylvania Death Certificate from Ancestry.com

Lydia's death record

John Rote
Born 1774 Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania
Sources
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3 comments:

Roger N. WhitingDecember 27, 2015 at 2:27 PM
George Rote Sr at the time of his death was married to Elizabeth Rote. George died intestate and his heirs (10 chidlren) are listed in the land records of Northumberland (later Union County) and of course his widow Elizabeth. Later she is identified as Elizabeth Scholz, widow of George Rote. She remarried second to Daniel Scholz. All George Rote deeds prior to his death often include his wife and always name her as Elizabeth. Never was Sarah mentioned as the name of George Rote's wife. I would also advise Rote family researchers to examine the Northumberland and/or Union County deeds for further clarification of George's children...Linn made an error in his history and listed Michael Bartges as one of his son-in-laws...not so. George had 5 sons and 5 daughters, and his daughters were Esther wife of Adam Colpetzer, Elizabeth wife of Michael Schirtz, Mary wife of Joseph Ultz, Rhoda wife of James Ben and Lydia wife of John Kiester.
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UnknownApril 20, 2021 at 5:14 PM
There is no daughter of George Rote named Sarah. Read the deeds straightening out George's estate. Probate was entered into on 9 March 1796. Adam and Esther had a son, also named Adam. That is who married a Sarah. Do not know her maiden name.
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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

And bury your sorrow among the trees

Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

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So while we wait in line -

Make moments count.
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Make sure to have no regrets.
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She had a grown up daughter
who had a hair of red.
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and soon the two were wed.
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although it brought me joy,
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of a bouncing baby boy.
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and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
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then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up- daughter,
who of course, was my stepmother.
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who kept them on the run.
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and it makes me blue.
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she's my grandma too.
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then I am her grandchild.
and every time I think of it,
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The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
As memory may go
One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
But heaven help the person
Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
And would accomodate
A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
At times when things were rushing
And business extra good
Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
And carried an equal of heavier load.

No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

He always kept his luggage packed,
This man who had no fame,
and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
No one else inthis world is
searching for this elusive man,
so I play "Gene-solitaire"
To find him, if I can!

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
were appointed to keep records
No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

To top it off, this elusive ancestor
who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

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If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

To know my leaving could never break,

This heart's undying bond.

And if you should go before me,

If your journey on earth were through;

You know I will be close behind,

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Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

For you'll always carry a bit of my heart,

No matter where you are.

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Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

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Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

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We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."