John Valentine Horter and Magdalena Reis

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Husband John Valentine Horter ¹

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            AKA: John Valentine Hortter 2
           Born: 1739 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1816 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: [Father] Horter (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Magdalena Reis ¹

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            AKA: Magdalena Rice 1
           Born: Abt 1749
     Christened: 
           Died: 1807 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: George Reis (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Anna Margaretta Horter ³

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           Born: 1768 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1847 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Henry Beader (      -      ) 3

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2 F Maria Magdalena Horter ³

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           Born: 1769 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1853 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Conrad Horning (      -      ) 3

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3 F Catherine Horter ^{3 4}

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           Born: 1772 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1833 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Matthias Hutman (      -      ) 3 5

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4 F Susanna Margaret Horter ³

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            AKA: Susannah Margaret Hortter 6
           Born: 24 Sep 1774 - Germantown, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Dec 1838 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hon. John Jacob Bucher (1764-1827) 6
           Marr: 27 Mar 1792 2

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5 M John Valentine Horter ³

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           Born: 1777 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1823 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Fedder (      -      ) 3

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6 F Elizabeth Horter ³

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           Born: 1779 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1852 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jacob Ziegler (      -      ) 3

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7 M George Reis Horter ³

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           Born: 1784 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1830 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - John Valentine Horter

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From Spires, Bavaria, he settled in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1785.

Two brothers of this surname emigrated from the fatherland\emdash
the locality not definitely known, but believed to have been the city of Speyer, in Rhenish Bavaria\emdash and settled at Germantown, Pennsylvania.

In May, 1785, John Valentine Horter, leaving his brother Jacob at Germantown, removed his family to "Harris' Ferry "or "Louisburg," afterwards (1791) Harrisburg. It must have been a poor prospect for a "town," as the wife, no doubt remembering the better-settled place they had left (family tradition saith) lifted up her voice and wept when she beheld the sight of her future home. We have no record of the inducements that effected this change.

He kept the old Horter hotel on South Second street, Harrisburg.

1 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 347.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 125.

3 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 348.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 587.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 474.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 124.