Matthias Morritt and Maria Barbara Orth

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Husband Matthias Morritt ¹

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            AKA: Mathias Morrett 2
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Nov 1795 1
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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Wife Maria Barbara Orth ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 Nov 1768 - Lebanon Twp, Lancaster (later Lebanon) Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 May 1851 - near Decatur, Macon Co, IL 1 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Balzer Orth (      -1788) 1 2 3
         Mother: Rosina Kucher (1741-1814) 1

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   Other Spouse: Martin Light (      -      ) 1 2 4 5

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Morritt ¹

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            AKA: Elizabeth Morrett 2
           Born: 13 Nov 1791 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Mar 1879 1
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Egle (1788-1863) 1
           Marr: 25 Oct 1812 1

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General Notes: Wife - Maria Barbara Orth

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She died May 14. [HLC 1883, 249] The same souce gives two different dates.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 248.

2 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 383.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 371.

4 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 283.

5 —, Portrait and Biographical Record of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Chapman Publishing Co., 1894), Pg 609.