George W. Rizer & Margaret "Peggy" Ambrose
George
and
Peggy
were married in a religious ceremony on December 1st, 1789 in
Frederick County, Virginia
.
1
They had five sons and five daughters, named
Jacob
,
George
,
William
,
Benjamin
,
Philip
,
Anne
,
Catherine
,
Sophia
,
Hetty
and
Maria
.
Personal Details
George W. Rizer
George was born on April 23rd, 1767 in
Frederick County, Virginia
.
2
George is no longer alive.
Margaret "Peggy" Ambrose
Margaret, known as Peggy, was born on March 30th, 1766 in
Frederick County, Maryland
.
2
She died before 1843 in
West Virginia
.
3
Children
Anne Rizer
Anne was born on October 12th, 1790.
2
Jacob Rizer
Jacob was born on April 14th, 1793 in
Frederick County, Virginia
.
2
Catherine Rizer
Catherine was born on March 17th, 1795 in
Frederick County, Virginia
.
2
She died before 1870 in
Wisconsin
.
Sophia Rizer
Sophia was born on May 8th, 1797 in
Cumberland, Maryland
.
2
George W. Rizer II
George was born on October 28th, 1799 in
Maryland
.
2
William Rizer
William was born on February 23rd, 1802 in
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland
.
2
Benjamin F. Rizer
Benjamin was born on January 13th, 1805 in
Frederick County, Virginia
.
2
He died at the age of 47 on January 6th, 1853.
2
Death Notes
Age 48y6d, which does not match the birthdate also given in the family Bible.
Philip Rizer
Philip was born on October 24th, 1807.
2
He died at the age of 29 on July 29th, 1837.
2
Death Notes
The family bible gives this date and states his age was 29y9m23d, which does not match the given birth date, 24 Oct 1807.
Hetty Ann Rizer
Hetty was born about 1809 in
Frederick County, Virginia
.
Maria Jane Rizer
Maria was born about 1811 in
Frederick County, Virginia
.
1
Marriage Record
2
Bible Record of the family of Rezin BARNES and Catharine RIZER (National Genealogical Society, March 1995)
3
Ruth Ambrose Stennett, Ambrose, Kapp, and branch lines dating from their 1770s immigrations to 1990