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Note for: Clara Alice Peffley, 28 OCT 1877 - 28 JAN 1908 Index

Individual Note:
Documentation was compiled, edited and published by May M. Frost and Earl C.
Frost in their 1938 Edition of the Peffley -- Peffly -- Pefley Families in
America (and Allied Families) ** 1729 - 1938 ** This individual is found on
page 20. Peffley Identification Number: 20

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Note for: Cora Elizabeth Peffley, 3 MAY 1881 - 11 AUG 1935 Index

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Note for: David Frank Buchanan, 1871 - Index

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Note for: John Boswell, 1790 - 1885 Index

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Note for: Andrew Rentch, 1 SEP 1732 - 7 OCT 1792 Index

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     According to 1790 Maryland Census for Washington County, Andrew owned 15 slaves.
Andrew Rentch / Rench was a Lt. Col. of the32 Battalion of Frederick County, MD, during the American Revolution war. He was commissioned on Jan. 3, 1776 at Annapolis, MD. He was one of the first commissioners of Washington County when in Sept. 1776 it was separated from Frederick County. He is buried in the Zion Reformed Churchyard at Hagerstown, Maryland. His wife is buried beside him.
Many of Andrew's descendants still spell the last name as Rentch.

(Following courtesy of John Rentch, Jan. 25, 1998.)
Andrew Rentch came to America with his father, Peter, his mother, Margaret,
and brothers, Joseph and John. They were natives of Zurich, Switzerland. They
emigrated to America aboard the ship "Harle" in 1736. The passenger list
included Jonathan Hager (22), the founder of Hagerstown, and others who also
settled in this same area. They included Ludwig Cammerer (21), Nichol Lang
(34), Christian Schreyack (18), Abraham Tegarden (?), Johannes Schneider (?),
and perhaps more who settled near Hagerstown, Md. (See Pennsylvania German
Pioneers by Strassburger and Hinke, Vol. 1, pp. 154-161) There were 388
persons including men, women, and children on board.
     Andrew Rentch married his wife, Elizabeth, about 1760. They were the parents
of seven children. There were three sons and four daughters: Michael, m. Mary
Polly Patrick; Susannah, m. Jonas Hogmier; Daniel, m. Elizabeth Shaffer;
Peter, m. Polly Downey; Elizabeth, m. John Wolgamott; Margaret, m. Henry
Brumbaugh; and Catherine, m. Daniel Miller Jr. (Grandson of Conrad Miller).
     As noted previously in the biographical sketch on Peter Rentch, we were told
that all of Peter's children shared their father's wealth when he died.
     On September 12, 1775, the Committee of Observation was appointed for the
Upper District or Elizabeth Hundred, of which Andrew Rentch and his brother,
John Rentch, were members. The Committee held frequent meetings during the
fall of 1775 and the spring of 1776, when Andrew and John Rentch were regular
in attendence.
     On January 3, 1776, Andrew Rentch was commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of
the 32nd Battalion of the Militia of Maryland, by the action of the Convention
in Annapolis, Md. In the meetings of the Committee of Observation in the
spring of 1776, Andrew's brother is listed as Captain John Rentch. They were
under the command of First Brigadier General Thomas Johnson Jr. and Col. John
Stull of the First Battalion of the Upper District of Frederick County (now
Wash. Co.).
     Andrew was one of the first County Commissioners for the newly formed
Washington County in 1776, and in 1778 he was issued an appointment to be a
Justice of the County Court.
     From the Journal of Dr. Christian Boerstler, who lived in Funkstown - He
writes - "I visited Mr. Rentch, Dec. 31st, at his home a few miles north of
Hagerstown. He has an excellant store house, barn, stables, 40 horses, cows,
calves, pigs, sheep, chickens, geese, ducks, and all that is necessary to a
household. I find him a good Christian gentleman. He is a kind, thoughtful
man, considerate of his servants. When they, his redemptioners are free to
leave, he presents each with a horse and a sum of money. The maidens are also
given gifts. His neighbors describe him as being fair and honest in all his
dealings, and that his word is as good as gold."
     He was wise and prudent in the management and development of his interests
that ranked him as one of the largest landowners in the State of Maryland. He
died October 7, 1792, leaving a will in which he provided liberally for his
wife, Elizabeth, and his seven children. He ordered that all over and above
that willed, should be sold and the proceeds, one half of which was to be
given to the poor, the other half to be divided between "Dreysheres" and the
Church in Hagerstown. These Churches are now known as "Salem" and "Zion"
Reformed Churches. Andrew and his Wife, Elizabeth are buried in the Salem
Reformed Cemetery located near Cearfoss, Md.
     Through the initiative and efforts of Mrs. Grace Clark, a descendant, and
others, the Conococheague Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution,
on Nov. 29, 1969, dedicated a bronze marker at the gravesite of Revolutionary
War patriot Lt. Col. Andrew Rentch. It was placed on his grave in Salem Church
Cemetery.

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Note for: Zachariah Peffley, 24 SEP 1834 - 1 FEB 1921 Index

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Note for: (Mrs.) Mary Lines, AFT 1834 - Index

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Note for: Ellen Peffley, BET 1860 AND 1862 - 8 JUN 1862 Index

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Note for: William Henry Peffley, 21 JUN 1865 - Index

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Note for: Lorena D. Peffley, 16 APR 1873 - 10 JUN 1914 Index

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Note for: Dora M. Peffley, BET 1874 AND 1877 - Index

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Note for: John Lee Buchanan, 1 AUG 1896 - Index

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Note for: Donald Norwood Buchanan, 1 NOV 1897 - Index

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Note for: Margaret Opal Buchanan, 5 MAR 1899 - Index