6 Oct 1739-23 Oct 1807. Maria Christina Ruch, m.n. Beck, vii, n. 13. Oct. 23. Born Oct. 6, 1739, in Georgia. Married Dietrich Ernst Walther in Bethlehem, Dec. 18, 1767. Her husband died Nov. 26, 1769. Married Michael Ruch, Oct.' 25, 1771, who died May 9, 1797. Moved to Old Nazareth on 2 May 1788.