| b 1745, , , Maryland | Hans Reitenauer | > | d 1804, , , Virginia | Nicholas 'Claus' Reitenauer, I | Katharina Schar |
| Nicholas Reitenauer, II | b 07 Aug 1650 | |||
| | b 1683 | Susanna Lufidach | |||
| Henry Reitenauer | d 1760 | b 1652 | ||
| |b 29 Sep 1713 | | | Heinrich Arnet | ||
| |d 23 Jul 1781 | Anna Magdalena Arnet | |||
| | | b 1690 | |||
| John Ridenour | d 1771 | |||
| |Catherine 'Caty' Noe | |m 1770 | Benedict Fuhrer | ||
| |, , Maryland | | | |||
| Anna Catherina Fuhrer | ||||
| b 1725 | | | |||
| Catherina Gerhr | ||||
| 1 | Henry Ridenour | 2 | John R. Ridenour, Jr. | 3 | Joseph Ridenour | 4 | George Ridenour | 5 | < | Martin Ridenour |
He is found with his family in 1797 in Montgomery County, Virginia where, on 29 June, Caty (Noe) and John 'Ridennour' gave consent for their son, Joseph 'Ridenhour' to marry Mary Sharp. Mary's father, John Sharp, consented to the marriage and Peter Harmon, Martin Ritennour, William Sharp and George Sharp were witnesses and provided security.
Two months later, on 11 August 1797, John 'Ritenour' consented to the marriage of his son, John 'Ritennour,' to Mary 'Harloss.' These names are spelled as they appear in the original records. Henry Harless and Mary Havin, parents of Mary, gave their consent to the marriage, while Peter Harmon and Thomas Smith were witnesses and provided security. Both John and Joseph Ridenauer were under age at the time of their marriages and thus parental consent was required.
John Ridenour Senior with his two sons, John Jr. and Martin, were pioneers at Grantsborough and followed the river traffic for more than forty years. Leading a life of a hunter and trapper he floated his furs to New Orleans. He roved through the middle west with the Indians, learning two or three Indian dialects. He knew many of the famous hunters of pioneer times.
Source: 'One-From-Two letter', 31 July 1992, Melvin Otho Ridenour p 2. 'One-From-Two', 20 January 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 28, 39, 45, 54, 76. 'Ancestors Are Forever letter', 5 October 1992, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 2. 'Ancestors Are Forever', 17 September 1991, Melvin Otho Ridenour, p 386. Melvin Otho Ridenour Letter, 21 Jan 1995, p 2. 'The Noe/Noey/Noah Family', Elizabeth (Noah) Yost, August 1993, p 15.