. The annals of the families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751 : with biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events. t be taken tothe blissful mansions of eternal rest. Oft, departed friend, in the silent hour of meditation will the green sod thatdecks thy grave be moistened with the tear of friendship, 176 ——MARIA. VIII. MARIA (Polly), wife of JACOB DRITT, (Daughter of Baltzer Spengler, Jr.) Born April 17, 1783, baptized August 17, 1783, as Anna Maria;ma
. The annals of the families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751 : with biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events. t be taken tothe blissful mansions of eternal rest. Oft, departed friend, in the silent hour of meditation will the green sod thatdecks thy grave be moistened with the tear of friendship, 176 ——MARIA. VIII. MARIA (Polly), wife of JACOB DRITT, (Daughter of Baltzer Spengler, Jr.) Born April 17, 1783, baptized August 17, 1783, as Anna Maria;married March 16, 1813, died June 28, 1858, no issue. Mrs. Dritt was a great beauty, and tradition asserts that shedanced with General Lafayette at the ball given in his honor inYork in 1825. The General received the ladies of York, but thereis no certainty about the ball. Jacob Dritt was born April 18, 1793, and died in 1844, aged 51years and 17 days. He built, and lived in, the house No. 25 WestMarket street, York. He was a very successful merchant and in1820 had his store at the northwest corner of Court House Squareand George street. His father was Colonel Jacob Dritt, who was captured at FortWashington, on the Hudson, in GEORGE SPANGLER, 1798. IP.
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