Another Reiner family for which there is some information is the family of Aaron, who descended from Daniel, from Christian, from Johann Dietrich. Aaron was born 30 Jan 1794 (Hebron church records, the last Reiner recorded in the extant records of the church). Aaron died in Greene Co., VA, some time after 1850. He first married Polly Blankenbaker (Madison Co. Marriage Bonds, page 266), in 1819, with the bond on 30 Nov. By the 1850 census, his wife was Catherine, and it is not clear when this second marriage occurred. In Greene Co., in 1850, there was only one Reiner family consisting of Aaron, aged 52 (should have been 56), Catherine, aged 52, William 26, Martha J. 23, David 21, Elizabeth 19, Jacob 20, and Robert Ryner 5. There was also an Albert Ryner in the family of Joah Core, age 76. The interpretation of this data, depends on how Martha is treated. If she is the wife of William, then Robert is probably their (William's and Martha's) son. This seems to be the most likely event, as Catherine is almost too old to be the mother of Robert. It is not certain who was the mother of Aaron's children.
Dan Cook writes that he seems to be the only serious Reiner researcher on the list here. If there are more of you working on the line, Dan would surely like to hear from you. Dan writes that the phrase which has been interpreted as "disinheriting" Christian was, "Son Christian Riner not to have any part of the land unless older brothers and his mother think proper." Interpreting such a phrase is risky.
Dan also writes that interpreting the death and movement of John Reiner and his family is fraught with possibilities for error. I reported that John died in Madison Co., VA, about 1820. It is a recorded fact that members of his family were engaged in business deals at this time in Monroe Co. Later, the widow and children were living in Monroe Co. So the move of the family from Madison Co. to Monroe Co. may have been underway before John died.
Perhaps next time, I can show how close Daniel Reiner (father of Aaron) and Jacob Blankenbaker were. They sponsored the children of each other on several occasions. I have an ulterior motive in doing so as this Jacob Blankenbaker is a mystery. After appearing frequently in the records, he just disappears.
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