Hans Valentine Ranck

Jean Valentin Ranc was probably born in Paris,date not known, where his father Jean Ranc had been born and was a Hugenot minister. The family fled to Germany in 1685 when King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and resumed persecution of Protestants. As his father was born in 1641, Jean Valentin could have been born as early as the 1660's, but as he did not marry in France, but only after the move to Germany, it is likely he may have been born later, in the very late 1660's or early 1670's, which would make him a teen-ager when the family fled Paris in 1685.
In Mannheim, Germany,his name spelling became Hans Valentine Ranck. He met and married Margaretha Phillipes, who was of Dutch and German heritage. Together they had six children, two of whom died in childhood. He died a relatively young man, in 1710, and his family was cared for by his father for a couple years until he also died in 1712. At least three of Hans' children (Michael, Philip, and Susanna Margaretha)married in Germany and then emigrated in 1728 & 1729, to settle in America in the area of Earl Township, Lancaster Co. PA.
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	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	possibly 1670's	expect Paris France
Marriage		Mannheim, Germany	To Margaretha Philippes (Margarith Philipp of French-Dutch descent
Death	1710	Mannheim, Germany

Ancestry chart segment

    Generation 9                   Generation 10             Generation 11                 
                                                                              
                                                          +--Jean Ranc 
                                                          |  (1641-1712)
                               +-- Hans Valentine Ranck --+     
                               |   (????-1710)            |
    Susanna Margaretha Ranck --+                          +--Unknown
    (1707-1767)                |
                               +-- Margaretha Philippes
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Children

(all children with Margaretha Philippes)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Anna Barbara Ranck	F	1699	Mannheim, Germany
John Michael Ranck	M	1701	Mannheim, Germany	Anna Barbara Schwab
John Philip Ranck	M	1704	Mannheim, Germany	Anna Barbara Schumacher
Rosina Katharine Ranck	F	1705	Mannheim, Germany		died in childhood
Susanna Margaretha Ranck	F	1707	Mannheim, Germany	Johan Christian Schnaeder	direct line
Johann Valentine Ranck	M	1710	Mannheim, Germany		died in childhood

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Paris, France	~ 1670's - 1685	possibly born early 1670's
Mannheim, Germany	~1685- 1710	died in Mannheim

Sources

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1	"Descendants of Jacob Schneider" manuscript from JoAnn Cupp,(see contributors page)including data from Scneder Bible records, church records and other sources. See full transcript with source list, at right. Generation No. 1 JACOB SCHNEIDER was born 1667, died 1726. He married ELSA KLEIN. Child of Jacob Schneider and Elsa Klein: Johan Christian Schnaeder. Generation No. 2 JOHAN CHRISTIAN SCHNAEDER, born 1707 in Switzerland; died ~1793 in New Holland, Lancaster Co. PA. He married SUSANNA MARGARETHA RANCK about 1727 in Germany . SUSANNA MARGARETHA RANCK was a daughter of HANS RANCK & MARGARETHA PHILLEPES. SUSANNA MARGARETHA RANCK was born 29 Oct 1707 in Neckrau, Mannehim, Germany, and died 20 Jan 1767 in New Holland, Lancaster Co., PA. She was buried 23 Jan 1767 at New Holland Cemetery, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co. PA . Children of JOHAN CHRISTIAN SCHNAEDER & SUSANNA MARGARETHA RANCK: Generation 3 i . ANNA MARIA MARGARETHA SCNEDER, born 23 Feb 1728/29, Thierachenern, Bern, Switzerland; died May 1801, Chester Co., PA. ii. ELISABETHA SCHNEDER born 15 July 1732, baptised 8 June 1735, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lancaster Co. PA iii. (4.) JOHANN JACOB SCHNADER, born 25 Mar. 1735, Lancaster Co., PA; died ~1829, Lancaster Co., PA. iv. JOHANN CHRISTIAN SCHNEDER, born 8 Mar 1737/38 New Holland, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA; baptised 3 Apr 1738 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lancaster Co. PA; died 22 Oct 1824, New Holland, Lancaster Co., PA . He married ELIZABETH (surname unknown), in New Holland, Lancaster Co., PA. She was born ~1746. v. (5.) JOHANN PHILLIP SCNEDER, born 15 Feb 1740/41, Lancaster Co., PA; died before 1800. vi. (6.) JOHANN MICHAEL SCHNADER, born 9 May 1745, New Holland, Lancaster Co., PA; died 2 Sept 1831, New Holland, Lancaster Co., PA.	Descendants of Jacob Schneider
2	The Ranks of Rancks, research manuscript of J. Allan Ranck, 1978, reprinted 1997. Available from Steve Loewen, 331 East Main St., New Holland, PA 17551, Phone 717-354-2200. Available online as "Brief History of the Ranck Family", Rank Heritage Center, at http://www.ranck.org/ Rev. Jean Ranc, Hugenot pastor b. 1641 in Paris, d. 1712 in Mannheim Germany. His son Hans Valentine (Jean Valentin) Ranck (b. ___ d. 1710) married in Mannheim to Margaretha Philippes (Mafgarith Philipp) of French-Dutch descent. They had six children: Anna Barbara b. 1699; John Michael b. 1701; John Philip b. 1704; Rosine Katharine b. 1705 (died in childhood); Susanna Margaretha b. 1707; Johann Valentine b. 1710 (died in childhood). Susanna Margaretha Ranck married 26 Feb 1725 to Johann Valentin Weinkraus. Christian Schneder & wife Susanna Margaretha (Ranck), & daughter Margaret arrived in Philadelphia 11 Sept. 1729 on Ship Allen. They settled originally in Weaverland, later on 133 acres south of present Terre Hill.
3	Personal correspondence from JoAnn Cupp, 2007 - ongoing. See contributors' page.	N/A
4	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams]	N/A

Research

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
R-1	Biographical Annals of Lancaster County by John F. Meginness, publ. J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1903; p.447, biography of David W. Ranck David W. Ranck born 1842, resided in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co. PA He descended from a Philip Ranck, "the first ancestor of the Ranck family in America"... who was of German and Swiss parentage, and who (immigrated) in 1740...." Philip Ranck had a son John Ranck, whose descendant Andrew Ranck was great-grandfather of the subject, David W. Ranck. Ed.: The date of immigration (1740) differs by about 11 yrs from the version above, but both Ranck families appear to include an immigrant Philip Ranck, and to settle in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co. PA. This biography includes many named descendants of John Ranck, son of Philip Ranck. It is interesting that David W. Ranck was of "Swiss & German" parentage. Our Ranck sources cite French & German parentage, but the Schnader family that daughter Susanna Margretha marries into was Swiss.