Reuben Etting^{[1, 2]}

1762 - 1848  (85 years)

• Name	Reuben Etting  [3]
  Born	6 Jun 1762	York   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	1780  [5]
  	U.S. Continental Army
  Reference Number	1832
  Residence	1780	Charleston, SC   [5]
  Buried	Jun 1848	Mikva Israel - Federal Street Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA   [5, 6]
  Died	3 Jun 1848	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I1832	aojd
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2011

  
  

  Mother	Shinah Solomon,   b. 24 Dec 1744, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA ,   d. 30 Nov 1822, Baltimore, MD  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Edward Johnson Etting,   b. 20 Jun 1803, Baltimore, MD ,   d. 10 Dec 1862, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F669	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Reuben Etting (1762-1848), who enlisted in the Revolutionary Army at 19 years of age, suffered capture by the British at the surrender of Charleston. He was commissioned a captain of the Independent Blues in 1798 and was later appointed a United States Marshal for the State of Maryland by President Thomas Jefferson. The miniatures of Reuben Etting and his wife Frances (Gratz) Etting were both painted by James Peale in 1794. In 1886 Mr. Frank Marx Etting donated them to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. They were still there in 1953. Reuben Etting's miniature represents him with gray hair, possibly a wig. He has a most pleasing face; especially noticeable are his gray eyes, his well-shaped nose, mouth and chin. He wears a plum-coloured coat, a white ruff and vest. The miniature is set in a thin gold frame and is signed and dated by the artist. Frances Gratz Etting's miniature is also set in a thin gold frame and is also signed and dated by the artist. Mrs. Etting was not as conventionally beautiful as her sister, Rebecca and Rachel, but her small face, with its dark eyes and aquiline nose, reflects an interesting personality. Her dark brown hair, entwined by a string of pearls, falls in a lock over the shoulder down to her low-cut purple bodice, ruffled in sheer white. The miniatures were exhibited in the Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1887. The introductory note of the catalogue of this exhibition is worthy of mention. It was written by Charles Henry Hart, an art critic of Jewish faith, and among the first literary men in the States to grasp the historical significance of American portraiture. He wrote: "Collections of this kind are not only entertaining but instructive. They are historically valuable in making us acquainted with the appearance and personal influence of the men and women of past generations, and they are artistically valuable in showing to students in the broadest sense of the word the method of pose, composition, and techniques of our foremost portrait painters". The Etting miniatures were also included in the Tenth Annual Exhibition of Minniatures in 1911 at the Pennsylvania Academy. In 1843, the artist Augustin Edouart did a silhouette of Reuben Etting, kindly looking and resigned to the infirmity of old age. In 1941 was owned by Mrs. E. Nevill Jackson of London. Reuben Etting was born in York, Pennsylvania, in 1762, the son of Elijah and Shinah (Solomon) Etting. A well-known brother was Solomon Etting. In 1798 Reuben was commissioned Captain of the "Baltimore Independent Blues". In 1801 Thomas Jefferson appointed him United States Marshal for Maryland. He died June 3, 1848. Source: London, Hannah R. - Shades of my Forefathers. 1941. ------------------------ According to Congregation records, Reuben Etting was 86 at the time of death of 5 June 1848, which means that his date of birth was sometime between 6 June 1761 and 5 June 1762. Dianne Ashton gives the year of his birth as 1760. The index for Vol 7 of The Occident, dated April 1849, includes under the Obituaries heading "Reuben and Gratz Etting". Further details are not yet accessible. ------------------------ Reuben Etting was a well known citizen of Baltimore. At the age of 19 he enlisted in the army in Maryland. He fought in various battles, and was taken prisoner by the British at the surrender of Charleston. In 1798 he became Captain of the Independent Blues. He was appointed United States Marshal for the State of Maryland by President Jefferson. On 4 Sept 1804, a child of Reuben Etting was buried at the Mikveh Israel cemetery. No name is recorded, but this child (?stillborn) was buried in Row 3, No. 2. Source: The Jewish Cemetery, by Leon H. Elmaleh (1962) [5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S81] . [S285] . [S4] PG. 67 ETTING (1) (Reliability: 3). [S71] . [S392] HTTP://WWW.MIKVEHISRAEL.ORG/THECEMETERIES/ (Reliability: 3). [S391] .