Ancestors of Ancestry3 :
(probably) Jesse Ritter Sr, b. ca 1735 most likely in PA; d. 1786 or after 1800, probably
(probably) Everett Ritter, b. ca. 1759/1760, NC; d. 1851-1857, Tippah Co., MS
m. (2) Charlotte Smith in Jefferson Co., TN 1821
James Ritter, b. ca. 1802 in NC or Feb 1804 in SC
m. (1) Mary Ann Foster ca. 1826
John Newton Ritter, b. 23 Mar 1847 in Alabama;
m. Emma Elizabeth Harris 3 Mar 1870 in Panola Co.,Texas
William Edwin Ritter, b. 1870 in Texas; d. 9 Dec 1920 in Marshall Co., Oklahoma
m Dora Belle Berry
father, b. 1 Sept. 1908; d. 25 Feb 1949
Note: The Feb 1904 in SC birth for James came from the family, while the ca. 1802 in NC birth was in an online rootsweb database. That same database gave the parent of James Ritter who married Mary Ann Foster as Everett Ritter (son of Jesse of NC), but this has not been verified. The y-chromosome results confirm that the participant (Ancestry 3) and known descendants of Jesse Ritter share a common paternal (Ritter) ancestor, so the DNA tends to confirm the on-line database lineage.