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This is probably not the right place to post unproven information, but it seems like no one else has the two Barbara Ritters figured out, either. Here is what I have at the moment:
Abraham Kurtz Sr.'s son Jacob Kurtz was born to his first wife Margaret Bollinger Aug. 27, 1747, and died at Little Britain, Lancaster County Jan. 20, 1816. Circa 1768 he married Barbara Ritter.
The Martin Ritter whose daughter married Jacob Kurtz sailed from Rotterdam on the Pennsylvania Merchant with three brothers and two sisters. All of the passengers came from the Palatinate. They arrived at Philadelphia Sept. 11, 1732, where the passenger list described them as 'Ruyter' and categorized them among the women and children. This indicates that Martin was born after 1711. He married Anna Margaretha and settled at Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County. Their daughter Barbara was born at Dillingersville, Lower Milford Township Feb. 21, 1750. Barbara had uncles living in Berks County. In 1753 Martin's brother Paul Ritter sold land at Lower Milford and resettled on a 318-acre farm at Colebrookdale Township, Berks County. History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon places another brother Henry Ritter at Albany Township, Berks County prior to 1756.
A different Martin Ritter also had a daughter named Barbara (one Kurtz family member gives the birth date July 5, 1753). She married Jacob's half-brother Abraham Jr. This Martin Ritter sailed from Rotterdam on the Phoenix, arriving at Philadelphia Sept. 15, 1749. This was the same voyage that brought Christian Fischer, Christian Stauffer, Jacob and Christian Kaufman, and Abraham Kurtz Sr. (returning from Europe with his new second wife Barbara Bollinger). Martin lived at Bethel, Berks County. His will calling him 'Martin Rütter' was executed there Dec. 12, 1757. Because he died intestate, his possessions passed on to his widow Barbara and her new husband Peter Leibenguth/Livengood. His only child Barbara Ritter was born Dec. 22, 1749 (or July 5, 1753, a date given by a Kurtz family member), and died in Berks County Nov. 11, 1823. A record from the Berks County Orphan's Court dated Feb. 13, 1767 stated that the 17-year-old Barbara's mother and her stepfather Peter had died. Barbara requested Jacob Kurtz as her guardian; presumably this was Jacob Kurtz born in 1722. She married Abraham Kurtz Jr. Jan. 22, 1775. He was born July 5, 1753, and died Sept. 21, 1831. Thus two children of Abraham Kurtz – Jacob and his half-brother Abraham Jr. – were married to spouses named Barbara Ritter, who each had a father named Martin Ritter. This has caused great confusion for genealogists.
A loose piece for those who would follow this tangle: yet a third Martin Ritter was born at Upper Milford, Bucks County Nov. 10, 1749, and died at Salisbury, Lancaster County Nov. 2, 1827. He married Anna Margaret Steininger. This Martin was a Lutheran innkeeper and tax collector at Salisbury. He DID NOT have a daughter named Barbara.
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