Variant
spellings of the surname are Dietterich, Deitrick, Deitrich,
Deitrick, Diederich, Deadrick, and others, with most of the
descendants of this line using the Deaderick. The name is
said to mean "master
key" in German. David Dietterich reportedly migrated
from Heukussfeld, Hirchfeld, East Prussia, Germany. He came
to America on the ship, "Restauration"
from Rotterdam, Netherlands via Leith, Scotland to Philadelphia,
9 October 1747.
He was a member and co-founder of the historic old stone Lutheran
Church (German) of Winchester, Frederick Co., Virginia as early
as 1764, as shown by a copy of the paper deposited in the corner-stone
of the old church at that time, dated April 16, 1764.
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