Lorenz Ruch, son of George Sr., was born Nov. 14, 1744- He married Nov. 5. 1769, Charlotta Barbara Knauss, born June 20, 1750, died March 28, 1810, daughter of George and Maria Charlotta Knauss, of Cedar Creek

Lorenz Ruch secured by warrant of April 22, 1773, a tract of ninety-two acres called "Westminster," where Ruchsville is now locate, and added to this until he owned 212 acres. He died Oct. 27, 1825, and is busied at Egypt church. He was one of the strongest men in this entire section, and many stories of his deeds of strength are still related. At one time, it is said, he upset the wagon of a neighbor, loaded with produce for a trip to Philadelphia, with his hands, so that by the time it was reloaded, he was ready with his own load. He was a private in Captain Moritz's company of the Second Battalion of Northampton county militia, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Balliet, in the Revolutionary War.
He had four sons and four daughters.