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Riker-Mabie-Concklin- Sneden House ("Roaring
Brook Farm")
Riker
Index
Elizabeth Riker Haring
Peter Riker Haring
Abraham
Ryken, Jr.
1655-1746
Abraham Riker,
1824-1869
Abraham Riker,
1721-1820
Elizabeth
Riker,
1794-1861
Gerardus Ryker,
1740-1781
Gerardus [A] Riker,
1758-1833
Henry Riker
Jacob I. Riker,
1786-1867
James Riker,
1761->1852
John
Ryker,
1689-1783
2nd John Ryker
1736-1828
John [G] Riker,
1764-1848
Margaret
Riker,
1754-1828
Peter
Riker,
1766-1844
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When
the Hollanders unsuccessfully rebelled against the yoke of Spain in the early 17th
century, the Van Lents suffered for their patriotism.
1. Abraham
Ryck (Rycke, Rychen) Van
Lent (1619-1689),
an armorer in the Dutch service, sailed about 1638 with his wife Grietie Harmenzen dau.
of Hendrick Hamenzen, for New Amsterdam, where the Ryck Van Lent clan prospered.
On 8 May 1640, Abraham received a patent for land at Wallabout Bay in
Brooklyn, but apparently did not settle there because he is shown living
on Broad Street in New Amsterdam on land he bought on 16 Apr 1643. In 1654, Abraham obtained,
through his wife, the grant of Harmenzen lands in the "Poor Bowery" [Newtown], where he established a
family homestead. It contained about 140 acres, between Flushing Bay and
Astoria [Steinway district of Queens, LaGuardia Airport]. In 1664, Abraham received a patent from Peter Stuyvesant for
Riker's Island, expanding the Ryken holdings in Poor Bowery.
Among the children
of Abraham Ryke & Grietie Harmenzen were:
i. Ryck Abramsen Lent (1638-1725, adopted surname Lent),
ii. Jacobus (14 Oct 1640-1640);
iii. Jacobus (16 Oct 1643*-?);
iv. Hendrick (17 Feb 1647*-1650);
v. Marytje "Mary" (21 Feb 1649*-?) m. Sybout Hercksen
(4 12 1644-?), son of Herck & Weyntje Quick Syboutsen of the Poor
Bowery, Newtown, NY.
[Their daughter
Annetji "Antie" Hercksen/Syboutsen (bp.19 Mar 1684-?) would
marry Jan Beselie (c.1684-?)
of Philipsburgh Manor];
vi. Jan "John" (25 Jun 1651*-?);
vii. Aeltje "Aletta"
(9 Nov 1653*-?);
viii. Abraham, Jr.(1655*-1746);
and
ix. Hendrick Abramsen Lent (28 Sep 1662-?, adopted
surname Lent).
Most of these
children were baptized in Fort Amsterdam and were members of the Reformed
Dutch Church of New Amsterdam. Two sons died in infancy, but the
surviving children grew and raised families of their own.
*
New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church Baptisms
2viii.
Abraham Ryken, Jr.
(26 Dec 1655, New Amsterdam, NY* - 20 Aug 1746,
Newtown, NY) married 10 Jan 1682 Grietie "Grietje" Janse Van Buytenhuysen (10
Jan 1661, Newtown - 15 Nov 1732) daughter of Jan Van Buytenhuysen &
Tryntie Van Luyt of Flatbush.
11 Dec. Abraham
Abrahamszen Rycke, j. m. Van N. Yorke, en Margrietje Buytenhuysen, j. d.
Van N. Yorke, beyde woonende aan de armen bouwerye. Ao 1682 10 Jan.*
*Records of the
Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam/New York - Marriages
Abraham and Grietie had
eight children on their farm in Bowery Bay, Newtown, NY (now Queens) including:
i. Catherine "Tryntje" (1682-?);
ii. Mary "Marritje" (19 Dec 1686* -?);
iii. Margaret "Grietje" (1688 - 8 Jan 1775);
iv. John (1690-1783);
v. 3rd Abraham (26 May 1691* - 23 Feb 1770, Newtown) remained on ancestral farm,
vi. Hendrick (1696-1761);
vii. Andrew "Andries" (8 Nov 1699, Newtown - 12 Feb 1763, Newtown)
inherited a portion of the family farm at Bowery Bay, m. 13 Nov 1733 Jane Berrien (1792/3-?),
widow of Capt. Dennis Lawrence. [Children:
Margaret, John Berrien Riker (1738-?)
surgeon of 4th Battalion of NJ Troops, Abraham, Samuel, Ruth];
viii. Jacob (1702-1778).
*
New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church Baptisms
3iv. Jan "John" (Ryker) Ryken
(1690,
Newtown, NY - 1783, Closter [Rockland], NJ),
the 4th child of Abraham and Grietje, married in Newtown
in 1720 Gartrung
"Geertie" Wiltsee
(25 Apr 1698, Newtown - 1781, Closter [Rockland/Rockleigh], NJ) daughter of Tunis
Wiltsee & Divertje Beekman of Flatbush, settled in Newtown and farmed there for some years.
John and Geertie Ryker had nine children:
i. Abraham (1721-1820);
ii. Deborah (1725 - ?);
iii. Tunis (16 Oct 1726, Jamaica, NY - ?);
iv. Margrietye "Margaret" (1727- 1819);
v. Maria "Mary" (1729- ?);
vi. Elizabeth (1732-?);
vii. Catherine (1733- ?);
viii. 2nd Jan "John" (1736-1828),
ix. Gerardus Ryker (1740 - 1781, KY).
In 1744, the family left Newtown, (Queens) NY, for "The Closters," in Bergen County,
NJ.* The Closters consisted of Closter Village (present Closter), Lower Closter (now
Demarest), Upper Closter (now Alpine), and Old Closter (now Rockleigh).
In Old Closter (also called Rockland), John Ryken bought from Henry & Mary Ludlow 40
acres in the Lockhart Patent on the road to Snedens Landing and built a farmstead - the
Ryker-Mabie- Conklin-
Sneden House".
*James
Riker: "Annals of Newtown", p 309.
Pub: D. Fanshaw, New York City, 1852
It was necessary for the Ludlows to buy
back the property temporarily because their land holdings were entailed by the split up of the
Lockhart Patent and land claims by the Province of New York. After the property was cleared through the New York
provincial legislature, John Ryker took legal possession on 2 February 1752. Subsequently,
John Ryker purchased additional contiguous lands as well as salt meadow in
Tappan Slote [Piermont], NY.
Question is usually raised in genealogical and historical accounts of this
Riker branch as to the apparent resettling of John Ryker
from "The Closters, NJ" to Orange County, NY, then back to New
Jersey. The Riker homestead - the 40 acres purchased in "the Closters", NJ,
in 1744 from Robert & Mary Ludlow and confirmed by the Province of NY in 1752 - is
the Ryker-Mabie-Conklin-Sneden House in Rockleigh, NJ. Because the
boundary between the Provinces of Jersey and New York was disputed, the
New Jersey land in the Closters on which the Ryker homestead was
established in 1744 came in 1750 under the authority of Tappan Town, Orange
County in the Province of New York. Upon settlement of the boundary
dispute in 1769, the Ryker farm came under the jurisdiction of
Harrington Township, Bergen County, NJ. Not only had the state boundary
moved a few times, but the immediate area (or parts thereof) has been called or referred to as
"Kings Woods", "Lockhart Patent", "The Closters", "Old Closter", Tappan,
Rockland Neighborhood, Rockland, Rocklands, "Turkey Ridge", Closter
Mountain, East Northvale, and Rockleigh. Searches of records in
both New York and New Jersey indicate that the conveyance was not
recorded. At that time, possession of the instrument was
considered sufficient proof of ownership.
EWA
John's
sons, Abraham and Gerardus, built houses on portions of his
contiguous lands. At the time of the settlement of the provincial
boundary dispute in 1769, a list was made of the families residing along
Snedens Landing Road from the resolved New York-New Jersey boundary southward towards Closter. In
what is now Rockleigh they were: John Gesner, Jacob Conklin, Jr.,
Gerardus Ryker, John Ryker [Sr], Abraham Ryker, Abraham Ab. Haring, Jr.* It
is clear that the Rykers (Gerardus, John Sr, and Abraham) each had their
own house on John Ryker lands, arranged from north to south along the road between those of
Jacob Conklin, Jr, (existing as Conklin-Sneden House) and Abraham Ab. Haring, Jr.
(existing as Haring-Corning House).
Thus the original Ryker tract was situated between and adjacent to those
lands Jacob Conklin, Jr. and Abraham Ab. Haring, Jr.* Of the three Ryker
houses, the old homestead of John (Sr) exists as the Ryker-Mabie-Conklin-
Sneden House (14 Rockleigh Road). The remains of the house of son
Gerardus consists of a cellar hole on borough property just north of
John's homestead (opp. 19 Rockleigh Road), later occupied by the Jacob
Sneden family. The house of son Abraham was subsequently occupied three
more Riker generations: the Peter Riker, Jacob Riker, and Abraham Riker
families. The house exists today as an old stone house deep within the Greek Revival structure
that was the former "Pegasus Club" (15 Rockleigh Road).
*
"Papers Relating to the
New York and New Jersey Boundary Controversy
1686-1775". Vol. 29, p 72. George H. Budke Collection,
Manuscript Room, New York Public Library.
In
his will, drafted 21 June, 1765 (proved 28 Oct 1783), John Ryker
of Orange Township, Orange County, New York, stipulates:
...My eldest son, Abraham, the house and lot and ½ the saw mills, and 1/3
of my salt meadow; and ½ of the rest of land and swamps, to be divided
equally between my sons, Abraham and John. Son, John, ½ of my saw
mills, and of the rest of the land where I live, and 1/3
of my salt meadow, and ½ of the rest of the land and swamp, which I
hold in Orange, Co. My younger son, Grades, 1/3
of my salt meadow, and ½ of the rest of the land and swamp, which I
hold in Orange, Co. My younger son, Grades [Gerardus]
, the
house and land where he lives, and the said 40 acres which I hold in
Orange Co." Witnesses: Jacob Conklin, Jacob Conklin Jr., Thomas
Outwater.*
*
John
Ryken (1690-1783) Will of 21 June 1765
NJ Archives, 1st series, Volume 35, Wills VI, p. 339.
When John died 18 years later in 1783,
he had sold the homestead in 1770 to Peter Mabie; Abraham
resided in houses they had built on his properties. John, Jr apparently
took over Gerardus' house when Gerardus took his family westward to
Kentucky where he had been killed by Indians. As such, the 1765 will of
John Ryken did not change the locations of Abraham and John, Jr.* The spelling of the
family name appears to have changed to Ryker about 1776.
*
John Riker Will of 21 June 1765:
NJ Archives, 1st series, Volume 35, Wills VI, p. 339.
4i. Abraham
Ryken
(25 Nov 1721, Newtown, NY - 9 Feb 1820, Rockland, NJ), first child of John
Ryken & Geertie Wiltsee, married in 1747 Elizabeth Conklin
(22 Oct 1727, Hackensack, NJ - 16 Oct 1809, Rockland, NJ) dau. of
Matthys Conklin & Feytje "Sophia" Mabie of Tappan, NY,
and niece of neighbor Jacob Conklin. [see
Conklin
Family]. In the War of Independence Abraham was a warm friend of
liberty and most of his sons served in the militia.
Abraham Ryken & Elizabeth Conklin had 13 children:
i. John (c.1748-c.1837);
ii. Saphia/Sophia (1750-1838);
iii. Elizabeth "Eliza" (1751 - ?);
iv. Abraham (1753-1825);
v. Margrietye (24 Nov 1754, Tappan RDC -?),
vi. Mattheues (1756-1837);
vii. Gerardus [A] (1758-1833);
viii. Maria (Mary/Polly) (29 Jan 1760, Tappan* -?) m. John Banta;
ix. Jacobus "James" (5 Oct 1761, Tappan RDC ->1852);
x. Hendrick "Henry" (25 Jul 1764, Tappan* - ?, Beaufort, NC) m -?-
[Son Abraham];
xi. Petrus "Peter" (1766-1844);
xii. Samuel (1768 -1799);
xiii. Theunis (1770-1864).
*
Baptismal Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
 According to the Will of David A. Haring
(proved 1802),
the property of Abraham Ryker bounded the Haring property
to the north.* This locates the house of Abraham Ryker at 15 Rockleigh
Road. Indeed, the walls of the old stone house remain within the Greek
Revival structure built about the old house around the turn of the 20th
Century.
* Reginald
McMahon: "Two Haring Houses at Rockleigh", 1873
mms Bergen County Historical Society, River Edge, NJ
A
friend of liberty, most of his Abraham's served in militias.
After the Revolutionary War Abraham reportedly moved
with much his family back to Newtown Queens, NY,
where he was born and grew up. This appears not to be true since his children
married locally and he died in Rockland, NJ, in 1820. However, his son,
Abraham A., moved his family to Newtown and subsequently to Staten
Island.
5i.
Jan "John" Ryker
(c.1748, Tappan, NY - 13 Jul 1837*), first child of Abraham
Riker & Elizabeth Conklin, m. 11 Dec 1771** Maria Onderdonk, (Mar 1750-1852) daughter of Andries
Onderdonk & Sarah Remsen of Success (Long Island, NY) DRC.
They had children:
i. Abraham (29 Aug 1773***-?);
ii. Andris "Andrew" (21 Jan 1775, Clarkstown,
NY***-?),
iii. Henry
Riker
(c.1780-<1852) m. 30 April 1806** Rebecca Jacobs (?-?) of Tappan.
* Nicholas Gesner
Diary,
mms Palisades Free Library, Palisades NY
**Record of Marriages, DRC, Tappan, NY.
www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com
***Baptism Record, RDC, Tappan, NY [1694-1899]
5ii.
Saphia/Sophia
Ryker (20 Oct 1750,
Tappan* - 20 Aug 1838), daughter of Abraham
Riker & Elizabeth Conklin, married John Jansen of Upper Saddle
River.**
Child
of Sophier Ryker & Jophn Jansen:
i. Barint Jansen (5 Dec 1773)*
*Baptism Record, RDC, Tappan, NY [1694-1899]
**Record of Marriages, DRC, Tappan, NY.
www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com
5iii.
Elizabet "Eliza"
Ryker(9 Nov 1751, Tappan* - ?),
dau. of Abraham Riker & Elizabeth Conklin,
married
Johannis Nagel.**
Children
of Eliza Ryker & Johannis Nagel include:
i. Hendrick Nagel (22 Oct 1775 -?),
ii. Abraham Nagel (4 Nov 1777-?),
iii. Barint Nagel (28 Feb 1779*-?),
iv. Willim Nagel (7 Mar 1781*-?),
v. Sara Nagel (1 Sep 1782*-?),
vi. Grietye Nagel (8 May 1784*-?),
vii. David Nagel (17 Feb 1787*- ?),
viii. Jacob Nagel (30 May 1789*- ?),
ix. Wyntje Nagel (19 May 1794*- ?)
*Baptism Record, RDC, Tappan, NY [1694-1899]
**Record of Marriages, DRC, Tappan, NY.
www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com
5iv.
Abraham
A. Ryker
(22 May 1753, Tappan RDC* - 21 May 1825, Hoboken, NJ), son of Abraham
Riker & Elizabeth Conklin, m. Elizabeth Van Valen,
daughter of Jacobus Van Valen & Sarah Nagel.**
Children
of Abraham A. Ryker and Elizabeth Van Valen include:
i. Sarah m. John V.W. Warner;
ii. John (18 Jul 1778 - c.1830, NYC) m. Esther Davis.** [Children: John, Henry, Jameincludes, William, Elizabeth
(dy), Sarah m. Henry Mallory, Mary m Westwood W. Wright, Augustus];
iii. Abraham (1783 - 19 Jun 1825) m. Sarah J. Vincent
[Children: Margaret m John Everett (1 Jan 1800-?), Abraham, Elizabeth, Sarah (1819-11 Nov 1873, NYC)
m. James Madison Beam (28 Feb 1816-?)];
iv. James;
v. Jane (1789-?).
*
Baptismal Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
*
*Record of Marriages, DRC, Tappan, NY.
www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com
5v.
Margaret Ryker
(24 Nov 1754, Tappan* - 18 Nov 1828), daughter of Abraham
Riker & Elizabeth Conklin, married widower John Sneden, "The Patriot" (1738-1822), fifth child
of Robert & Mollie Sneden. They had eight children. [See Sneden Family]
*
Baptismal Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
5vi.
Matthias/Mattheues
Ryker
(10 Sep 1756, Tappan RDC* - 8 Sep 1837, NYC), son of Abraham Ryker
& Elizabeth Conklin, m. Annetje Nagel (?-?) daughter of Henry Nagle.
Children
of Matthias Ryker and Annetje Nagel include:
i. Henry (?-?),
ii. John (c.1778 - Aug 1828) m. Mary Demarest dau of Thomas
Demarest
[Daughter: Ann
(?-?)]*
*
Baptismal
Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
Matthias
served as Sergeant in the Revolutionary
War:**
"Matthias
Riker of the City of New York being sworn says he enlisted on or
about the first day of May 1776 in Captain Blauvelt’s company of
Col. VanCourtland’s Regiment that he enlisted at Hackensack in New
Jersey for six months of that company the deponent was appointed
sergeant, he was in the Battle of Long Island, but was subsequently
taken sick at Fort Washington...."
**
Deposition of
Matthias Riker in support of Revolutionary War Pension Claim S11293 of Gerardus
Riker (1758-1833)
5vii.
Gerardus
[A]
Ryker (13 Apr 1758,
Tappan RDC* - 31 Oct 1833,
NYC), son of Abraham Ryker
& Elizabeth Conklin, m. 1st c.1777 Margrietye "Grietje" Nagel
(17 Jan 1753 - bef 1817), dau. of William Nagel of NYC & Elena Aliee
of Hackensack, NJ.
Children
of Gerardus [A] Ryker & Grietje Nagel include:
i. Willim (1778-1827);
ii. Abraham (28 May 1780, RDC Tappan -?);
iii. Lenah (10 Mar 1786- ?);
iv. Hendrick (26 Apr 1792-?).
*
Baptismal Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
Gerardus
[A] Ryker
served in the Revolutionary War as Ensign in Col. Theunis Dey's Bergen
County
Regiment of New Jersey Militia; also as Ensign in Major Mauritius
Goetschius' Battalion, NJ State Troops.*
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
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"
On this twenty seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Court before the
Honorable John T Irving, first judge of the Court of Common Pleas of
the City and County of New York, now sitting Gerardus Riker, a
resident of the City and County of New York in the State of New York
aged seventy six years of age who being first duly sworn according
to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States of America at
Closter in the State of New Jersey where he was born and then
resided, he was aged about nineteen years, he was born in April
1757; he has a record of his age in the family bible; he enlisted
in the Spring of 1776 in the Company of Captain Blauvelt of Col.
Van Courtland's Regiment of New Jersey Militia attached to the
Brigade of General Heard enlisted for six months but continued
nine months; Major Dey
belonged to the Regiment, they were marched to New York and from
thence to Flatbush Long Island he was engaged in the Battle of Long
Island under General Washington, on their return to New York they
were marched to Fort Washington and from thence to White Plains in
October 1776 he was engaged in the Battle of White Plains, from
White Plains the army went to Fort Lee in New Jersey when that place
was evacuated deponent went to Hackensack and from thence to Trenton
New Jersey and in January 1777 he was discharged at Trenton, but
received no written discharge.
"In
the spring of 1777, he volunteered at Tappan, Rockland County, State
of New York with Captain King to proceed to New Windsor and work on
the Chevasse de frise, at which place he continued six months, and
then returned to Closter.
"In
the latter part of the autumn in 1777, he enlisted at Closter in
Captain Herrings' [Abraham A. Haring] Company
of New Jersey Rangers for 9 months and continued on duty guarding
the lines of New Jersey, this was an arduous duty and he was
frequently engaged in skirmishes with the refugees, in the latter
part of the summer of 1778 he was discharged at Hackensack, but
received no written discharge.
"In
the autumn of 1778 he enlisted for 9 months in another company of
New Jersey Rangers commanded by Captain Guyches [Goetschius]
at
Closter and continued for that period engaged in similar
services as that last mentioned.
"In
the summer of 1779 he was discharged and after that period was
engaged as a guide between the part of the army at Dobbs Ferry and
West Point and other places in which employment he continued until
the end of the war, and his name was registered as a guide, at West
Point. He continued to reside at Closter New Jersey until the year
1802 or 1803. He then moved to the City of New York where he has
since resided. He never
received a written discharge and had no documentary evidence of his
services. He perfectly
recollects Genl Washington, Genl Clinton, Genl Putnam, Genl Green,
Genl Wayne, Genl Lee, Genl. McDougal and Col afterwards Genl Van
Courtland; George Hadley, Stephen Hadley and Isaac Hadley know of
his services in the Revolutionary War.
"He
hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of the agency of any state.
[Signed]
Gerardus Riker...."**
**
Revolutionary
War Pension Claim of Gerardus Riker (S11293)
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The
1810 census for the 9th Ward of the City of New York (p 117)
shows Gerardus Riker (45+), Margrietye (45+), one male 27-44 (poss. William,
32) and one female 16-26 (poss. Elizabeth).
Gerardus
m. 2nd on 14 Jul 1817 Abigail Farseur Willsey *(c.1747-?), widow
and 2nd wife of Jacob Willsey/Woolsey (1734 - bef 1817) of
Rockland [Palisades], NY.**
*
Gerardus Riker (1758-1833) Revolutionary War Claim
S11293.
** Alice Monro
Haagensen: Palisades & Snedens Landing. (Appx 44, p 216. The
Willsey Family of Palisades). Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY.
1986.
The
1830 census for the 9th Ward of the City of New York (p 337)
lists Gerardus Riker, 72, (70-80) living with a 80-90 female (poss.
Abigail, 83).
6i.
Willim
(28 Jun 1778, RDC Tappan - 20 Jan 1827, NYC) m. c.1810 Elizabeth Woolsey (c.1780
-?), dau of Jacob Willsey/Woolsey & Abigail Farseur/Faseur* of Rockland,
NY. William served as Captain of a Privateer in the War of 1812. Possibly eight
children, including:
i. Gerardus [W] (c.1800-?).
*
Gerardus Riker (1758-1833) Revolutionary War Claim S11293.
The
1830 census for the 9th Ward of the City of New York (p 337)
lists Gerardus Riker (70-80) living with a 80-90 female (poss. Abigail). Adjacent is the
family of Elizabeth Riker (50-60), wife of the late Willim, with 8
children.
5viii.
Maria
"Mary/Polly" Ryker
(29 Jan 1760, Tappan,
NY* -7 Mar 1838 in Pleasant Hill Shaker Community, Mercier, KY) m. in
1781 John Banta (Sept 1756 in Somerset, NY-1815 in South Union Shaker
Village, Logan Co, KY) son of Hedrick Banta III & Antje Demarest, both of
Schraalenburgh, NJ. John Banta served as a revolutionary soldier
(drummer in Capt. Hugh Campbell's company of the 2nd Battalion of York,
PA) before migrating to Kentucky with group led by his Father,
Henry Banta. Later he was one of the first to join the Shaker Community
in Mercier, KY, donating his farm to the sect.
Children of Polly Riker & John Banta:
i. Mary "Polly" Banta (4 Dec 1783-?) m. 1802 in Shelby, KY, Francois
Montfort,
ii. Henry Banta
(c.1784, Mercier Co, KY - 1833 in Switzerland Co, IN) m. Nancy DeMott.
iii. Elizabeth Banta (?-?), m. a Mr Shaw,
iv. Anna Banta (1786-1842) m. Albert Vorhis,
v. Loveina "Leah/Love" Banta (1790-1827), a shaker,
remained unmarried,
vi. Rachel (1792-1813), a shaker, remained unmarried,
vii. Rebecca (1795-1833), a shaker, remained unmarried,
viii. John Logan Banta, Jr. (1799-?) m. 2 May 1802 Elizabeth Voris,
ix. Abram Banta (1801-?) m. Elizabeth Reynolds
5ix.
 Jacobus "James" Ryker
(5 Oct 1761, Harrington Twp, NY* - 19 Sep 1853, NYC**), son of Abraham Ryker
& Elizabeth Conklin, served extensively in the Revolutionary War.
Moved to Baltimore about 1782 and in 1784 to New York City where he
established permanent residence in the 5th Ward.***
*
Baptismal
Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
**Green Wood Cem., Brooklyn, NY, Lot 4284, Sec 95
***James Riker
Deposition in Revolutionary War Claim W2573
**** Photograph of James Riker courtesy of Peter
D. Arrowsmith
Deposition of James Riker
relating to Gerardus [A] Riker service in
Revolutionary
War.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
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State of New York, City of New York; &&
James Riker of the City of New York being sworn says that in November 1777
the deponent who then resided at Closter in the State of New Jersey
enlisted for nine months in Captain Herring’s
[Abraham A. Haring] company
of New Jersey Rangers and Gerardus Riker also enlisted at the same
period and in the same company, and served for nine months, he was
discharged with deponent and again enlisted with deponent in Captain
Guyches [Goetschius]
company of New Jersey Rangers in the month of September 1778 but the
deponent does not recollect the day, in Captain Guyches
[Goetschius]
company
the deponent and Gerardus Riker continued nine months, at this
period and in the service under Captain Herring
[Abraham A. Haring] they
were employed in guarding the frontiers of New Jersey they were
discharged at Closter, when about the first of July 1779 the
declarant and said Gerardus Riker were called out at Closter in
regular monthly service and served for one month at a time and in
regular succession under Captain Cristie, Captain Huyler, Captain
Ward, Captain Beard and Captain Romame, the declarant remained at
Closter about one year before the …removed to Baltimore sometime
… 1780 Gerardus Riker engaged at West Point …in which service
the deponent has… and believes Riker was engaged until the close
of the War the deponent is now seventy one years of age –
9
November 1832 before me in open court
Richard Halfald, clk –
James
Riker
[signed]"***
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Deposition of
James Riker in support of
Revolutionary War Pension Claim S11293 of Gerardus Riker (1758-1833)
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Deposition of James Riker pension deposition for service
as sergeant in the Revolutionary War.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
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State of New York
City and County of New York
On the eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable
Justices of the Court of General Sessions of the Place and of the
City, County of New York, now sitting, James Riker, a resident of the
City of New York, in the County and State of New York, aged seventy
one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth under
oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he
was born in Herrington Township, Bergen County, State of New Jersey,
on the 5th October 1861; that this record of his age is in the Family
Bible, now in his possession; that he lived there when he entered the
service, and continued to reside there, till one year before the war
closed, when he removed to Baltimore; that in 1784, he came to the
city of New York, where he has remained ever since.
That he
entered the service in the summer of 1776, under Captain Abraham
Haring; that he was drafted and served three months; that he was
engaged in several skirmishes; that large numbers of the British came
from Greens brig and landed at Closter Dock, that he forgets the name
of the commander" that on account of their superior force, they
did not oppose them, and they went on to Hackensack; that there was a
British sloop of war, laying off at Dobbs Ferry, the British soldiers
and refugees came on shore and took many head of cattle, which he and
his company rescued and retook.
That
he next served under Captain Blanch, in the summer of 1777, for a
service of three months; that during this service, a sloop of war laid
off Closter Dock that the officers and crew came ashore to gather
wood, and get water; that they took ten of the number and one
midshipman that he does not recollect his name; that they sent them to
Morristown where there was a garrison.
That
the precise times at which the particular Captains, under whom, his
succeeding services were rendered, he has not so positive a
recollection. But that he was under Captain Blanch, when a great
number of the British landed at Fort Lee, as he thinks, in the fall
of 1778; that they marched over to , without
opposition; that they burnt and
[took]
prisoners;
that on their return to Fort Lee, Captain Blanch with his company met
them a the English Neighborhood, hung upon their rear and killed many;
that they went over to Fort Lee;
That he
was under Captain Blanch when the British attempted to rebuild Fort
Lee, as he thinks, in August 1779; that the whole regiment of the
county was called out, and after building about two feet they were so
much annoyed, that they gave it up; that they went down the mountain
to the landing and got on board the shipping; that he believes that
one lieutenant was taken, but forgets this name; that he does not
recollect whether Colonel Dey being the Cornel of the regiment was
with them.
That
he was with the Companies of Captains Blanch and Huyler, when
they laid in the wood, near Bulls Ferry, to watch the movements of the
Refugees who were in the block house; that they went down to the
English Neighborhood and there met about 6 in a muster, commanded by
one John Berry called John the Regular; that they took 2 of them prisoners,
killed two of who John was one, wounded one, and one escaped; that the
prisoners were taken to Hackensack but he did not go with them; that
they buried John in Hackensack; that 1700 had been offered for
his head but that he does not know if the reward was received; that
this engagement was before General Wayne's attack.
That
under Captain Huyler, he was in a war skirmish with about 150
refugees, in the summer of 1779, and recollects that one black fellow
was killed, well known by the name of Captain Pompey.
That
he was under Captain Blanch when in the early part of the war, but the
precise time he can not recollect, the British with 200 refugees cam
from New York and burnt Closter; that they first saw them in the upper
land of Closter when the alarm guns fired; that they went after them
and in a skirmish, one of our men John Taylor was wounded; that before
they could reach there the British had burnt Closter, and all the way
down to Dewany's Mills; that they followed them to Bergen, when the
British came to New York.
That
he was on the picket guard at Closter when two soldiers, deserters,
said that the British were coming that night to surround the American
militia at Tappan; that they sent an express to Tappan to inform them;
that he with his company went to Tappan and found that the militia had
gone away; that in that night they had lay on the guard at the school
house; that the British came up the next morning under Colonel
Campbell, to a number, about 1300; that our men retreated to
Clarkstown, and the British followed; but that on account of the
fewness or our men, they did not engage; that he thinks this took place
in the summer of 1779.
That
her served under Captain Ward, at Ten Eyke, and under Captain Elias
Romaine at the Liberty Pole, English Neighborhood, a period of three
months under each but recollects no particular circumstances; that
these services were successive and in the latter part of the war; and
that about the same time he served under Captain Campbell at
Schraalenburg.
That
he never recollects receiving any pay, except for his last service
under Captain Ward; the same being twenty dollars and upwards received
by his father for him, he being then at Baltimore.
That
he was a Sergeant in the services under Captain Blanch, Campbell, and
Huyler; and was drafted in all cases, except when under the command of
Captain Blanch, who was the Captain of the beat.
That
he saw, before he joined any Company, an engagement between the
British sloop of way Pheury and Rose and 8 to 10 American gallies;
that she had run up the river, by New York, before that city was
taken; that the gallies and boat had to draw off; that he was under
Captain Hering, when he saw General Washington with his army at Tappan
at the time when Andre was taken; that he recollects seeing Major
Stagg, a colonial officer, in the early part of the war, going down
toward Bergen with his troop of horse; that he was once a guide to
Captain Jonathan Lawrence, a continental officer from Dobbs Ferry
to in the early
part of the war; that he thinks he came from Fort Montgomery.
That
he received a warrant for his office of Sergeant, but that same was
lost; and that he never received any discharges.
That
he has no documentary evidence and knows the Reverend Edward Mitchell
who can testify as required by the War Department, and that William
Berrian, Collector of the Fifth Ward of this City can so testify
likewise.
That
all his Captains to the best of his knowledge are not dead, but that
John A. Haring and Benjamin Romaine, Major, Assistant Quarter Master
General for this city during the last war who served in the same
county of Bergen and who are citizens of New York can testify to his
services.
That
he herby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or amnesty
except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension
roll or agency of any state.
Sworn
to and subscribed the day
[signed] James
Riker
and
year aforesaid in open court
Richard
Hairfeld
Clerk
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James married 1st in 1786 in Bergen Co, NJ, Anna Dorothy Zimmerman (c.1762 - 14 Dec
1804, NYC*), daughter of John Andrew T. Zimmerman of NYC, NY.
Children
of James & Dorothy included:
i. Andrew (c.1787-?),
ii. Elizabeth (c.1790-?),
iii. Abigail (3 Jan 1791, NYC - ?, NYC*),
iv. John Jay (1793-1850);
v. Ann Dorothy (1795-?);
vi. Sophia (1797-?);
vii. William H. (1804-1829).
*Green Wood Cem., Brooklyn, NY, Lot 4284, Sec 95
James Riker married m. 2nd on 2 Feb 1806 in Quincy, Il, Mary Hustace Briggs (c.1771-
Nov 1866, NYC*) widow of Gabrel Briggs and dau. David Hustace of NYC.
James Riker and Mary Hustace-Briggs had
children:
viii. Susan (c.1806-1878*);
ix. Abigail
(c.1808-c.1Apr 1862),
x. James (c.1810-c.12 Jun 1881*),
xi. Elijah H.
(c.1816-?, NYC).
*Green Wood Cem., Brooklyn, NY, Lot 4284, Sec 95
The 1850 federal
census* lists James Riker (89), Mary (78), Susan (44), Abigail (42),
James (40, insane), Elijah (34, Public Notary).
*1850 US
Census, New York, Co. of New York, Ward 5, p 307.
6iv.
John Jay Riker
(16 Feb 1793, NYC - 2 Sep 1850, NYC*),
son of James Riker & Anna Dorothy Zimmerman, m.
Eliza W. Berrien (1797 - 27 Sep 1843, NYC*), daughter of William Berrien
(1768-1837) of NYC & Elizabeth Hadley (1776-1849), and sister of William Berrien.
Children
of John Jay and Eliza:
i. John P. (c.1816-1877, NYC*),
ii. James (?-Dec
1869, NYC*),
iii.
William B. (b.1820-Feb 1906, NYC*),
iv. Elizabeth C.,
v. Catherine,
vi. John Jay, Jr.
(1824-1912, NYC*),
Orangetown druggist,
vii. Andrew Jackson,
viii. Louisa
(?-?),
ix. Abraham Storms (b.1832-1903, NYC*) m. in 1875 Sarah E.
Smith of Greenwich, CT,
x. Albert de Montfreedy
(b.1834-1915, NYC*),
xi. William (?-1923, NYC*).
*Green Wood Cem., Brooklyn, NY, Lot 4284, Sec 95
6v.
Ann Dorothy Riker (1797,
NYC - 10 Jan 1883, Harrington Twp),
daughter of James Riker & Anna Dorothy
Zimmerman, m. Cornelius J. Haring (1797-?) of Harrington Twp,
NJ, near Norwood.
Children
of Ann Dorothy Riker & Cornelius Haring:
i. John Riker Haring
(c.1837-1922),
ii. William C. Haring/Herring
(c.1835-1917),
iii. Mary Jane Haring (c.1839-?).
The 1860 US census lists in Norwood, Harrington Twp, Bergen Co,
NJ, Cornelius J. Haring (head, 63, farmer), Ann (63, Mistress), John
(29), William (22), Mary Jane (21).
The 1870 US census lists Cornelius J. Haring (73, retired farmer)
and Ann D. Haring (73, keeping house) next door to son William C. Haring
(35, farmer) and Mary E. Haring (19, keeping house).
The 1880 US census lists Cornelius J. Haring (83, farmer), Ann D.
83, keeping house), William C. Haring (43, son, farmer), Mary E. (28,
dau-in-law, keeping house), Sophanna (9, g-daughter), Florence (4,
g-daughter).
7i.
John Riker Haring/Hering (c.1837-13 Mar 1922) m. c.1874
Elizabeth Tallman
(1837 - 28 Apr 1922), dau. of Isaack Tallman & Ann Haring of Nanuet, NY, moved to Pascack, NJ.
Children
included:
i. Ann Dorothy Hering
(6 May 1875),
ii. Issac Tallman Hering (15 Aug 1877).
7ii. William C. Haring/Herring
(c.1841-25 Jul 1917) m. c.1870 Mary Elizabeth Demarest
(c.1850->1930) of Norwood, NJ, daughter of Cornelius E. Demarest.
In 1862, William enlisted as Orderly Sergeant in Company I, 22nd NJ
Volunteers, serving for nine months before the company was disbanded. In
1895, having been active for some time in the Republican Party, William
was elected Sheriff of Bergen County, NJ. In 1904, William was
instrumental in the incorporation of Harrington Park, NJ, formerly an
unincorporated area of Harrington Township adjacent to Norwood, NJ.
William Herring and Mary Demarest had two daughters:
i. Sophanna "Sophie" Herring/Haring (16 Jul
1869, Norwood, NJ - 18 Jan 1955, Scotland, CT, bur. Scotland Cem.),
daughter of William C. Herring & Mary
Elizabeth Demarest, wed
22 Oct 1890 George
Dayton Herron (May
1867, Brooklyn, NY*- 16 Dec 1944, bur. Green Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY) of
Old Closter/Rockleigh. William and
Sophanna had
children: [Jerome B.
(1892-?) and William C. (1903-?)].
[see
Herron Family]
ii.
Florence Herring/Haring
(c.1876-?), daughter of William C. Herring
& Mary Elizabeth Demarest, m. William Barker, Jr. (c.1784-?) of Troy,
NY. William and Florence had children:
[Florence H. Barker (1900-?)
and William Barker, Jr (c.1908-?)].
6vi.
Sophia Riker
(12 Jul 1801, Newtown, NY- 28 Dec 1877, Quincy, IL), daughter of James Riker
& Anna Dorothy Zimmerman, m. 25 Apr 1820 William Augustus Berrien
(7 Nov 1798- 25 Jun 1868), daughter of William Berrien (1768-1837)
of NYC & Elizabeth Hadley (1776-1849, Quincy, IL), brother of Eliza W. Berrien.
Sophia and William resided in New York City until about 1832 before
relocating to Quincy, Adams Co, IL.
Children
of Sophia Riker & William A. Berrien*:
i.
Ann Eliza
Berrien (19 May 1821 - 13 Mar 1910, NYC, NY) married on 2 Sep 1847
in Quincy, IL, George Arrowsmith.
ii. George Washington Berrien (1823, NYC, NY - 1870)
m. 04 Mar 1855 in Adams Co, IL, Elizabeth Anderson.
iii. Sophia Louisa Berrien (14 Mar 1826, NYC, NY - 23 Jan
1903, Ellington Twp, Adams Co, IL) m. on 26 Mar 1846 in Adams Co, IL,
Thomas Kidney.
iv. Susan Berrien (c.1828, NYC, NY - ?) m. 27 May 1852 to
John Chase.
v. Mary C. Berrien (27 Dec 1830, NY - 22 Jan 1923,
Gilmer Twp, Adams Co, IL)
vi. Abigail Josephine Berrien (Sep 1834, Adams Co., IL -?)
m. 1st c. 12 Mar 1866 in Adams Co, IL, Charles S. Chase; m. 2nd c.1877
John Marshall Slaight.
vii. James Theodore Berrien (c.1838, Adams Co, IL - ?) m.
Clarinda Hart.
* Provided courtesy of John L. Thomas a
descendent
of Ann E. Berrien and George Arrowsmith
5xi.
Peter Ryker
(3 Sep 1766, Tappan* - 21 Apr 1844*, Tappan Cemetery);
son of Abraham
Ryker & Elizabeth Conklin. Peter Riker, wed on 20 Nov 1793**
Margrietje Mabee (22 Aug 1765** - 12 Apr 1841),
daughter of Casperus Mabie & Wilhemptje [Wilhemina] Eckerson of Tappan.
Peter and Margrietje had
one daughter:
i. Elizabeth (1794-1860).
*
Baptismal
Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
**Peter Riker Bible (in possession of Esther J. Millard)
*** Marriage
Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
Peter and Margrietje resided in the house of his father, Abraham, and
farmed the land. There is a 1802 record of Peter Riker owning 29 acres of
land on the Palisades slope woodlot in Harington Township.*
* Reginald
McMahon: "Jack
was Earnest", Map 1, p. 10 ,
Bergen County
Historical Society, 1984.]
In the 1805 quit claim of Maria
Haring-Eckerson, the Haring lands were bounded to the east by those of Peter Riker. Peter Riker was also
witness to Jacob Conklin's will of 1826 along with Jacob Ryker.
The 1840 census of the Township of Harrington lists Peter Riker as head of
household with one male age 15-20 (Peter Riker Haring, son
of Jacob D. Haring & Elizabeth), one male 50-60 (Jacob D.
Haring?), one male 70-80 (Peter, ~75), one female 40-50 (Elizabeth? 46),
one female 70-80 (Margrietje, 75) as well as two free colored: one
male under 10 and one female 35-55. The 1850 census confirms their continued
residence.
6i.
Elizabeth Riker
(7 Sep 1794 - 20 July 1860*), dau. of Peter Riker
& Margrietje Mabee, on 22 Feb 1810** wed
Jacob David Haring (11 July 1787,
Tappan DRC - 16 Feb 1866*), son of David A. Haring & Maria Alyea.
Elizabeth Riker & Jacob D. Haring had children:
i. Elizabeth Haring(1815-1899);
ii. Peter Riker Haring (1822-1900).
[see Haring Family]
The 1840 Census of Harington Township fits with the
family of Jacob David Haring & Elizabeth Riker living with Peter
& Margarietje Riker. Through Elizabeth, Peter Riker Haring
inherited a portion of the Abraham Ryker lands. However, the lands soon
past to Jacob Riker.
* Tombstone, Palisades
(NY) Cemetery
*Maria Ferdon Journal - Part 1, Bergen County Historical Society.
apollo.carroll.com/bchs/Pages/ferdon1.html
**Peter Riker Bible (in possession of Esther J Millard)
7i.
Elizabeth "Eliza" Haring
[7466] (6 Jan 1815, Tappan RDC* -
16 June 1899*), dau of Elizabeth Riker and
Jacob D. Haring, m. on 10 Dec 1835 her cousin. Nicholas J. Haring [6409]
(27 Oct 1814 - 7 Feb 1896*). Nicholas and Eliza took up residence in his father's house
(the John A. Haring House)
where they began a family that would include ten children.
[see Haring Family]
*Peter
Riker Bible (in possession of Esther J Millard)
7ii.
Peter Riker Haring
(8 Feb 1822* - 13 Aug 1900*), son of Elizabeth Riker
and Jacob D. Haring, m. (1st) 27 Sep 1843 Catherine Demarest
(1 May 1825* - 7 Dec 1844*), dau. of Samuel R. Demarest & Elizabeth
Zabriskie of Bergenfield, NJ; m. (2nd) Margaret Maria Lydecker (?-?).
Peter Riker Haring and Catherine Demarest had children:
i. William B. Haring (8 Aug 1844* - 7 Dec 1844*);
ii. Charles Riker Haring (20 Apr 1847* - 26 Jan 1937*) who wed Emma Elizabeth Miller (? - 6 May 1949*);
iii. Oscar Haring (20 Mar 1851* -?)
*Peter
Riker Bible (in possession of Esther J. Millard)
5xii.
Samuel
Ryken (19 May
1768, Tappan RDC - 8 Oct 1799, NYC of yellow fever), son of Abraham
Ryker & Elizabeth Conklin, married 19 Dec 1788**
Rachel Moore, sister of Ellen who married Theunis.
Samuel Ryken & Rachel Moore had children:
i. Abraham (14 Mar 1790, RDC Tappan*-?);
ii. Mary (17 Nov 1791, RDC Tappan* -?);
iii. Elizabeth (c.1793-?).
*
Baptismal
Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
** Marriage Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
5xiii. Theunis
(Tunis) Ryken (10
August 1770, Tappan RDC* - 7 Jan 1864, Spencer, Tioga, Co, NY),
son of Abraham Riker & Elizabeth Conklin,
m. 1st on 10 Dec
1790** Ellen (Ellena) Moore (24 Oct 1773 - 21 Aug 1838, Spencer,
Tioga Co, NY) of Tappan, sister of
Rachel who m. Samuel Ryker. Appear to have resided in NYC then removed
to Tioga Co, NY.
Theunis Ryken & Ellen Moore had children:
i. Abraham (23 Nov 1792, NYC - 10 Jul 1873) m. 1st in 1816 Susan Brown (29 Sep 1799 - 29 Apr 1828, Horseheads, NY) with
seven children: [Ellen
(1817-?), Loretta, Anthony Andrew Jackson, Mary, Elizabeth, Henry],
ii. Mariah (17 Jan 1795 - 29 May 1877),
iii. twin Henry (17 Aug 1797-?) and
iv. twin Mary (17 Aug
1797-?);
v. Thomas Jefferson (13 Apr 1799-?) m. Amelia Bradley in NYC;
vi. Samuel R..(25 Jan 1802 - 24 Aig 1881);
vii. Jane (11 Jun 1804-?);
viii. Anthony (25 Nov 1806 - 22 Mar 1885);
ix. Elizabeth/Eliza A. (30 Apr 18909-?);
x. Jacob Moore (24 Nov 1811 - 1884);
xi. James Lawrence (24 Nov 1814- 9 Oct 1892),
xii. Burke (13 Dec 1816-?),
xiii. Oliver Perry (24 Nov 1817 - 1 Oct 1893).
Theunis m. 2nd in 1838 at Elmira, NY, Elizabeth Green (1802-?)
Theunis & Elizabeth Green had three children:
i. Sarah Jane (1841-?),
ii. Maria I. (1844-?),
iii. Franklin (1847-?).
Theunis m. 3rd on 29 Jun 1851 in Spencer, Tioga Co., NY, Mary Ann Fisher (18 Jun 1812,
Tioga Co., NY - 5 Oct 1871) dau. of George Fisher & Lucinda South of Spencer,
NY.
At
age 70, Theunis applied (1840; Spencer , NY) for a military pension for
his service in the Revolutionary War.***
*
Baptismal
Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
** Marriage Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
*** National Archives and Records Administration
4ii.
Deborah Ryken
(16 Jun 1725, Newtown - ?;), dau. of John Ryken & Geertie Wiltsee,
m. 1742 in Newtown Daniel Martine (c.1725, New Rochelle, NY - 3 Mar 1807, Haverstraw, NY)
4iii.
Tunis Ryken (16 Oct 1726, Jamaica, NY -
?) son of John Ryken & Geertie Wiltsee.
4iv.
Margrietye "Margaret/Grietye" Ryken
(1727, Newtown - 1 Dec 1819),
dau. of John Ryken & Geertie Wiltsee
m. Cornelius Blauvelt.
Children
of Margaret Ryken & Cornelius Blauvelt include:
i.
Isaac Blauvelt (9 Aug 1755, Tappan RDC-?);
ii. Jan Blauvelt (4 Sep 1761, Tappan RDC-?);
iii. Geertye Blauvelt (7 Nov 1766, Tappan RDC-?).
4v.
Maria "Mary" Ryken
(1729, Newtown - ?),
dau. of John Ryken & Geertie Wiltsee,
m. 1750 in Newtown Johanes "John"
Bell (c. 1725, Tappan -?).
Children
of Mary Ryken & John Bell include:
i. Willim Bell (4 May 1758 Tappan RDC-?),
ii. Jan Bell (4 Sep 1761, Tappan RDC
- dy),
iii. Jan Bell (5 Jun 1764, Tappan RDC-?).
4vi.
Elizabet Ryken
(24 Dec 1732, Newtown - ?),
dau. of John Ryken & Geertie
Wiltsee, m. in New York, NY, 13 Aug 1760 Abraham Blauvelt.
Children of Elizabeth Ryken &
Abraham Blauvelt include:
i. Johannis Blauvelt (25 May 1761* -?),
ii. Rachel Blauvelt (19 May 1763* -?),
iii. Elizabet Blauvelt (24 Oct 1769*-?),
iv. Abraham Blauvelt (27 Jun
1773*- ?)
.
*
Baptismal
Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
4vii. Catherine
"Catrina" Ryken (1733, Newtown - ?), dau. of John Ryken & Geertie
Wiltsee, 1st m. John Lawrence (c.1716, Newtown, NY -1767), son of
Jonathan Lawrence "The Elder Senior" & Mary Betts of Snedens Landing.
Catherine Ryken & John Lawrence had children:
i. Nicholas Lawrence,
ii. Estelle Lawrence,
iii. Ann Lawrence,
iv. Catherine Lawrence.
Catherine m.
2nd John Ryder of Clarkstown, NY.
Catherine Ryken
& John Ryder had children:
i. Cherretje Ryder (2 Apr 1775, Clarkstown*-?),
ii. Tryntje Ryder (30 Jul 1777,
Clarkstown*-?).
*
Baptismal Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
4viii.
2nd Jan "John" Ryken
(25 Oct 1736, Jamaica, NY - 6 Oct 1828, Rockland, NJ), son of John
Ryken & Geertie Wiltsee, brother of Abraham and Gerardus Ryker
John, served both in the French War and as a patriot in the
Revolution.
John, reputed kind and worthy
gentleman, resided on the Ryker lands in
the area - most likely in the house of Gerardus after the latter had taken
his family to Kentucky. (The original homestead of his father, John Ryken, had been
sold to Peter Mabie.) At the age of fifty he married he married on 1 Nov 1785
Margrietje Blauvelt-Haring (26 Feb 1749, Newtown, NY -?), the widow of Captain
Abraham A. Haring. The 2nd John served in both the French and Indian wars and as a
patriot in the Revolution.
2nd John and Margaret
Blauvelt-Haring had the following children:
i.
twin Jacob I. Riker (1786-1867) resided on ancestral Ryker lands,
ii. twin Gertrude "Geertje" Riker (19 Aug 1786,*-?) m. 2 Feb 1813** Michael Hinds
[Children: John Hinds (22 Feb 1814)] ; and
iii. Abraham Blauvelt Riker (29 Jan 1789*-?) m. Eliza
"Grace" Gracie
[Children: Margarietje (19 Apr 1811-?), John (6 Dec 1814)]
.
*
Baptismal Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
** Marriage Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
5i.
Jacob I. Riker
(19 Aug 1786, Tappan* - 4 May 1867*), son of 2nd
John Riker & Margaret Blauvent-Haring, married
on 27 Mar 1810** Lea Martin Powles (c.1785 - 8 Feb 1872*) dau. of
Martin Powles of Tappan, NY. They lived in the ancestral homestead
of Abraham Ryker.
Hacob Riker & Lea Powels had children include:
i.
Margaret "Grietje"
(1812-1891) m. David G. Mann;
ii. Lydia (5 Dec 1817, RDC Tappan***- 8 Sep 1832*); and
iii. Abraham (1824-1863).
* Tombstone, Palisades (NY) Cemetery
** Marriage Records. RDC, Tappan, NY
*** Baptism Records, RDC, Tappan, NY
Jacob Riker was witness to Jacob Conklin's will in 1826.
According to James Riker's account,
"...Jacob and Leah continued to
reside in the Ryker Homestead built by his grandfather, Jan, in
Rockland, Harrington Township, NJ."* However, this seems not to have
been the case because by 1844, Jacob had come into the house and Ryker
lands of his uncle Peter Ryker, son of Abraham.
James
Riker: "Annals of Newtown", p 309.
Pub D. Fanshaw, New York City, 1852
The 1840 census
lists Jacob Riker as head of household with one male
age 15-20 (Abraham), one male 20-30 (2nd Jacob), one male 50-60 (Jacob) and one female 50-60
(Leah).
*1840 Federal census,
Harrington Township, Bergen Co., NJ. page 12
The 1860 census lists
Jacob Riker (Farmer, 73), Leah (Mistress, 75), Abraham (Farmer, 34), Elizabeth
(Mistress, daughter-in-law, 30), John (11), Alice D. (6), Ebaline (4).*
*1860 Federal census,
Harrington Township, Bergen Co., NJ. page 126.
The lay-out for the proposed new road from Closter Publick
Road toward Piermont (Road Return G-28 of October 4, 1858 listed the
property of Jacob Riker just to the north of Samuel B. Corning (former
Abraham Ab. Haring, Jr. lands) and to
the south of Samuel Sneden (former lands of Jacob Conklin, Jr). The same land is mentioned by the David A.
Haring will of 1802 as belonging to Abraham Ryker.
* Reginald McMahon: "Two Haring Houses at Rockleigh"", 1873
mms Bergen County Historical Society, River Edge, NJ
The 1870 census shows Leah (84)
living with her daughter, Margaret, and son-in-law George Mann.**
*1870
census, Orangetown, Rockland Co., NY, p. 135.
6i.
Margaret "Grietje"
Riker
(11 Sep 1812* - 30 Jul 1891**) m. David G. Mann.
Margaret Riker & David Mann had children:
i. George Mann (30 Apr 1835-?),
ii. Lydia Mann (23 Jun 1836-?),
iii. Jacob Riker Mann (22 Feb 1842 - 1 Dec 1882*),
iv. Abijah Baldwin
Mann (6 Oct 1846-?),
v. Mary Frances Mann (21 Nov 1849-?),
vi. Clara
Augusta (6 Dec 1862).
* Baptism Records, RDC, Tappan, NY
** Tombstone, Palisades (NY) Cemetery
6iii.
Abraham Riker
(30 Jan 1824, Tappan RDC - 18 Sep 1863**), son of
Jacob & Lea, on 20 Sept 1847 at the Palisades M.E. Church* married neighbor
Elizabeth Rudd Sneden (11 Aug 1828 - 4 Apr 1886***).
[see Sneden Family]
Abraham and Elizabeth resided with his parent |
