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James Ryer

Male 1782 - 1856  (~ 74 years)

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  1. 1.  James Ryer was born in Abt. 1782 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA; was christened on 23 Jun 1793 in Christ's Church, Rye, Westchester, New York, USA (son of John Ryer and Margaret Wood); died on 15 Nov 1856 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; was buried in Ward's Island, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: Bet. 19 Mar 1796–19 Mar 1797, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; Gilmore's School
    • Census: 7 Aug 1820, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Residence: 28 May 1832, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Census: 1 Jun 1840, New York Ward 9, New York, New York, USA
    • Census: 28 Aug 1850, New York Ward 12, New York, New York, USA
    • Residence: 28 Aug 1850, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; Randall's Island
    • Occupation: 15 Feb 1854; laborer
    • Residence: 15 Feb 1854, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; Alms House, Randall's Island

    James married Sarah Williams on 31 Dec 1814 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA. Sarah (daughter of Stephen Williams and Hannah) was born on 28 Dec 1798 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died in 1820-1840 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Margaret Ryer was born on 4 Sep 1815 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; was christened on 17 Dec 1821 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA.
    2. Abraham B. Ryer was born on 2 Apr 1817 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; was christened on 17 Dec 1821 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 17 Sep 1854 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA.
    3. William Ryer was born on 21 Jun 1819 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; was christened on 17 Dec 1821 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 7 Mar 1870 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA.
    4. Rachel Eliza Ryer was born on 9 Dec 1821 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; was christened on 17 Dec 1821 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 16 Feb 1877 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; was buried in Methodist Church Cemetery, Westchester Square, Bronx, New York, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Ryer was born on 15 Feb 1759 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA (son of Henry Ryer and Margaret Wilse); died on 2 Oct 1793 in White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: 1780; Col. James De Lancey's Refugee Corps, British Army, American Revolutionary War
    • Census: 2 Aug 1790, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Occupation: 17 May 1792; cattleman

    Notes:

    2 Aug 1790 - Identified as John Ryer, son of Henry Ryer, on the 1790 U.S. federal census (source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1790 United States Federal Census, Westchester, Westchester County, New York, National Archives Microfilm Roll M637_6; 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.)



    BY His Excellency GEORGE CLINTON, Esq. Governor of the state of New-York, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same.

    PROCLAMATION.

    WHEREAS by an inquisition taken before David I. Pell, Esq. one of the coroners of the county of West Chester, on the 18th day of May, instant, it appears that Isaac Smith, deputy sheriff of the said county, was on the 17th day of the said month, inhumanly murdered while in the due execution of his said office; and that a certain John Ryer, late of the town of Westchester, in the county of Westchester aforesaid, stands charged with the commission of the said horrid crime, and whereas it is represented to me that the said John Ryers hath fled from justice.

    NOW THEREFORE, I have issued this my proclamation, hereby offering a reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS to any person or persons who shall apprehend and deliver the said John Ryer to the keeper of the common gaol of the said county, so that he may be brought to justice. And I do by these presents strictly enjoin and require all officers, civil and military, and all other the good citizens of this state, to be aiding and assisting in the premises to the utmost of their power.

    And do further hereby enjoin and require the Magistrates of the said county to cause to be apprehended (if that is not already done) every person who may have been in any way accessory to the said offence, who may have aided the said John Ryer in his escape, or who may have withheld that assistance which was required of them by the said deputy-sheriff in the execution of his said office, and which, by the law and their duty as good citizens, they ought to have rendered, in order that they may be held to answer for the same. GIVEN under my hand and the privy Seal at the city of New-York, this twenty-fourth day of May, in the year 1792, and in the sixteenth year of the independence of the said state.

    GEORGE CLINTON.

    source: Poughkeepsie, NY: The Poughkeepsie Journal, 31 May 1792, p. 2.

    John married Margaret Wood in 1781 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA. Margaret was born in Abt. 1762 in Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 1 Jun 1840 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret Wood was born in Abt. 1762 in Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 1 Jun 1840 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1 Jun 1840, New York Ward 9, New York, New York, USA

    Children:
    1. 1. James Ryer was born in Abt. 1782 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA; was christened on 23 Jun 1793 in Christ's Church, Rye, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 15 Nov 1856 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; was buried in Ward's Island, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA.
    2. John Ryer was born in Abt. 1784 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA; was christened on 23 Jun 1793 in Christ's Church, Rye, Westchester, New York, USA.
    3. Mary Ryer was born in Abt. 1786 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA; was christened on 23 Jun 1793 in Christ's Church, Rye, Westchester, New York, USA.
    4. Jane Ryer was born in Abt. 1788 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA; was christened on 23 Jun 1793 in Christ's Church, Rye, Westchester, New York, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry Ryer was born in Abt. 1737 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA (son of Hendrick Ryer and Jane); died in Bet. 1802-1803 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.

    Notes:

    Benjamin Coursen, Manor of Fordham. Directs estate to be sold. Leaves legacies to son Tunis, daughter Jane Lent, grand son Benjamin son of my son John, and son Isaac.

    Witnesses.

    TUNIS MICHAELSEN
    HENRY MICHAELSEN
    FRANCIS GODFRIE

    Dated Oct. 1, 1770.
    Proved Dec. 22, 1770.

    source: Pelletreau, William S. Early Wills of Westchester County, New York : from 1664 to 1784: a Careful Abstract of all Wills (nearly 800) recorded in New York Surrogate's Office and at White Plains, N.Y. from 1664 to 1784 : also the Genealogy of "the Havilands" of Westchester County and Descendants of Hon. James Graham (Watkinson and Ackerley Families): with Genealogical and Historical Notes. New York, NY: F. P. Harper, 1898.

    Henry married Margaret Wilse on 15 Jun 1758 in First Collegiate Church of Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Margaret Wilse (daughter of Gerardus Wiltsie and Aphasia Brown).
    Children:
    1. 2. John Ryer was born on 15 Feb 1759 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 2 Oct 1793 in White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA.
    2. Henry Ryer was born in Abt. 1765 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Bef. 20 Dec 1824 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Hendrick Ryer was born in Abt. 1705 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA (son of Ryer Bastiensen Michaelson and Jacomina Tibout); died in Bef. 06 Nov 1789 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Hendrick Michaels
    • Also Known As: Hendrick Michaelse
    • Occupation: 5 Apr 1771; yeoman farmer
    • Residence: 5 Apr 1771, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Will: 5 Apr 1771, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Probate: 6 Nov 1789, Pelham, Westchester, New York, USA

    Notes:

    The largest sale of Bronx real estate which ever took place, involving a plot of 3,332 acres, or something over five square miles, to wit: the sale of the Manor of Fordham by the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the City of New York, was inaugurated on September 29, 1753.

    On this date a notice was nailed on the door of the English Parish Church in the village of Westchester by Joost Vredenburgh. We know little about Vredenburgh, except that according to his affidavit he was a shoemaker. His two official companions were farmers, Hendrick Michaels, who spells his own name "Magiesle", and Benjamin Corsen. Michaels was the ancestor of the present Ryer family, well known in Bronx real estate, one of Hendrick Michaels' sons having been named Ryer and the succeeding generation having taken their father's first name instead of his last. The descendents of Benjamin Corsen are known by the name of Corsa and both families continued to be active in the Fordham Manor Church. Hendrick Ryer was an Elder and James Corsa was a Deacon in the year 1823.

    source: Attwood, Frederick L. History of Fordham Manor Reformed Church, 2703 Reservoir Avenue, Bronx, New York, 1696-1946. Bronx, NY: Fordham Manor Reformed Church, 1946.

    Hendrick married Jane. Jane was born in Abt. 1715 in New York, USA; died in Aft. 1771 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Jane was born in Abt. 1715 in New York, USA; died in Aft. 1771 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.
    Children:
    1. Jane Ryer was born in Abt. 1735 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Bef. 1771 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA.
    2. 4. Henry Ryer was born in Abt. 1737 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Bet. 1802-1803 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.
    3. Michael Ryer was born in Abt. 1740 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Bef. 26 Jul 1829 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA.
    4. Jemima Ryer was born in Abt. 1743 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA.
    5. Tunis Ryer, Sr. was born on 17 Feb 1744 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 30 Dec 1791 in Fort Washington, New York, New York, USA.
    6. John D. Ryer was born on 22 Nov 1745 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 12 May 1832 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.
    7. Eleanor Ryer was born in Abt. 1750 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA.
    8. Elizabeth Ryer was born in Abt. 1753 in Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA.

  3. 10.  Gerardus Wiltsie was born in Abt. 1700 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA (son of Theunis Hendricksz Wiltsie and Divertje Gerritsen); died in Bef. 31 Aug 1762 in Morrisania, Westchester, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Will: 19 Jan 1759, Morrisania, Westchester, New York, USA

    Gerardus married Aphasia Brown. Aphasia (daughter of John Brown) was born in Abt. 1708 in New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Aphasia Brown was born in Abt. 1708 in New York, USA (daughter of John Brown).
    Children:
    1. 5. Margaret Wilse



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