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William Ryer

Male 1819 - 1870  (50 years)

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  1. 1.  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 (son of James Ryer and Sarah Williams); died on 7 Mar 1870 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 7 Aug 1820, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Census: 8 Jun 1855, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA
    • Occupation: 8 Jun 1855; furnaceman
    • Census: 27 Jul 1860, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA
    • Occupation: 27 Jul 1860; laborer
    • Property: 27 Jul 1860; the value of his personal estate was $150 at this time
    • Census: 14 Jun 1865, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA
    • Occupation: 14 Jun 1865; laborer

    William married Mary in Abt. 1848. Mary was born in Abt. 1822 in Genesee, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sarah Elizabeth Ryer was born in Jan 1849 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA; died in 1938 in Greenwich, Washington, New York, USA.
    2. Mary E. Ryer was born in Abt. 1851 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA.
    3. Leah Jane Ryer was born in Abt. 1854 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA; died on 15 Nov 1939 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA.
    4. George A. Ryer was born in Jan 1858 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA; died in Aft. 1940 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA.
    5. Ida Ryer was born in Abt. 1860 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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]


  2. 3.  Sarah Williams was born on 28 Dec 1798 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA (daughter of Stephen Williams and Hannah); died in 1820-1840 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 7 Aug 1820, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA

    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. 1. 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: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. 2. 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.

  3. 6.  Stephen Williams was born on 6 Oct 1767 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA (son of Capt. Frederick Williams and Eleanor Pell Hunt); died on 1 May 1811 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 2 Aug 1790, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Census: 4 Aug 1800, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Census: 6 Aug 1810, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA

    Stephen married Hannah. Hannah was born in Abt. 1769 in Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 12 Mar 1823 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Hannah was born in Abt. 1769 in Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 12 Mar 1823 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 2 Aug 1790, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Census: 4 Aug 1800, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Census: 6 Aug 1810, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA

    Children:
    1. Caleb Williams was born on 21 Mar 1787 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 28 Sep 1842 in Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA; was buried in Old Van Cortlandtville Cemetery, Cortlandtville, Westchester, New York, USA.
    2. Elizabeth Williams was born in Abt. 1792 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.
    3. Rachel Williams was born in Abt. 1794 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 7 Jul 1828 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; was buried in Loyalist Burial Ground, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
    4. Thomas Gilbert Williams was born on 12 May 1796 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 13 Dec 1870 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    5. 3. Sarah Williams was born on 28 Dec 1798 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died in 1820-1840 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.
    6. Ann Williams was born on 21 Nov 1800 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 15 Apr 1867 in Annsville, Oneida, New York, USA; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA.
    7. Charles Williams was born in Abt. 1802 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 1860 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.
    8. Tamar Williams was born in Abt. 1804 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Bet. 1870–1880 in Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA.
    9. Isabella Williams was born on 22 Dec 1806 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 31 Aug 1882 in Peekskill, Westchester, New York, USA; was buried in Old Van Cortlandtville Cemetery, Cortlandtville, Westchester, New York, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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. 9.  Margaret Wilse (daughter of Gerardus Wiltsie and Aphasia Brown).
    Children:
    1. 4. 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.

  3. 12.  Capt. Frederick Williams was born on 3 Feb 1741 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA (son of Stephen Williams and Rachel Vincent); died on 23 Feb 1828 in Digby Neck, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 19 May 1773, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Occupation: 27 Jul 1827; yeoman
    • Will: 27 Jul 1827, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Probate: 28 Feb 1828, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Notes:

    GILBERT WILLIAMS was born in Westchester County, N. Y., on March 5, 1796. His parents were Benjamin and Sarah (Lewis) Williams, and the family were early located in Westchester County being quite numerous at the breaking out of the Revolutionary war. The father of Benjamin Williams was Frederick, and his grandfather Stephen Williams, both of whom resided in Westchester County.

    The early life of Gilbert Williams, until the age of twelve years, was passed upon the paternal farm in his native county. In 1808 his father removed to the town of Newburgh, Orange Co., where he engaged in farming. Gilbert Williams during his boyhood served an apprenticeship as a blacksmith with Samuel Corwin. His schooling advantages were meagre. Frederick Williams, his grandfather, had removed to Nova Scotia, where he owned a large landed estate. Here young Gilbert repaired, by invitation, when about sixteen years of age, taking charge of his grandfather’s affairs, and inheriting at his death considerable property. With a portion of this he returned to Newburgh and purchased his father's farm, where he resided for twenty-one years. At the expiration of that time he bought his present farm, whereon he has since continued to reside.

    source: Ruttenber, Edward Manning and Lewis H. Clark. History of Orange County, New York, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia, PA: Everts and Peck, 1881.



    Major Robert Timpany accompanied by Captain Frederick Williams of Annapolis, founded Rossway in 1785. Having sailed in a sloop to Little Joggin, they followed the Indian Path to head of St. Mary's Bay, then down the shore to north side, and along Bay to their lands. The former located on farm now owned by Major Timpany, Esq.; while Mr. Williams selected the equally valuable tract William A. Hall, Esq. holds. Mr. Williams erected in 1788 on stream running through his property, the first Saw Mill built in the Peninsula.

    source: Wilson, Isaiah W. A Geography and History of the County of Digby, Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Holloway Brothers, 1900.



    Frederick Williams of Throg's Neck, one of Delancey's most active captains, after the war filed with the “Commission of Enquiry into the Losses and Services of the American Loyalists,” a claim for damages and losses suffered. In this he mentions among other services that he took part in the attack on the Davenport house in Yorktown when Colonel Christopher Greene was killed. He says:

    “Neither your memorialist or his company ever demanded or received from His Majesty during the war Pay, Clothing, or Forage and although one half your memorialist's company were well appointed dragoons, the Government was never put to any expense in mounting or appointing them.”

    As he and all the members of his company were without means it is obvious that they must have supported, “mounted and appointed” themselves by marauding. The “Westchester Refugees” which at the end of the war consisted of 490 men, lived on the proceeds of plunder obtained in their native county. Late in the fall of 1777 Delancey was taken prisoner by a party of rangers under the command of Lieutenant Frederick Stephenson who surrounded his house at West Farms. Delancey was found hiding under a bed by Garret Dyckman and was completely crestfallen when ordered to come out. Stephenson compelled him to mount one of his own fine horses and getting up behind him carried him in that way to Connecticut. Notwithstanding many protests, the military exigencies of the time compelled the Americans to exchange him for an officer of corresponding rank and permitted the recreant sheriff to add to his sinister reputation.

    source: Hufeland, Otto. Publications of the Westchester County Historical Society, Volume 3: Westchester County during the American Revolution 1775-1783. White Plains, NY: Westchester County Historical Society, 1926.

    Frederick married Eleanor Pell Hunt in Abt. 1766 in Westchester, New York, USA. Eleanor (daughter of Caleb Hunt and Sarah Pinckney) was born in Abt. 1743 in Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 27 Jul 1827 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Eleanor Pell Hunt was born in Abt. 1743 in Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA (daughter of Caleb Hunt and Sarah Pinckney); died in Aft. 27 Jul 1827 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 6. Stephen Williams was born on 6 Oct 1767 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 1 May 1811 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.
    2. Benjamin Williams was born in Abt. 1765 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 25 Nov 1845 in Newburgh, Orange, New York, USA.
    3. John Williams was born on 17 May 1774 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 2 Dec 1854 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA; was buried in Saint Peters Episcopal Churchyard, Bronx, Bronx, New York, USA.
    4. Tamar Williams was born in Abt. 1775 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 4 Jul 1854 in Marshalltown, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Saint Paul's Cemetery, Marshalltown, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    5. Anna Williams was born in Abt. 1785 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 1861 in Granville, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    6. Rebecca Williams was born in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA.
    7. Eleanor Williams was born in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA.
    8. Catherine Williams was born in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA.
    9. Rachel Williams was born in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA.



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