Hendrick Ryer

1705 - 1789  (~ 84 years)

• Name	Hendrick Ryer  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Birth	Abt. 1705	Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Hendrick Michaels
  Also Known As	Hendrick Michaelse  [10, 11]
  Occupation	5 Apr 1771  [10, 11]
  	yeoman farmer
  Residence	5 Apr 1771	Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA   [10, 11]
  Will	5 Apr 1771	Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA   [10, 11]
  Death	Bef. 06 Nov 1789	Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA   [5, 10, 12]
  Probate	6 Nov 1789	Pelham, Westchester, New York, USA   [10, 12]
  Person ID	I33	Ryer Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Ryer Bastiensen Michaelson,   b. Abt. 1653, Schoonrewoerd, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. Bef. 20 Dec 1733, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA (Age ~ 80 years)
  Mother	Jacomina Tibout,   b. Abt. 1665, Schoonrewoerd, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA
  Marriage	15 Apr 1686	First Collegiate Church of Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA   [2, 8, 13]
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane,   b. Abt. 1715, New York, USA d. Aft. 1771, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA (Age ~ 57 years)
  Children	1. Jane Ryer,   b. Abt. 1735, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA d. Bef. 1771, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA (Age ~ 35 years) + 2. Henry Ryer,   b. Abt. 1737, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA d. Bet. 1802-1803, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA (Age ~ 66 years) + 3. Michael Ryer,   b. Abt. 1740, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA d. Bef. 26 Jul 1829, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA (Age ~ 89 years) + 4. Jemima Ryer,   b. Abt. 1743, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA + 5. Tunis Ryer, Sr.,   b. 17 Feb 1744, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA d. 30 Dec 1791, Fort Washington, New York, New York, USA (Age 47 years) + 6. John D. Ryer,   b. 22 Nov 1745, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA d. 12 May 1832, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA (Age 86 years)   7. Eleanor Ryer,   b. Abt. 1750, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA   8. Elizabeth Ryer,   b. Abt. 1753, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2024

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] William S. Pelletreau, 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: F. P. Harper, 1898). [S5] David M. Riker, Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons in New Netherland, from 1613 to 1674. Volume 2, (Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, 1999). [S35] Early Days of the Island of Manhattan and Its Environs, 1626-1776, (New York: Title Guarantee and Trust Company, 1927). [S14] Frederick L. Attwood, History of Fordham Manor Reformed Church, 2703 Reservoir Avenue, Bronx, New York, 1696-1946, (Bronx, NY: Fordham Manor Reformed Church, 1946). [S36] Surrogate's Court of Westchester County, New York, Wills 1787-1905; Card Index to Wills 1813-1983; Letters of Administration 1777-1905; and Letters of Guardianship 1802-1901; Family History Library Microfilm No. 1570471, (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969). [S7] Will of Ryer Michelsen, 7 Jul 1733, Fordham Manor, Westchester County, New York. [S13] Will of Benjamin Coursen, 1 Oct 1770, Fordham Manor, Westchester County, New York. [S2] James Riker, Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals, (New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904). [S8] Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1894, (New York: New York Historical Society, 1894). [S21] Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 [database on-line]., (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015). [S22] Will of Hendrick Mchaelse, 5 Apr 1771, Westchester, Westchester County, New York. [S37] Probate of the will of Hendrick Mchaelse, 6 Nov 1789, Pelham, Westchester County, New York, USA. [S11] Holland Society of New York, U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]., (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).